Monkey survey, monkey's due

by | Feb 26, 2008 | economics, technology

I don’t remember how I first discovered SurveyMonkey, but it was years and years ago, and I’ve used it again and again since. Just recently, two completely random projects had SurveyMonkey components, reminding me of the quality of the service and...

Something may have gone sproing in here

by | Feb 26, 2008 | technology

I’m seeing intermittent errors when posting comments. Please help me troubleshoot. Please try to comment on this post and include your browser and OS in the comment text. If you try to comment and fail, please email me at dkarp at limeduck dot com. Thanks for...

Spambot Poetry

by | Feb 17, 2008 | reading & writing, technology

Usually, I flush the spam out of the comment moderation queue without much thought, but this bit caught my eye. Your compositions should be exorbitantly practical exclusively to villagers in Leary. It’s like a cross between a fortune cookie and a badly...

Risking Shrinkage for a Good Cause

by | Feb 13, 2008 | culture, technology

I’m off to Miami this weekend to attend a wedding and maybe sneak in some additional cultural or culinary fun. While I’m in the sunshine state sipping mojitos poolside, some people here in Massachusetts (and elsewhere) will be immersing themselves in the...

Wood is the new White

by | Feb 10, 2008 | technology

In computers and related devices, for a long time, things were pretty much grey, black and silver in some kind of rotation until the ipod and imac made white the new black. Periodically, a hot cell phone or other device makes a signature color briefly hip.  Then Apple...