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Refreshing legalese
I hate legalese. It’s far too complicated for the average person, and frankly, I think far too complicated even for the people who are supposed to be completely on top of it. Figures that a technology firm would race to …
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Renovations, Part 1 - Demolition
It is said that it is easier to destroy than it is to create. However, it is not said that it is also more fun. I wonder why? This morning, we started the first part of our house renovation: tearing apart the crap that’s …
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Riding the Trans Siberian in luxury
Not quite two years ago, I had the pleasure of riding trains from St. Petersburg, Russia all the way to Hong Kong. Quite the experience, let me tell you. One part of it was riding the Trans Siberian Railway from Moscow …
Take the Web Design Survey!
A List Apart, one of my fav industry mags (even if it is only on the web) has put together a pretty neat little survey, to try and figure out what our goofy little industry looks like. And to hopefully garner a bit more …
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The patent process is now officially broken
I’ve ranted about this topic before. I’m loathe to see that nothing’s changed, and it’s only getting worse. Back in the old days, a patent meant something. It meant you’d spent time, money, and a lot of effort to …
Basement floor plan, first draft
A few measurements, pencil, copy of Visio (on the company laptop, admittedly), tape measure, and a lot of time and patience leads to something moderately useful. We’ve got a first draft at a floor plan. For the basement, …
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Gearing up for renovations
We’re almost completely moved into the house, and while it’s still cluttered, we’re already looking to renovating the basement. We have to renovate, really. The basement isn’t set up for what Alex and I need. We want …
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Beware of XHTML
This one is the current industry buzz. Basically, a slam against XHTML and a suggestion to return to HTML 4.01 in lieu of using XHTML 1.0 (or 1.1). You know I can’t let this go without a comment … or three. 😉 …
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Is Blinkx Remote the end of TV?
The big networks are panicking about their content appearing on YouTube and Google Video. Lawsuits abound. But the content keeps coming. The effect of all this content is interesting — users are actually dropping their …
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