Archive for November, 2005
November 29th, 2005
As a recent, and initially reluctant, convert to Firefox I feel it is my duty to announce the latest version of Firefox is now available. If you haven’t already I encourage everyone to give Firefox a try. Once you go Firefox you’ll never go back.
Mozilla Firefox - Rediscover the web
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November 28th, 2005
Calif. Congressman Admits Taking Bribes.
How could this be such a big surprise. Doesn’t anyone wonder how a
congressman can afford a mansion and a yacht. Are these guys paid that
well? I guess that’s what happens when you get to set your own
salaries. But that brings up a bigger issue. Why are the
highest paying jobs in [...]
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November 27th, 2005
I saw this ad in the December 2005 issue of Dr. Dobb’s
Journal for the MS spot the difference sweepstake. It asks the viewer to spot the differences between two
images of the same scene. On the left the developer without
Visual Studio and on the right with Visual Studio. The ad claims
"Once you start coding, you’ll [...]
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November 26th, 2005
Date and Time.com - Useful website for generating calenders. Helps me determine the week number.
The Smaller Picture - An
interesting collective consciousness project where the websites
visitors are asked to determine if a single pixel in a picture should
be black or white.CodeHTMLer
- a simple program that translates plain text code into a colorized
HTML version. I’ll [...]
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November 25th, 2005
So today (yesterday) is (was) Thanksgiving. Like many Americans I ate
turkey and failed to give any thought to what I’m thankfull for. While
eating that turkey I once again heard the old tale "I heard that turkeys are so stupid
they will look up at falling rain until they drown". Of course I had
heard that before [...]
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