Chrome Beta for Mac

Chrome Beta for Mac = underwhelming.

: ok, I admit, I'm a

: ok, I admit, I'm a total google fanboy. Picassa 3.5 rawks! #googlefanboy

: days like today ma

: days like today make me want to become a Luddite.

typing with only one

typing with only one eye is harder that it would seem. Minor procedure to remove a piece of plastic from cornea yesterday ... don't ask :-)

...so Tweetdeck appe

...so Tweetdeck appears to have eaten my favorites? Is there a time limit on saved tweets? I was no where near default column limit?

truly appreciates th

truly appreciates the chance to serve others through The Westminster Schools Community Service http://htxt.it/uOET

is excited about tal

is excited about talking to one of my favorite researchers, Kate Erlich, about how and why I microblog.

...wow...I really do

...wow...I really do need that amplifier to get cable signal throughout house. Broadband back and cookin'

...back onsite at th

...back onsite at the mobility center; phone issues resolved.

thx for all the veri

thx for all the verification calls! If you need to reach ne for work, use 404.939.3172 for now.

's work phone system

's work phone system issue(s) is a good reason to seriously revisit using Google Voice #. Help me out by calling me at (404) 939-3172

thinks ATT is routin

thinks ATT is routing Google Voice calls thru its vmail system to track volume/collect fees #googlevoice

says losing both you

says losing both your phone and internet service to storms is frustrating; tethering to internet using your mobile device is priceless.

has a serious case of Friday-itis

If you're wondering what all the fuss is about regarding Social Media, check this out http://ping.fm/9jNke

Is Ping.fm down .... again.

is GTD for the rest of the day!

has reached inbox zero! .... but for how long?

...sigh...second day in row. Time for coffee....

Wow...can't believe how bad this call ... which is supposed to be a demo of our stuff ... is....

up early (after quitting late ... this am) and still excited about today's prospects!

Worth a few moments of your time: How to Think Constructively About Healthcare http://ping.fm/dBbYs

wonders ... if you could update your 'status' once and have it appear everywhere (selectively, of course) but, including work, would you?

wonders ... if you could update your 'status' once and have it appear everywhere (selectively, of course) but, including work, would you?

has screwed up and made his coffee too weak two days in a row...what's up with that!?

hates having to work while so near to the beach...sigh.

...off to gym, then to work...actually looking forward to both.

RT @Quinetta's Daughter PRIVACY -- Facebook has agreed to let 3rd party advertisers use your posted photos in ads without your permission. Click on Settings (located on top of page in blue bar, next to logout); Select Privacy Settings; Select News Feed and Wall; Select the Tab that reads Facebook Ads. There will be a drop down box; Select No One. Save your changes & then Pass This On.

loves this editorial by NY Times columnist, David Pogue http://ping.fm/UJiQ8 As a long-time ''unlocked'' phone user, I'm optimistic

juggling conflicting meetings...sigh.

...gggrrr... gmail appears to be on the ''fritz'' - won't take action (archive, delete, etc...) items.

continues to be impressed and pleased with the ease of use Jing http://ping.fm/cpnuA

loves it when work doesn't feel like work...

has been enjoying his ''unplayed'' playlist in itunes for past several days; still 4.8 days worth of music to go.

just ''chatted'' via FB with his son, Cameron, who's in Spain touring and staying with a family there as part of EIL http://ping.fm/zTpez

...hmmm, if Ping can update my IBM network, I may switch from HelloTxt

In the presence of greatness

The 'social' web is just so awesome! I'd gotten links to this piece in several ways (i.e. email, facebook, text, etc....) but had not taken the time to watch. Now that I have, I appreciate the ''greatness'' of this young man and the significance of his message. It's been pleaded for in the past, but never as eloquently as this:



Oh, and this eloquence stands in stark contrast to the nonsense broadcast on BET last night. I won't even dignify it with a link.

hung out with his 'g

hung out with his 'geek baby' today and did a lot of cool work!

Pura Vida (Pure Life) - Costa Rica Travel

Just tried to email Picassa web album here and boy was that ugly!

I've posted to Facebook and shared elsewhere. I'll have to think this through going forward as I don't like doing things 'inefficiently.' Grin.

Enjoy the pics

Long overdue pictures from ''Mr. Smith (and family) goes to Washington''

What can I say...I'm the person who still has boxes and boxes of unfiled, loose pictures to deal with; unlike my mother who has my entire life story neatly chronicled in several binders of pictures.

Here's my Picasa slideshow of pictures from our trip to DC to experience the inaugural event and festivities. I still plan to caption but enjoy!

Finding meaning and flow .....

As I stared quickly at my 'out of date' blog and wondered what I could do/say to get into some sort of 'flow' here, my thoughts spun to Jordan Loughren and his valiant, on-going fight against cancer. Jordan is wrestling with a recurrence of lukemia in his bone marrow. Jordan is only 5 years old. Those thoughts immediately put my trivial concern into perspective and fueled this post.

Check out Jordan and his wonderful family - Trey, Lee, Joe and Khaki on his site on CaringBridge.

