Archive for the ‘ Technology ’ Category
Social software: love it or hate it, it’s here in abundance and isn’t going anywhere. I personally love the direction web applications have taken in the last few years. I couldn’t have imagined ten years ago everything that’s available online these days. I’m a member of a few of these social websites, so I figured [ READ MORE ]
I’m off to Seattle this weekend for a Java conference, so you might not hear from me much for a few days. We’re going to the No Fluff Just Stuff symposium. We went the last time it was held in Seattle, and it was fantastic. The hotel accidentally labeled the conference No Stuff Just Fluff that [ READ MORE ]
Shared items from my Internet travels: SoapBoxxer – What’s Your Opinion? Interesting new social website. A question is posted, people choose whether they agree or disagree, and then it’s discussed in the comments. Baidu Loves Barack Chinese search engine, Baidu, is using an image of Barack Obama in their logo, and they have a tribute page for him as [ READ MORE ]
I’ve spent the last thirty minutes trying to FTP to my site to upgrade my WordPress to 2.5, but my connection keeps getting dropped almost immediately after connecting. The closest I can get is through command line, but that also drops before I can do anything useful. The web interface, Plesk, only allows single file [ READ MORE ]
I know a few of my friends aren’t yet making use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, so I thought I’d write a little post to help drag them into the 21st century. Even a programmer friend of mine, a technically-savvy individual, is still using bookmarks for his news sites and comics. Bookmarks! How embarrassing! If [ READ MORE ]