Palavericious

Loving the FreshBooks

2009-03-25T08:31:00.002-06:00

I recently changed my online accounting software to Freshbooks and I'm loving it.

It's the 3rd or 4th one I've tried and I think I've found a home. The fact that they integrate online payment systems, track my invoices (vs just create them) and allow me to expand my account as my business grows make me a convert and an evangelist. A lot of the others had an all or nothing feel to them, the tiered system just seems right to me.

[Yes, that's a referral link up there but that's not the reason I posted this, I really do love it]

Uh, no thanks

2009-03-14T00:12:00.000-06:00

Yeah, that's not gonna work for me.

Colorado Bloggers, 6 years gone

2008-11-25T17:35:00.004-07:00

ON 9/23/02 this esteemed internet publication (with a readership of at least 2) published a list of 19 other Colorado-based blogs:

Hey That's My Bike! [dead in the water]

Delicate Flower [404]

Virgin Territory [404]

Geek Press [alive and kicking]

Noodle Food [still going strong]

World Wide Rant [recently updated]

LaLaGirl [la la la blah]

Chokkoto Love [404]

Timidity[still bloggin']

You Know They Sayyou know what they say? for sale!]

tangled [still blogging but somebody stole your index]

Knick-Knack [still there]

Britney's Life [uh, no]

BlahStuff [fairly current]

stpeter [moved, but still blogging]

Miscminutiae [gone daddy gone]

Stomping Shoes [error]

Feminist Blog [this domain may be for sale, otherwise there's just a lot of self-loating going on there]

Wrong Answer [very wrong answer]

Granted many may have moved on to other URLish playgrounds but still...it's sad. Spillin' a 40 for ya homiez.

Over the Hills and Far Away

2008-07-08T02:03:00.002-06:00

I want to die in a whole, free and united Ireland.

Everything is...

2008-05-12T15:29:00.002-06:00

everything is * and *

hi

2008-04-24T11:32:00.001-06:00

neverending...

2008-04-23T10:51:00.001-06:00

To go with my "need is a very strong word" mantra:

* is a very strong word

Capa Cache

2008-01-27T21:36:00.000-07:00

The results of this will be fantastic and fascinating, I can't wait!

Just Shoot Me

2006-11-29T13:34:00.000-07:00

\d{1,2}(\/?)\d{1,2}(\/?)\d{2}(\d{2})?

that is all.

[edit] No it's not. It won't work. the (1,2) without the slashes makes code go BOOM.

Bad People do Bad Things

2006-10-24T11:58:00.001-06:00

--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl

--AZ-01: Rick Renzi

--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth

--CA-04: John Doolittle

--CA-11: Richard Pombo

--CA-50: Brian Bilbray

--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave

--CO-05: Doug Lamborn

--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell

--CT-04: Christopher Shays

--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan

--FL-16: Joe Negron

--FL-22: Clay Shaw

--ID-01: Bill Sali

--IL-06: Peter Roskam

--IL-10: Mark Kirk

--IL-14: Dennis Hastert

--IN-02: Chris Chocola

--IN-08: John Hostettler

--IA-01: Mike Whalen

--KS-02: Jim Ryun

--KY-03: Anne Northup

--KY-04: Geoff Davis

--MD-Sen: Michael Steele

--MN-01: Gil Gutknecht

--MN-06: Michele Bachmann

--MO-Sen: Jim Talent

--MT-Sen: Conrad Burns

--NV-03: Jon Porter

--NH-02: Charlie Bass

--NJ-07: Mike Ferguson

--NM-01: Heather Wilson

--NY-03: Peter King

--NY-20: John Sweeney

--NY-26: Tom Reynolds

--NY-29: Randy Kuhl

--NC-08: Robin Hayes

--NC-11: Charles Taylor

--OH-01: Steve Chabot

--OH-02: Jean Schmidt

--OH-15: Deborah Pryce

--OH-18: Joy Padgett

--PA-04: Melissa Hart

--PA-07: Curt Weldon

--PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick

--PA-10: Don Sherwood

--RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee

--TN-Sen: Bob Corker

--VA-Sen: George Allen

--VA-10: Frank Wolf

--WA-Sen: Mike McGavick

--WA-08: Dave Reichert

More Google Madlibs

2006-10-04T13:31:00.000-06:00

There's * in the * again"

The last time I saw * he was *"

The last time I saw * she was *"

Adding Insult to Injury

2006-08-16T10:36:00.000-06:00

Russia shoots dead Japanese fisherman.

webtastic!

2006-05-08T13:44:00.000-06:00

Trying to find a buzzword that hasn't been webbified.

webumentary

websploitation

webtastic

webriffic

webarrhea!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't mind a government paycheck

2006-03-03T12:46:00.000-07:00

The team's motto is "Engage," and Flowers and others work with more than 250 bloggers to try to disseminate news about the good work being done by U.S. forces in the global war on terror. The effort, officials here said, has reached more than 17 million online readers.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2006/20060302_4370.html

I wonder if any of these ~~propaganda~~ favorable information dissemination blogs receive compensation. Hey Spc Flowers, hook me up with one of those Armstrong Williams size checks, will ya?

More Fun With Paper

2006-03-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

paper rulers of various sizes.

Lower Manhattan - Before and Af ter 9/11

2006-02-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

Lower Manhattan - Before and After 9/11.

Too Much Fun

2006-02-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

Appropos of nothing, this guy is having way too much fun creating 'blank page' PDFs.

We Protect You From the Spam We Make

2006-02-23T14:42:00.000-07:00

Gmail just marked a notification from Picasa as spam. There's something poetic about that.

There's a small chance that I previously marked a piece of mail from Picasa as spam myself but I don't think that's the case.

Not Forgotten

2006-02-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

I am.

Oh the Places You'll Go

2005-10-05T15:06:00.000-06:00

30 (or 31) Down:

create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

Good Day Gentlemen

2005-09-02T10:34:00.000-06:00

Conversation between coworkers:

A: Hey, you have two monitors on your computer!
B: Yeah, it's got dual monitor support.
A: How do you do that?
B: It's something your turn on in DOS.
Me: Yeah, c:\MainScreenTurnOn will set you up the bomb

Hooray for Texas!

2005-08-31T13:25:00.000-06:00

Way to go Texas! Stepping up to the plate when it counts.

Happy Driving

2005-08-31T09:49:00.000-06:00

2004 HUMMER H2 SUV. 32 gallon fuel tank. 9.6 mpg.

$96 to fill up and just enough fuel to get to the back of the soon-to-be-formed gas lines. Assuming that there's not a gallons-per-purchase limit imposed, in that case you'll have no penis AND no vehicle to compensate for it.

Happy driving, next time you buy a vehicle consider 'getting a brain morans'.

...a post in which I eat my words

2005-08-19T09:59:00.000-06:00

Hah, putting the Meta in Metafilter.

In this post I made fun of Josh Caldwell for riding his Segway across the US (and incorrectly said that he would have a headwind when in fact it was a tailwind).

Guess who's sitting at the desk across the room from me, recently hired at my company. You guessed it, the same Josh Caldwell.

He was featured on CNN this morning (we just saw the clip) and CNET and you can see the trailer here.

I Found the Sharpest Tool in the Shed--and It's Not Me

2005-08-16T13:15:00.000-06:00

So I'm using a pill splitter this morning and a pill gets stuck in the little V-shaped 'gripper'. I can't get it out so I flip the thing over and start smacking it in the palm of my hand--with the blade right over my thumb. Where did all this blood come from?