Test posting This is a

This is a test posting from w.bloggar, hopefully it will work right, you'll see a song title below, and this will show up in my RSS feed. I'm not holding my breath.

[Listening to: Shoot the Moon - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (03:57)]

Well, it half-worked, the media plugin worked, but w.bloggar still can't generate the title field so the article appears in my RSS feed, meaning I have to go to Blogger in my web browser and add it manually. Have I mentioned lately that Blogger really sucks at times? They do, especially at times like this, where the problem isn't with w.bloggar, but that Blogger hasn't yet added the Pro features to their API. So, let me get this straight, they let the freeloaders use the API, but not the people who are actually paying them money? Great business minds they have there...

I spent yesterday at the

I spent yesterday at the University of Iowa, attending a presentation on how to make OS X Macs work with Microsoft's ActiveDirectory. In short, it's hard. It shouldn't have to be this hard. Let's hope that Microsoft and/or Apple and/or some clever third party can make it a little easier for those of us who don't want to become LDAP architects just to have our machines share a common list of users.

I attempted to grill a

I attempted to grill a steak for my wife last night, but it didn't go so well. We got this new gas grill for our wedding last fall, and I've only used it a few times, for burgers, brats, and hot dogs. Well, I was feeling manly last night, so I told her I'd cook her a steak, though I was just going to toss a couple hot dogs on for myself, as I had some buns I wanted to use up. So, I tossed the steak on the grill, closed the lid, and went inside to get the hot dogs, figuring it'd be a while before it was cooked. I came back out, and noticed an unusually high amount of smoke coming from the inside of the grill, so I lifted the lid to behold a flaming T-Bone of death. Flaming T-Bone makes a good name for a rock band, as well as a nice euphemism for venereal disease, in my opinion. Needless to say, the steak was, shall we say, less than edible? I watched the hot dogs like a hawk, however, and they came out fine. Maybe I'll try again tonight on that steak, I'd better master this art before summer, and before I run out of steaks, as they are a bit expensive to cremating regularly...

I'm very afraid. I saw

I'm very afraid. I saw over on Al's weblog that Warner Brothers has optioned a great book, Have Space Suit, Will Travel, by the late great Robert A. Heinlein. This is literally the first Sci-Fi book that I ever read as a child, and so help me God, they'd better not commit blasphemy on the same levels that they did with the last two movies based on Heinlein books, Starship Troopers and The Puppet Masters. I'm realistic, I understand that books have to be changed to be made into movies, but I hate arrogant movie directors that change the story to fit their "creative vision". Here's an idea, if you don't like the story as it's written, don't frickin' option it, go write your own. Paul Verhoeven, I'm talking to you. The Lord of the Rings series is a great example of how to make a movie true to the original work, without royally pissing off all your fans. Hopefully, since the director of Harry Potter has some experience in transferring popular books to the big screen, he won't screw this up.

Okay, who wants to settle

Okay, who wants to settle a grammar argument? My wife, Holly, and I disagree over this paragraph from the contact us page of the brand new web site that her employer just launched:

As you've toured our site, you've seen many examples of how the staff at Hellman Associates has helped our clients formulate their business goals and implement innovative marketing tools to achieve great results.

Now, I say that it should read "how the staff at Hellman Associates HAVE helped our clients", because staff is a plural noun, and you wouldn't say "The people at Hellman has helped me a lot!", at least not if you had all your teeth, or graduated from high school.

She says "No, actually, it depends on how you use plural nouns. This is acceptable usage, as we are working together as a single entity (in theory)."

So who is correct? Post your comments below!