I code, therefore I am... a software engineer.

Subscriber Count Madness

Wow, I loaded up my page this morning and noticed that I had a slight increase in my FeedBurner subscriber stats. By slight increase of course I mean it jumped from around 70 – 80 to 2,887. Wow, talk about a jump in numbers! I checked my web statistics and there isn’t a huge jump …

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franzone.com Has A New Theme!

I hope I haven’t shocked anyone, but this is still the home of Jonathan Franzone and my various technical ramblings. I have been working on a new theme for the site… from scratch. I have tweaked WordPress themes before and thought that there was really nothing to it. This was my first full-on theme though …

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Google Context Ads Is Off Its Rocker

I just posted an article (actually a link to another article) about Microsoft, Yahoo and Google in the online advertising arena. No surprises there; you can see it directly below. After publishing though I looked down at the AdSense block that follows each of my postings and… what!? Seriously, “Anti Monkey Butt Powder“? What the …

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AdaptiveBlue’s SmartLinks Are Live!

AdaptiveBlue has been leading the way with cutting edge technologies that help you browse the web better and smarter. Not only that but they also provide tools for web content providers (ie bloggers) enabling them to give a more usable and informative experience to their audience. I was lucky enough to be included in the …

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BlogRush Gives 10,000+ Blogs The Boot

I just received an email this morning letting me know that I made the first round of cuts! What cuts? Well, I’m sure a lot of you fellow bloggers have heard of BlogRush by now. After the initial opening there were problems with people gaming or cheating their system. Of course they do not want …

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5 Tips For Finding New Things To Blog About

Have writer’s block? Need some fresh ideas for content? These are just a few sources of blog material that you can utilize to get the creative juices flowing. Solving A Problem A lot of what I do as a software engineer includes solving problems. Many of them are small like: Problem) I need to display …

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