December 29, 2007

• Netscape Browser Set to Die a Quiet Death

  Netscape, the browser that started it all, is going to go the way of the DoDo bird on February 1, 2008.  AOL, the party responsible for the continued availability of the Netscape branded browser has announced that they are pulling the plug of further development on that date. (…)

December 7, 2007

• I Have Finally Upgraded to WordPress and Semiologic Pro 5.0

  Its been sometime since my last post.  Vacations and some other necessary diversions have occupied an inordinate amount of my time.  But all is well and I have finally upgraded this website to Semiologic Pro 5.0 with the included tweaked version of WordPress 2.3.1. (…)

July 27, 2007

• Working with Internet Marketers

  Kickass Web Design has a post about working for Internet Marketers where they state:

  These are the people who think they’re going to get rich off the Internet by creating sites full of affiliate links, reprinted articles written by others (who also call themselves “internet marketers”) and huge blocks of Adsense ads cunningly designed so that it’s almost impossible to distinguish the ads from “real” links. (…)

July 15, 2007

• Today I Finally Did It

  After months of being continually reminded that a download was ready, I finally allowed Adobe to update Reader 8.  I hate Adobe Reader.  I hate the splash screen  I hate the delay in getting to a screen where I can actually use the program.  And I hate the reboot that is required after every update. (…)

June 11, 2007

• Is Cha Cha Search a Serious Search Contender

  After a national promotion of their Search engine which relied upon the interaction of live search guides which included spots on Good Morning America, it now appears that the interest and the promotion has all but disappeared. 
  The website and the search engine now emphasize searchs using the search box, with only a small notice that a live guide is available to assist. (…)

May 4, 2007

• DRM Group Pledges to Fight Digg Rebels

  After a series of events on Tuesday, initiated by the publication of a software key that would unlock the copy protection on some high-definition DVDs, the DRM Group, an entertainment industry-backed consortium which developed the protection threatened legal action. (…)

May 2, 2007

• The Truth about the Geek Squad

  I found an interesting reference to Best Buy’s Geek Squad while reading the Woot.com blog.  In addition to containing write-ups of their daily offerings, they also offer infrequent bits of information of varying worth.  This time it was as they stated "another one of my infrequent glances ’round the waste-time-o-sphere?"  Geek Squad Confidential was third on a the list of seven "glances". (…)

February 16, 2006

• Everyone Needs Graph Paper

  I wrote about this find on another website, and although it’s not directly related to the blog environment, it’s too good to not mention. (…)

January 19, 2006

• A Big Thank You

  As this blog is now underway, it’s time to send a big thank you to the developer of the template I use here and on some of my other blogs. (…)