tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307082008-08-10T20:24:15.161-04:00Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-82414847905990150652008-08-05T16:21:00.001-04:002008-08-05T16:21:02.297-04:00

BeeReader is a new QR Code (or Semacode) format that has alot going for it right now. It reads QR and DataMatrix codes and has it's own format that can scan from about 3 feet on a computer monitor. (BTW, that's impressive.) It's internal format supports URLs, feeds and contact info from it's web builder, and has pretty tight integration (at least on the Palm OS) to the Web browser and contact

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-13627095210434855392008-08-01T14:58:00.001-04:002008-08-01T14:58:07.639-04:00

I seem to be pretty attracted to the idea of memes. A quick wiki-definition for those of you not familiar with the internets... The word meme (pronounced /miːm/)[1] is a popular neologism denoting any learned thought, feeling, or behavior. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, practices, habits, songs, dances and moods. Memes propagate themselves and can move through a "culture" in a

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-13428063014437839892008-06-23T13:18:00.002-04:002008-06-23T13:27:43.166-04:00

Hello all, I know I've been slacking on the posting lately, but I've been busy. The video below is Shooting Bridge's entry in the 2008 48 Hour Film Project. I had the pleasure of directing a cast and crew of around 25 people--mostly amateur--to deliver a pretty rocking idea in just 48 hours from start to finish. Mad props to everybody who contributed, and check out www.omgforce.com soon for

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-55390159597097778022008-04-07T11:34:00.003-04:002008-04-17T08:43:02.387-04:00

This is an actual email I sent to my wife today about the "restaurant" ZenBurger From: Wilson, Michael Sent: Mon 4/7/2008 11:31 AM To: stuntmom@???????.com Subject: Ate a vegetarian breakfast today.... ...by accident. I was walking around Lexington Ave and I saw this "burger" joint that has "breakfast" sandwiches... http://www.zenburger.com/ Can you believe there was no line!?!? So I stepped

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-87789078967325170392008-03-28T10:45:00.003-04:002008-03-28T10:50:48.470-04:00

My work is doing a RockBand/GuitarHero "rock-a-thon" to support the Fine Arts Fund. We did some sweet shirts, posters and other nonsense to promo the event. The image below links to our blog that has the full rundown and info on how to donate. Also, check out the Web Cast starting today at noon.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-55038675485774200942008-03-12T11:37:00.001-04:002008-03-12T11:37:02.758-04:00

A good friend of mine has created a site to help him find a new career in the non-profit world. He's a smart person with the unique ability to get things done. I want people who are already experienced in the not-for-profit world to show me how things work and I want/need their help in directing me towards the best possible position for me to chase. If you want to directly help me get there,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-33535958951058166342008-02-20T09:49:00.001-05:002008-02-20T09:49:43.652-05:00

Yes, it's that time of year again. The GCD is in full effect in San Francisco and I'll be leaving in a few short hours to rub elbows (hopefully just elbows) with the best and brightest in the video game industry. "Got plans," you ask? Why yes I do. I'm hoping to meet the peeps from Qube and get a demo of their Q Middleware solution... Q is a new middleware for games and other real-time

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-12867535348397454212008-02-20T09:26:00.001-05:002008-02-20T09:26:30.510-05:00

Wacky stuff going on in the on-line comics space. The "Funny Pages" might be the canary in the coal mine of what will eventually happen to TV/Music and radio. Click around Subnormality and you can find a wealth of free (and paid) content that's as good (if not better) than the crap in your local paper.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-69921331565792133192008-02-13T23:17:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:17:49.919-05:00

I met a few of the principles from ShareThis at my work yesterday and decided to add their tool to my personal blog, just to try it out. It's the green button below... UPDATE: It looks like I messed something up that's keeping it from working with IE. I'll take a look at fixing it later this evening. UPDATE: Working again. Looks like I had a case of RTFM.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-1152123897880386782008-02-08T12:47:00.000-05:002008-02-08T12:49:00.848-05:00

You probably don't know, but I'm a password junkie. I have well over 100 sites that have user names and passwords. To stay secure, I try to different passwords for each site I visit. That way if someone discovers my password on one site (like the OC fansite message board) they can’t use it on another site (like the Desparate Housewives fansite message board.) So, I try to use a combination

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-18634963019845422762008-02-07T09:50:00.001-05:002008-02-07T09:50:51.967-05:00

When you total the subscriber bases of 5 of the largest  MMORPGs they hit a whopping 45,000,000+ users. As of 2002, the total population of Poland was 36,983,720. Want proof? Here's a chart :) ** I picked these five pretty much at random to show a mix of free, paid, US and Asian. Numbers are rounded and are probably made up by the companies themselves. ** Of course, finding these numbers

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-91481137706121990372008-02-05T16:50:00.001-05:002008-02-07T09:55:27.640-05:00

