Internet Explorer 7 – quirky as usual
We’ve noticed some unusual things with Internet Explorer 7. We feel that the world would be a far superior place if Microsoft had simply discarded IE and supported Mozilla – Firefox being a standards-compliant browser that web developers can actually make use of as a presentation medium. Read more
Battery Maintenance – Laptop, iPod, Cell Phone, etc.
Batteries are running our lives these days. No one wants to be tethered by wire – SATV, GSM/CDMA, WIFI, MP3 – all make our lives easier & more mobile. Powering our devices is tricky, and no one wants to be left on a train ride to NYC with a dead iPod. Replacement batteries aren’t cheap. A typical laptop battery could easily cost over $100. This information about caring for your batteries may help preserve their life, and allow you to get the most performance out of them. Read more
Gates vs. GM
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for
the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly
compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:
“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry
has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the
gallon.”
In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press
release stating:
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Integrating Thickbox and Lightbox Javascript Packages
This post is a bit obscure, but since I found very little information about this topic on the web, I wanted to share it for all.
Thickbox and Lightbox are great packages. Very powerful. Very elegant. Excellently scripted. Unfortunately, however, they don’t play nice together. Though Thickbox does in many respects supercede Lightbox, we needed both for a project. Turns out they’re incompatible with each other – or rather the libraries they depend on, Prototype and JQuery are incompatible – sort of. Read more
Coping with Spam
True: Spam – or unsolicited email – is a serious problem.
Not True: Recent reports show that within the next eighteen months, most people will spend at least four hours of their day dealing with email, with almost 75% of that time wasted whilst wading through spam.
True or not, Spam isn’t fun. And unfortunately there isn’t much you can do about it. Read more