Monthly Archives: March 2008

Fan Spots Ad Campaign

I love hearing from fans of the show. I get incredible letters from all sorts of unexpected places, and sometimes, they let me know that I’ve been spotted in unexpected places.
One of the most recent messages was from Bethany Boles, a fan from Connecticut. She was recently visiting New York City and while [...]

Fraud Exposed as Fraud

Nigel Hardman, a 40-year-old “illusionist” from England was recently charged with eleven counts of cheating the benefits system (aka collecting unemployment, for those in the States) after his “act” brought him to the attention of authorities.
Performing – and I use that term very loosely – under the name Prince Razaq, he is said to have [...]

According to Wikipedia…

A collection of persistent mistakes and fraudulent facts from the world’s most popular reference work.

How many times have you found yourself in a lovely yet heated discussion, feeling that you might be making some headway with your argument, only to hear the following dreaded phrase – “Weeeelll, according to Wikipedia…” – followed by a stream [...]

TECH NOTE: Tools for Web Design

How to view your website in 53+ browsers on 3 major platforms in mere minutes with zero effort.
Though current statistics indicate that almost 62% of web users are surfing the web with some version of Internet Explorer (reaffirming that I always find myself in a minority) with Firefox coming in a distant second at around [...]

Twitter, TwitterWhere and Flash Mobs

A bit old according to ‘net standards – being from October, 2007 and all – but just picked this up from Casey’s blog and it got me to thinking…
TwitterWhere is an application that allows you to view Twitter Tweets by location via RSS or XML. Along with other Twitter-based apps (such as TwitterVision and [...]

Roderick Russell Appearance and Book Signing

I’ll be on the road for the next seven weeks and will be making some public appearance stops along the way. Here’s one to watch out for:

Roderick Russell : Sword Swallower
Appearance and Book Signing
Borders Books and Music
300 Lycoming Mall Circle
Pennsdale, PA 17756
DATE: April 12, 2008
TIME: 1 pm
I’ll be on hand to [...]