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2010

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March 2

2009

October
August 6
July 3

2008

June 20
May 32
April 22
March 17
January 18

2007

June 199
May 99
April
March
February
January
Anil Dash: Pixels Are The New Pies
Aug 1st
WANTS FOR SALE
Jul 31st
Egg within egg a freak of nature The Glendene resident was...
Jul 31st
Cyanide and Happiness Otherwise known as “how I feel...
Jul 31st
“Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days...”
— Scott Adams (reblogged from...
Jul 31st
Is Bigger Really Better? - Dick Cavett
Jul 31st
237 Reasons people have sex
Jul 31st
Are Your Cell Phone and Laptop Bad for Your...
Jul 31st
situation normal (via wormulus) A sentiment we may...
Jul 31st
Dog o’ the Day 20070721_amsterdam_291 (via Tartanna) ...
Jul 31st
What my iPhone will be sporting in a few days
Jul 31st
Former 49er head coach Bill Walsh dies
Jul 30th

PTotD: How much "messiness" can you...

I’m not talking about dirty vs. clean (I can’t stand dirty) - I’m talking about...
Jul 30th
Friendly Atheist
Jul 30th
Dog o’ the Day Roxy at the beach (via piotr m)
Jul 30th
Jesuits encourage people to take God to...
Jul 30th
10 Ways to be an Atheist Activist
Jul 29th
Kevin Rose provides a list of people to...
Jul 29th

PTotD: If you've got multiple people in...

My husband does a huge amount around the house — I am a little ashamed to admit a completely...
Jul 29th
The New York Times > Magazine > Image> This...
Jul 29th
Dog o’ the Day Labrador - Ferocious (via Mahesh...
Jul 29th
devBear.com is now a functional destination… albeit just populated with the RSS feeds of my...
Jul 28th
“Yes, a new study out today suggests that obesity is...”
— If Your Friends Are Fat, Watch...
Jul 28th
Dog o’ the Day  The Daily Puppy / Dory
Jul 28th

PTotD: What do you do when all the...

 Last time I wrote here about how I have been complaining of lethargy and frustration at my job even...
Jul 28th
GigaOM Americans: Addicted to Mobile Email «
Jul 27th
Why Do Doctors Get to Decide When a Woman Is...
Jul 27th
Watch Watch
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 E3 Trailer Uploaded by ubi
Jul 27th
The masculine mystique of Fred Thompson
Jul 27th
Zoe My in-laws’ dog Zoe has been diagnosed with...
Jul 27th
“Twitter has landed an undisclosed amount of venture funding...”
— ZDNet.com
Jul 27th
Finished ‘Potter’? Rowling tells what happens...
Jul 27th

PTotD: Maybe I should stop complaining...

Lately I’ve been twittering a lot about feeling unmotivated at work and being uninspired. And...
Jul 27th
Walk Score - How walkable is your house?
Jul 27th
Dog o’ the Day Tomos Portrait (via OhBoyPoBoy) ...
Jul 27th
Dual Spocks for Abrams’ Star Trek I’m a little...
Jul 27th

PTotD: Do you have any regrets?

I don’t believe in regret because I don’t think you can ever know how things would have...
Jul 26th
Dog o’ the Day chasing a pocketful of treats.. (via...
Jul 26th
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?”
— Rumi (via wham)
Jul 25th
xkcd
Jul 25th
Brain not necessary for French Civil Service Worker (via...
Jul 25th
“The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly,...”
— Lucille Ball
Jul 25th

PTotD: Unmotivated at work.

I like my job, for the most part. I work with great, intelligent people and often get to tackle...
Jul 25th
Dog o’ the Day Jasper_4 (via asnee) ...
Jul 25th
Choose a career path that makes you scared of...
Jul 24th
Dog o’ the Day Emile de Grand Fort Philippe (via...
Jul 24th
How To Initiate Conversation
Jul 23rd
Dog o’ the Day Feel lucky punk? (via AraiGordai)
Jul 23rd

It's harder to tumblelog from my iPhone...

