I finally got around to switching my timbu.org email to be managed by google apps. It’s a much nicer interface than the cPanel front end I use now. Having google manage my email server doesn’t really give me anything new, rather it means that I stop worrying about the size of email on my web server - which has been a problem in the past. At the moment, they don’t really advertise themselves like an ISP, but you could easily cobble together something exactly like a hosting account by putting all their services together.
I still love my ISP and wouldn’t be willing to switch … yet.
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So let's play catch up for a bit.
Molly Ivins, you made me laugh, we'll miss you. Check out the "old news" from the strib.
You can edit photos on the web now and it's not miserable. Check it out.
Another awesome graphic depiction of the State of the Union.
Txt msg nvl :)
Q. Why aren't you really writing anything anymore?
A. I don't know, ask my muse if you can find her.
D/L your favorite Banksy.
The Hold Steady, wow they were made for me.
Parasite 'turns women into sex kittens'
The funniest NY Times piece I've read in a long time.
Stikkit, it's oddly cool.
Too much of a good thing.
Todd wrote a brilliant comment on my post entitled "National Novel Writing Month".
The part that really struck me was this bit.
"I don't pretend I'll be a huge seller but the act of creation is sometimes enough. And the fact that it's "out there" in the world is also at times comforting."
--Todd
I agree with Todd. The "act of creation" is a good enough reason all by itself.
I wrote a lot of blog entries before I ever got one comment or even proof that anyone ever read my posts. I wasn't initially blogging because I had an audience; I just wanted a creative outlet.
Sometimes on my best days, I think of my entire life as performance art an absurd play, or a funny cartoon strip. If I could just remember this on the days when I am tightly wound and stressed about life.
Thanks, Todd.
Be sure and check out Todd's music.
So young Joel suggests in his comment to my blog entry entitled "Pencil me in", that I accept meetings with a response of "tentative" in order to mess with people's heads.
I suppose Joel could be right. In a world where the folks at the bottom don't have as much control over their work lives as they might like, it's only natural to throw a few shoes in the gears once in a while. Maybe the "tentative" response is my way of exerting subtle control, and being a jerk. It's a pretty benign act if you ask me. I don't think I would consciously do that, but I'll accept Joel's thesis in light of not really having a better explanation.
