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4/18/2007: 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 [...]

4/15/2007: 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, [...]

4/13/2007: 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, [...]

4/08/2007: Understanding RSS: 1 comment

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, [...]

4/05/2007: 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 [...]

4/02/2007: 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 [...]

3/30/2007: McCain’s MySpace Hacked: 2 comments

If you didn’t hear, Senator John McCain’s MySpace page got hacked into the other day by Mike Davidson. I posted a comment on TechCrunch earlier this morning saying I saw this story on CNN. Just about an hour ago I recieved an e-mail from Mike Davidson asking where on CNN I saw the story. I [...]

3/25/2007: Twitter: 2 comments

I jumped on the band wagon with Twitter. It is like a big social community to let others know what you are doing. I thought I would not use it much, but actually I am quite a bit. It is interesting to see something take off so quickly, and see people adapting to the ‘hottest [...]

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