Domestic Geek

I started checking out using RSS readers right around the Blogathon. I didn't really have time to implement one beforehand, though. I know it would've made keeping up with the various sites a lot easier.

I pretty much forgot about it until this whole PPP Puzzle hooplah. During the first contest, it was mentioned in the forums that PPP has an rss feed for the opps. I started using that to check for new pieces. I started playing with Google's beta rss reader, but sometimes it freezes up the my browser window. It's also hard to add feeds (you have to type them in individually since you can't drag/drop or import an opml). I found somebody that recommended Netvibes and I tried that, too. Wasn't totally impressed with that one, either. I found a Firefox extention called Sage that runs an RSS reader in your sidebar. I've been playing with it for a couple of hours and I really like it so far. They have a lot of stylesheets on their site that you can change the look of the feed preview with. Since it runs in the browser, I can click the rss icon in the address bar and add it right to the correct rss folder. It's pretty nifty. I'll have to figure out how to export my list to be able to use it on the many computers I use.

Man, I love using Firefox.

Wow, I missed an important birthday yesterday. Happy 5th Birthday to the beloved iPod. It seems like just yesterday Apple introduced you to the world and now look what you're done in that short time. When I'm employed and back on my feet again, I'm going to save my PPP funds to get a new video iPod. I miss mine something fierce.

While purusing the Apple employment site for me yesterday, Marcus noticed that they are now hiring for a Park Meadows location. I wonder where over there they are planning to put it? I hope it's not in the mall itself. I hate going into that place. Anyway, sometime in the next few months, looks like we're going to another Apple Store opening!

After much pushing on Mike's and my parts, we got Marcus to accompany us to the grand opening of the new Apple Store yesterday morning at Boulder's new Twenty Ninth Street mall. You see, Marcus has this thing against Boulder and didn't want to set foot within it. His love of Apple won out, though, so off we all went.

That's a nice outdoor mall. The decor and architecture is really beautiful. Pair that with scenery of the flatirons and it was breathtaking. Someday, after procuring a new job so that I will have money, I think I'll take the trek back up there and check it out in more detail.

I took pictures until Marcus' camera battery died. Go check them out in the Boulder Apple Store Opening Gallery.

In addition, someone else posted pictures from the event. Go check out the photos at Mile Hi Mac. We ended up in 3 or 4 of the shots of the crowds. Look for Mike's bright red Detroit Red Wings cap!

I hate it when you have a power outage (and your battery backup is dead and you can't afford to replace it) and all of your open Firefox tabs, BBEdit windows, etc. are all gone. *sigh* Wish I had saved some of that stuff at one point.

I hate it how scattered my mind has been lately. I really wish I could concentrate. The first thing I'm doing after I get a job is get new glasses. I didn't realize how much I depended on them until they're gone. It doesn't help that the blogging world seems to think that smaller is better for type size. I thought the problem was the Cinema display I normally surf on with its 1680x1050 screen resolution, but no...my laptop is set to 1024x768 and I constantly have to ctrl+ the type to make it legible. I've thought about leaving snarky comments on such sites, but why? It's their business how they want their sites to look. I need to learn to let things like that go and stop trying to be such a control freak.