Brugge, Belgium
ByDerek
Ok, I figured since my job really requires that I stay up on all this new web technology stuff, I’d jump into the whole Twitter “microblogging” thing. Probably a good thing for me since I don’t blog as much as I would like to. It’s much quicker to write something that’s 140 characters or less….
As a web applications developer, I often read Jakob Nielsen’s articles on usability. His most recent article deals with something of interest to the blogging world – participation inequality, or as we might say, lurkers vs. commentors. In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little,…
I haven’t done much financial blogging lately, but today I have a good reason to. The stock market rallied a bit today, and everything in my portfolio was up… except for Valero (VLO) and Nighthawk Radiology (NHWK). Valero I can understand. Oil prices fell a bit, and so the oil refiners will follow. But Nighthawk…
The occasional hot air balloon flying over is just another benefit to living in the country.
But I just had to share! I am officially 38 weeks, 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. (Effacement is the thinning out of the cervix in order to let a baby out, for those of you who don’t know pregnancy). The waiting is killing me and every little twitch, pain and jump makes me wonder,…
I had intended on going out to take photos of the eclipse, but instead found myself enthralled with the total view of the night sky. This, my friends, is why you move out to the country. (click for full size view) Here’s the Eclipse, nearly full.