Archive for April 2007
27th: One-Day Blog Silence: 0 comments
On Monday, as most people have heard a student went onto the Virginia Tech and killed 32 people, and then himself. This has gotten quite a bit of media attention. I was just looking on CNN, and there is about five story on the main page, and three on the US News section. What I [...]
19th: Wheelchair-Bound Woman Killed In Center City Crash: 1 comment
I just came across the following story: kyw.com – Wheelchair-Bound Woman Killed In Center City Crash. A woman, in a wheelchair, was ran over Thursday morning. If you look at the first frame there, you will see the chair — a pile of rubble. Literally. I will give a little slack, and from the [...]
18th: Are People Really Interested in Accessibility?: 4 comments
I was just browsing around looking at other computer labs that are comparable to mine across the nation. One lab that I found, who’s name I won’t say, has a contact form. We’ve all seen them, your name, e-mail, and an area that you type your question or comment, and hit send. Nothing fancy.
The lab [...]
15th: New Google Maps Feature: 0 comments
Have you ever thought, hmm I would like to make my own map? Well now you can. Google Maps has enabled a feature that you can make your own map and share it if you choose to. There are a number of sample maps available to view, such as all the MLB ball park locations, [...]
13th: Facebook Face Lift: 2 comments
I just checked Facebook, and it has done a face lift on the site, and let me just say whoever designed it should be fired. Why? To quickly sum it up: Very very bad coding practice.
Facebook has started to put structure into their site. What I mean is using the various heading tags. Well, they [...]
11th: Stephen Hawking Review: 0 comments
Monday night, I had the opportunity to see Stephen Hawking speak, I hate to say this but I found it kind of boring. I mean, if you don’t know who he is, it was like holy cow that is incredible, but if you know who he is, it wasn’t anything special. I guess the normal [...]
08th: Understanding RSS: 0 comments
The average user that reads my blog may be like, what the hell is RSS? I will give a brief overview of what RSS is and what it can do for you.
What is RSS?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, it is mainly used in blogs, like this one, and more recently news sites, like CNN.com [...]
05th: Howard Kurtz – Online, Churls Gone Vile: 0 comments
Howard Kurtz – Online, Churls Gone Vile – washingtonpost.com
Howard Kurtz talks about how blogs and such are posting various things about whats going on in the world. From the conservative Little Green Footballs blog getting comments about how they wish that the Guantanamo Bay prisioner would have been able to pull off his plan to [...]
02nd: To IE6 Users: 0 comments
I happened to look at this blog using Internet Explorer 6.0, and it looked terrible. In the last week, 17% of my visitors used Internet Explorer to view my site, of that 41% of visitors were using IE 6.0. That is just under 7% of the total visitors. The issues were display issues with my [...]