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My Carnival of Journalism pal Charles Beckett has a new book, “SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save The World” (published by Blackwell books on May 20th). I haven’t read it, but it hones in on a powerful idea for journalism, …
Continued here: Today's to do: Save the World

Granted I am self employed, but there were points last year of complete boredom and nothing to do that in order to keep myself motivated I would post such juicy items as, “wake up”, “brush teeth”, and “eat breakfast”. …
Read the original here: Unemployed/Self Employed To Do List

Our Italian colleagues have found an article from the American magazine Let’s Go on all the best places in Italy to do different things. It’s turned out to be quite interesting for the locals, particularly with some of the more unusual …
Excerpted from:The best place to…unusual list of things to do in Italy

Another “task” that can be quite usual from a Visual Studio add-in is to add a task to the Task List or Error List. It happens in Visual Studio 2005/2008 that it is not as easy as it seems because of the following: - VS 2005/2008 uses a …
Read more: MZ-Tools Articles Series: HOWTO: Add […]

A great, unsung hero of the Civil Rights movement passed away last weekend. Mildred Loving was the plaintiff in a 1967 Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, which overturned “anti-miscegenation” laws and finally granted mixed-race …
Credit:OPINION: What's Loving Got To Do With It?

Of course, now we begin another week with the intro to seriously revamp, a workshop to plan and run, classes to prep, grading to do, annoying emails to field, logistics to arrange, and my mind not to lose in the meantime. …
Originally posted here: random bullets of a wonderful weekend

I usually find the 2-3 oz pour with “tasting menus,” and appreciate this, as one does not get too much wine over a 5-11 course meal. Wine “flights” are also usually in this range. Normal btg pours are most often in the 4 oz range, …
Originally posted here: What to do about a "short pour"?

Last Monday, Lynda Barry came to town to spread the gospel of the creative process as is writ in her new book, What it is. Get a sense of it here in her Tin House graphic essay which is wrapped into the book. I got a chance to spend the …
See the rest here: Barry […]

Gilbert Arenas is CURRENTLY priced at $39.20. He has earned 29.18 (less than the floor), which makes that short a 32.7% short. He cannot play a game as the Wizards were kicked out of the playoffs by Lebron(who is also a short) Gilbert …
Credit:what to do with all of that Neshek money? Short Gilbert Arenas

As I’ve announced over in my blog at PCWorld.com, I’m stepping down from my job at PC World, the magazine and site that have kept me happily employed for almost fourteen (!!) years now. My last day there is June 2nd. …
The rest is here: And Now For Something That Has Nothing to Do With […]