China Up, America Down – If them folks cain't swim, they bound to drizown. Hard to argue with these points, until China starts trying to bully other countries. In 5, 4, 3… RunKeeper Pro– Free Through January – Normally $10 for the pro version, get it free! Delicious In Purgatory – I would be SO gone already (I already have a contingency plan in place) if all of my Delicious   Read More ...

Free Nature Work/Sleep Mix You Control – Awesome…sometime music is too distracting. Want to try an mp3 for running. Gmote Turns Your Android Phone Into a Remote Control for Your PC – TweetEffect- When did you lose or gain twitter followers? – FreshBooks – Online Invoicing, Time Tracking & Billing Software – Pretty cool for people who are one man shows. Hey, Michael Moore, I’m calling you out – Random   Read More ...

Neville’s latest, What if Congress Adopted the Agile Manifesto, is truly great. You can read the whole post at the jump, but here’s my favorite part: 10) Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential. …I think Congress skipped this step. Oh well, it was the only “essential” step. I’ve long been an advocate of Congress getting as little “work done” as possible. Congress working means us   Read More ...

Calendar Reform – I’m all for it. But can we please keep Congress away from it? I like the idea of WorldDay, which would fall outside the calendar and not be a marked day at all (Friday, Saturday, WorldDay, Sunday) once a year. That should help it get bilateral acceptance, right? Go to Nashvegas with Gavin Baker – That’s not an insult, it’s for real. He’s heading to Social Fresh.   Read More ...

2009: The Year of the Failed Narratives – I love story time! I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed that none of the stuff they are trying to sell us involves dragons or unicorns. I mean, if we're going to write fiction, let's go all the way with it. Ghetto Kool-Aid – The word "ghetto" is over-used. The word "Kool-Aid", however, is not. The New Flight Security Rules,   Read More ...

Using Google Apps? 5 Ways to Avoid Getting Hacked – I really need to get around to doing these things. Looks like you could make it happen in less than 15 minutes and save yourself a lot of heartache. WordPress 2.9, oh so fine – Just updated, and this should force a post. The image editor and easy video embed are nice! Common Laptop/Netbook Positions to Avoid – I'm just   Read More ...

Homes: About to get much cheaper? – Hmmm….time to sit in an apartment and wait? MediaMonkey – Looking for the best way to sync an Android phone for music. Nothing out there like iTunes yet, but this is good. Remember Why We Have a Department of Energy? – Oh, but it will be different with banking and health care. Right? The Most Inappropriate Halloween Costumes Possible – Two of my   Read More ...

Here’s a great post on How to Find Bugs in Giant Software Programs. Next week…how to find out how to use giant software programs.