From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Post image for Geek Dads @ Home Update – Episode #24 is Available Now

In an amazing display of skill, luck and determination, I managed to not only record the Geek Dads @ Home podcast yesterday, but also run it through post production and post it! On the same day! It’s a MIRACLE! I should have titled it “OMG Daniel Got the Show Posted on Same Day as Recording”, [...]

Don't worry, comics! I'll save you!

Continuity is an aspect of the comic book industry that is really only of concern to collectors and fanboys. To the casual reader that only picks up the odd issue of Superman or Uncanny X-Men, breezes through it and moves on, continuity just isn’t that important. Being a collector and a fanboy – though not [...]

A little while ago I unfollowed two people on Twitter that are here in Albuquerque because, for the past two or three days, they’ve had nothing in their Twitter streams but “WOW the best site online to gain more twitter followers for FREE <link>” or “I just become a member of this AWESOME site that [...]

I use a third-party client called Nambu to organize my Twitter stream. I put people into groups based on location, industry, family, and friends. I follow only people that I want to read. If I’m following you, I’m reading everything you write. I pretty much blindly follow anyone that’s here in Albuquerque, which means that [...]

In this inaugural Longer than 140 post, I’d like to call attention to an article that I read at MacWorld just a few minutes ago. I was happily reading along, nodding my head at all the appropriate points, when I came across the following: The Linux camp will give it another go with a Linux [...]

I related this story on the Geek Dads @ Home podcast a few days ago, but I wanted to write about it here because it’s such a great story. Checking your credit card statements regularly is a good thing. In my case, I was able to catch a fraudulent charge a week after it happened. [...]

The Geek Dads @ Home podcast, hosted by Joe Magennis and me, is going strong at http://www.geekdadsathome.com. I’ve just posted episode #22, titled “Finding My (Google) Voice”. It’s a good listen for work-at-home dads, dads who have geeky interests and anyone that is into parenting and tech/internet discussions. Come check us out!

OmniFocus and Remember the Milk - Showdown!

I’m a busy guy – working at home with two small kids means I need to be organized. I work on a Mac and I just bought an iPhone. Are there tools to help me stay organized? You bet. These are the two that made the final cut, and I’ll tell you which one I [...]