Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Facebook – let’s call it a draw.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I think facebook a huge waste of time. I don’t know, maybe if I wasn’t working my guts out trying to launch a business, I’d feel differently about it.
Anyway, when I logged into facebook to see about an event (that was only to be found on the privileged [...]

May 12, 2009 • Tags: , , , , • Posted in: Miscellaneous • One Comment

And just like that…

I end a years old relationship with Bloglines. You were good (maybe even the best), but that’s all changed now. Sorry.
I guess I’m giving Google Reader a try for now. I don’t know if it will last. After all, I am on the rebound.
If you have a better suggestion, I’d love [...]

May 10, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Miscellaneous • 3 Comments

Taxes 24-7

I dreamed about taxes last night. So yeah, now they’re ruining my days and my nights.

April 9, 2009 • Tags:  • Posted in: Miscellaneous • No Comments

Inkscape templates for 960 Grid System.

As I mentioned a few days ago, I have some templates for Inkscape to use while mocking up websites using the 960 Grid System. Here they are. Tell me what’s ugly, bad and broken about them and I’ll make changes.
960-16 SVG (for Inkscape)
960-12 SVG (for Inkscape)
Do with them as you will. Consider [...]

April 7, 2009 • Posted in: Miscellaneous • One Comment

960 Grid System – easy and fast

So, I’ve been looking around at web design resources on the interweb and I happened upon the 960 Grid System. So what is it? From the 960.GS site:

The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels.

It’s basically a [...]

April 5, 2009 • Posted in: Miscellaneous • One Comment

Best.Bug.Ever!

Christer Edwards pointed me to the best bug report I’ve ever seen:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix
Microsoft has a majority market share | Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small [...]

December 12, 2006 • Posted in: Miscellaneous • Comments Closed

Go Vote

Vote because you can. Vote because you should. I don’t care who you vote for, but you have a civic duty to get yourself to the voting both and participate in your government.
Also, with voter turnout as low as it is, I figure there are about 60% of the people who have no business complaining [...]

November 7, 2006 • Posted in: Miscellaneous • Comments Closed

Ekiga, Asterisk and VPNs

Things are always harder then they’re supposed to be. Plugging in a SIP client to Asterisk should be easy, right? Well, it is, if everything is just perfect. I took a few notes and a few screenshots to help others if they find this fairly typical setup is more difficult then it should [...]

October 27, 2006 • Posted in: Asterisk, Miscellaneous, Workplace • Comments Closed

Jerry Springer meets the Free Phone Call

This blog details a new service that allows you to make FREE phone calls… there are strings attached.
The deal is that you get a free 6 minute phone call, but you give up your privacy. The calls get published on the Internet for the world to hear. It’s better then tapping the pay [...]

October 5, 2006 • Posted in: Asterisk, Miscellaneous, Ridiculous • Comments Closed

Jabberless for now…

How come I can’t settle on a Jabber server? I’ve tried them all and none sticks out as my clear favorite. They all have things I love and hate about them. Oh well, I’ll pick one and get it running soon. I think I’m going to base my decision on which [...]