Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

WordPress on Android

by Bart on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

I am posting this from my amazing HTC Evo using the latest WordPress app and I have to admit.. this is awesome.

Blogging has declined in recent years, due to the rise of twitter and Facebook, but I still regularly read blogs. Blogs allow commentary and in-depth information to be posted quickly, the way few other things can.

I am not going to promise to blog daily, but I would like to get into more.

Here’s to the future!

I’m getting married!

by Bart on Friday, February 26th, 2010

Visit JonathanAndRita.com

RSVP on my website if you’re coming!

Did You Know?

by Bart on Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Sarah Palin's Wordle

by Bart on Saturday, September 6th, 2008

http://wordle.net/ is a great way to visualize text. It works just like tag clouds do, showing words that are used more frequently in a larger font. Here is what Sarah Palin’s looked like from the Republican Nomination speech

What IT Staff go through…

by Bart on Thursday, August 28th, 2008

I’ve been working some long days lately… (I haven’t been off work before 10pm for weeks. 2am is the new 5pm) Sometimes people wonder what could possibly be difficult about an IT person’s job. “How could working on computers be stressful?”

Well, the simple answer is…. Working with computers ISN’T stressful. Working with LIVE PEOPLE on those computers is…

A real help ticket:

Hence my favorite word—mouthbreather.

13 Things That Do Not Make Sense

by Bart on Saturday, August 16th, 2008

At least to most people… Check out this interesting list of “Things that defy our current understand”

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Oregon Trail Now Available for Mobile Phones

by Bart on Thursday, June 12th, 2008

In a follow up to one of my more popular posts about playing Oregon Trail in flash format, you can now waste even more time dying of dysentery on your phone! Mobile games developer Gameloft has released its updated version of The Oregon Trail. The game costs $4 (or more, depending on your carrier) and introduces several new gameplay elements to the elementary school classic.

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Mozilla Announces Release Date for Firefox 3 — June 17th

by Bart on Thursday, June 12th, 2008

After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th.

I’m signed up to download this great new browser, and I’ve been using the Release Candidates since they were released, and it’s the best browser out there, hands down. So speedy and so many features, and remarkably easy to use

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101 Everyday Uses for Twitter

by Bart on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

The simple dictionary definition of “Twitter” is “microblogging/social networking platform that places a 140- character limit on each individual post/tweet.” However, describing Twitter thusly would fail to encapsulate the power of this new omnipresent medium. So, instead here are 101 examples of how Twitter members regularly use the service.

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Bill Gates: Last Full Day at Microsoft

by Bart on Monday, January 7th, 2008