Monthly Archives: May 2008

Five Years of Blogging

May 30, 2008 – 9:20 am

This blog’s fifth anniversary recently passed. I posted my first entry here on May 28th, 2003, and it’s been an interesting ride ever since. (When I started this blog, I had no intention of ever becoming a web developer. Then I fell in love with web standards and web authoring, and now it’s my profession.)
People [...]

By josh | Posted in Personal, Technology | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

The iPhone, Location, and Product Pricing

May 28, 2008 – 9:45 am

A few years ago I had an idea for a website that would help its users to see which stores had a particular item in stock. I was tired of phone shopping for popular items, and I was even more tired of driving to a store only to find that they don’t have the one [...]

By josh | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (13)

The Storm

May 28, 2008 – 8:54 am

Last Sunday, the 25th, we were hit by a pretty severe thunderstorm. Large parts of the Twin Cities metro area didn’t feel a thing, but in Forest Lake, we had some really serious winds, crazy sideways rain, and marble-sized hail. I didn’t get video of the worst of it because I was hiding in the [...]

By josh | Posted in Personal, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Caleb & Photo Booth

May 21, 2008 – 9:35 pm

Caleb and I had some fun tonight with Photo Booth when I had him in the Baby Bjorn.

By josh | Posted in Personal | Tagged | Comments (3)

Clay Shirky’s “Cognitive Surplus”

May 5, 2008 – 9:39 pm

A brilliant talk made by a brilliant man on the key changes coming in our society due to what he calls “cognitive surplus.” 

Watch Clay Shirky at Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008 on blip.tv

By josh | Posted in Technology | Tagged | Comments (10)