http://blog.garrettvonk.com Since 1981. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:37:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow, two recent blog closings in just a few months' time. I'd like to take a moment to thank Joseph and Rusty for their years of great blogging at Monotonous.net and RadicalGeorgiaModerate.org. And no, I'm not closing my blog down, even though I'm not posting lately. I'm just a ... http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/06/blog-attrition/ Wow. I just got an email from iRobot pitching their Pool Robot, Verro, and I was suddenly reminded of my childhood fear of automatic pool cleaning devices. You want to talk irrational and consuming fears? If I was in a pool and one of these suction cleaner ... http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/05/fear/ Target: Women...Yogurt Edition Yogurt... the official food of women. (tags: humor women funny video food marketing advertising) http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/05/links-for-2008-05-12/ Controlling Spending is the Key to Building Wealth "Americans today don’t have a problem with debt. They have a problem with out-of-control spending. Debt is simply the result. The truth is, you can’t out-earn dumb spending." (tags: money reading) http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/05/links-for-2008-05-01/ Uploaded 27th April, 2008 to Flickr by Garrett Vonk http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/04/apologetic-store-closing/ Uploaded 26th April, 2008 to Flickr by Garrett Vonk http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/04/sunrise-destin-harbor/ Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm (tags: toread lifehacks Wired) http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-22/ Pulp Fiction, as performed by the King's Men HAS HE THE SEMBLANCE OF A HARLOT??? (tags: shakespeare movies funny) http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-21/ OK, I am running around like crazy between work, travel, and other things, but I feel I owe it to the internets to give you a quick rundown of the highlights of our recent voyage. Memorable things in Ireland The Guinness Storehouse tour in Dublin Doolin Galway The Burren, and the rest of Connemara The St. ... http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/04/irelandlondon-recap-in-xx-bullets/ Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes | Life, Tutorials (tags: design reference typography tips) http://blog.garrettvonk.com/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-18/