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Dvorak
Have you heard of Dvorak keyboards? Its an alternative to the standard QWERTY keyboard layout, and is supposedly better for people that do a lot of typing because it minimizes the amount of finger motion required in typing. Its supposed to reduce the chances of a typing injury such as carpel tunnel syndrome. I’ve wanted [...]
Christmas Giving
Everyone keeps asking what I’d like for Christmas. I always struggle with that because there isn’t much that I need. But, you’ll be proud of me, I figured it out early this year. I would like for Rudy Giuliani to not be president. That’s my wish. He was great in 2001, but that was six [...]
Porn
I met some people with a pretty cool ministry and testimony last week. My buddy Justin serves Texas students through Campus Renewal Ministries by helping them find a place to worship that suits them. He also occasionally brings speakers with a relevant message to campus. Last week he brought Gene McConnell and Heather Veitch to [...]
Blog Spam
We all have to deal with spam these days. Unfortunately its part of having a digital life. This blog gets much more spam than I do on any email account though (I have filtered out more than 83,000 comment spams in the past 12 months!). Most of it gets caught by filters, and the rest [...]
Web 2.0 Pres
I’ve been doing some research on the 2008 Presidential candidates lately. One thing that has struck me is that most of them have a MySpace page. I haven’t looked at all of the candidates yet, but so far I’ve only found one candidate that does not have a MySpace page. I almost like him more [...]
Remember the Johnsons
I’ve just learned that the Austin city council has approved changing the name of Town Lake to “Lady Bird Lake”. I think that’s awesome. Lady Bird did a lot for our city and state, so its just proper for us to remember her. I probably wouldn’t have thought of that, but I like it. I [...]
Lady Bird Johnson
An era has passed. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson passed away yesterday afternoon. You’ve probably already heard the story seventeen times on the radio or TV. Its all over the news. I’m sad. I never met her, but somehow I feel the loss. She’s a cultural icon within my state, my home. I love [...]
Leonards
This has been a great summer so far. Time with my girlfriend. Time with friends. Fun in the sun & water. Work that I really enjoy. And time to clean up some personal things as well. And family. The Leonards haven’t had a family reunion in decades. Never in my lifetime, actually. But we did [...]
Joe Is Alive
My friend Joe was in an accident on Saturday, he was hit by an 18-wheeler. I do not mean that he had a car accident. I mean Joe was riding his bicycle in the shoulder of a highway and a semi went into the shoulder and hit Joe. I’m not kidding. Here’s the amazing part. [...]
My Girlfriend Is An Ironman
My girlfriend completed her first Ironman triathlon today. She has been training for Ironman Arizona the past 7 months, and it was a success. She completed the course (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run) in 12 hours and 30 minutes, without incident or injury. I’m bummed that I wasn’t there with [...]