Jul 23rd
Venturi Solar Car:  The first commercializable solar car?
Jul 22nd
BusinessWeek IDEA design awards 2007
Jul 22nd

8 Random Things

Green Shinobi tagged me for the 8 random things meme. The rules of engagement: Each player...
Jul 22nd
Dog o’ the Day scared of water (via aggiechristine) ...
Jul 22nd
“I always read the last page first. That way in case I die...”
— Harry, When Harry Met Sally
Jul 22nd
Habit List at Productivity501
Jul 21st
semifreddo ingrediens (via MeFind) Go there to read the...
Jul 21st
Guide to Mexican food — megnut.com
Jul 21st

Very happy I bought an iPhone

Jul 21st
Dog o’ the Day Oscar (via babushka) ...
Jul 21st
Watch Watch
rabbit and mouse: you, a rock, and nothing (via rabbitandmouse)
Jul 20th
U.S. Will Allow Most Types of Lighters on...
Jul 20th
Women Supportive but Skeptical of Clinton, Poll Says - New...
Jul 20th
MOO stickers
Jul 20th

The return of real work is making it...

Jul 20th
Dog o’ the Day Dory (via Dory2007) ...
Jul 20th
Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less...
Jul 18th
Art of the Business Card: Wanderlust Map Pictures of lots of...
Jul 18th
Dog o’ the day the frequently featured love, charlie
Jul 18th
Periodic Table of the Internet
Jul 18th
Creationist Wheel Of Fortune (reblogged from Rusty via...
Jul 18th
Worst Customer Service Ever: Jo-Ann Fabrics...
Jul 17th
“And the leading Republican presidential candidate is … none...”
— AP Poll: GOP pick is ‘none of...
Jul 17th
Best and Worst Reviewed Movies So Far in 2007...
Jul 17th
Mom can be a gamer too
Jul 17th
Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money - New York Times
Jul 17th
Dog o’ the Day  The Daily Puppy / Dance
Jul 17th
DIZZIA, Gregory M. “This is the documentation of every...
Jul 17th
Slate: The mystery of the "short" cappuccino
Jul 16th
In which walled garden do you spend your time?
Jul 16th
indexed: Singing because the car is paid for? I can...
Jul 16th
Dog o’ the Day Walk Small With A Big Stick (via Nanny...
Jul 16th
Coming soon to a garage near me.
Jul 15th
Wii Fit — I am so much looking forward to this game,...
Jul 15th
The Wealthiest Americans Ever
Jul 15th
Dog o’ the Day  dooce: Earning his breakfast
Jul 15th
Sleep position gives personality clue
Jul 14th
“The Blogger Dude! Let me blog that. Can I? I’ll...”
— New Programming Stereotypes...
Jul 14th
hanwell church (via lomokev) The caption’s my...
Jul 14th
Dog o’ the Day A young puppy came home… (via...
Jul 14th
Worlds apart: The moment the tallest man met the shortest |...
Jul 13th
Beginning to settle into a rhythm and figuring out a place for a few different micro-blogging...
Jul 13th
Dog of the Day (via love, charlie)
Jul 13th
“Dear Prudie, My daughter is 5 years old and has, like most...”
— Perhaps overly worried father
Jul 13th
“when I turn to the mirror in my bedroom to admire us...”
— ‘I love my mixed race...
Jul 12th
Rob Rogers | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (via de.sperate)
Jul 12th
“Tivo has a cool feature that takes note of the types of shows you watch and automatically...
Jul 12th
When You Absolutely, Positively Should NOT...
Jul 12th
The Carpetdogs war on (cat) terror
Jul 12th
Watch Watch
“Never Tell A Lie” (80’s Mormon Commercial) (via unclelaird)
Jul 12th
Dog o’ the Day In the Backyard (via GeoffMyers.net) ...
Jul 12th
Researchers Find Distinctive Patterns of Cancer in 5 Groups...
Jul 11th
You mean I have to wait till the first quarter of next year...
Jul 11th
Matt Haughey cancels his T-Mobile Service...
Jul 11th
“Have you ever noticed that some times when something sad...”
— devBear (Reply to me at Pownce...
Jul 11th
Trying to go Flash-free on my Tumblelog to keep things iPhone friendly. (via rickr) I was trying,...
Jul 11th

Using twitter and pownce regularly and...

