The October issue of the notes newsletter is out. The intro, of course, mentions Halloween. The neighborhood party starts soon, but I think I’m going to miss out on the fun as the endoscopy (have one every two years because of Barrett’s Esophagus) has taken more out of me than I expected… it probably doesn’t [...]
Parents enjoy Halloween. It’s the time after that becomes a problem… kids asking for candy every day until the loot is gone. Some trick ‘r treaters manage to get enough candy to last them till the next Halloween. What parent wants to deal with that or be tempted to steal a few for herself? The solution? [...]
But you have to register first … I found a great article and forwarded it to a colleague who might benefit from it. The colleague emailed me and said he couldn’t access it because he didn’t have a login ID. He didn’t want to mess with registration, even though it was free. My list of IDs and [...]
Just when you thought Chip and Elisa were no more, we sneak in one more article. Some of you wrote, “Nice story, but what’s the point?” The epilogue gives you the security tips for each episode. You can find the complete story here. With all the natural and man-made disasters happening in recent years, planning for [...]
Macromedia has a brilliant tool for its products. A thumb drive containing related documents. Unfortunately, when I plugged it in, my computer doesn’t recognize it. The USB is working fine as I plugged in my card reader with no problems. It’s small and fits anywhere, so you don’t have huge books of documentation taking up [...]
Forums (aka message boards, bulletin boards, discussion boards), wikis (aka has nothing to do with anything Polynesian), chat rooms (where the worst pick up lines come to life) and blogs are great tools for building community on your Web site. You might use one, two or all of them. It just depends on your target [...]
I started hearing about Web 2.0 about a year ago. Probably shortly after the first conference of the same name. Since then, when someone writes about it, O’Reilly is almost always mentioned because the company puts on the conference. But in reality, what is happening on the Web isn’t something called Web 2.0. I wanted to [...]
For the past year or so, there’s been lots of chattering about this Web 2.0. The term came to life when Dale Dougherty of O’Reilly Media brainstormed with MediaLive’s Craig Cline. Is it just another term that Web experts and personalities are spreading to drum up followers and business? If nothing else, many (resources at the [...]
When I first met Sudoku last June, it was Writer-On-Line.com’s puzzle for the month. It took me time to figure out how the game worked. Since then, the puzzle has appeared in more and more places. Here’s a daily puzzle from Sudogo and Astraware. Click Here! For a Sudoku! The Dallas Morning News publishes one every day (it’s [...]
The target market for this phone is kids ages 8 to 12, although I recommend it more for the younger half of the group. 6 and 7-year-olds might be able to use it depending on the child. We know how kids are reckless about making and receiving too many phone calls. Firefly lets parents control who [...]