http://www.consumatron.net Consuming a minute of your time with whatever's on my mind. Sun, 17 May 2009 13:38:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to those who have written e-mails expressing concern and curiosity. It's always surprising when someone actually cares enough to write, what, with every person on the planet blogging these days. The truth is, I've been working enough for three people (and getting paid enough for 1/3 a person, but in ... http://www.consumatron.net/2009/05/checkup.html This one seems appropriate. I owe you some minutes, so here's fourteen of them. Another rerun. Here's a reason...or an excuse... I recently took on a lot more responsibility at work and have been pulling my hair out while trying to grasp everything and put it into a pattern. If you ... http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/rerun-040107-breaking-the-mold.html Rerun from 02/22/07 Man, I spoke so slowly back then! I really wanted to shoot a video tonight, but as soon as I made a plan, I got sick and life got busy this week. The plan is to have new videos every Tuesday, Thursday and one on the weekend. When I ... http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/rerun-022709-route-66.html I've been sick and in-n-out of sleep all day, so here's a rerun for the weekend. This episode was a quick joke episode, but I really liked it when I made it and I still do. It got me a lot of myspace friends when I cross-posted it. ... http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/rerun-020607-gentle-let-down.html John Green's original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDsQacsnyX4 Light a candle of hope for Rwanda. Upload your videos of less than 30 seconds using http://www.yousendit.com and send them to videos@thehpalliance.org Also upload them to YouTube and post them as video responses to John Green's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDsQacsnyX4 Send me a link to your video on YouTube and ... http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/031909-candles-and-turtles-for-rwanda.html I'm trying to produce new minutes three times a week. The planned schedule is Tuesdays, Thursdays and one on the Weekend. Lately, however, life and work and the spaces in between have been busy, so I've decided to post a rerun on the scheduled days where I don't find time ... http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/rerun-020207-my-favorite-republican-2.html Our Tower? I don't think so!... I also don't really care. Chicago fights back after Sears Tower falls to a British invasion: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/13/sears-tower-gets-british-name Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/consumatron Donate: http://is.gd/iHt8 http://www.consumatron.net Make stuff and share: http://www.make28.com http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/031509-whos-tower.html Tell me about something obvious that made you do a head slap in the comments! In which I discuss hygiene and solve the credit crisis. Found: The source of belly-button lint: http://tr.im/hehb Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/consumatron Donate: http://is.gd/iHt8 http://www.consumatron.net Make stuff and share: http://www.make28.com http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/031009-fluff.html C'mon film nerds... Tell me what movie my great grandfather's talkie film log is from in the comments! This one's easy! Generation OMG: http://tr.im/h91P Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/consumatron Donate: http://is.gd/iHt8 http://www.consumatron.net Make stuff and share: http://www.make28.com http://www.consumatron.net/2009/03/030809-generational-depression.html Thanks to everyone who participated in the MAKE28! If you haven't heard of WheezyWaiter, subscribe to him and give him your full attention He's the greatest! http://www.youtube.com/wheezywaiter Extra special thanks to Thorn of The Hybiscus Journals for arranging the Carpenter's song for me! http://members.cox.net/thehybiscusjournals/ Make stuff and share: http://www.make28.com The original MAKE28 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBifChvWbA0 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/consumatron Donate: http://is.gd/iHt8 http://www.consumatron.net http://www.consumatron.net/2009/02/022809-beginning-make28.html