• Debugging Firefox

    Firefox Help: Extensions. I’m really liking Mozilla Firefox. The extension architecture is amazing. You get all the great features. The biggest problem is that extensions are buggy and it is hard to figure out how to reset the application. Even an uninstall won’t help. Nor will cleaning out the registry.…

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  • Well, Alaska is coming up as I pointed out earlier, need a great lense for taking those nature shots. Also, the kids are in enough sports now that a good high quality lense would really let me capture some great moments. Here are ones to consider. Thanks to David Ruether…

    Continue reading →: Choosing the 70-200 vs. 80-200 Nikon Lense
  • Binoculars

    Leupold Wind River Katmai Binoculars. We’ll be headed out to Alaska pretty soon this summer so time to get some equipment to really enjoy it. We had a cheap set of compact binoculars but lost them. Also have a nice image stabilized set for boating. In looking at Outside Magazine,…

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  • Marketing Playbook. Well, folks have been saying heck, why don’t you write down all the stuff you’ve learned. Well, thanks to John Zagula, a few hard earned lessons on marketing are now going into print this fall. Check out the Marketing Playbook if you are interested in figuring out this…

    Continue reading →: Marketing is Not Mystery Meat
  • Atom vs. RSS

    XML Syndication Supporters Mulling W3C Move. I’ve never gotten to understand the deep issues in this debate. XML is so easy to read (check the RSS 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds on this Blogs as an example), but maybe time to start thinking about it. Some folks like “Steve Gillmore”:http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1413403,00.asp…

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  • Textpattern Installation

    _Don’t you love those packages that don’t stick a how to install somewhere up front. Here’s what I’ve been able to glean: # Textpattern Support Forum / I am lost Help!!!. Download textpattern_g118a, unzip it (I’m assuming you’re on Windows.) Set up a MySQL database w/ your host (mine had…

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  • Blogger Coding

    the blogger code. Fun idea, take a survey and summarize how nerdy you are with a code. Mine is bq. B8 d++ t+ k++ s u f+ i o+ x e+ l+ c– FWIW, reminds me that I once taught Connie LISP, so know when she says bq. (geekp) I…

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  • “Joi Ito’s Resource”:http://radio.weblogs.com/0114939/outlines/moblog.html#. Joi Ito has a great list of applications that allow you to take SMS and push it via an email interface onto a blog. wapblogger – a WAP interface to Blogger, LiveJournal and other smart weblog-style tools. Hey in the course of installing all these new blogging…

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  • Here is some deeper drill downs base on comments on Movable Type RIP | Metafilter. Folks realy like WordPress (only manages a single blog though), ExpressionEngine, b2evolution, textpattern. NEed to check them out. Others are Pivot, but the top votes are WordPress and ExpressionEngine, so here are notes about each…

    Continue reading →: Quick Review of MT Alternatives
  • Sony Fires Back

    Ars Technica: Sony unveils music player to unseat the iPod’s dominance. Well I’ve been thinking about getting an iPod Mini, fortunately more choices are arriving. The new Sony VAIO Pocket VGF-AP1 (boy, they love those long names) sounds pretty cool. Main issue I’m sure is that it uses a strange…

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