This is the last in my posts about why I left Facebook. No, really, I promise! Like many things I write, they’ve come off a bit as “explanation” and/or “justification,” but– also like many things I write– they were meant more as “exploration.” They are a personal exploration, th

In a previous post, I described the confusion of the term “friend” as a primary reason I left Facebook. Another reason I left was confusion over the term “interact.” It just seems that much of Facebook is not “interaction.” It’s short anecdotes that people comment on. That’s n

Recently, I deleted my Facebook account. Deleted. Completely.1 When I did this, many friends and family expressed surprise, sometimes outright frustration, that I would leave Facebook. According to them, there were a number of reason I should not have left, but primary among them was that I’d be eliminating that impor

Dear friends, I just emailed Congress to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Legislation, known as the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. This legislation seeks to give the executive branch power to conduct slash-and-burn campaigns against websites that allegedly host –

I remember this day 25+ years ago, when my mother came home with it. It was a box with a silver keyboard looking thing that said “TI 99/4a.” That big, blocky hulk of a purchase that was one of the best decisions of my mother’s parenthood. She wasn’t always the best role model, my mother, [...]

3: The number of days I’ve now spent gorging myself on Buffalo’s pizza, wings, and beef on weck. 10: The number of lbs that my ludocrously sensitive body has already gained. 45: The number of pushups I just did in a single set, proving that I retain at least some mediocre level of physical fitness. [...]

Everyone thinks they know it. Everyone thinks that they are smart, that they are witty, that they are generous, kind, good. Everyone thinks that they know the truth about themselves, but how many of us do? How many of us have been tested? How many of us really know, how many of us can really [...]

Just something interesting I’ve noticed as a damn good way to make your product successful. A short time ago, I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMD3agP5hv0 It’s for a product called SawStop that will actually stop a table saw blade fast enough that it will barely nick you, rather than cut off your

It’s an adjective: To move fast. We use it all the time, especially as our beloved modern technology increases the pace of information and change. It’s an adjective. But it’s also a noun. A Fast. And when the word is used as a noun, I find that it is surprisingly close to the word slow. [...]

Recently, it’s come to my attention that I should apply for Women/Minority-owned (M/WBE) & disadvantaged business status. It’s amazing how much paperwork is necessary for federal recognition. It’s a member-managed LLC with two members, myself, and my wife. Now, as it turns out, proving that Jessica is

For months I’ve been putting off doing anything to Positively Glorious!, partially because I’ve been doing a lot of writing in a paper journal, rather than here– but partly because I’m the type of person who doesn’t like painting right before a move. Well, I’ve moved. There’ll be an

There’s something I haven’t done in a over a month. Well, other than writing on my personal blog, which is an issue in itself. No, there’s something that I haven’t done that I love, that I hate, that I look forward to, and that I dread. I haven’t played my Irish Flute. The number of [...]

This entry is part of a series, inadequacies» There’s something I haven’t done in a over a month. Well, other [...]

Recently, I got a bug for good eggnog. You know, really good eggnog, like the kind my family used to make when I was a kid. Oh, wait, they bought it at the store and dumped in cheap rum. Ha! Nevermind. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about investigating eggnog, and this weekend decided to jump in. [...]

Recently, I got a bug for good eggnog. You know, really good eggnog, like the kind my family used to [...]

As anyone who follows me knows, I’ve been swimming a lot recently. I try to swim every day, but can usually talk myself out of it at least twice a week. Recently, I found a swimming buddy- so I know that on Tuesday and Thursday, at least, I really need to get my shit together [...]

This entry is part of a series, inadequacies» As anyone who follows me knows, I’ve been swimming a lot recently. [...]

I am the writer that I am, even if I’m not the writer I want to be. I want to be better. The best writers can find the conflict in the simplest act. They can see the conflict in the child’s love of a butterfly, in the casual flight of a bird over a tree [...]

This entry is part of a series, inadequacies» I am the writer that I am, even if I’m not the [...]

All of human kind is defined by one single thread. There are families, there are loves and hatreds, there are catastrophes and terror, hope and despair. We are all different, all having our own thoughts, hopes and fears, but there is one thread that ties us all together into a single soul. Humans are, we [...]

This entry is part of a series, inadequacies» All of human kind is defined by one single thread. There are [...]

I’m gonna cut to the chase, and since this is a blog read by primarily non-technical people,1 I’ll lay this whole thing out in a non-technical way: Using your laptop, phone, or iPad with free WiFi is dangerous as hell. I know, you love your free wifi. You love being able to post your whereabouts [...]

I’m gonna cut to the chase, and since this is a blog read by primarily non-technical people,1 I’ll lay this [...]

Here comes probably the hardest post I’ve ever written, because- even as I type- I can’t decide if I’m even writing it, or just going to type a bunch of crap and then delete it all. Indecision. Heh. Yeah, that’s one of them. I don’t even know when it started. It’s like I just looked [...]

Here comes probably the hardest post I’ve ever written, because- even as I type- I can’t decide if I’m even [...]

I’ve run into a damn troubling situation lately, and I, as yet, have not found a way out of it. Details aside, the salient point is that there is something very close to me that I am incredibly angry about- sometimes, I feel violently angry- and I have no way to express it. And that’s [...]

I’ve run into a damn troubling situation lately, and I, as yet, have not found a way out of it. [...]

This is something that should scare you. This is something that should thrill you. At the very least, this is [...]

I recently spend some money on something frivolous. Branding. I, John Metta, a person living in a small house in [...]

I recently spend some money on something frivolous. Branding. I, John Metta, a person living in a small house in [...]