6/1/2008 GEC

Added a favicon for supporter browsers (that big G) so something shows up instead of nothing.

Revamped the design of current news stories to assist in the automated process of adding them to the homepage.

Added new section to the School Stories page which helps tie it in better with the phanfare site (something Allen mentioned ages ago).

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Toggl Redesigned, Less Functional

A redeign should be as much about functionality as it is about the looks and feels of the pages. I meant to pluralize those words. Yesterday, Toggl, the insanely functional time tracker I use to track all my clients and projects and hours of web consultantcy redesigned their easy-to-use site into a monster of esoteric navigation and idiotic back pedalling in terms of editability and ease of use. I can no longer recommend Toggl.

Ah, the “I”

In Thoreau’s Walden, he mentions how he’ll retain the ‘I’, or first person, because no one else knew him as well as he did. Writing “about” pages on the internet might have appealed to Henry a tad. This page here, offline but on the InternetArchive, is one of my favorites. More to come.

Friendless?

We all know you have thousands of friends, that is, until the power goes out..

Teh Internets

One evening while wondering along the streets of Dubrovnic, Croatia, my friend Chris happened upon a sign and took a picture of it. As you can see, they really do have “internets” in Croatia.

 

 

World’s Worst Web Sites

Edition #1:

Obviously someone stepped in too late to fix this crap.

Internetting from the right-side of the brain: My Mileage Marker

File under: the internets

My Mile Marker . com is a great way to keep track of your car’s fuel economy (or lack thereof). I know these things can be accomplished in spreadsheets, but it’s nice to have someone else take the headache out of it for you, plus there are neat graphs to view once you establish your MPG (ie, fill your tank more than once, consecutively). And, we all know that if your MPG is decreasing, something is wrong with your car. So give it a go, and help the planet a bit while you’re at it!

Go There!>>

Internetting from the right-side of the brain: Yodlee

A long time ago, in a money management crisis far far away…

I switched from a credit union (whose https site was powered by Washington Mutual anyway) to the monolithic US Bank for my everyday banking needs. Why? Easy, US Bank updates its information every minute. That means: I get up from the computer to purchase a coffee, I sit back down and check my balance, it says “purchase of coffee pending $1.25″ nice, eh?

Tonight I took the next step and consolidated my accounts into one account to rule them all. Yes, that’s right — sky miles, email (even!), bank, stocks, savings, checking, credit cards, student loans, paypal and the like — all from one site. My brother had this very same great idea a few months ago, but someone beat him to it. Yodlee, I say tonight, “thanks” for your money center, and goodnight.

Internet Radio Day of Silence

June 26th is the internet radio day of silence, which you can read more about here. Personally, I don’t know how I would live without streaming KCRW.com. Nic Harcourt and his team are responsible for my brilliant taste in music. So if you stream radio via the internets, go join that station as a member now to help offset the ridiculous royalty fees that will be in place shortly.

Weird Converter: Sometimes you need to know

that the right testicle of a whale (why not the left?) is the weight equivalent of 17636.9808 human eyeballs

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Internetting From the Right Side of the Brain

Now that I am currently downloading Windows Vista Release Candidate 1, I thought I might finally put “pen to paper” and jot down my 27 tinkers for Windows XP that will make your life a lot easier (despite what my wife thinks). I’ll start by directing people to my really old, “general schpiel,” which you probably should bypass anyway because it’s mostly outdated.