Chess Plugins for Wordpress
I have been playing chess online a bit more lately and have been looking for ways to incorporate chess into my blog a bit more. I don't know what form that will take, but one of the things I have been experimenting with is a Wordpress plugin called "Chess by Blog." This Wordpress Plugin allows you to paste a chess game in PGN format into your web posts. For example, the example below shows a game I played last week. Here is my initial results from trying to use the Chess By Blog Wordpress... [Continue Reading]
Download Broken Bells New Album
Broken Bells
There are a few bands that I am fanatical about. A quick look at my last.fm charts shows these bands to be Iron & Wine, Eels, Simon & Garfunkel, The Shins, and Ben Folds. When it comes to these musicians I will buy every track they put out, I will see them in concert, I [...]
The Secret Weapon of Good Writers
I have been writing regularly since 2004 and while I am not completely comfortable with calling myself a “writer,” it is something that I aspire to become. Today I was inadvertently paid a complement by an editor who told me, “Your style is a bit different than what we do. Your writing is a bit [...]
Portrait of Genius 2: R. Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller
In 1927, Richard was a suicidal drunk without a job. He was bankrupt and living in the slums of Chicago. He had been expelled from Harvard twice for bad behavior. The business he started with his father had failed. His daughter died after struggling with complications from polio and spinal meningitis. To say [...]
Decade Wrapup, My Life From 2000-2009
Have you ever met one of those people who can remember exactly what they were doing on a particular month in a particular year? I am lucky to remember what I had for dinner last night, so I am amazed by people with memories for events and dates. I have been reflecting on the last [...]
Best Music of 2009
Music Review
Every December I take a look back at the music I have enjoyed throughout the year and make a best of list. (For previous years you can visit: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004). This year I think I consumed more music than ever before and hopefully this list reflects a “deeper” selection than normal. [...]
My Mac Setup
Home Mac Setup
Over the Thanksgiving holiday my dad helped me with some electrical work in our basement where I work. I was able to recover 10 extension cords and a couple power strips that covered my walls and ceiling like spider webs. Safety benefits aside, it feels really good to have simplified my workspace so [...]
