Delicious scare

During the last few days I’ve been asked by several people what I think about the scary bit of news regarding the shutdown of Delicious.   I’ve replied individually several times, but I feel that a blog post is in order.  So here it goes. First of all, Delicious is not being shutdown.  Here is … Continue reading Delicious scare

Smile with “Рождеством Христовым”

A couple of days ago DailyPost suggest the following topic for a blog post: Share something that makes you smile.  I wanted to share something, but so many things make me smile that it’s hard to choose.  Today though I came across something that made me smile, and even laugh.  It’ll take me a bit … Continue reading Smile with “Рождеством Христовым”

Blog a day, or blog a week

New Year is the perfect time to raise hopeless hopes.  Like any given Monday, or the first day of any month, it’s the time to start something that you hope to finish.  People promise they will start (or stop) doing all sorts of things – quit smoking, start exercising, stop procrastinating, and so and so forth. … Continue reading Blog a day, or blog a week

Wikipedia on common misconceptions

It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia.  Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop.  But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list.  Today … Continue reading Wikipedia on common misconceptions