The other day, I overheard an older relative refer to the act of copying and pasting something as "storing it in the mouse." I had never thought of it that way before, but that is probably how it appears to new computer users.

I know that when I press Ctrl+C, I automatically hold my hands differently until I hit Ctrl+V, so I might as well be storing that data in my left hand. Occasionally, while I'm typing, I'll realize that I'm feeling a little tense and I don't know why. Usually, it turns out that I copied something and never needed to paste it.

Does anyone else alter their posture based on the contents of their clipboard?

The guy next to me in the coffee shop is very loudly planning a photo-sharing site that is going to turn him and his phone buddy into millionaires. Their business plan includes surfing around SmugMug and saying "Yeah, I like this feature. We should have it." So far, their site will include "tagging" and "sharing." Look out world; this is going to be big!

Update: Their site is also going to be "fun" and "easy to use." This is looking pretty sweet.

Today is the one-year anniversary of my first day at AOL/Netscape.

More importantly, I've also been blogging for a little over a year. This means that I can start taking the lazy way out and post Lifehacker-esque "Retro Roundup: One Year Ago on Now I Have a Blog Too" entries.

What did I blog about one year ago today? Nothing. I must have been busy with something else...

A couple of weeks ago, I was shopping for a domain name for a little project I'm working on (more on that at a later date), and I noticed that chrisfinke.com was not registered. Long story short, it is now.

This is just a note to anyone that knows me that neither I nor Christina was anywhere near the 35W bridge collapse today in Minneapolis. Watching it on the news is jarring though, as I routinely drove over that bridge when I lived in the Cities and was going to the U.

As I see the aftermath on TV, I have the same feeling of "these kind of things don't happen here" as I did on September 11, 2001. My prayers go out to all who are or will be affected.