Author: Doug McCaughan

  • Why me?!

    The day was starting off so well (technically..personally it could improve greatly) and then wham! Just to kill productivity, my mouse flips out and only works in a small portion of my screen. Try to go outside of that and the pointer jumps back to the top of the screen. I reboot and at the WindowsXP user login screen it does the same thing. Guess my day is going to be wasted working on my dev box. At least it works in safe mode so I know its not a hardware issue.

    Why does everything have to be such an uphill battle?

  • Excellent list of Portable USB software

    For people that work between multiple computers (say a home office and a corporate office) or want the security of leaving less of a footprint on a computer, you can install a variety of software packages on a USB drive. Great list!

  • The Fog

    The game of life is hard to play
    I’m going to lose it anyway
    The losing card I’ll someday lay
    So this is all I have to say

    The only way to win is cheat
    And lay it down before I’m beat
    And to another give a seat
    For that’s the only painless feat

  • What do you use for time tracking?

    I have used Quickbooks Pro’s timer before but mostly I use Allnetic’s Timetracker. I would prefer something decent for my PDA (palmos) but I have strayed from carrying it around and the last time I looked the available time trackers were inadequate. I need something I can wear on my wrist that autosyncs with the nearest computer via bluetooth. That way I can bounce from computer to computer and enter time tracking data from the keyboard (but the device still needs to accept entry from the wrist).

  • Of Grasshoppers

    Student: I want to be doing something else.
    Master: Try truly enjoying what you are doing and there will be nothing else.

  • Countdown!

    Lost in 15 minutes!

  • Of Grasshoppers

    Student: What do you see in the mirror?
    Master: Truth

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  • Lost’s Biggest Mystery

    In February we learn ‘why is Hurley still fat?’ after 50 days on the island!

    In an e-mail, co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse gave this teasing reply:”Hurley’s inability to lose any significant weight, like many other things on the island, is shrouded in mystery. That mystery, however, will be definitively solved during February sweeps… well, as definitively as anything ever gets solved on ‘Lost,’ anyway.”

    Source

  • The right way to do a video blog

    Know thy Amanda! I believe everyone’s introduction to Rocketboom should be the Sept 27, 2005 episode. That’s my personal favorite episode and the day I started watching.

    Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City. We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture. Agenda includes releasing each new clip at 9am EST, Monday through Friday. With a heavy emphasis on international arts, technology and weblog drama, Rocketboom is presented via online video and widely distributed through RSS.

    I give this program a high recommendation! I read in the comments that Amanda Congdon actually interviewed for the partnership position.

    In February Amanda will play herself on CSI! She is graced with her own wikipedia entry. Their show went from a 700 person viewership in 2004 to 70,000 in just 10 months! For the true fans, she also has a blog.

  • Lost Theory

    I didn’t see real spoilers in this theory but it certainly is thought provoking. The author substantiates his theory about the Lost island with information that can be confirmed through Google.

    UPDATE: Apparently Digg picked up on this one and the server is temporarily down.

  • Wednesdays, my favorite worst day

    Wednesdays are Lost
    Work is Lost to the children’s needs
    Lost as a taxi service
    Preschool, preschool, high school, STAR
    Time Lost to the kids is precious
    On Wednesdays I am in paradise, Lost
    In the island of my mind, I am Lost
    Lost in self-flagellation and meditation
    I so look forward to Wednesdays
    My favorite times have always been Lost times
    I would not trade my Lost Wednesdays for anything
    Best of all, Wednesdays end with Lost

    “I can’t do this all on my own. No, I know, I’m no Superman!

  • Of Waking and Cool Numbers

    I woke around 1:00am again and was excited that I would be getting more work done while everyone slept. The next time I opened my eyes it was 4:44am. I was so mad that I had allowed myself to drift off that I lay in bed punishing myself then I opened my eyes at 6:37am.

    I love it when all the numbers on the clock are the same. Often I wake at 4:44 or 3:33 and so on. I always find it amusing, and although it is a coincidence, I can’t help thinking that my biological clock is somehow tuned to these numbers.