… and I’ll be passing this along to my sister, who’s still using AOL and probably always will.
OMG, you’re still using AOL for e-mail? | Marketplace From American Public Media
Dalaise Michaelis: As soon as somebody says they are, you know, so-and-so at Earthlink.net or Hotmail.com, really it’s an “Oh My [...]

Continue reading about OMG, You’re Still Using AOL? Marketplace’s most popular story today

ginny on October 24th, 2009

because apparently they use elves to customize your Reader news item list by your karmic aura. Or something.
Official Google Reader Blog: Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking

Personalized ranking – Only have a 10 minute coffee break and want to see the best items first? All feeds now have a new sort [...]

Continue reading about Google Reader Goes All Magical

ginny on October 3rd, 2009

Bring on the rampant pantslessness, #SGU, and also the gritty, dark, but beautiful effects. @moryan has her take on the premiere, and I have mine on my blog.
The Watcher: Desperate survivors get lost in ‘Stargate Universe’
I’ve now seen five hours of the show and still don’t feel all that invested in the the fate [...]

Continue reading about Stargate Universe

ginny on October 2nd, 2009

@grantimahara and Kari Byron appear at a fundraiser at Rockford’s Coronado Performing Arts Center for the Discovery Center Museum tomorrow. PLENTY of seats available at all prices, but there’s a $10.00 “convenience fee” so may take our chances tomorrow at box office. It’s a nice drive, assuming there’s no tsunamis or anything.
Discovery Center Museum [...]

Continue reading about NEED A MIRACLE

ginny on September 11th, 2009

It’s now my desktop image.

APOD: 2009 September 10 – The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble

Continue reading about Butterfly Nebula

ginny on August 22nd, 2009

As you might have guessed, I was shopping for a video card. Mission accomplished (just barely).
UPDATE: Okay, yes, I just spent the last 10 days since buying the brand new computer trying to figure out a way to upgrade it for better performance in Second Life, which is ironic considering that I’ve never bothered [...]

Continue reading about Upgrade-a-Go-Go

ginny on August 18th, 2009

Still trying to keep up as Google Reader morphs into a global discussion group; it may eventually need some kind of killfile capability on username since there’s no control over what is shared or commented. It could be Usenet Wars or Listserv Wars all over again.
But other than those minor concerns, it’s very cool seeing [...]

Continue reading about Google Reader Hotting Up

ginny on August 14th, 2009

We are a globeful of dopamine addicts. We endlessly seek and never find the newest new thing.
Slate: Seeking
Seeking. You can’t stop doing it. Sometimes it feels as if the basic drives for food, sex, and sleep have been overridden by a new need for endless nuggets of electronic information. We are so insatiably curious [...]

Continue reading about Endlessly Seeking The New New

ginny on August 7th, 2009

Bought a brand new Gateway, struggling to get used to Vista… hope this wasn’t a mistake.
Gateway SX2800-01 – CNET TV
Oh, well, maybe this was one of those impulse buys, even though C/NET really liked it and picked it for a recent Editor’s Choice award. My previous desktop computer (the one Riley liked to sleep [...]

Continue reading about Gateway… Open for Now

ginny on July 18th, 2009

Loving the pictures of the lunar landing sites being sent back… you can even see a footpath left by Apollo 14’s astronauts in one image.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New images of Moon landing sites

Photo
A US spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail [...]

Continue reading about Moon Landing Sites