Archive for October, 2007

Last night, we had a little earthquake. Seemed like a pretty good one, from where we were, less than 17 miles northwest of the “hypothetical epicenter.” Nice, rolling action. Shook the pictures, but didn’t knock anything down. But then, there was the five-year old. His first earthquake, and it was a goodie. He was a... »

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — With oil prices setting records over $90 a barrel and $100 looking ever more likely, experts say there’s a good chance drivers will see $3 gasoline before the end of the year. “Three dollar gasoline in this market is unavoidable,” said Stephen Schork, publisher of the industry newsletter the Schork Report.... »

Holy Cow! I just saw that Google Adds IMAP Support To GMail. We use Google Apps for Domains here at “The Hole,” and now that I have discovered it, I do not see why more people and companies do not take advantage of it. Like all things, it is true that this isn’t the... »

BlogRush is in Phase 2, after introduction and taking everyone who applied. Now, they are cleaning up the spam blogs, non English blogs, and low quality blogs. They report cutting over 10,000 blogs from their network. I’m glad to see some networks cleaning up crap. In surfing between MyBlogLog network accounts, I see some... »

My son has started school, and it was his birthday yesterday. We’re having a party today for that big “05.” So anyway, he came home with a pledge form the other day for the school. With all the tax-payer dollars that are going to the schools, apparently they don’t have enough money for music,... »

So I just checked my Alexa ranking. I had a little boost, up from 4,426,952 to 3,578,624, which is what by badge is now claiming. Right now, the toolbar is boasting an impressive 792,514. That’s up 3.6 Million in just a couple of weeks. I can’t say for certain what any one particular change... »

An Open Letter to Equity Apartments, property owners of Skylark Apartments in Union City: As you know, since you are one of my loyal 15 or so readers, I have been without a car for about a month, and have been walking to BART. Every Thursday, rain or shine, and we’ve had a bit of... »