http://www.jobriga.com/journal An online journal from Joe Gallagher. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:35:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just stumbled across Google Forms, which lets you create forms and record the results in a Google Docs spreadsheet. See my test form here. I am slightly agog at this functionality, having spent 2-3 hours setting up a similar form at www.altarserverappreciation.org that just records info in a database.  Took about ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/08/24/google-forms/ The Washington Post published an article discussing the rise of Graphic Novels: I've wandered into an alternative universe, and I'm trying to decide if I want to stay. The setting is the lovely, old-fashioned library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, in midtown Manhattan. The event is a gathering ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/08/23/graphic-novels-on-the-rise/ This blog is due for an upgrade, to the latest version of Wordpress and to a new design. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade the back end today, and work on the design later. El Jardin de la Nina Maria and Serra Boston are due for upgrades too. Upgrades upgrades everywhere... UPDATE 8/23: Upgraded ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/08/21/upgrades/ I got an e-mail from Schmap that my photo of the St. Louis Arch (shown below) has been included on their web site. Schmap is an online travel guide, and they apparently use Flickr photos tagged with Creative Commons rights to create photo galleries. See the St. Louis Schmap here. It's a pretty ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/08/14/ive-been-schmapped/ While in Australia the Pope visited my old alma mater, the University of Notre Dame Australia: His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI visited The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Sydney Campus on Friday 18th July. The Holy Father had requested to meet with local young people at risk of alcohol and substance abuse, ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/07/28/pope-visits-nd-australia/ Taken from the side of the Charles river on July 4. http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/07/04/happy-4th/ Metafilter linked to an interesting video, in which the speaker (Roo Reynolds) posits that Lego toys are "inherently digital." The "binary form" and "constraints" of Lego pieces force us to think creatively with some constraint, unlike an activity like painting, which you can smear over canvas without any lines ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/06/25/the-lego-way-of-thinking/ Photos from today's Celtics rally are now on Flickr: http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/06/20/go-celtics/ The NY Times has a nice article on the childish humor prevalent in today's comedies: The male rejection of adulthood is now the dominant attitude in Hollywood comedy, even (or perhaps especially) in movies whose sexual frankness makes them officially unsuitable for children. Occasionally you will see a functioning if beleaguered ... http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/06/07/rejecting-male-adulthood-at-the-movies/ Love this Pixar commercial for the characters in Wall-E. http://www.jobriga.com/journal/2008/06/05/wall-e-characters/