Looking forward to your next release guys and details about what’s coming!
Jul 11th
“So yes, it’s true: I have had sex minus the love, or...”
— Jennifer Armstrong: Can Women...
Jul 11th
Dog o’ the Day Flappin’ (via Morten Skovgaard) ...
Jul 11th
“The biggest issues keeping me from switching to the iPhone...”
— The Gadgeteer’s Apple...
Jul 11th
Explosm.net - Comics: Cyanide and Happiness
Jul 10th
Why is yawning contagious?
Jul 10th
iPhone in depth: the Ars review
Jul 10th
Condoms get you pregnant and other “facts”...
Jul 10th
Game machine wedding cake — so what my...
Jul 10th
“If you don’t mind why don’t you mind / Where is...”
— Magnetic Fields “No One...
Jul 10th
“If you’re an artist, be of service to your art;...”
— Cary Tennis, Salon’s...
Jul 10th
Watch Watch
Impeach Dick Cheney
Jul 10th
“To demonstrate world-class expertise, avoid quickly written,...”
— Write Articles, Not Blog...
Jul 10th
Dog o’ the Day My dog and the in-laws dog 
Jul 10th
Time's 50 Best Websites 2007
Jul 9th

Stop importing Tweets

“I left Twitter because I don’t care what you are up to and if you import your Tweets to...
Jul 9th

Get your invites here

I’ve got a bunch of invites to pownce and gleamd so email me at blogs [@] devbear [dot] com if...
Jul 9th
A lulu of a loo - CNN.com
Jul 9th
Dear Woman Who Just Left This Bathroom Stall,
Jul 9th
gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business...
Jul 9th
.c( whytheluckystiff )o.
Jul 9th
Dog o’ the Day My dog. Still on vacation in Michigan....
Jul 9th
Watch Watch
TED | Talks | Richard Dawkins: An atheist’s call to arms (video)
Jul 9th
TED | Theme | Is There a God?
Jul 9th

Went to the Apple store today and saw an...

Jul 8th
Dog o’ the Day HE RUNS…. SHE WATCHES! (via...
Jul 8th
via www.zefrank.com
Jul 8th
The Promise
Jul 7th
Finally got my site to look the way I want it to (thanks toldorknown!), put my twitter badge on it,...
Jul 7th
Things I Find Splendid About Pownce
Jul 7th
Can’t seem to add a twitter badge to my sidebar and I’m not exactly sure why it...
Jul 7th
devBear: @melissamaples — to the point but lots of times with poor grammar and punctuation!...
Jul 7th

randomacts.devbear.com

randomacts has been relocated to my custom domain name of devbear.com and can now be found at...
Jul 7th
exPhone — clever ways to responsibly reuse or recycle your...
Jul 7th
Dog o’ the Day (via Odin_B) ...
Jul 7th
devBear: do not adjust your dial… randomacts has just become devBear on twitter (via Twitter /...
Jul 7th
randomacts: off to bed… i can’t believe my vacation is over when it feels like i have...
Jul 7th
randomacts: really missing being more actively involved in the web world and thinking about a...
Jul 6th
randomacts: @mattmc very excited to see what it’s going to be when it launches (via Twitter /...
Jul 6th
randomacts: organizing my photos from my vacation and uploading them to flickr (via Twitter /...
Jul 6th
“Do you really need 50 police dressed as ninjas...
Jul 6th
randomacts: Tranformers: fun movie as long as they weren’t trying to explain the back story...
Jul 6th
randomacts: about to see Transformers (more than meets the eye!!) (via Twitter / randomacts)
Jul 6th
randomacts: Poor internet connectivity is impacting my ability to pownce and facebook (are those...
Jul 6th

Pondering the merging of my online and...