If you're so inclined, consider making a donation to support CaringBridge and the wonderful support service they provide to families like the Loughrens. I am.

We work smarter, together ... wow, what a tagline!

Ed Brill, Lotus blogger extraordinaire, just shared this video via his blog, and I have to echo his sentiments.

I know a number of folks, working at other companies using Lotus Notes and struggling. I can honestly say that some of the possibilities being unlocked by the lates version of Lotus Notes and products like Lotus Connections and Quickr are truly delivering on the promise of the tagline.



I hope my friends at the aforementioned companies don't rush off too soon before also realizing that they can 'believe the hype'.

Doh, read the instructions, dummy....

I realized when I got home and more closely examined the Blogger dashboard that posts sent from mobile are set to ''draft'' by default. So, my first attempt 'failed' because it (blogger) worked as designed. Doh!

So, expect a couple of belated, ''after the fact'', but contextually accurate blog posts before I finish this weekend.

''Fifty by Fifty'' - my weight loss / health goal

I know I owe everyone an update on our trip to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama, but I had to share some news.

As some of you know, I've set a goal to lose 50 pounds by age 50 - hence ''50x50'' or ''Fifty by Fifty'' I think 'publishing' your aims and goals in some way helps to keep you (or at least me) on track. To that end, I'm very pleased and proud to report that I'm down to 246.8 pounds as of today!

My starting weight was 261.5 pounds as measured by last visit to doctor. My blood pressure was borderline hypertensive and my cholesterol levels remained higher than desired. Something 'just clicked' and I've been 'on it' since early December. I'm keeping it simple and simply ''Being more active and eating less fat'' I've adopted a quasi-vegetarian diet and I'm currently up every morning between 5 am and 6 am working through a cross-training routine on elipitical machine, strectching and soon, free weight exercises with dumb bells.

As the old Nike campaign slogan suggested, 'Just Do It'

Is trying something for the first time.

In a word....WOW!

Wow, wow, wow! It's not even 8 am on Monday and I am just blown away by the festivities and feeling here in DC.

Saturday morning we woke up and meandered next door to the adjacent mall in Pentagon City and picked up some souvenirs of our visit for friends and family. Then, using our favorite and preferred mode of transportation for the weekend, the Washington Metro, we headed into the city.

I insisted that we pick up our commemorative SmartTrip cards right away and not miss out out on having and using while we were here. I'm glad we did because we heard they were 'sold out' online.

We then headed toward the capitol building and had a chance to get into the Library of Congress (at Cameron's request) just before it closed. You can only take picutues in selected areas, but trust me when I say, it was awesome. We saw the Gutenberg bible, looked over into the 'reading room' and spent time examining various maps of the world including the 1507 Waldseemuller

My dear friend Ava then picked us up and we toured the city including driving the parade route, passing by the new Native American Museum and scooting by the site of the actual inauguration. This is as close as we'll get to the podium, but, man, what a shot.

Sunday, we woke up and got a workout in at the hotel fitness center (I love my in-home Precor EFX, but I know which one I want to get next) and then headed off to church. We attended St. Augustine's Catholic church - the same church we attended when we lived in DC and the church where Coretha and I were married 20+ years ago! We then took the metro down to the ''We Are One'' concert that kicked off the weekend's events. When you see the scenes on TV and you see the Washington Monument off in the distance, imagine standing directly in front of the monument overlooking the scene and this is what you'd see


I'll try to be more timely with 'today's' post, and I'll upload all the pictures I'm taking - the good ones anyway - and include a link to them so you can see them, but again...wow!

A trip to history - we're in Washington, D.C. for inaugural events

Well I promised a few of you that I would blog about our trip so here goes...

Cameron, Coretha and I arrived safely sans my bag (which I checked at the last moment - it was good move as it wouldn't have fit in overhead on smaller plane, but it was a pain to have to wait for it to be delivered to hotel). It's all good now - bag as well as box we shipped arrived safely.

We're plotting our weekend now. I love D.C. from the time I lived nearby in Fairfax. So, I'm looking forward to 'just being here.' for a while.

I know we will attend the Jack and Jill of America, SE Region "Pink, White and Blue Inaugural Ball" on Monday, join our friends for parade inaugural viewing at Southern Company office and, we just found out, we'll be going to the Africa Group (Coca Cola?) 'Party on the Potomac. We need to verify date/location of that last one so stay tuned

Regardless of your preferred candidate in the past election, you have to appreciate the significance of this weekend's festivities and the historic events of Tuesday. I will treasure this forever.

It just works ... i hope? Pogoplug !

Based on this interview, this is on my Amazon Wish List as a 'must have'in 2009. It solves precisely the problem I've been looking to solve.

Happy New Year! A bit of fun to start the year...

I'm excited about a new year, a new job (still with IBM; hey, I'm ''lifer'' ... get over it (smile) and new places planned to visit this year (more on that later).

For now, please enjoy this bit of 'satire' summarizing the year that was 2008. There are no 'magic negro' bits in it, but I'm anxious to hear reactions from the few who watch / follow my sporadic blog posts. In my view, ''this is appropriate satire.''