KidZui
June 4, 2008
I check the Google Zeitgeist every so often to see what's going on out there and this morning I noticed that KidZui was on fire. So I checked it out by downloading the app, installing it and testing. I can see where this is absolutely essential for parents. KidZui is a self... [Read more]
Siddhartha
April 18, 2008
I took the afternoon off this afternoon as i was a bit worn out hunching over a bunch of sites, code, and monitors today. I put a chair outside to enjoy the sun and get rid of some of my programmer's tan... and I managed to read Hermann Hesse' novel - Siddhartha in one sitting.... [Read more]
Benchmarking Beta
April 17, 2008
(this site over the last 30 days) Google Analytics released a beta version of something they call benchmarking... it's good. I hear all the time.. my site got x number of hits, and i say to myself.."what kind of hits" because what most people don't understand is that a lot... [Read more]
Turbo Tax
April 10, 2008
I think i can endorse it...i'm certainly not an accountant or tax expert, but i like knowing exactly how it works vs. paying someone so i don't have to think about it. i have very little expenses and most of my work is freelance (services) with only some depreciation on computers... [Read more]
Easter Moodle
March 23, 2008
easter humor... ...and today i put up a moodle site on a server for testing and customizing... and i've decided to try my hand at writing a flash based graphing plugin as my good deed for easter.. Moodle is a free software e-learning platform (also known as a Course Management... [Read more]
Harbourtowne - 30th Anniversary
March 12, 2008
Fudgy Brabham, the broker in Charge of Harbourtowne and Trident Real Estate is celebrating thirty years this year. Fudgy and I have mulled over the impact of the internet to real estate in the last three years. I met Fudgy through my father four years back when I was getting... [Read more]
wiki leaks
February 23, 2008
i had read this on friday in the nytimes and did some follow up.. wiki leaks is ordered to be shut off.. the judge orders the domain registrar.. they comply and thousands of people like me immediately begin posting this link.. http://88.80.13.160/ so in return it got more... [Read more]
slideshowpro and actionscript
January 31, 2008
It always seems that when i'm working on a problem or task in computer programming that the answer usually comes to me when i'm not in front of a computer screen. I think this is because i am able to use better visual logic when i'm daydreaming in the car listening to music.... [Read more]
Ajax is just lipstick on a pig
January 1, 2008
and i just had to post that again... the audience enthusiasm is awesome Thanks Dave... I think my brother would agree... If you use a browser to interact with a server, you're using a half-duplex, forms-based device. The host sends down a form, you fill in the form, and send... [Read more]
Google Android - Ten Million?
December 10, 2007
or the project page here on code.. Google is giving away $10,000,000 to the best applications. The Open Handset Alliance, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies, is developing Android: the first complete, open, and free mobile platform. Android is a software... [Read more]
ted: ideas worth spreading
December 6, 2007
and worth watching... Read More →
FCC Spectrum Auction and paid links…
December 2, 2007
Who's going to win the spectrum auction? 11/30/2007 06:08:00 AM Posted by by Chris Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives Here at Google, we see the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction at the Federal Communications Commission as one of the best opportunities consumers will have... [Read more]
Elingsh
November 28, 2007
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae... [Read more]
internet troll
October 24, 2007
Internet Trolls and controversial issues
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October 22, 2007
wow.. the fires in so-cal look serious.. i think the times updated the number to 300,000 ...the photos said to me.. be glad i'm not evacuating my home in san diego global climate change (as karl rove has instructed i call it) is real. for the record.. using an rss feed like... [Read more]
every ip in the world on one map and social networking sites…
October 20, 2007
click the image to check it out....and i'm doing a strange social networking experiment with every site i could come up with... Yesterday...I took one of my email addresses and signed up for every social network out there and created free blogs with sites like realtor.com and... [Read more]
Rotten Neighbor
October 19, 2007
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
October 18, 2007
had a question about this... this morning from an accountant in Las Vegas... here are the facts about digital signatures... ie.. pdf's, live cycle, acrobat forms etc.. although most people should know that if you want to provide these types of forms online that there are guidelines... [Read more]
Google Health and 411
October 18, 2007
and also Google Says Its Health Platform Is Due In Early 2008.... Read More →
Carolinas Magazine
September 29, 2007
Let me tell you exactly what i'm up to for those of you who try and keep up with me and don't understand my cryptic emails and websites. I've been wanting to do for some time. Let me explain. When I was in high school (Chapin High School) I used... [Read more]
web traffic
September 26, 2007
don’t want on that jury..
August 7, 2007
this article from techcrunch reminded me of some research I did on Google Patents sometime back concering panoramic images stitching software. Seems a team of laywers teamed up agaist the professor who actually invented the programming and shut him down, the company that takes... [Read more]
Companies that know they suck
August 1, 2007