Jul 6th
Dog o’ the Day Pilot getting his iPhone on (via...
Jul 6th
randomacts: @gapingvoid - I see the gapingvoid social networking platform developing already (via...
Jul 6th
randomacts: just found out the in-laws dog has arthritis at only 3 yrs old! she’s on bed rest...
Jul 6th
randomacts: joining facebook… telling myself I need to for “research” (via Twitter...
Jul 6th
randomacts: watching men hit a little ball over a net on a grassy playing field with white lines...
Jul 6th
randomacts: apparently ratatouille has changed my FIL’s entire approach to food. now he sees...
Jul 5th
randomacts: ratatouille: great movie, although the thought of all those rats touching my food…...
Jul 5th
Venus
Jul 5th
randomacts: Sponging free high-speed-wireless at Espresso Milano in Midland, MI (in-laws home cable...
Jul 5th
“As of July 1, all people who want to buy beer in Tennessee...”
— Can a bartender tell if...
Jul 5th
randomacts: The Central Michigan region is definitely lacking in good restaurants (via Twitter /...
Jul 5th

If you've got a Pownce invite to spare,...

to tumblr[@]consumablejoy[DOT]com. Thanks.
Jul 5th
Dog o’ the Day oh no the end of the world is coming...
Jul 5th
randomacts: thinking: doing nothing is absolutely exhausting (via Twitter / randomacts)
Jul 4th
Wii Smart Car Fleet — Ooh! Can I get one?
Jul 4th

Abandoned Accounts Part I

How many sites have you joined to try and then left? Or have multiple accounts but some of them...
Jul 4th
Dog o’ the Day Bonbon from iPhone (via rickroberts)
Jul 4th
randomacts: ooh! managed to sleep in about 30 minutes longer today. must be the rain. even the dogs...
Jul 4th
randomacts: @micromark the new username does fit twitter well but it was easier to find you when...
Jul 4th
randomacts: Earlier to bed every night… this is definitely not a party-hard vacation (via...
Jul 3rd
Now Playing: Big Brain Academy
Jul 3rd
randomacts: cable modem has been down at the in-laws for 2 days… good thing i have a wan card...
Jul 3rd
“Don’t be yourself. Be someone a little nicer.”
— Mignon McLaughlin (via...
Jul 3rd
When working on vacation isn’t work
Jul 3rd
“Only a president clinically incapable of understanding that...”
— John Edwards
Jul 3rd
“Today, he says that if you lie to protect the White House...”
— Bush Lets Libby Walk and...
Jul 3rd
Dog o’ the Day Now I have TWO Kitchen Helpers (via...
Jul 3rd
randomacts: it’s 7:15 am and I’ve already posted 5 times to my tumblelog. Clearly...
Jul 3rd
iPhone parts cost about $220
Jul 2nd
randomacts: trying to convince my MIL to try pot brownies since she’s on chemo (via Twitter /...
Jul 2nd
randomacts: 5 pm: let my vacation officially begin! (and I saved a day of PTO to use another...
Jul 2nd
randomacts: Combining work and vacation — Working in the car on my WAN card on the way to...
Jul 2nd
Dog o’ the Day before flying (via loricaman78) ...
Jul 2nd
randomacts: thinking: maybe if I ignore it it will go away (via Twitter / randomacts)
Jul 2nd
iPhony: Why the iPhone isn't really...
Jul 1st
You know you’re from Wisconsin when…
Jul 1st
Is this really Fred Thompson's Twitter?
Jul 1st
Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15...
Jul 1st
“The New Mexico Department of Health announces it will allow...”
— Medical marijujuana legal in...
Jul 1st
Less space than I need for my clothes and my yarn
Jul 1st
God Hates You — I first saw these signs more than 10...
Jul 1st
Dog o’ the Day Funny laying on the carpet (via...
Jul 1st
randomacts: thinking :: I’m probably never going to have many followers on twitter and...
Jul 1st
randomacts: can someone explain to me the proliferation of tinyurls all over the blogosphere? (via...
Jul 1st