My dad had some old software lying around: Astound, a presentation software that was big in 1994 and ’95. It came on floppy disks or a CD-ROM. And it came in a big box, plastic-wrapped, and a thick cardboard box inside. Then it struck me: old software actually filled the box. Inside the big box,…Continue Reading…
I’ll update this list as time goes on. 1. mini Sharpie. It’s great always having one of these with me. I keep it on my keychain. 2. WalnutSolar.org t-shirts. I wear them daily. 3. Twist-ties. I have enough of these now that my sister gets them for me (from grocery stores). 4. mini stapler. It…Continue Reading…
Today at about 11:36 am, Data Execution Prevention forced my computer to reboot. I think it gave me about one minute’s notice, and then it simply rebooted. I wonder if this had anything to do with my being online without a firewall of any kind. [g]
Feedburner is just too cool. When you login, they don’t just say My Feeds at the top. They say My [Random Words] Feeds. I recently spotted “My Grande Pesto Macchiato Feeds”. How cool is that? Where do they get this stuff from? Why didn’t someone think of Feedburner sooner? Better yet, why didn’t I think…Continue Reading…
It would be cool if there were a basic general CSS stylesheet that I could start with when creating a new web document. I’ve realized that many of the basic sites I create have the same general styles. You need to define headings, paragraph, bulleted lists, and links. You need a fineprint for the copyright…Continue Reading…
I’d love to develop a cool new Ajax application. Any suggestions? Maybe a web-based interactive live content publishing system. What do you think?