Ken Martin’s Blog

I know my readers include both those who will yawn at this as old news, and those who’ve never heard of such a thing, but in the spirit of flickr.com, del.icio.us and similar “social” web offerings, I went ahead and started to set up a LibraryThing account. Pretty neat stuff. You’re able to have a very [...]

Or so it would seem from my site statistics. I enjoy having a decent little flow of visitors to my little site, but what is really weird is how many people find me while searching for “novovirus”. Seriously. like over 35% of folks who wander in - new, non-repeat visitors from every corner of the world [...]

This article has some interesting tips for being a better and more productive designer. I especially like tips 12, 15, 21, 24, 28, 46, and 48. And my favorite: “09 TAKE A SHOWER”.

President Bush recently signed an executive order: “Protecting the Property Rights of the American People.” I’m glad to see property rights re-affirmed, but I wonder if it will have any real meaning or effect. As far as I can understand what I’m reading, it’s meant to make sure property is not taken “merely for the [...]

Bedtime. We were trying to encourage Jack to not drink all of his “nighttime” water at once. Nevertheless, slurp, slurp. slurp. “Jack… save some for later!” “But, it’s like meth!” he pleaded. Like meth. Bwaaaahahaaa! There are billboards around which scared Jack that show a woman’s portrait before and after meth addiction. The “after” shot is pretty bad. [...]

When in Sioux Falls last week (which I’ll be posting about later), I had a chance to sit down with Dr. Thompson of the North American Baptist Seminary. We had a very nice conversation over a very nice mocha. One of the things we talked about was a document that he co-authored callled “Re-Envisioning Baptist [...]

Welcome, City Pages readers! You may want to start here to get a quicker summary of what my Maplewood City Council commentary here is about. Enjoy you’re visit! :) I seem to have drawn a little more attention concerning my recent comments on political movings in Maplewood, MN. A blog has appeared yearningly named: “What’s Left [...]

Do you have any idea what Google could end up knowing about us? They offer free web searching, free email, free calendars, free spreadsheets, free word processing, free mapping… and we use them! A lot! And soon, Google Payments. So what does Google get for this? Ad revenues, to be sure. But what they really get is [...]

What was once called selfishness is now called fulfillment.

I do accept honorary memberships. :)