a crank’s progress

well, for some reason, the bottom of the right column (below the “powered by” tag) wants to shift to the left. That looks awful, and I don’t know why it’s doing it. So I have commented it out.

I’m not really sure why I picked this one —
The Invisible Computer — up: I agree with the premise from what I see on the book jacket.

Germinating Rose Seeds
Roses are not difficult to grow from seed, if you do it right.
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First, be aware that each rose seedling is a new, never-before-seen variety.
Well, after reading
The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View… and doing a little research in rose hips as seeds, I decided to see what [...]

Lessons From the Man Who Sells to Buffett
“If you buy 50-cent dollars, over time, the good news should take care of itself,” he said.

Yahoo! News - Blueprint for an Apple Xserve Rollout
“Xserve is like a BMW engine. It’s fast, safe and reliable,” Toker noted, adding that the company researched white papers and tested the Xserve against competitors, such as Dell and IBM. In the long run, especially from clients’ perspectives, the Xserve made more sense.
One of the most [...]

Handheld Instructional Technology
Their teachers reported the handhelds had a tremendous positive impact on student involvement. Using handhelds, students asked engaging questions and were more “on task” than usual, and were effective collaborators.
This article was linked to this one via waypath. This is getting better all the time.

Apple - iCal
I have been doing more stuff with iCal and keep finding more to like about it. What really makes it work for me is phpiCalendar (look for in on SourceForge). I can publish calendars and share them in an interface that looks and works a lot like the iCal desktop application.
I have [...]

scriptygoddess
If you want to list recent comments in moveable type, you have two choices more or less:
Very nice: see it in action just below the list to my resume on the main page.

I am going to try to refrain from adding my voice to the anti-MSFT chorus in future. No compelling reason, other than boredom with the whole topic. There’s nothing new to talk about. How many times does anyone want to read or write about lousy business practices, shoddy design and implementation, an utter lack of [...]

HT-26
First, how can you accurately diagnose yourself for developing kidney stones? Easy. Sit down and place one of your foot on your knee. There’s a small bone protruding out at the bottom of your ankles. Note the small semi- depressed area between that bone and your Achilles tendon toward the back of your foot. Use [...]