March 2006 - Posts
Whether you're a drinker or not, if you walk into your salon or barber and they offer you a cool glass of wine or beer--you're going to tell people about that. If you're a dork, you might even blog about it...
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Do bloggers really need our own coffee blends ? It does make for great marketing. I think I'll stick with Sulawesi --via my trusty french press ($14 @ IKEA ).
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A collection of handy web-based color wheels and utilities. For all you CSS mavens :) http://balch.org/asp/safecolor.asp http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/big.html http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html Does color themes too! http://slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/
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I've watched the first few races this season (not in their entirety). I was impressed with how NASCAR has embraced technology. The "redneck sport" is providing it fans with a better technology experience than most others. Anyone with a cell phone can
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4 jobs I've had previously Paperboy (Yep, even had side baskets on my Mongoose .) IT Director for The Partners Group Busboy @ Phoenix Greyhound Park Entrepreneur ( cactusjuice.com ) 4 foods I consume daily Bubbies Pickles (no vinegar) Horizon Milk (real
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Starting later this year, builders can order what they want. You can use custom LEGO Factory software to build your custom LEGO design and have a custom set built just for you!
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Whoa! Has anyone with TiVo received the new TiVo services?!?! I must have gotten mine sometime late last night or today. I just went to my "Music, photos and more" menu and--viola--all new content! Here what my menu looks like now and my first takes...
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This kid...err guy, Ethan Kaplan , is 26 years old and he's already got a Masters from UCSB and is now Director of Technology for Warner Bros Records. He recently spoke to USCB students during which he asked a few impromptu survey questions. He writes
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I came across a little problem recently when I tried to write a class in Java as static. Nesting is the closest way I could find to do this. With C# I have been using the static keyword on the class, which is quite slick and makes the code easy to read.
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We (the tech people) use too much slang around non-technical persons. On behalf of geeks everywhere, I apologize. I was in a meeting last week and someone threw out the word "consume" like it was just this everyday term...even though the meeting was attended
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In no particular order, here's my Top Ten* "Desert Island Discs".
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Two subjects that interest me a great deal are the environment and horses. It's hard to seperate those two because horse's have been a part of our environment since we lived in caves. Even today in our machine-driven, computer-controlled world, humans
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ShoZu makes it easy to blog from your cell phone. I've alluded to this before --that more and more techies are using their cell phones...more and more. The ShoZu service supports Fickr. If it would support BubbleShare that would be kewl.
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UMPC seems to be a sweet spot for size. I think it's going to be a successful niche, even if prices push $1,000. UMPC runs a full version of XP. Laptops just aren't that popular with many tech users. How often do we use them for more than email or web? How often do we use a laptop to listen to our music? How often do we game on them? Not me.
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A lot of personalized communication can be done without your users (customers) being at a computer. At my desk I have my trusty computer. But when I'm outside the office or home...I rarely drag my laptop. But I always--always have my cell.
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So far this book has been a great reference and help to me. It's over 1,000 pages but nothing of what I've seen appears to be "fluff". Nice job! I would definitely recommend this ASP.NET/C# programmers. I think beginners can follow it and advanced users will like the solid 2.0 coverage.
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...and in other news.... Cameron sets up a blog @ ASU ± . Elsewhere, people inexplicably continue to watch Fear Factor re-runs. Stay tuned for more details. ± I upgraded my blog to cactusjuice.com in January 2007. Unfortunately ASU's blogging system was
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