April 2006

Because everyone knows technology is a pain

by Bill Wren on April 25, 2006

Why will a business like this work? Because some one does it for you. As one of the best books on Web sites says, Don’t Make Me Think. Almost every consumer knows, anything related to technology is a pain in the butt. Even if you have the right kind of mind for tech things, there [...]

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Blogger having problems

by Bill Wren on April 24, 2006

It looks like Blogger is having some problems. According to the status page: Monday, April 24, 2006 All publishing is broken right now. We’re working on it. Posted by Pete at 9:45 PDT I have a few blogs on with Blogger and I can tell you – it ain’t working right now. And there are [...]

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The big small world

by Bill Wren on April 17, 2006

On the right you can see where I stick that Amazon ad. Every so often I change it up. They’re books I’ve read or am reading that I think are worthwhile. I’m working on the assumption that the few ads I place on here aren’t too annoying. Of course, over the time I’ve had them [...]

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Four novels all Victorian inspired

by Bill Wren on April 16, 2006

I’m not sure if it’s me, something in recent culture or a combination of the two, but I’ve recently read a number of books that have revisited the Victorian period, particularly Sherlock Holmes. Contradictory though this sounds, they’ve been a bit like Victorian literature with a contemporary sensibility. I’m thinking specifically of four novels (of [...]

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Being remarkable – The Big Moo

by Bill Wren on April 7, 2006

I haven’t started reading it yet but I’ve picked up The Big Moo, which has the nice line at the top of the cover, “Stop trying to be perfect and start being remarkable.” Well, I can assent to that (though being neither perfect nor remarkable I can’t claim to have any authority on these things). [...]

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