Posted in Twitter on Aug 31st, 2009
Casual morning reading: Dept of Defense's Guide to Container Inspection for Commercial & Military Intermodal Containers. #
Archive for August, 2009
Posted in Twitter on Aug 30th, 2009
It's like a superpower. She can kill technology by proximity alone. I wonder if the Pentagon would pay for this? #
Not to be a font-snob but Calibri really blows Arial out of the water on Windows with ClearType. #
Funny how the phrase "spawn point", even when heard across a noisy cafe can still catch my [...]
Posted in Twitter on Aug 29th, 2009
Fileplanet really should be renamed FileAsteroid with these types of download times. #
Construction crew is using those ballistic bolts on a project nearby… my "bullet sense" keeps going off every time they do. #
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $333 million: http://www.komonews.com/news/55763792.html #
Sorry, twhirl if flaking out atm. #
Once again that shining paragon of bureaucrat efficiency. [...]
Posted in Twitter on Aug 28th, 2009
Glenn Beck really is taking the red eye flight from reality to nervous breakdown…. Let me stamp that boarding pass for you, fella. #
Jade Plant is making a nice recovery, even sending up some tiny new leaves. Never seen one of these things flower though. #
Coal industry campaign "Faces", showing supporters of dirty coal [...]
Posted in Twitter on Aug 27th, 2009
http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays via @tombigelow I can only hope to be 1/2 as ornery & entertaining when I'm that age. Starting practice! #
Now I just need a naive counterpart who believes that designers & clients can live together in harmony: http://tinyurl.com/l5dj6b #
I wonder if a certain post-apocalyptic game has considered the possibilities of product placement? http://tinyurl.com/kkdhs9 #
Actually [...]
Posted in Code, LinkedIn, Technology on Aug 26th, 2009
Google Analytics is perhaps the easiest and cheapest way for just about anyone to get valuable and insightful performance and traffic information about their web site with little or no programming knowledge. Simply drop a small snippet of JavaScript code into any web page and Google will begin securely collecting traffic data. The resulting data [...]
Posted in Twitter on Aug 26th, 2009
Uncle Achievement, Unlocked! #
Baking bread. Nothing fancy, just your basic homemade loaf. #
Thanks to the Daily Show, to this day, I can't hear a "legitimate" news agency say "When news breaks…" and NOT think "We fix it." #
Posted in Journal, Livejournal on Aug 25th, 2009
Last night at the newest member of my extended tribe entered the world! I’m an Uncle! Mother and child are both doing well and resting. Heading out as soon as possible.
Posted in Twitter on Aug 25th, 2009
Annoying web trend: "Fixed" header/footer with site tools/links/etc. Most of the time they are just screen real estate eating nuisances. #
Zemblanity, unofficial antonym of Serendipity. Thought someone out there could some mileage out of that one. #
If it takes more than three fingers on the same hand to perform, it's not a short-cut, it's Keyboard [...]
Posted in LinkedIn, Technology on Aug 24th, 2009
Professional video production folks have my sympathy, really, they do. The good software is expensive, the hardware requirements for any reasonable performance is generally top notch and that’s after you consider the hoops they often have to to go to get footage on the computer in the first place (I nearly wept the time I [...]
