Finally, A Guy Singing about Being in Space From Space!

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield covers Space Oddity by David Bowie from, well from space. Where else? This dude is pretty sweet. … [Read more]

Spring in Pittsburgh

I love the spring in Pittsburgh. The farmers markets open up, the flower shows are in full bloom (ha ha), and live, free music seems to be playing from every plaza and park throughout the city. It’s a great evening to visit; May Market continues … [Read more]

This website saved my skin today

Today I was moving a Wordpress installation over to a new webhost. I updated the settings on the DNS before I snagged an export from a Wordpress installation, then I initiated a password reset to the client so: A) I could not log back into the site … [Read more]

Google Products Are So Easy, Until They Aren’t

Like many folks, I have been using Google products for awhile. Sometimes it is so simple that, like any well-designed product, I do not even notice how complex the actions I am taking are. However, from time to time, I stumble and trip and cut … [Read more]

2013 Super Bowl Ads: GoDaddy, Budweiser, Mercedes, BlackBerry, Samsung and the night’s most interesting commercials. – Slate Magazine

ah yes, the annual run down of the best and worst of Superbowl television ads. What would we do without this holiday to help us through until our next big buying spree on the 14th? 2013 Super Bowl Ads: GoDaddy, Budweiser, Mercedes, BlackBerry, … [Read more]

Web Communications Group has a New Business Address in Pittsburgh, PA

My company, the Web Communications Group just moved to its new offices in Pittsburgh. Very excited. The new address is: 1936 5th Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 This address is managed by StartUptown, which is an "urban campus for technology and … [Read more]

New York City unveils its vision for micro-apartments under 400 sq. ft. – Quartz

This dude has some great stuff in his micro-apartment. Worth a watch of the 4 minute video just to get inspired, if anything. http://qz.com/46101via New York City unveils its vision for micro-apartments under 400 sq. ft. - Quartz. … [Read more]

When In a Civil War, Internet Gets Shut Off

The idea of turning off the internet is foreign concept for many of us in the USA. But in places like Egypt, and now Syria, it happens. So many of our day-to-day services and habits have formed into dependencies on a robust and functioning … [Read more]

Rooting My Nook Color

This week, I rooted my Nook Color. I was running version 1.4.3 and I rooted into CM7.2.0 (CyanogenMod 7) with Google Apps on a CWM 3.2.0.1 (clockworkmod) image flash, all EMMC. This means that I use the Google Play marketplace to gather and … [Read more]

US 2012 Election

I think Fareed Zakaria sums things up nicely for me. There are certainly other issues at play which this video does not address but this is a good start. The other issues include social issues and faith-based issues. I'll leave those for perhaps … [Read more]