Archive for June, 2004

Thar’s Gmail in Them Thar Bandwagon

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

There are so many Gmail invites floating around of late that the people giving them away have stopped trying to make it fun and just give them out to the first seven people who post comments.
Seeing as I really, really want to be an evil genius someday, I still want to make people work a […]

7 out of 10 - Better Luck Next Time

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

I just took the Human Factors International Usability Quiz on the recommendation of Henrik Olsen of GUUUI.
My score: 7 out of 10. Apparently I am an average usability sherpa. But, what I find odd is the “correct” answers to the ones I got wrong. Below are the questions, my answers and the […]

The Half-Birthday

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

We had a half-birthday for Sagan today. The weather cooperated with our outdoor party. We wnt to a very nice park in Northwest Normal called Maxwell Park. Lots of toys and things for kids to climb on.
There are a lot of pictures and eventually I will retitle them properly and give descriptions […]

Moderately Interesting

Friday, June 25th, 2004

Accent on Moderately.
This data, if accurate (it is published on the Web after all), is 3.5 years old… but still.
So if you take out the 49 countries on the list, the company I work for is the 51st biggest economic entity in the world. That surprised me a little bit. What surprised me […]