The Daily Thing

So the Bloggies are done. Interesting. I didn’t know we were having a contest.

NASA already planning shuttle changes, return to flight. NASA is currently investigating a number of safety improvements to the shuttle program as it… [spacetoday.net]

Cameron Barrett is back with both guns blazing. He’s been to Siberia, and now is in Austin. I don’t agree about the US, but he states is point of view very powerfully. A must-read. [Scripting News] Cam IS back. And with an interesting point of view, some revelations about America and the Bush Administration, and advice…

As a hiker, backpacker, fly fisherman, and outdoors man I maintain vigilance with the world around me. Unspoiled land and habitat may be the savior of the human race. Even now pond-slime in an English bog has yielded a possible cure for AIDS. So when I see things like this it makes me stop and think. Another…

One of the things I’ve noticed about FMRS is it seems to be having a problem with the feeds I’m subscribed to. It imported some, but not all my feeds. When I click the page to add the rest it doesn’t add any. With as many feeds as I’m subscribed to, entereing all the feed URL’s…

To use FM RadioStation it requires the Title and Link in Radio be turned on. Traditionally I don’t like having my titles as links to articles but it occured to me that some people may see my RSS feed in aggregators that don’t show a permalink. Not providing a link to the article is doing…

My previous post is showing up in the Radio browser intereface but isn’t in FM Radio Station. Here’s a list of things I like so far: spell checkOutlook style panesundockable panesclean posting interface with big text areaergonomically organized Here’s a list of things I think would be neat: drop down list of shortcuts (I’ve got…

Ok. I broke down. This is actually a test post from FM Radio Station. Everyone else was checking it out and I had some time so I figured “what the f%^&” (Risky Business reference). I’m still a little bit leary but I kinda like it. It’s nice if you like WYSIWYG interefaces. Lord knows I’m…

Let’s go shopping….Army’s Apple Shines in the Desert. Macs aren’t normally associated with the military. In fact, in the buildup for the conflict in Iraq, only one Mac exists in the entire theater of operations, according to an Army major. It does have its uses, though. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] This is true. Why?…

World of Ends…Losing our stupidity. Doc and Dave have produced World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else. It is an excellent attempt to explain what the Internet really is, why it works, and what it means for our behavior. They summarize the World of Ends very…