It's not a Disney world we live in.
NPR Reports that Disney is blocking its Miramax division from distributing a Michael Moore film that is critical of the Bush administration. Disney is known for its tight control over the cheery image its theme parks present to world. Unfortunately the real world is not so sanguine.
Read MoreI'm not posting on my blog today.
Sorry, but it’s been a slow news day for me and I’m really tired from this weekend. Unfortunately, I will not be posting anything on my blog today. Tune in again tomorrow.
Read MoreAnd the "Harsh" award goes to...
Read MoreAP - A middle school basketball coach who presented a “Crybaby Award” trophy to a 13-year-old player has been fired from his coaching job, and the board of education wants him out entirely, officials said Wednesday.
Weekend Update: Drove to San Jose...
Good News! I'm going to Tech-Ed!!!
I managed to swing a deal where I pay for it now and get reimbursed later. It solves the budget and politics issue. Woohoo!!! Hope to see you all there. Be sure to say hello.
Read MoreWill RSS Readers Clog the Web?
Found this on Wired News…
Read Moree is a magic number
P2P RSS and the Return of Push!
I just finished
reading an essay in the latest edition of Wired by Gary Wolf entitled
“The Return Of Push!” discussing whether or not RSS will realize his
prediction made seven years ago. His prediction in Wired 5.03 was that
web browsers were about to become obsolete due to push technologies such
as PointCast.
Looks like Tech-Ed is a no go for me...
My company won’t approve any capital expenses till June. Unless I can convince them to do a delayed expense (I pay now, they reimburse later) I probably won’t make it. Boo.
Read MoreEagle Attacks, Carries Off Bear Cub
Pop Quiz: Can you reference an exe assembly
With Visual Studio.NET 2005 and on, you can now reference an exe assembly just fine.
Read MoreMy wife, the Google AdSense clicker...
If you read my blog in an aggregator, you probably haven’t noticed the little advertisements at the top of the page. These ads are served from Google as part of their AdSense program and require a bit of javascript to display (hence they do not show up in individual blog postings as I intended).
Read MoreCorn syrup: the sticky kiiller
File this one in the “I told you so” category.
Read MoreWeekend Update - Go Lakers!
During our internet access drought after
moving into our new place, I would check my wife’s email for her at
work. Since I had access to her account, I thought I would add my RSS
feed to her “My Yahoo” page so that my headlines appear. She thought it
was neat, but then complained that my content is pure geek.
The New And More Potent Off-Shoring Threat
Enhancing Your .Text Blog - Allowing Readers to Rate Blog Entries
Chris Sells Is Going To Burning Man
Unfortunately, my plans for going
to Burning Man this year are not to be. However, it looks like Mr. Sells
and his wife are going.
RatingAPI Revisited
After reading up on the CommentAPI, if I were to write the RatingAPI, I’d pretty much plagiarize the CommentAPI but only make the following changes:
Read MoreNew RSS Bandit Formatter Stylesheet - C64
I was fooling around with
building a custom stylesheet for formatting RSS items within RSS Bandit
and I created one that tries to emulate the Commodore 64 look and feel.
While it is possible to download the exact font used by the 64, I chose
not to require a font download and instead chose Terminal. It is close
enough and exists on most machines. If you want this style for yourself,
download the template
here and save it to
the following directory (assuming a default installation):
XEarth For Windows
For you grizzled Unix hacks out there,
this might be old news, but I just learned of a really neat tool that
I’m sure will appeal to the geophysicist in each of us (or at least
Erik).