• 10:23 Woke up this morning convinced it was Sunday, happy to learn it was Saturday. Sundays are depressing because they lead to Mondays. #
• 13:20 Beautiful day in Northern Michigan. Supose to rain later. Hopefully it holds off. Could go see Iron Man at drive-in if it stays nice. #

• 11:13 The lawn be mowed! #
• 14:29 Just bought Ender's Game at a thrift store. I've never read it before. #

• 21:30 The Tigers are losing again. They have been nothing but disappointing this year. Thankfully I still have the Red Wings and Pistons. #
• 22:22 I fall asleep while standing and I lay awake in bed. I've got the screamin', demon Martians riding go-karts in my head. #
• 08:00 I guess I have hives on my forehead this morning. I've never had hives before. Odd. #
• 12:01 The world is a poorer place without the magic of Doug Henning. #
• 16:18 Take that, work week! You are so done. #

Originally published at Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear he's the Center of the Universe. Please leave any comments there.

My new blog post at the Record-Eagle’s website is up. It’s entitled "Northern Michigan broadband internet options". Check it out, although if you don’t live in Northern Michigan you probably won’t find it too interesting.

• 20:21 Since Dwayne Wade is dating Star Jones I think it's time Charles Barkley kicks him out of his 5 #
• 08:56 Just paid $449.90 to renew our 25 seat subscription to Symantec Small Business Anti-Virus. Glad it's not my money #
• 13:43 Upgraded to the newest version of TinyTwitter for Windows Mobile Smartphones. Lots of things fixed. Works very well. Strongly recommend. #
• 16:45 Why am I always exhausted at 5:00pm, yet wide awake at 1:00am? #

Originally published at Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear he's the Center of the Universe. Please leave any comments there.

So Monday was the first day of my new blog for the local newspaper, The Traverse City Record-Eagle. The first post was primarily an introduction to me and what I would like to accomplish with the blog.

I was happy with the response I received from that first post. A few responders were interested in learning more about broadband internet options in rural Northern Michigan. This happens to be a subject I know a little about so I was motivated to rip through a new blog post on the subject.

I sent it out the new entry and it will be posted soon. The way it works is that the Record-Eagle uses WordPress as their blogging platform. I submit an entry and then email the webmistress. She reads the entry over for spelling and grammar and then uploads it to the site.

So far I am doing all this for free. The big advantage for me is getting "Google Juice" for this site and for me in general. Deep down I would love for this to lead to a career. I think I would really enjoy tech writing for a living, whether it would be a paying gig from the Record-Eagle or it results in the creation of a large collection of work I can take to another company.

I’ll add a link to the entry when it’s posted. You can check out my blog’s page here.  Feel free to leave a comment here or there.

• 10:23 Feeling better today after having a 24 hour bug the other day.Now I'm just hungry. #
• 16:19 Working on a blog post about boadband internet options in my local area. #
• 16:32 Gas is $3.99 in Traverse City today. #

Originally published at Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear he's the Center of the Universe. Please leave any comments there.

I now write a blog for my local newspaper, the Traverse City Record-Eagle. The name of the blog is Technorama. I’m going to write about anything that interest me within the realm of technology. I plan on keeping it semi-simple to try and get the average reader.
Anyway, check it out if you are interested.

• 21:14 I've had a mild stomach ache all day. Bleck... #
• 12:31 Home from work sick. Woke up at 12am and tossed my cookies. Feeling a lttle better now. #

• 22:05 Watching The Simpsons Season 7 dvd #
• 08:39 qaqq #
• 08:52 Twittering while listening to Leo Laporte talk about Twitter on Net @ Nite while at Lowes. #
• 10:11 Working around the house, in the garage. #
• 13:32 I keep having these dreams where I am walking along the beach but instead of walking on sand I sneak through house to house. #