Danny Silverman

Its not really clear to me how many people read my blog (and I haven’t worried about keeping stats, at least not for the last two or three years), but I look at it every day, and I want it to be differentiated from the masses and appealing to me. Its hard, these days, to do something creative with a blog template, but when I see lovingly crafted custom templates it makes me want to read more, because it tells me the person cares about what they’re doing.

All that said, I never seem to actually finish redesigning my blog…it generally stays in a 80% done state for a year and then I redesign it again! Perhaps its about the process more than the result.

My first time buying my own bed after college, I decided that it was really worth it, despite how much room it takes up and the additional cost, to get a queen sized bed. If you’re six feet tall (or more) like me, the extra 6” in length is really, really worth it. And if you’re sharing your bed with someone else and you’re a larger person, the extra 6” in width over a full is also nice. I took the approach of buying a very nice bed now with the idea of keeping it for years and years, but that’s because I happened to have a bit of money lying around, not sure if that’s a great approach for everyone, or if my bed will really last that along, although supposedly it has some kind of great warranty.

My bed is pretty firm, and for a while I’ve been worrying I might have made the wrong decision, but I’m getting more used to it over time.

Another thing to keep in mind…if you have a somewhat narrow staircase and are getting a larger bed, you can get a “split” boxspring (2 half-size ones), since the boxspring is rigid and often cannot be fit around corners.

Gmail is very nice and the search is great and all, but I do a lot of filtering on my mail, and not being able to use something like procmail to make unlimited rules and move things into as many folders (or “tags”) as I want is annoying. Tagging vs. folders means you should be able to apply more than one, but with Gmail you’re not, and the rules interface is very crippled. What it comes down to is, Gmail is great for most people but if you’re more technologically sophisticated and want complete control over your email, stick with standard tools.