Searching for a new host; Leaving Site5
It appears that I will be searching for a new host and leaving Site5, the host that no less than 6 months ago was recommended by many in the blogging world. A lot has changed since then. I've voiced m...
Tag: technology
Blog it Forward
I bought blogitforward.com a while back. After not doing anything with it for a long time, I decided to do something. People in #wordpress suggested I make a mock web 2.0 site and have it link back to...
Back to the World of Windows
A good friend from #wordpress, Podz, has been chronicling his switch from Windows to Ubuntu Linux, and now back to windows on his blog. His latest post about the switch explains why he made his choice...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch is Using WordPress
I was browsing StLToday.com and noticed a couple of things. First off, there is a new design. I haven't been there in a while, so I'm not sure how fresh this new design is. It's not bad, but I liked t...
Google Cube
There are rumors circulatingabout a Google computer with Google OS and possibly called Google Cube. The rumors that are flying say it's going to be a Google linux system and that Google has been talki...
Site Downtime
The server went down for about 2.5 hours. The main hard drive failed and all the data had to be transferred to a new one. Luckily, the data from the failed drive was recoverable.
Go Flock Yourself
This has to be one of the funniest sites on the intarwebs. Not only that, but it totally bashes everything Web 2.0.
Blogging from Flock
If there is one thing in the world that bugs me more than pop-up ads, annoying sounds in ads, and installers, it is internet hype. Hype is what the internet is about this year, from myspace and the fa...
Steal This Movie
A filmmaker's answer to movie piracy. This clip was great and truly does expose in about a minute how shady the movie companies can be.
Trusted Computing
I was browsing the internet and somehow came across this videa about Trusted Computing. The video is really well done in the way it was filmed (animated) and how it presents the information. Check it...
Mint Continued
After having the program for close to a whole day, I am still in love with it. One thing keeps bugging me though. I would love to deploy the stats system across all my websites (or at least the ones w...
Have a Mint
Yes, it's true, Shaun Inman's wonderful stats software is available. Visit haveamint to see it in action and to purchase your copy. So far, from what I've seen on my install, it is very nice.
My Review of Google Talk
I have to admit, I was expecting more from Google with the launch of Google Talk. The basic white and primary color of the design does not surprise me at all, and I like how simple the design is. What...
Fujitsu hails e-paper breakthrough
Fujitsu has been displaying a form of electronic paper at the Fujitsu Forum 2005 show in Japan that can display images without using electricity. The paper is only 0.8mm thick and is made of red, gree...
Bad News
So, I don't know when the next time I'll update is. The storm last night caused several power surges AS my computer was shutting down. I tried to turn the computer on this morning, and it won't boot u...
Whoa, Reproducing Robots
This is very interesting, and scary in a way as well. US researchers have devised a simple robot that can make copies of itself from spare parts. Writing in Nature, the robot's creators say their expe...
History of the Internet
I was reading random blogs when I found this link, posted by Heilemann, and found it to be rather funny. History of the Internet
Funny Stuff/Amazing Stuff
First, for the funny, Get Perpendicular For the amazing, Google just bought Keyhole "The Ultimate Interface to the Planet." Here is a screenshot of my house in St. Louis Click the picture for larger i...
Mediacom is Crap
For a day I had no internet service and our cable TV was very fuzzy. After talking to three different people, all who take the word "service" our of customer service, the best answer I could get was t...