September 2004

Yes I’m not ashamed to admit I watch Trading Spaces. It’s all part of that vicarious unscripted TV attraction (notice I didn’t say reality TV). Last year or so I saw an episode where Doug Wilson redecorated a bedroom in Whitlock Road where he painted the primary wall with four shades of green boxes (see [...]

I’ve been reading some fairly interesting articles from a new company called EYETRACK III. The first article was about online advertising

The so-called “invisibility effect” of Web advertising is no myth. We found among our test subjects that there were often instances when they did not look directly at ads, even for a fraction of a [...]

Men are simple, notice I didn’t say stupid I said simple. It’s in out genes it goes back to the caveman days.
If you wanted a rock moved tell us which one and where to put it.
If you wanted an animal killed to eat for dinner, just tell us which one and we will kill it.
Ask [...]

When I was a kid I was a fairly voracious reader. I read about all different things like baseball, pirates, knights, and astronomy. However one book that really took hold was The Hobbit. It laid the foundation for my interest in fantasy literature and eventually Dungeons and Dragons. Like most boys my age I read [...]

Seth Godin’s team of disciples over at changethis.com seem to have finally come up with something worthwhile in their “how to be a boor” article. Nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking mind you, and nothing you haven’t heard before, however it’s one of those things old timers need to be reminded of from time to time and [...]