I just bumped into an interesting social software site. 43 Things is to your life goals and to-do list what Flickr is to your photos. Type a description of something you want to accomplish and you can see how it relates to the goals and experiences of tens of thousands of other users. You can […]
Posted on September 29th, 2005 by Nils
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My favorite corporate identity pundit, Tony Spaeth, probably wouldn’t approve of the Samaritan’s Purse logo. But that’s not the reason why I wrote to them today.
Posted on September 26th, 2005 by Nils
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Rita was kind enough to grant the kids and us a full night’s sleep last night—I just woke up. Barring any major rainfall in the next few days it looks like the Houston area was spared real damage this time. Getting back into town may pose a problem for our friends because of the gasoline […]
Posted on September 24th, 2005 by Nils
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It was another full day today working with my father-in-law to cover windows on his house and mine. Now I remember why I play with computers rather than work for a living: I’m sunburned and dead tired.
As we finished up our work this afternoon the breeze got stronger and the sky began to take on […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2005 by Nils
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As it was for many Houstonians, today was a rollercoaster of a day for Casa Jonsson. And several things happened today that have caused me to reappraise what went on in New Orleans in the days before and after Hurricane Katrina struck.
Posted on September 23rd, 2005 by Nils
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I liked living in metropolitan Houston a whole lot better before we warranted international media attention. Enron, Arthur Andersen, Andrea Yates, Katrina, Rita—not the kind of publicity any city needs. (Come to think of it, Katrina was pretty good PR for Houston.)
No, Casa Jonsson isn’t planning to run from the storm. As for me, I’ll […]
Posted on September 21st, 2005 by Nils
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Araceli was in Nordstrom Cafe the other day with the kids. She was speaking to the hispanic waiter in Spanish, as is her habit. She ordered hot dogs for the kids, but instead of using the Spanish word for hot dog (salchicha) she used a Spanglish term for hot dogs that I made up years […]
Posted on September 5th, 2005 by Nils
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