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Re: How about a comment-based Memeorandum?

Devin Reams — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:36:50 -0000

Why don't we do away with comments and just blog our responses? Like Matt's 'asides' in WordPress, just make ourselves a 'Comments' category and stick them somewhere less prominent (or not in the feed). Wait, this is a comment isn't it? Damn hard habit to break...

Re: Oops! Deleted Everything

Devin Reams — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:28:54 -0000

Test

Re: Quickly Open Websites

Devin Reams — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:19:17 -0000

Wow, not bad. I haven't tried Safari, though. Maybe some day...

Re: Quickly Open Websites

Devin Reams — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:22:03 -0000

Hah good point, Ed. I've finally brought myself to add the top 10 or so sites to my links toolbar. At least they're visually there and serve as a reminder!

Re: Bibliography Generator

Devin Reams — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:15:10 -0000

Hey thanks for the pointer, Michael! I didn't even think about the LOC. I'll look into this a bit more.

Re: PIP: Personal Improvement Project

Devin Reams — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:04:51 -0000

Haha fair enough. Naps are definitely great though!

Re: PIP: Personal Improvement Project

Devin Reams — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:09:24 -0000

Just becuase I used to have problems getting up before 10 means nothing.. nothing at all.

Re: Sleep Cycles

Devin Reams — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:42:19 -0000

Good to hear! I'm looking forward to dropping down to the 4.5 hour level..

Re: Gum = Dangerous?

Devin Reams — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:04:18 -0000

Thanks for looking into that Darryl... I'm always the first to fall prey to these fun rumors. ;-)

Re: DDR

Devin Reams — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:59:15 -0000

Hah aren't we all, though? ;-)

Re: Bloggers Write Too Much

Devin Reams — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:00:46 -0000

Chris, I appreciate your comment and additional insight! Sometimes I'll look at a sentence and apply that exact rule.. I've never actually heard of it though. Anyway, if you are wondering, yes, I have subscribed (despite the 'designers flow'). ;-)

Re: Facebook Privacy

Devin Reams — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:36:01 -0000

Brandon, go to http://facebook.com/help.php, at the bottom click where it says 'My question has not been answered'. When you click the link you can send a request to Facebook's support.

Re: Track your comments, no matter where you make them

Devin Reams — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:24:02 -0000

Why can't comments be crawled just like blog posts? Just look around for the same name/URL combinations and create a page/feed. It seems a bit simpler than a bookmarklet...

Re: Dealing With Stress

Devin Reams — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:36:07 -0000

Interesting, I'll talk about a few things I feel can be done to create that environment. Perhaps I live a pretty predictable life. Or maybe you've already created that stress-free envionment and the rest you can't ever prepare for...

Re: MySpace Ads Suck

Devin Reams — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:23:04 -0000

1. Fair point, Google's homepage does have 0 ads but I don't necessairly gain anything from staring at Google.com. When I visit MySpace.com at least I'm greeted with some forms of content (in addition to two, very large ads).

2. As I went to go investigate the profile ads I was greeted with "Sorry! an unexpected error has occurred." while trying to login. I think I know what you're talking about and I didn't realize those were sponsored. I'd consider those commensurate to Facebook's 'sponsored groups' that often show up (and would occasionally increase that 15%).

3. Myspace's ads are extremely bothersome, hence the title. Facebook's bother me less because I rarely notice them (only sometimes do I notice the brightly colored banner ads). Google's don't bother me at all becuase I sometimes seek them out and find them to be of value.

Re: MySpace Ads Suck

Devin Reams — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:46:49 -0000

Hi Dave, I do understand Google's business model and this little exercise was to mainly reinforce that. I wrote this with what you mentioned to be already assumed.

As far as your MySpace comment, sure, they could do more. But my point was merely sticking some random ad in the middle of a page is quite annoying; it sucks. Heck, if we want to argue for the sake of arguing what if MySpace put AdSense in that spot? It's still annoying as hell being in the middle. If that's what Friendster does in profiles (I don't use it) then they suck too.

You mentioned traffic which, sure, is big. We already knew that. But consider the different audiences... I go to Google to find stuff. Ads often help me. I visit MySpace to do what you mentioned (find a band's streaming content), an ad for Vonage does nothing but annoy the hell out of me. Maybe that's just me... ;-)

Re: Bibliography Generator

Devin Reams — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:51:13 -0000

Hey Sarah. I, too, find ThatsCrazyHot.com to be useful. He's taken the idea I started with and actually implemented. I've actually spoken with Jon and he's done a nice job making things simple (for the most part). I've also talked to students who thought this would be extremely helpful if done properly. I just wish I knew what "properly" was...

Re: Is myspace Serious?

Devin Reams — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:40:34 -0000

I know, Brad! I've seen it twice today too! Like I said, how do people put up with this crap?

Re: Dealing With Stress: Proactive

Devin Reams — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:28:05 -0000

Thanks Daniel, I have no idea how I forgot to mention excercise!

Re: Live vs Google Domains

Devin Reams — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:41:44 -0000

Same here, Noah. Plus, my current provider's webmail is terrible and I'd love to have GMail's functionality. Maybe I should get ISI to try it out...

Re: It’s snow fun at Keystone

Devin Reams — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:25:51 -0000

How long are you in Keystone, Robert? I'm actually just an hour or two down the hill in Boulder..

Re: It’s snow fun at Keystone

Devin Reams — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:35:33 -0000

Oh, and the 36 hours of skiing was awesome. We skiied until 2am slept in my car and went up to Vail the next morning. I don't know why Christopher associates Keystone with just the beer, it's definitely a top-notch resort... anyone who knows anything about skiing will tell you that. PS: The resort was founded in 1970 whereas Keystone Light was in 1989.

Re: It’s snow fun at Keystone

Devin Reams — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:37:41 -0000

Enjoy your day at Copper, Intrawest has put a lot of money into making it a world class resort as well. Next time you're in the mountains you need to have a meetup! ;)

Re: The Ease of Blogging

Devin Reams — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:03:55 -0000

I look at blogging for the same reasons, JimmyD. I'd be looking for news or thinking about these things anyway, why not educate or share others? Plus, it's a chance to meet some interesting people. Great looking blog, by the way. :-)

Re: Cheney Close Range?

Devin Reams — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:22:54 -0000

I think once you hit point of actually shooting a guy... you've reached the maximum. You've gone as far as you can. But yes, to an extent, it implies even more irresponsibility.