Did you know Microsoft is trying to get their proprietary Office format passed as an ISO standard? Neither did I until I ran across this. Below are reasons that this should NOT be accepted as a standard. There is also a link where you can go and sign the petition… do the right thing! I …
Danny Tuppeny is running a giveaway contest on his blog. The prize? The NeverShutsUp.com domain. All you have to do is head over to the contest page and leave a comment.
Realizing that the week was nearly at it’s end and I hadn’t run yet I got up out of bed this morning against the cries of my sleepy head. The weather wasn’t as bad as it has been; it was in the high 70s instead of the mid 80s. The run went fairly smooth and …
I was trolling through Google’s blog search tonight when I happened upon a site that seemed a bit familiar. You know how sometimes you meet someone and it just feels as if you’ve known the person before? Well, I feel as if I’ve known this blog before. DevDad.com is a blog written by a stay …
I’d like to highlight a product for web development today called Instant Source by Blazing Tools Software. Now a huge disclaimer… I would not normally consider posting about a tool that is specific to the dreaded Internet Explorer. This is an exception, however because this tool is so absolutely cool and useful. (Plus I’m currently …
I’ve been doing WordPress plugin development for a little while now. I finally got around to setting up a development environment for this purpose. I wanted to have all of the version 2 releases available for testing so I went to the WordPress site to see how many there were. Seventeen. Hmmm, this could take …
That’s right… I’m talking about the hairstyle, not the fish! So what’s a mullet hairstyle? Basically it is short in the front, top and sides and long in the back. The saying goes, “business in the front… party in the back!” It’s a widely known fact that every time a mullet is born an angel …
During Digg.com’s downtime today the new site design was accidentally leaked. Mashable.com has the story: Is this the new Digg design Kevin Rose has been talking about? (Click for larger image). It certainly includes the features that have been mentioned, like an “All†tab to view all media on the site. Still no photo section, …
Site error found on Giveaway Of The Day.
Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) has just announced that they will be changing their stock symbol to JAVA. I don’t normally bother with any news of the financial sort on this blog, but this change is a bit interesting and is stirring a lot of speculation. If, like me, you’re wondering if …