Random Resolutions

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Have New Year's Resolutions ever worked?  Really?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure no one has ever stuck to a New Year's Resolution, ever in the history of New Year's Resolutions.  Seriously.  I'm sure there are a thousand reasons for that, but, well, doe they matter?  Not really.  So, rather than be serious, why not try something more fun this year and generate your resolution randomly with the Diary of a Network Geek's New Year's Resolution Generator!

Camera Bank

Submitted by JKHoffman on

I won't call it a coin bank.

I mean, theoretically, you can just put coins in it, but if you're saving for camera gear, those coins had better be silver dollars!
I'm a sucker for kitsch as much as the next guy, but, when I saw this bank in the shape of a camera from Photojojo, I was hooked.  Not only does it look incredibly realistic, but the lens comes off!  That's how you open it to get the change you've been...
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Another Lap

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So, today marks another lap around the Sun for me.

Honestly, it was more or less just another day today, except that it happened to be the anniversary of the day of my birth.
I had nothing special planned and, as far as I know, angels did not weep audibly with joy to know that I had navigated another year.  Of course, the fact that I've made it this far is actually sort of an accomplishment, I think.  There are many who...
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Business Graphic Novels

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Don't have time to read the classics?

Hey, I hear you!  I mean, really, who does?  But, at the same time, I feel like I should read some of the business classics, like Think and Grow Rich or The Book of Five Rings or The Prince.  (Okay, actually, I have read those and in their full print format, but that's just an example.)  Well, for those of us short on time, but long on business ambition, there's Smarter Comics; graphic novels...
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HTML For Babies

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No, seriously!

Okay, so as we approach Christmas, I tend to think of gifts for people and I'll no doubt post about them.  Okay, so, mostly, these are things I wouldn't mind getting, but, still, I have good taste, so you'll enjoy them, too.
So, clearly, you can tell that I'm no web designer from the way this site looks, right?  Well, believe it or not, I used to code all the pages for this site in HTML, by hand, using nothing...
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Geek's Guide to New York

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I seem to be fixated on New York this month!

There are a lot of geeky landmarks in New York City.  From movies like Ghostbusters to comic books like the Fantastic Four to movies about comic books, there are a lot of references made to the Big Apple.  If you're a geek and plan on being a tourist in New York, wouldn't you like to hit these hot spots and revisit your favorite geek moments?  Or just take a photo of...
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A Personal Wiki

Submitted by JKHoffman on

Like Wikipedia, but on the micro scale.

It may surprise some readers here that I'm a geek in my professional life.  (Okay, so it may not have surprised many readers, but, still...)  And, as such, I tend to use computers in a lot of my daily life, including my creative life.  One tool that I've been experimenting with a bit is tiny, low-overhead wikis, sort of like a tiny, personal Wikipedia, only it's on my desktop and not publicly available via the internet.

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