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About Sam Gomez

This is my lil' workshop on the web. I created it to let my friends and family know what's going on with me. It quickly became a place for me to rant about my feelings and publicly humiliate myself - not that I needed yet another medium. Generally, I just share whatever is on my mind (stories, photos, etc.) Read the full about me.

Google Reader

Google Reader isn’t really that new of an obsession for me, but I don’t recall writing anything about it. And since I am such a big fan, I figured I should at least mention it. I was pretty late to the game with RSS and RSS Readers. I knew what they were and how they [...]

MLK Scholars Seminar Photos

I posted some random photos from a Scholars Seminar on Facebook.

Bathing in the 1800′s

Our apt building has been without hot water since Saturday. It will not be back on until Tuesday. (We were also without hot water Friday morning.) Annoying. We’ve been heating water on the stove in order to bathe in the tub. Today we use a gas stove. I don’t think I would have bathed if [...]

WordPress Plugins

I’ve researched and installed a ton of WordPress plugins recently. These plugins are used to extend WordPress’s capabilities. Using WordPress plugins, I’ve added search engine optimization, automatic similar posts functionality, links to social bookmarking sites, intelligent SEO Ajax-powered Google Search to 404 pages, etc. I now even have a mobile version of the site. Be [...]

Velcro Strips

I’ve read the Lifehacker blog for some time now. (They give tips and downloads for getting things done.) I also recently read their new book, Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better. The book is a hard copy some of their better articles. After reading one article, Cheap and Easy Velcro [...]

New Category: New Obsessions

Now that the blog is back up and running, I decided to create a new New Obsessions category. The category is intended to share whatever I am using/consuming/geeking-out on at any given point in time.

Couple of Bad Weeks for Technology at Casa de Gomez

Last week I was without Internet service at home. It turns out that my line had been unplugged from the building’s service box. I have to assume this happened when one of the neighbors moved out. I would have written about the resolution earlier, but then my website went down. I’ve included the official notice [...]

MLK Scholars In Brazil

I posted some photos of 1997 MLK Scholars Trip to Brazil. On a side note, I don’t really like posting photos in Facebook. I had rather use my Flickr account. But posting to Facebook makes it easier to share with groups on Facebook.

No Internet. No cable.

Yesterday my computer stopped working – it wouldn’t connect to the Internet. Thinking it was something I somehow caused, I spent more than a hour checking the computer’s settings, router and cable modem. Finally I got frustrated enough that I decided to take a break and turn on the TV for a few minutes. Then [...]

“Hillary Is Part of the Lesbian Conspiracy to Control Man”

There’s a guy at the subway stop near my office. He’s been there for years. I call him the Subway Socrates. He looks pretty normal, but he strolls around the platform pontificating about either 1.) current events or 2.) lesbians. When I passed him on Friday, he said, “Hillary is part of the lesbian conspiracy [...]