Archive for 2006/01


Second Life - the Virtual World of Choice

After last semester was wrapping-up, I vowed not to take another class in the Spring. I enjoy taking random classes. I think it keeps the brain-rot at bay. But I wanted to take a semester to relax, without any pressures of assigned readings and weekly papers.
When I saw we were hosting […]

Google’s Biggest Threat Yet?

Google, Yahoo, and the Federal Government
When Yahoo purchased Del.icio.us a few weeks ago, I began to think differently about Yahoo. Before, Yahoo was the old granny on the block. She knew what she was doing, and had lots of experience doing it, but was lacking in innovation. Google was a young lad […]

Goths and Strippers

Ha! I’m sitting at my folks home in Tampa, visiting and preparing for a friend’s wedding this weekend, and I stumble across a Gawker parody that mentions “Tampa strippers”.
Why is it that when someone needs to add a qualifier onto strippers it’s always “Tampa strippers”? Did I miss something growing up here? I […]