Archive for January, 2005

The Flickering Problem Google Adsense

Monday, January 31st, 2005

If you have been to this site in the day and a half since I made the switch to the new design, then you might have noticed a very weird problem that I have been battling today. "The Adsense Flicker" For some reason, that I still don't understand, ...

Make a Life Poster With iPhoto

Monday, January 31st, 2005

Leave it to one of the creators of Delicious Library, one of my favorite pieces of software, to come up with another very cool idea. This one utilizes the new iPhoto 5, and it allows you to make a "life poster". Basically it is a poster you can print from ...

Hell Yeah Bitch.com v3.0

Saturday, January 29th, 2005

As you can see the site is a bit different, unless you are blind, in that case ask your dog, he will tell you that its true. The entire site has been re-created from scratch. For one, it should load faster now becuase it is all in CSS, and yes, ...

Maybe Its Time to Change Majors

Thursday, January 27th, 2005

This video of a college weather man on his local broadcast is just about the saddest / funniest thing I have seen in a long time. It really makes you uncomfortable at times, and at the end you are just begging him to just say "F*ck it!" and sit ...

Movable Type 3.15

Thursday, January 27th, 2005

Well that figures. I drag my feet and then I decided to drag them some more on updating the Movable Type installation on this site and then barely a week later, out comes a new version. Damn. Apparently this update / patch has been released in order to fix ...

“…and she became The Nanny”

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

For some reason today, I have the theme song to "The Nanny" stuck in my head. I don't know why. I haven't seen an episode of "The Nanny" for several years (yes, I believe I have seen at least one full episode). But now the theme song ...

The RIAA Gets Their Coal

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

I wrote about a month or so ago(RIAA: Heres your lump of coal), about how the wonderful site, Downhill Battle was sending a peice of coal to the RIAA or MPAA for every $100 donated to their cause. Well, you can't call these guys liars. They just recently ...

Microsoft Tightes Grip on Windows Update

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Later this year, Microsoft will require that you verify your copy of Windows before you are allowed to use its Windows Update website and its happening sooner that you think. Feb 7th, marks the day that the required checks will be begin for users in China, Norway and the ...

Navigation Is Lost on the General Web User

Friday, January 21st, 2005

According to recent stories and two of the biggest experts on web design, those ubiquitous navigation bars on the left, right or top of pages are completely ignored by the average web user. According the this article, the vast majority of the users out there work the web with a "click-link-or-hit-back-button" ...

MovableType upgrade complete

Thursday, January 20th, 2005

So after much thought and a few scary seconds I have finally made a decision in my web-publishing software. Movable Type 3.14 More on this is a bit..but I want to reload this entry to make sure all is well.