I wrote this a week ago and I am finally getting around to posting it. Every year I look at what I plan to accomplish in the next year. Usually I manage about half of it. So this year I am going to set bigger goals in hopes that I accomplish more things.  I like [...]

It was the quote of the day today. I added it to my Quotes plugin that displays a random quote on my right-most side bar. I like to find quotes that means something to me and share them there… today I found one interesting enough to do a post on. The man who reads nothing [...]

In a follow up to my other post on Obama looking promising on the tech front, this came across my desk today. Basically the plan seems to be to have weekly YouTube addresses.  I actually like this plan.  I am a little leery of it in light of the Twitter Feed not having been updated [...]

Well a growing number of scientists are pointing to evidence that the planet is entering a mini-iceage.  Which, if true, kind of puts a damper on the whole “global warming crisis.” Rob over at Sayanythingblog has a few exerpts from an article discussing it.  It actually isn’t the first time the world has entered into [...]

Now of course, to actually win the contest, one needs a Twitter account.  However, since I decided to start using my Twitter account (http://twitter.com/olorinpc), I might as well try this contest out. Write a Killer Haiku for the Win As you might have gleened from the headline, this time we’re going to write Twitter haiku. [...]

Happy election day folks!  Instead of throwing a last minute “vote for so and so” post up, I thought I would keep it far less… directional than that.  Though followers of this site are probably quite familiar with the fact that I am not a fan of either of the two main candidates. Regardless – [...]

Well, I didn’t get a chance to do a “Lunch Break with Jake” today.  There was a good reason for that. You see, normally, I get home and make lunch.  While eating lunch I write about whatever topic I came up with during the morning or the night before.  Today when I got home for [...]

Well I missed my noon posting yesterday as a result of being out with the start of a cold.  Not getting any writing done last night or the night before didn’t help me keep up.  However, I am back today so all is well. Well I think it is time for a followup on my [...]

One of the questions I get from time to time goes a bit like this: “Jake, where do you find this stuff?”  That typically is a reference to a blog I linked to, news article, etc. The short answer is – I read. A lot.  I use Google Reader to subscribe to many different blogs/websites/newspapers/etc.  [...]

Remember. I have been pondering for a day or two what I wanted to write. ThatEdeGuy had a good post on it this morning as well. I had a feeling this post was going to wander a bit, but at least wanted to have a point. Something people could bring away from this post. What [...]