Where Does the News Get Their News
I read something today that got me thinking. Believe it or not it was this article about Mischa Barton getting hospitalized because or a reaction to medication that I read on Yahoo! News.
It got me thinking about how information spreads between new news sources like blogs and old offline news sources.
Here is how my [...]
Twitter Maintenance
I love the Twitter Maintenance picture. It’s very cute:
But seriously. Could somebody take the screwdriver away from the cat so we could all get back to being social. I see more of that cat these days than the site itself. On the plus side, this must mean Twitter is either doing [...]
Top 10 Reasons Your Next Top 10 Post Should Be In Binary
1) The internet is built on computers and computers love binary. Your computer and all the servers around the world will just love you if you talk in their native language.
10) It will not take long to come up with all of the items in your list.
Special bonus item:
11) Most of the time there [...]
Why I will be sticking around with StatCounter
After my recent post about being frustrated with the ads at StatCounter and their prompt handling of the situation, I though I should write a post about why I have stuck with them for over 1 1/2 years.
I love the front page of the stats. I love seeing all of my sites and the [...]
WordPress 2.2 now available for download
WordPress 2.2 is available for download.
It looks like widgets are built more into the core of WordPress now instead of needing a plugin. They also made it possible to import posts and comments from the most recent version of Blogger. If you were on the fence about switching from Blogger to WordPress, that [...]
Why I may quit using StatCounter someday
Update: There has been a very prompt resolution to the problem below. When I originally made the complaint I expected StatCounter to have been aware of all the ads that they serve. Apparently that isn’t the case. But Aodhan from StatCounter managed to find this post and ask for some screen prints [...]
TwitBin for Twitter
After a comment from Maria asking me not to give up on Twitter, I decided to add a couple more friends and try using TwitBin which I learned about from Kent Newsome when he said:
This is the application I’ve been looking for to make Twitter use more integrated with my browser.
I like the plugin quite [...]
My short Twitter life
I tried Twitter a little bit. I still don’t get it. It reminds me a bit of when I tried MySpace and eventually realized it just was not worth my time.
Twitter only really seems to have four functions and none of them seems worthwhile to me.
Tell random snippets about what is going on [...]
Next 5 Stumbles Meme
I was using StumbleUpon the other day and had an idea for a little meme. I’m going to list the next 5 sites that I Stumble. Then I’ll pick a handful of people to tag so they can list their next 5 Stumbles and tag a few more people.
Feel free to comment on [...]
Improved Online Maps Feature Request
After getting some semi-bad directions from MapQuest and after a few bad experiences getting directions from Google Maps, I had an idea for a little Web 2.0 mashup type thing.
I would like one or both of those sites to let users tag spots with information like where construction begins and ends, where directions are wrong [...]