My latest project has launched: a family of sites for Ag Innovations Network, an organization that works toward real solutions to sustainable agriculture. I can’t express how fun it was to work on this project— I got to learn about an interesting and worthy non-profit, design with luscious photos of food, and push my Textpattern-foo even further. The Ag Innovations Network site highlights the mission and services of the organization, and will contain articles about sustainable ag issues. The Ag Futures Alliance site features a separate section for each county the organization works with, and is built to expand to...… →

Please ignore this. Update: Man, Technorati is hella slow. (That is the first time I have ever said “hella”. I don’t think I’ll be doing it again.) I’m going to go do something more interesting for a while. If you’re really bored, you can look at my Technorati Profile, which has pretty much nothing in it, because I don’t really understand how it will benefit me to deal with Technorati. Hence this stupid, pointless post. ——- … →

Someone brings Spam and crackers on a china plate, and a 40 oz bottle of Miller High Life (I am kicking myself for not getting a picture of this) Some people (not you) actually eat some spam and crackers You end up with more wine than you started with The dog only growled at the right people The kids didn’t break anything It only took an hour to find the remote after the kids left You didn’t have to spend the whole time pretending to eat one of the kids’ toes (although he would have liked you to) You end...… →

In my quest to find a feed reader that actually meets my needs, I signed up for a month of Feedlounge when it was finally released on Jan 16. Here are my first impressions after using it for about 5 days. I am attracted to a web-based feed reader, because I really want to sync my feeds between my home and work computers. It drives me crazy to have to re-scan all my feeds to figure out which ones I’ve already seen, and hurts my productivity as well. The only client-based feed reader that offers syncing is NetNewsWire. This served...… →

Gypsy is pretty sure that my lap belongs to her. She can accept being occasionally ousted by the dog, who is much bigger, and way too goofy for her to handle, but she will not accept my new laptop into our home. We have had several battles of will as she insists on plopping down on top of the keyboard, whines incessantly for lap access, or tricks me into putting the computer away and making room for her, only to then sit on my lap and swipe at me whenever I try to pet her. This is a flagrant breach...… →

Today, we are given the day off to remember the principles of the good reverend doctor, and to make last minute preparations for Spring semester which starts tomorrow whether we like it or not. For us faculty spouses, today is also a much needed day of rest before the start of our least favorite time of year: Potluck Season. The hiring of a new faculty member is preceded by the bringing to campus of 3-4 potential candidates for each job in close succession. The candidates are put through the ringer with 2-3 day long interviews, during which they must meet...… →