Cyber Monday
I couldn’t quite talk myself into signing up for a Pluralsight subscription today, even at the $200 Black Friday rate, but I did convince myself to plunk down $15 for […]
November 2016
Pluralsight Black Friday sale and SharePoint development
I signed up for a free three-month Pluralsight subscription, via Microsoft’s Dev Essentials program, a couple of months ago. The main purpose of the subscription, initially, was to learn more […]
Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving! Coincidentally (or not), I’ve been thinking about gratitude a bit lately. I stumbled across Berkeley’s Greater Good site recently, and spent some time perusing the gratitude section. The […]
Bananapocalypse
Here’s a good article on the possibility of a coming bananapocalypse. It sounds kind of funny, but it’s a real problem. The world’s most popular fruit, the Cavendish banana, is […]
Mastry and Monster Men
I took my own advice (from yesterday) and took the train into New York today and visited The Met Breuer. The Kerry James Marshall exhibit was really impressive. I knew […]
Waiting for the Miracle
Well, it’s Saturday morning, and I’m really hoping next week is better than this week. I’m listening to Leonard Cohen’s “Waiting for the Miracle” right now. This live version is […]
Splendid Isolation
A very clever DJ on the radio this morning played Pete Yorn’s version of Splendid Isolation (originally a Warren Zevon song). It seems apropos, after this week’s election results. David […]
Pope Francis Names Joseph Tobin to Lead Archdiocese of Newark
From the NY Times: Francis’ pick is Joseph W. Tobin, currently the archbishop of Indianapolis. He made national headlines last year when he rebuffed Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, now […]
Doctor Strange
One of the nice things that usually happens whenever Marvel or DC release a new superhero movie is that they reprint some old comics featuring that particular hero. Also, Comixology […]
Cable TV shenanigans
About a month ago, I blogged about how my cable TV provider was discontinuing my old plan and moving me to a new one. That’s happened, so I now have […]