Archive April 2002
Ugly Alice
I wish I could get my Peet's earlier in the day. It'd make waking up so much easier. I also wish I could spend more time posting thoughts, so I could let you know that I don't mind lurkers and I love you all equally. Except Robyn. I like her just a little more than [...]
Kicking Flash
Digital cameras are not only fun, they're convenient. I can't imagine owning an “analog” one ever again. Now, that's not to say that the romance in developing one's own roll will disappear or be any less engaging, just that for me (an average person who wants to take average pictures and get instant satisfaction), digital [...]
Radio.com
I love David Lawrence.
To Be Nominated
Who the hell is Chris Pirillo?!
I Didn't Know
Holy cow. Neil has a blog!
Stranger Than Friction
They say an anagram of your name can have significant reference to your actual life… in your case, “Christopher” works out to “PC Shirt Hero” (which I am sure you wear). However, it's a different case with Gretchen since (being from Iowa) “Gretchen Pirillo” works out to be “The Corn Pile Girl.” These anagrams brought [...]
Shy Anne
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Pristine Christine
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Robyn The Cradle
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The Blinking Blink
“Many banner ad designers recommend the use of animation. In 1998, Webreview published tips for designing effective banner ads; animation was considered the best way to increase the impact of an advertisement (Hamlin, 1998). Despite the recommended usage of animation, this study did not find animation to enhance awareness of online banner advertisements. It appeared [...]
Kill All Spammers
I love it. Spam advertising products to cut down on spam. The guy even says my address was harvested by a robot and says where it came from (sadly, from a post I made to an open development list before I learned to obscure my email address). On the one hand, it'd be great if [...]
Free Space
Thanks for the tip on Swap Cop. I must admit that my eye caught the other app available and I think it deserves a mention as well. Monolinguistic is EXACTLY what I've been looking for to dump all the Chinese and whatever other language packs were stuffed into my hard drive during the OS X [...]
Truly Sticky Keys
I agree with the advice to wash off soda from printed wiring boards (corrosive and sticky), but don't think much of mineral oil for drying. Practice in the electronics industry, where I have spent some years, is to wash off corrosive soldering flux residue with warm de-ionized water (distilled will be fine) and air dry [...]
