Jasonisms

8 months ago Don't worry, I'm not going to post a picture of my mug on here, but I wanted to tell this story because it caught me off guard and that so rarely happens.  This morning at the gym, I was relaxing in the hot tub, letting the hot (okay, warm) water relax my muscles after a moderately intensive workout. Sometimes I enjoy a light workout, sometimes a very intense once, but this morning I just wasn't feeling it, so I met somewhere in the middle, which is far more often than I want to admit out loud.  I was sitting in the corner, like I always do, watching a YouTube on the origins of Hallowe'en  (some of which I disagree with on technical aspects and some of which I found thought provoking) when a younger woman enters the hot tub. I hadn't seen her at the gym before and definitely hadn't seen her in the hot tub before this morning, so I thought perhaps she was new to this particular gym. I said, "Hi," and she took the corner across from me, abou...

I find it ironic that MySpace became so popular and ushered in the age of social networking when sites like Blogger were already out there for people to write about their day, share their music and show friends their images. Before "social networking" bloggers could follow other bloggers by clicking "follow" and leave comments without a wall or a page. Actually, the more I play around with Blogger, with customization, HTML, embedding videos and slideshows, the more I realize MySpace held no features Blogger didn't already have, they just hit a target market (musicians, bands and entertainers) and made getting your stuff out there much easier than the idea of blogging. After all, blogging is something internet-nerds do, not something hip young people do, right? Unless, of course, you consider Facebook status updates as blogs (which they are), Twitter's 140 character "What I'm doing now" as blogs (which they are and is why Twitter is calle...

I was going to blog today. I'm trying to be more regular about it, really I am. However, for the life of me I can't think of anything to write about. I'm not knowledgeable enough about tech-economics to determine if the Apple v. Samsung case is a win or loss for Samsung, for innovation and/or for Android. I suppose I could write about Google's new Stream controls that annoyed me at first, but only because I was using them wrong. Or, more accurately a setting I made didn't stick and G+ annoyed me with the flood of incoming notifications. I could post about the lunch I had with a friend at a restaurant he's thinking about buying or my trip to the library or any of a dozen other inconsequential things. But, I just don't have it in me today. Perhaps, tomorrow. I did HACK THIS PHOTO earlier. It took me a couple of minutes using Picasa . Nothing special, but I did get the mood  I was going for, so that's a win. From Hack This Photo