Among the many news items coming out of Gnomedex last week, I saw an announcement of a public preview for a new Outlook-based RSS reader, Attensa. So being ever so curious, I downloaded it this weekend. It’s actually not bad. It supports importing OPML, is pretty customizable, allows you to publish items to your blog…
I got an email this morning from a long-lost blogger, Brad Murphy. Some of you long-time readers may remember back a few years ago when Brad was trying out his hand at blogging, but life got in the way and he had to give it up. Now he’s back with The Late Night Geek-Out. (The…
I know, my blogging here has been, well, it’s been crap lately. Unfortunately, I’ve been spending so much of my time writing for other projects that writing here has become a bit of a chore. I’ve had to write and edit a web RFP for the Friends of the Library, work on a series of…
Got this email earlier today: (name witheld) Hi Mike, two days ago I got this strange e-mail that corrupted my outlook pst-file. Normally the monthly backup take care of problems like this but it was three weeks ago and I had some really important stuff that had come in these last few days. Checked the…
After a full, busy, weekend of a going-away party for a coworker on Friday night, into the OSU Spring Game Saturday with Andy and Kristen, into taking in The Interpretor with my wife and then a birthday party for my sister-in-law on Sunday, I’ve been greeted with just as crazy a Monday. (The difference, of…
Even though this happened Weds. night, I took the day off from blogging yesterday to let the absurdity of the situation fully sink in before writing about it. As many of you know, I have been actively seeking new employment options. Many of you also know, that I’ve had my share of bad experiences with…