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The KC Star Interviews Me On Unboxing

miconian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:07:00 +0000

Today, an article on unboxing and teardown by Jonathan Bender appeared in the Kansas City Star (in the print version, it appears on page A13, at the front of the business section). It includes a couple of quotes from me, taken from a much longer email interview that I did. For the curious, I’ve posted

How To Get A Facebook Vanity URL For Your Fan Page

miconian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:09:58 +0000

This should be obvious. But I had to Google around for a while to find the actual answer. So I’m now going to take the search engine traffic for myself. 1) Get 100 fans. 2) Go here. There will be straightforward instructions. That’s it!

CSA Weeks 4 and 5

miconian — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:41:44 +0000

I was out of town (in Seattle and Kansas City) for weeks 3 and 4. Week 3, I bequeathed my produce to a friend, but he flaked. Week 4, I bequeathed it to some random person I’ve never met, whom I found online on a discussion board about the procurement of local farm-fresh food of

Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org

miconian — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:55:40 +0000

You’d think this explanation would already be written somewhere, in succinct, plain language. But it’s not. At least not that I’ve found. People often ask me “What kind of blogging software should I use?” My answer is usually “Wordpress.” Then they go and do a search for “wordpress.” A few days later, they come back. “Which version of Wordpress should

Cobble Hill Street Fair

miconian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:45:55 +0000

There was a bit of a street fair in Cobble Hill this past Saturday. These nice people are concerned about the Atlantic Yards situation. This is the performance artist known as Fleur de Lys. Although I am part of the elite inner circle that knows her real name, I cannot reveal it here. I had to go