ODonnellWeb
ODonnellWeb
Chris O'Donnell
Launched on 12/31/1995, and updated regularly ever since. It's probably one of the oldest continually maintained personal websites on the WWW.
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I have 46 books on the books page for 2025. Several are DNFs, and there are probably 5 more in-progress books that never made it to the page. These were my favorites. Reviews are all on the 2025 books page, so I’m not repeating them...
I have 46 books on the books page for 2025. Several are DNFs, and there are probably 5 more in-progress books that never made it to the page. These were my favorites. Reviews are all on the 2025 books page, so I'm not repeating them...
So, I’ve apparently gone from not writing weekly updates to only writing weekly updates. Is that an improvement? My big achievement this week was to redesign my consulting website. The previous one was a placeholder. It held the place...
So, I've apparently gone from not writing weekly updates to only writing weekly updates. Is that an improvement? My big achievement this week was to redesign my consulting website. The previous one was a placeholder. It held the place...
Next weekend is the last weekend before Christmas. Are you done supporting destructive capitalism, uh, I mean buying gifts for friends and family? I am done. I even wrapped a few presents today. We used to go way overboard but have...
Next weekend is the last weekend before Christmas. Are you done supporting destructive capitalism, uh, I mean buying gifts for friends and family? I am done. I even wrapped a few presents today. We used to go way overboard but have...
Happy first weekend in December to all who celebrate. We had our first snow of the year this week. It snowed 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) on Thursday night and Friday morning. They shut the city down on Friday. All schools, government offices,...
Happy first weekend in December to all who celebrate. We had our first snow of the year this week. It snowed 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) on Thursday night and Friday morning. They shut the city down on Friday. All schools, government offices,...
How the hell is it already December? It was Thanksgiving weekend here in the US. So a lot of us had 4 days off. All my other long weekends this year have involved travel, so although they were often fun, I typically came back tired. This...
How the hell is it already December? It was Thanksgiving weekend here in the US. So a lot of us had 4 days off. All my other long weekends this year have involved travel, so although they were often fun, I typically came back tired. This...
I've gone from weekly updates to bi-monthly to monthly. That is not a good trend line. I need to work on that. My birthday was on Tuesday, celebrating my 58th trip around the sun. I always say I don't feel my age, and physically that is...
I’ve gone from weekly updates to bi-monthly to monthly. That is not a good trend line. I need to work on that. My birthday was on Tuesday, celebrating my 58th trip around the sun. I always say I don’t feel my age, and physically that is...
As members of Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, we get to see the annual Christmas light display at no extra cost the weekend before it's opened to the public. It was light jacket last night, so certainly not "Christmas weather," and last...
Last week someone on Mastodon posted a link to an article on NPR.org looking for people that wanted to talk about health insurance. I happen to have some very recent history in this area so I completed the form. Earlier this week NPR...
I won Mastodon today