Word of the Day Schadenfreude n : delight in another person’s misfortune We all know someone like this. Maybe we have experienced schadenfreude in our own lives. It happens when a person is deeply invested in the failure of another. It is small, sad and toxic. You might try this: for the rest of the week, observe the people in your life. Do they show empathy or schadenfreude? To whom do you feel closer?
Over on O’Reilly, Rick Jelliffe took Popular Mechanic’s 25 Skills Every Man Should Know quiz. I eagerly read through the quiz and I noticed two things. First, I eagerly read through the quiz. Second, I have smirkedâon occasionâat women’s magazines that have similar quizzes. It’s all relative to what you believe is important. How did I do on the quiz? Let’s say simply that I felt rather smug. We all like to score well on tests, right? ...
The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. –Morihei Ueshiba
Tracy and I vacationed in Fargo in July. I hear you snickering out there, you snickerers. For the record, I like Fargo. Nice town. We visited Tracy’s sister and her family. Those kids know how to show out-of-towners a great time. We all slipped out of North Dakota and into Minnesota for three days of R & R on Detriot Lake. Picture Perfect. July was so perfect, in fact, that if it lasted any longer, I just might not have made it back to work. ...
Yep. Geekboy got a new toy. Shiny new iPhone. Problem is, I hate typing the url in on the keyboard. That’s what this entry is all about. A place to publish links using my laptop so I can simply click and go on the iPhone. Cheesy. But effective. 2007-07-06T14:23:00-0700 http://joehewitt.com/files/iphone/navigation.html 2007-07-06T22:51:00-0700 www.moviesapp.com 2007-07-08T16:20:00-0700 iphoneplayer
Another try at cleaning the flickr css (ugh) and javascript (sucks). What I did was to remove the javascript and index the thumbnails directly. I could put the links back in for each thumbnail but I’m thinking not. Rather, I would put a bit-o-javascript to have the thumbs control a larger portrait just to it’s right and a text box with the flickr description just below the thumbs+picture. There would still be a flickr badge linking to the original set. ...
I’m looking at adding my snaps to flickr. Here’s a few from my trip to Hyderabad last year. It was a glorious day on the Deccan Plateau. The flickr code is bloated and if I decide to keep it, it’ll need a css trim. Again, it seems a bit large for the sidebar but perhaps an alternate 2 column set will work. www.flickr.com <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0" id="flickr_badge_wrapper"> <br /> </table> </td>
I now have a myspace account. Why? just because. Note: Someone else has already secured redleopard as her myspace url. No hard feelings. I was late to the party. My url is the alternate spelling, www.myspace.com/hongbao. I haven’t yet done much with my account (you noticed) so it begs the question a second time: why? Well… redleopard.com is my little sanctuary, a place where I can blather on about whatever. But I like the tidiness of my little blog. Almost Prussian in it’s retentiveness. ...
I’m on the fence on whether or not to add the LastFM quilt to my blog. It’s a bit large. If I see it in the post for a week and still like it, maybe it goes in the REVERB sidebar. (and, of course, I’ll clean up their css.) ...
It’s been ten years since Tracy and I were married. Here’s a flashback to 1997.