Check out Windows Live Writer--a free download from Micro$oft. It gives you a great WYSIWYG editor for your blog even if it's hosted by Google. Download and installation took quite a while for such a small program, but configuring it for my blog took no time at all. It even grabbed a sample post from my site to allow me see in real-time what my post will look like. I've made major updates to the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-15348220973250747892007-12-10T14:07:00.000-05:002007-12-10T14:14:57.510-05:00

Many people struggle with basic business principles, and it's amazing how even a rudimentry knowledge of enturpernial business frameworks can help in every day work situations. While doing some research on entry level bunisness planning books I stumbled on a link to a free online version of The Hurdle Book. The site says, "The Hurdle Book was created to help encourage people to empower

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-8379364243942213022007-11-26T15:58:00.000-05:002007-11-26T16:39:49.707-05:00

Both the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii have addtional "live" content that can be downloaded via the internet if you so choose to give your console a network connection. Some of this content is free, but most of the content is paid for with "points" that can be purchased on-line or from various retailers. The interesting thing about a Points Model is that it abstracts the true cost of what

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-87080550569434946662007-10-22T12:52:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:54:57.708-04:00

My company Bridge Worldwide has been selected again as a top 25 best small business to work for in America and to celebrate we're going on a talent hunt. Image from our Grass is Greener Campaign If you think you've got what it takes check out our Careers Page.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-11821436759943682462007-09-03T12:10:00.000-04:002007-09-03T13:13:22.636-04:00

I had my second fantasy football draft of the season and I decided to make an iron-on T-Shirt with my team name on it. Being the dog lover that I am, I brainstormed some anti-Michael Vick team names and settled on "The ConVicks." In the long run I dropped the name because I felt it might be construed as supportive of Vick (and iron-on letters don't come in upper and lower case.) But, I still

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-28458880381915411192007-08-09T16:09:00.000-04:002007-08-09T16:14:00.091-04:00

I've been researching psychographics for work projects off an on for a a few years, and I'm always interested in testing and databasing results from psychology tests. Here's a site that does it very well... (Even though it could use a face lift...) These are my actual results... Career Inventory Test Results Extroversion |||||||||||||||||| 60% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||||||||

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-28933604853329319002007-07-31T14:03:00.000-04:002008-02-05T17:09:01.295-05:00

I looked into that 4 Hour Workweek book. Although it doesn’t appear to be worth reading, the idea is starting your own business then off loading the “busy work” to outsourcing firms in India. This article is shorter and much funnier version of the same thing... Thanks to Marty for the link. UPDATE My friend Scott loaned my the book and I plan on taking it with me to the 2008 Game

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-51310056796746144662007-07-15T21:42:00.000-04:002007-07-15T21:44:03.185-04:00

'Nuff said...

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-61979503216266100342007-06-27T14:26:00.000-04:002007-06-27T14:29:34.970-04:00

I replaced my nVidia GeForce 6600 GT with a different video card to see if it helps the issue. I did use another nVidia board--the 8600--which is listed as a Vista ready board. We'll see if that stabilizes my home system. See this post for more info...

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-19155658256980880412007-06-19T13:25:00.000-04:002007-11-07T15:06:12.078-05:00

I've been spending some time lately modding my old Xbox with a homemade USB cable. It's actually pretty amazing what people are doing with the oldish first generation Xbox hardware. Have a looksee... By the way, this is not my video, just a the same software I'm installing... :) Maybe I'll drop a few pictures as things progress.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-36405322691677991932007-04-22T11:55:00.000-04:002007-04-22T11:59:05.055-04:00

Not much to say, QuickDock 2.0 has been posted to Yahoo. Note: I recommend starting completely over by making a fresh shortcut directory and making new shortcuts directly from the .EXE files.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-67752671328054904882007-04-22T11:47:00.000-04:002007-04-22T11:54:46.013-04:00

(Worst title for a post ever...) I'm struggling to troubleshoot Remote Desktop with Windows Vista. It seems that when connecting through the RDP Vista will reset itself with an "Unexpected Shutdown." It works better (but not perfectly) with Themes unchecked, but I don't have any idea why. This isn't a reported bug, so I'm hoping some one stumbles across this and chimes in.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-57226610817958055772007-04-15T13:02:00.000-04:002007-04-16T13:06:19.509-04:00

Look for a new version of QuickDock to be posted in the next few days. A majority of the work was done by contributer Art McBain, but I have added a few visual updates for the next release. The widget is currently pending approval...

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18009810448663067000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12530708.post-31382608767680776462007-03-18T23:43:00.000-04:002007-03-19T11:45:23.268-04:00

Now that I've got Vista installed at home, I'll be looking into development of Vista Gadgets (i.e. Widgets) for useful (or not) desktop items. Here's the practically hidden development site.

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