2007
Really missing espresso. Really. Badly. Brew is just no substitute.
One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.
Microsoft should have to pay reparations for creating PowerPoint.
Considering if Twitter will be the new Enterprise Resource Planning package of 2010.
Super Bowl in the rain
I’m watching the Super Bowl and I have to comment that the rain beading up on the helmets makes HDTV worth every penny. 🙂
Permalinks and SEO
I’ve been playing with different permalink structures on my site. For
the last couple of weeks I’ve been using /category/title. Supposedly
this is the most search engine optimized, however, it frustrates me
greatly since the category of a post can and does change.
I’m going to settle on /year/month/title. This is more stable and will
be simpler to manage in the archive. Some links may be sketchy – I’ll
get them fixed over time. Google is probably pretty upset with me right
now, but my sitemap is updated and correct.
Bye Bye Thunderbird, Hello GMail
I’m waving a white flag. I give up. I’ve decided to no longer attempt to host my own email. I’ve hosted my own mail for years and years, and I’ve had enough. Why?
Hosting your email used to be pretty simple. You setup your SMTP server, got a mail client and used POP to access your mailbox. You set it up, and didn’t need to worry about it again. These days are long gone.
Today, hosting your own mailbox and exposing an SMTP server to the world, whether you want to or not, engages you in the global war on spam and phishing. To host my own email I had to deal with keeping 3 software packages current at all times, and pay a monthly service fee to a service provider to filter for viruses and spam for me. This simply takes up more time and is frankly too complicated to waste time on.
I’ve dumped this whole game and am now hosting thingelstad.com email using Google Apps for your Domain. Yes, Google now can index my mail and serve me ads. I don’t care. It’s tremendously easier, will save me a bunch of time, and cut my out of pocket cost by nearly $100 a year. This is a no brainer.
I’m happy to also say that I’ve been really impressed with Gmail. I find it’s actually faster than Thunderbird was for casual usage. And I can now give up the madness of trying to keep my address book synchronized.
I’m now a much happier netizen, and no longer am worried about versions of IMAP servers and SMTP daemons and having to worry about the latest spam, phishing and virus issues. Yeah!
We had brunch at Salut today, and got to try this giant croissant that they had just put on their menu today. Note coffee cup, knife and Mazie for scale. It was crazy. Shocking actually.
Just finished watching The Devil Wears Prada. Pretty good movie.
Going over to neighbors to help put in new WiFi access point.
Are John Gordon and Dave Gordon brothers?