Watch out for poisonous books
If you care about history, when handling precious old print books and documents you wear gloves (not cotton) to protect it from your skin oils. Now here’s another reason.
Facebook will remind you how fucked up you are and also try to make money off of it.
Because Facebook wants you to be dysfunctional. (Cf. Piggies for tomorrow.)
E is for Education
“The problem with the School of Hard Knocks,” they say, “is that the final exam comes first, and then the …
A to Z is for Audacity to Zen
When your days are not your own, it’s just a little bit audacious to take on a daily blogging challenge. …
As I was tweeting to St. Ives
Seven years ago I signed up for Twitter. It was different back then, not the spammy marketing-dominated firehose it has …
Is Fear Driving You Forward or Dragging You Under?
Money quote: “Unexamined fear can become The Hamster Wheel of Doom.” Recommended.
A mentor by any other name
Who decides who’s a mentor? Today in a Facebook writing group I saw someone talk about how the “mentors” have …
Recovering contrib Image module's content in upgrade to Drupal 7
Some notes on migrating from the old old Drupal Image Module to Image Fields.
How to translate New Year's Resolutions into actions
Resolution time. It’s the occasion to institute changes. Or at least resolve to change. It doesn’t always work out, does it? …