http://www.benwoods.com/rss RSS en Welcome to BenWoods.com 2006 120 http://www.benwoods.com/national-spumoni-day-contest-with-an-actual-prize Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:09:22 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/national-spumoni-day-contest-with-an-actual-prize Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/new-site-for-new-book
  In the meantime, I've rebuilt the website and hope to give more updates as we progress toward the actual publication date. Also, there is going to be a BIG announcement on August 21, so stay tuned for it. Let's just say that you are in for a cold treat ... ]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:31:42 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/new-site-for-new-book Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/wave-goodbye-to-google-wave shutting down its online collaboration tool, Wave. Google does a lot of cool, neat and worthy stuff obviously, and I think Wave fits into this category. It's just that the actual marketing of it was rather peculiar.

  First, I've seen a number of stories that claim that Google claimed Wave was supposed to be Facebook, Twitter, email, the Internet and Elton John all wrapped into one. With the exception of "Crocodile Rock" being a decent but annoying Wave theme song, Wave should have never been positioned like that. ]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:30:25 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/wave-goodbye-to-google-wave Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/make-new-friends-by-renting-them Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:52:25 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/make-new-friends-by-renting-them Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/facebook-privacy-concerns-well-it-could-be-worse Facebook's privacy terms and decide whether or not they want to keep their account.

  But what if Facebook, or another entity that allowed you to share info with friends, family and strangers, wasn't so helpful and didn't allow you to opt-out of things you don't want? ]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:46:25 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/facebook-privacy-concerns-well-it-could-be-worse Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/new-stuff-coming-soon Wed, 26 May 2010 07:48:14 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/new-stuff-coming-soon Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/watch-for-extra-charges-at-the-waverly-post-office-branch
The Waverly branch of the Baltimore United States Post Office charges an additional 17-44 cents for an article of mail that can be sent from the USPS Hampden branch for just 44 cents. It's pretty shocking that one would receive a different rate from various post office branches. Before compiling this story, I had to check with my own eyes to make certain this was accurate. ]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:46:00 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/watch-for-extra-charges-at-the-waverly-post-office-branch Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/kentucky-government-again-lays-claim-to-internet-lunacy-champion to sue the owners of the Full Tilt Poker website to recover losses incurred by Kentuckians. ]]> Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:49:24 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/kentucky-government-again-lays-claim-to-internet-lunacy-champion Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/twitter-circa-1935 this Robot Messenger that was used in 1935 at public places in London. For a fee, users could write a message on the "notificator," which would be visible for at least two hours. At least with Twitter now, your friends aren't lost after two hours! ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:27:36 -0500 http://www.benwoods.com/twitter-circa-1935 Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/march-madness-the-developers-on-the-kindle-sale The Developers" for a buck on the Kindle this month. I tried to offer it free, but the lowest I could go was a dollar. Anyway, if you have a Kindle, check it out! ]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:35:13 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/march-madness-the-developers-on-the-kindle-sale Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/agent-wrapup literary agent list, you know that I've contacted a boatload of agents. Although some of given "Corporate Ties" favorable responses, I have not obtained an agent.

  Well, it's now time to move ahead without one. ]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:32:15 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/agent-wrapup Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/im-a-robot has constructed a robot in my likeness.

  All right, I guess "constructed" isn't the right word, as he hasn't built the robot (at least, not yet), but he has created a fair number of robot friends at the appropriately named site, my robot friends. Most of the mechanical inventions are based on O'Connor's friends, but he occasionally throws in a Santa Claus, Abraham Lincoln and so forth. ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:48:45 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/im-a-robot Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/european-countries-stop-using-ie French and German governments are recommending their people to use safer alternatives to IE. ]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:36:52 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/european-countries-stop-using-ie Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/book-review-creative-firing-by-chester-burger
  Enter Chester Burger's book "Creative Firing: Why Management Firings Happen - and How to Reduce Them." This book runs through the gamut of upper management decisions and how to maintain some control and honor throughout the endeavor. I've read many a business book, and even though this book was published in 1972, nearly every principle still applies. ]]> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:26:37 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/book-review-creative-firing-by-chester-burger Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/check-out-the-nba-lowlights-stay-for-livin-large Basketbawful, a blog about the worst of the worst in the NBA. If you know me, you're probably wondering why I would be reading this, considering that I follow college basketball exclusively, not the NBA, the NBA development league, European leagues, Upward basketball, etc. If you don't know me, I'm not sure how you ended up on this site, but feel free to look around and DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

  The site author has a running story called "Livin' Large," which, for all intensive purposes, is a coming-of-age story set a few dorm rooms down from where my college experience began. It's a great story, and I will admit that maybe I think it's so great because it's easy for me to relate. Nevertheless, I'd recommend that you check it out. ]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:35:36 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/check-out-the-nba-lowlights-stay-for-livin-large Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/introducing-the-animal-holiday-party offer it in PDF format for anyone interested in reading. Also, the cover art was designed by online comic legend Brad Samuelson. You may know him from his comic strip AsTheGrassGrows. ]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:41:47 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/introducing-the-animal-holiday-party Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/octopus-uses-tools-whats-next some octopuses pick up coconut shells and hide in them, the first evidence of an invertebrate using tools. ]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:24:26 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/octopus-uses-tools-whats-next Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/literary-cubist-mughal-interviewed-by-harfordneighbors Mohamed Mughal last year at a writers' conference, and we shared opinions and the like on our writings. He is a self-proclaimed literary cubist, and he's in the process of finishing his second novel, "Christmas in Mecca:  A Cubist Novel in the Existential, Absurdist Tradition of Canonical Literature, Squeezed from the Eternal Consciousness of Adam Hueghlomm." Anyway, HarfordNeighbors.net recently interviewed Mughal, so find out more about his writings on that website. ]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:02 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/literary-cubist-mughal-interviewed-by-harfordneighbors Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/bing-maps-launches Bing Maps. I took it for a quick test run, and in general, it's pretty comparable to Google Maps. There's hardly a discernible difference between the two, honestly. You can change routes pretty easily, look for local businesses and email links to friends. Probably the strangest thing I noticed, however, is that the base URL turns into bing.com/maps, instead of remaining maps.bing.com. I'm not really sure why they wouldn't just use the subdomain for the entire maps site. I didn't notice any features that really distinguished Bing from Google, so unless a reason to switch arises, I'll stick with Google Maps. ]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:38:37 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/bing-maps-launches Ben Woods http://www.benwoods.com/if-youre-at-your-computer-166-hours-a-week Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:46:38 -0600 http://www.benwoods.com/if-youre-at-your-computer-166-hours-a-week Ben Woods