Month: October 2008

Yes, late in the evening but just under the wire. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!

Last week my company sent me and three co-workers to Simi Valley, California for a three-day training course with Bruce Clay. Bruce Clay, if you didn’t know (and likely you don’t; it’s pretty niche) is a Search Engine Optimization specialist and the training was, naturally, for SEO. It was actually pretty worthwhile and interesting, despite… Continue reading Search terms I rank well for

Since the year is now three-quarters over, I thought I’d post about some of the best books I’ve read so far for 2008. Yes, I’m keeping track (again). Fiction: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. So, so messed up. Really curious to see how the movie turns out. World War Z, by Max Brooks. Really well-done… Continue reading Books thus far

Snickers Charged: with caffeine, taurine, and "other B vitamins"—essentially the same stuff they put into energy drinks like Red Bull. Really? Was Snickers not… I don’t know… "loaded" enough? Next thing you know, they’ll be putting guarana and ginseng and who knows what else into them. No, I haven’t tried one. There’s a review here,… Continue reading Weird things that I’ve seen lately