by Jim Stitzel | Dec 31, 2008 | General
IntenseDebate: A commenting system that rocks! A little while back, I heard the news that Automattic, the folks who develop WordPress, acquired a couple of new services. One of these is called “IntenseDebate”:http://intensedebate.com, a dynamic commenting...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 30, 2008 | General
Driving, jumping, crashing, burning. I recently pulled _Burnout: Paradise_ back out of its box and plunked it down in the tray. The reason? My wife bought me a 26″ HDTV for Christmas, which is a huge step up from a 13″ SDTV. Turns out, you can actually see...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 30, 2008 | General
Speed Racer driving toward a win. A lot of reviews of _Speed Racer_ hail it as yet another example of just how far the Wachowski brothers have fallen since _The Matrix_. But I have a hard time identifying anything about the flick to criticize. It’s cheesy and...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 22, 2008 | General
The downside to wearing contact lenses is that some days I forget which ones I’m wearing. So, when I reach up to rub an itch away from my eye, I either end up pushing my contact lens up under my eyelid (very uncomfortable) or leaving a big, greasy smear on my...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 18, 2008 | General
It’s rather disturbing when you step into your small horse barn to feed the animals and realize that it’s humid, but that the _reason_ it’s humid is because all that urine is evaporating. The thought that then runs through your head is, “Ewwww,...
