because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in nerdliness on Dec 28th, 2009
I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. I appreciate seeing what the people I know are up to, but I dislike all the quizzes and games and their associated chatter. Turns out it is possible to get status updates, notifications, notes and links via RSS feed. Naturally, since Facebook wants to your share your stuff [...]
Posted in life on Aug 14th, 2009
In addition to great customer service, and fantastically fast shipping, Zappos, it seems, has a sense of humor. I’ve been wearing my new Timberland shoes indoors only since they are a little tighter than I’d like, and I want to be able to exchange them for the next size larger if necessary. Consequently I swap [...]
Posted in nerdliness, social issues on Mar 1st, 2008
Okay, I realize that Barack himself probably didn’t thumb this message into his iPhone and send it to all of his Twitter followers. Still, I’d like to think that he was involved in the process somewhere, if only to give verbal approval that the message be sent. Even so, it’s pretty cool to get a [...]