I am giving away 5 free GrandCentral invitations

UPDATE: NO MORE GRANDCENTRAL INVITATIONS ARE AVAILABLE. I’M ALL OUT, SORRY. Have you heard about GrandCentral yet? Google just acquired the company, and for now at least, it is free. I have to say that this is the coolest use of technology I’ve seen in a long, long time. Maybe because I’ve moved a lot in my life, but dealing with phone number changes is a real drag for me. ... read more

A daily surprise

Have you ever been to Woot.com? I just discovered it a few days ago, and I just love it. Woot is an online store that only sells one item each day, and that item is usually DEEPLY discounted. A new item is shown every day at midnight (CST) and is there until sold out, or until midnight comes along again. If it sells out, it is not replaced with a new item until midnight. So it really is just one item... read more

First ever Dazzlin Badge of Excellence Award

In honor of the new design for DD, I’ve decided to present the first ever Dazzlin Badge of Excellence Award. I’ll be giving this award to outstanding blogs that I believe are worthy of a mention. In many cases, these bloggers will be female, simply because women bloggers deserve a little extra credit. No reason why, just cuz… However, I promise to throw an award at a guy now and then... read more

Thumbs up for a Pioneer Woman

I tend to spend most of my blogtime reading work-related blogs. In fact, if I hadn’t stumbled across Confessions of a Pioneer Woman because I marked Cooking as a topic in StumbleUpon, I would never have run across this woman’s personal blog. But I sure am glad I did. First of all, as you all know, I’m a terrible cook. So, I’m always on the lookout for sites that help me deal with... read more

I’ve got a Joost invite for you!

If you are one of the handful of people who actually read this blog, this is your lucky day! If you’d like to be a beta tester of Joost, just let me know your email address. I’ll send you an invitation to be one of the first to use Joost. Oh! What is Joost, you ask? Well, it’s a really cool new service that will allow you to watch TV on your PC or MAC, without any special TV tuner... read more

Sites I Have Stumbled Upon Recently

I’ve started keeping a list of sites that I’ve stumbled upon lately that intrigued me for one reason or another, and I thought I’d share some of them from time to time. Here’s the first batch: Approximate Conversion from Points to Pixels Create any size wall posters from any size images Guerrilla Mail – disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 minutes PortableApps... read more

Happy 2007!

What did I forget to do before January 1, 2007 ended? I forgot to update all my copyright dates on all my sites. Sure, some of them are dynamic, and automatically change when the year changes (sometimes I’m smart like that). But others aren’t, and I forgot about it until just now. So, tomorrow, join me in changing your copyright dates if you haven’t already, or be smart and make them... read more

Why I am here

For many years now, I’ve owned a vanity domain that housed both my ColdFusion scripts as well as my personal website. As I’ve aged, I’ve gotten rather rusty with my ColdFusion programming skills (as well as a few other things), and my ColdFusion scripts are badly showing their age. Unfortunately, I don’t have the ability or the will to update them, so I made a decision. ... read more