One must face that which brings fear; not with rage, rather, compassion. For such demons only bear the power of deception. Face the fear, deny deceptions, then act upon what’s left.
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GoogleDocs Emails
I’m seeing a flurry of emails from friend’s accounts with this subject line and the text below:
“Good day,
I just created a secured shared document using Google Doc. To access this doc please Click here and for security reasons, you have to log on with your email to view it, its very important“
As I’ve received at least three with exact same message, I’m confident they’re exploits from hacked accounts. They’re coming from good friends, but also have dozens of emails in the “to:” line.
Anyway, I advise everyone to avoid clicking on such.
Stranger Elements of Thanksgiving
As an antidote for the sentimentality of the next few days, I offer you these images.
Bon appetite!
This is mildly disturbing. A kiss before the slaughter? I guess that’s biblical…
I expect this really is Sebastian the Crab from Little Mermaid, but I still love it:
My personal favorite so far:
Though this comes in close second:
And I’ll leave you with this artistic joy:
Hee Haw
I just met someone who’s never, ever, experienced Hee Haw, that iconic country TV show. Now, this isn’t someone who was raised in a Soviet gulag, or is under 21. I find such a situation a stunning breech of American culture.
So, without further ado, below you’ll find what I feel to represent the core of Hee Haw’s je ne sais quoi. So, enjoy your cultural lesson du jour, mes amis.
Some thoughts on platforms and stuff
Had an interesting chat with some Twitter chums about whether I should port my iPhone number to Google Voice. The responses got me thinking about dependence upon one company or platform. Having all one’s proverbial eggs in one basket opens up serious risk should a) the company go under, b) reconfigure their offerings or, c) simply decide on a focus change. Any of those scenarios open you up to data loss, productivity gains, and other delights.
Oddly, through my love of things techy, I find myself well diversified. Should, say Google, decide to ax a key component, I can easily shift over to MSFT or Yahoo or Apple or… Puts me on a safe place.
I think I’ll stay that way, thank you.
Halloween Tunes
I’m having a bit of fun today coming up with a playlist of “Halloween” tunes. The caveat: tunes you won’t find on your standard set list (i.e.: no Monster Mash or Thriller…nothing against them, but I grow weary of the over-played). So, here’s what I’ve crafted on Spotify for your listening pleasure. Let me know if there’s anything I should consider adding.
WordPress vs. Blogger, Porting Between Platforms and Other Fun Thoughts
I’ve been exploring WordPress over the last few months (see my blog NotJustSeattle.com). I really, really like the platform and have found so many benefits over Blogger. Plus, watching the demise of Google Reader a few months back makes me wonder about the long-term status of this. With Google+ garnering the lion’s share of Google attention and public focus, I wonder how long they’ll continue to support the platform. Blogger seems like a neglected stepchild.
With all this, I commenced planning out my migration. It’s not appearing as clean as I’d hoped, but the research is pretty early on. It seems my URL might be the biggest challenge. Plus, I need to decide if I will just move this to a site hosted by WordPress.com, or pony up for something hosted by BlueHost or GoDaddy (or….).
So, taking a thoughtful and well planned approach on this. It’ll be interesting to see where it leads.
Any ideas, hints or tips? Just leave me a comment. I’d be quite happy for advice.
The Difference Between Organized and Micromanaging Life
I work hard to make sure all my tasks have been captured, either in my calendar or my to-do list. Everything. Now, I’ve had several folks give me a hard time about that, basically accusing me of a lack of creativity, or paranoia. They seem to view this as a sign of being rigid, inflexible and unable to adjust. All those give me a good chuckle. No, the reason I capture everything that needs to get done (in an electronic tool…this is important): it makes me agile. I KNOW everything that needs to be done, thus, it’s easy to re-prioritize and address whatever comes up, whether another opportunity, or the need to respond some crisis or another.
It’s my way of both honoring my commitments and yet maintaining an ability to respond. Nothing craps on a sense of accomplishment like missing a key deadline in the midst of “responding”.
Having my life solidly organized, and in an easy to access tool helps me to live in the moment. I’m not trying to retain all those tasks, their deadlines and who I’m doing them for. And that’s freeing. Amen!
A Sci-Fi Geek Confession
One key weakness of mine of late has been time. Time for such things as film watching. Though I watched such gems as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, I must admit to a key geek failure. One that might strain my geek-cred to a near breaking level. So, here goes: I hadn’t watched the J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot until yesterday. Yep; took me 4 years. FOUR! Sigh…I hang my head in geek shame.
That said, I actually like the film. [Spoiler Alert: (Ok, come on, if you haven’t seen it by now, you really shouldn’t be put off by plot revelations)] I know that will annoy some, and delight others. I liked the way the characters were recrafted. The time-continuum disruption theme was pretty cool. I wondered how they would reconcile the story-line when they killed Spock’s mother. Clever. I particularly like the edgier, closer to human Spock.
I admit that the lens-flare business was a bit distracting at times. However, it’s hard to extract Heisenberg from this (I was familiar with this before seeing the film. I’m sure awareness impacted my attention.) Didn’t negatively impact the film for me, just provided a bit of distraction.
What really caught me, though, was the Leonard Nimoy role. I didn’t know. DIDN’T KNOW!!!! Nope, no idea he was in the film. Yes, that would’ve made me see it sooner. And I’m sure I just missed some obvious marketing message somewhere. But I’m quite disconnected from the mainstream media stream at this point.
I shan’t wait so long to watch “Into Darkness”.
Was iOS 7 Created with Word?
I knew that Word had some solid image editing tools, but no idea they were of this caliber.