http://www.christianswanson.com my mind wanders Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:34:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was such a pain I decided I should share it. Important: Close Mail Create your signature, using raw html tags, in a text-editing program, like TextEdit (which comes pre-installed on every Mac) or TextMate (my favorite). 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Initially I didn't like it but then it was explained to me why (because it's a unibody and the angle of that panel provides a lot more rigidity) and it all ... http://www.christianswanson.com/cars/why-i-chose-the-honda-ridgeline/ Now that I see that my first two rules seem to be following a spooky theme, I figured I should post an old one that I've always meant to post. This rule came about after living in Hollywood for a few years: Never data a woman with a headshot... especially if ... http://www.christianswanson.com/dating/rule-of-dating-3-in-no-particular-order/ I had a dream that two friends and I had gone to some single mother's mobile-home trailer to do some fix-up work and when it can time to leave we found that none of the doors were big enough for two of us to get out. 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While at MoMA (although I'm not sure they called it that back then) he was partially responsible for popularizing "The International Style" (think less severe Bauhaus) ... http://www.christianswanson.com/architecture/philip-johnsons-glass-house-now-open-to-the-public/ Here's a fun one, try to find the setting in Firefox 2 for blocking third party cookies (cookies set by demographic tracking/ad serving systems like DoubleClick). Look as you might, it's not there. I've long been a Firefox fan but this really pisses me off. They've squandered my loyalty. They say ... http://www.christianswanson.com/technology/computers/firefox-20-security-shocker/ Pasadena’s Golden Age Tour will highlight the grand and fanciful Period Revival architecture that emerged in the 1920s, when Pasadena was among the most wealthy of cities in the nation. During these years the city was home to a phenomenal number of talented and trend-setting architects who synthesized European inspirations ... http://www.christianswanson.com/architecture/pasadena_home_tour/ I took a quick nap this afternoon and it happened again. I don’t know when it started but over the years since childhood there have been perhaps hundreds of times in those hazy moments when I’m floating between consciousness and unconsciousness that sometimes a girl comes to me. She’s fully ... http://www.christianswanson.com/dating/who-is-that-woman/ In act five of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s in the tomb. Romeo approaches her body, gives a speech ending with, “Here’s to my love…” He then drinks the poison… and says, “Thus with a kiss I die.” And he does just that. Why does Romeo die? Romeo doesn’t die because of his ... http://www.christianswanson.com/religion/i_had_truth_all_wrong/ Plaxo and Linkedin should merge. They both have cool functions but together they'd be awesome. By the way, you can read my Linkedin Profile. http://www.christianswanson.com/business/plaxo-linkedin/ I'm a big fan of Microsoft's free FolderShare service. FolderShare is a piece of software you download for free and then it allows you to almost painlessly synchronize files between multiple computers. You can set up shared folders or files between your own computers (XP and/or OSX) but you can ... http://www.christianswanson.com/technology/foldershare-tips/ Never date a woman who can't go out with you because, "I have my kids that weekend." Basically the concept here is that given the level of gender bias in our court system there must really be something wrong with a woman who doesn't have custody of her children. http://www.christianswanson.com/dating/never-date-a-woman-who-reason-1/ So, thanks to a Wall Street Journal article today titled "For These Sites, Their Best Asset Is a Good Name" by Julia Angwin click fraud is a legitimized business. How long will this last? It could be wiped out in two to three weeks with some algorithm updates to weed ... http://www.christianswanson.com/search-engine-optimization/click-fraud-becomes-a-legitimized-business/