I really don’t know who mr. Internet is… or if there really is such a thing. I tend to think of him (at least in my mind) as the wizard behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz.
But, unlike the Wiz’, I’m not asking him for a heart, for courage, or for a brain… I’m asking him to kill, murder, all around X-Out Internet Explorer 6.
It was born in 2001, lived a good live… but it has since been replaced by Internet Explorer 7 and 8. So, it’s time to put it to pasture or… frankly, just put a bullet in it’s source code and be over with it.
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Here’s a nice little tid-bit I found today… Amazon.com has (unofficially) launched a URL shortening service for it’s products.
This really doesn’t come as a huge suprise, considering Jeff Bezos has invested in Twitter and the huge explosion in Twitter’s popularity lately, it only make sense that they would harness this power to integrate with their services.
How it Works:
First, find the product ID of the item you’d like to distribute… in this case, let’s use Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader: B00154JDAI then simply add it to the url http://amzn.com/ like this http://amzn.com/B00154JDAI
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Have you ever went to sign up for an email service like Gmail, Yahoo!, or Hotmail only to find that your name or desired name is taken?
It happens all the time, you type in “johndoe” for the username and to no suprise you get a message stating “This email address is already taken, but might we suggest johndoe556984?”
Not very descriptive, professional, or easy to remember, but what are the options?
Many people go the non-sensical “Web 2.0″ route and just make something up like jettbird@… or Inix@… But then again, you might as well just be another number at that point.
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WordPress is by far one of the most popular CMS and blogging tools available today.
On almost a weekly basis, I’m asked to either modify, create, or convert a site into a WordPress blog.
As part of this process, I have a set of “standard” plugins I use that – in my opinion – should be a standard set of tools for any wordpress blog.
Akisment - Akismet comes standard with the default WordPress package. It’s one of the easiest ways to reduce comment spam on a site… but many times one that is neglected.
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For those of you unfamiliar with the site, FreelanceFolder is a great blog centered around the Freelance way of life. It’s an indispensible resource for freelance designers, developers, and writers looking for insights and advice on a freelancing career.
Last month I submitted an article on the proper way to handle issues and problems that WILL arise throughout your working career: How To Handle Screwups When They DO Happen.
I recieved my monthly Google Friends newsletter today and noticed an interesting new feature… Google Earthquake.
Like other built in search functions like showtimes, stock quotes, and definitions, by simply typing in “earthquake” into the search engine, it returns the most recent, measurable earthquakes across the globe.
The data is provided by the United States Geological Survey (www.usgs.gov) and includes the magnitude, the location, the time, and even a cool little link to a Google Map of the epicenter.
This might not be something extremely useful, but it’s still kinda cool.
So, It’s 5:00 and I’m browsing blogs and news for the afternoon and I came across this little post on TechCrunch… About a new service called PetAirways.com.
Essentially, it’s an airline dedicated solely for shipping pets around the country.
At first, I wouldn’t believe this, but then again… there’s pet daycares, pet hotels, and even pet spas, so this isn’t too far out of the question for someone to actually invest in.
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Ok, so I apologize for the uber-geek star wars reference in the title… but, i couldn’t pass it up… And for those of you who aren’t Star Wars geeks, Bespin is the name of the Cloud City from Star Wars Episode 5.
Bespin is an experimental online Code Editor by Mozilla Labs.
I had a chance to login and check out the service for a few minutes today and it has some promise. Even though this is just a technology preview and not a full production tool, it has some interesting capabilities.
Working with a few of the sample files included in the preview, it has many of the standard features you would find on a basic code editor… code highlighting, code repository, view files in a browser, etc.
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For years now, the publishing industry has been having problems. From Magazines to Newspapers, readers are leaving in droves to the web.
So, what is the obsession with having an newspaper delivered to your door every morning? Why does it matter if the same content is delivered via email, on a phone, or on a browser? Why are so many people so upset about having their local newspaper shut down?
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