Andy Ihnatko's YELLOWTEXTThe weblog of Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times and Macworld tech columnist.Watery Fowls- May 31, 2006 Taking a short break between the Day Shift, during which I finished a newspaper column, and the Night Shift, in which the stated goal is to finish one and hopefully even two more chapters of this new book. That very goal is spelled out on the sign outside my house, right underneath the painted legend "First Unitarian Church of Medfield" and above the schedule of masses that was in effect when I swiped the sign one rainy night back in March. 879 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#58801 t3h w3))1ng R0XxX0RRrrR!1!1! w00t!- May 13, 2006 Welcome to Love in the 21st-Century: 185 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#35578 Birds do it...- May 12, 2006 I clear away the breakfast paraphernalia, and then I fill an insulated steel commuter tumbler with ice and most of the contents of a can of Diet Dr. Pepper. After completing the grueling .05-mile commute to my office, slipping into the seat behind my keyboard and clicking all four points of the safety harness into the lap buckle, I open a new document window in preparation for the metric tons of aggregate-form Genius that are certain to come spilling down through the sluices at any moment. As I.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#28174 First Thing- May 8, 2006 Whether your office is a 72-minute commute away or just two doors down from your bedroom, offices are offices. Being self-employed, I can't join in with my co-workers in coming up with new ways to describe what Jessica's done to her hair over the weekend and I can't even sneak into the break room when no one's there and make sure I've touched all of the bagels and pastries. 677 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#65469 Captain Smoooooth...- May 4, 2006 I'm sure that the folks at Webster's New International and the Oxford English Dictionary will make this change in all future editions, but if you have kids in the house you're going to want to lose no time in updating it yourself, to preserve the authority of this vital reference book. 389 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#88093 Progress Is Our Most Important Product- May 2, 2006 The good news is that I've turned the corner, both workload-wise in general and book-project-wise in specific. The hardest part of a book project comes after you've done all the fun research but before the writing has gained some self-sustaining momentum...and that's where I'd been stuck for the past few weeks. 931 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#65303 When I'm good and damned READY, that's when!!!- May 2, 2006 Two reasons why I love iSquint: 132 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0506.html#30832 |