http://parkerdigital.net/blog Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:02:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As cool as WordPress and Safari are, they don't play well together. I have to keep changing browsers in order to post to my blogs. In an effort to make my life easier, I'm trying out the Mozilla based browser called Flock. If it works well, I may just ditch ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/03/17/testing-flock/ On a recent trip to northern California, I dropped by a couple of saloons that are worth mentioning. The day we arrived in San Francisco we visited the 21st Amendment Brewery where the annual Strong Beer Month was in full swing. Most beers on the menu registered at least 8 ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/03/01/44/ Have you tried to use the credit card machine in a Philadelphia cab lately? I have tried several times and the overwhelming resistance I got from the cab drivers was very telling. These guys don't want you to use the credit card machine. And they're so determined to have you ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/02/29/philly-cabbie-scams/ I got several requests for my turkey chili recipe so here it is, sans DRM. Feel free to distribute. Just a quick note about some of the ingredients...I'm not one of these purists who thinks you have to grow your own organic tomatoes and gind your own mixture of spices. ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/02/28/turkey-chili-recipe/ I possess a deep-seeded hatred for the chowdah heads from the northeast that goes back several years. It comes from personal experiences where, while working in a professional capacity, I have been treated with utter disdain and disrespect. I have seen cops, team and stadium security, fans and players treat ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/02/03/friggin-outstanding/ On a recent run to my favorite beer distributor I came across something I had never tried before, organic beer. I actually saw a few organic brands but settled on a Maine brewery called Peak Organic simply because they offer a mixed case of some of my favorite brew ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/02/02/organic-beer/ One of the few joys of traveling by air these days is finding a great place to eat dinner once you've arrived. While working in Dallas this week I had a hankering for good TexMex and a margarita so I started Googling. I found an amazing place just northeast of ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/02/01/good-chow-in-big-d/ Hey, jackass. Don't walk around wearing your Bluetooth headset all day. You look stoopit.  Thank you.  http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/02/01/calling-all-blue-tards/ Hey, motion picture industry. You just turned a perfectly honest, hard working American consumer into a raging pirate. You took 10 hours of my life and now it's "go time." All I want to do is hook up my TiVo and DirecTV DVR via HDMI to my friggin' receiver and see ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/01/12/hdmi-incites-rash/ I'm in Las Vegas covering the Consumer Electronics Show for a large cable company based in Philadelphia. Chew on that one. This is my first time in Vegas and I must say that I have been very impressed so far. The city is clean and colorful and really interesting. I'm shooting ... http://parkerdigital.net/blog/2008/01/06/ces-2008/