December 2008
47 posts
“From the womb before the Morning Star have I begotten thee; The Lord has sworn and will not repent.” -Ps. CIX [Merry Christmas!]
OMG, We're Not BFFs Anymore? Getting... →
Unfriending online
End User: Sony Finally Scraps the Clamshell... →
Amazon.com has already taken steps to limit the effects that nearly indestructible plastic packaging has on the environment, as well as consumer’s hands, teeth and muscle with their Frustration-Free…
Merry Christmas, everyone! (And eggnog for all!)
Good news for us all: http://ping.fm/YQbCz Death to the clamshell (that horrible plastic packaging.)
For some reason my laptop has a contact entry in my phone’s contact list. I’m hoping it’s bluetooth and not pre-sentience.
Samuelson's Diamonds - Serving the Baltimore/... →
Last minute jewelry shopping? Like always, we’ve got you covered. http://ping.fm/SFGsP (Merry Christmas either way!)
Ah, found it. Where the new server got the old data to write over what he moved from the old, is somewhat of a mystery.
Seems like some strange data rollback or burp obliterated a lot of my SEO work. Had I noticed I would have restored at the time…
Man, Christmas eve eve day - hard to stay on task.
This is one Monday I don’t mind - the Monday before Christmas!
Some mourn to see a ruin; but in truth its decay reveals not death, but the continuing life within the world - wind, rain, sun.
Inkscape. Draw Freely. →
Inkscape is a Vector Graphics Editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator, that strives to be SVG Compliant, open source, responsive and extensible.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless website…
I have a good idea for a very simple, hand-buildable CMS. I’ve used the plan several times to great effect. One ish: Hard to locally emulate
It seems to me that judicious use of cUrl might solve duplicate submission issues in many cases.
Updated sitemap and robots.txt… data driven sitemaps are nice, but changes take time to take ‘effect’… efficiency or laziness?
Danvers State Insane Asylum →
Interesting interior photography of an old asylum
New York Life: 1,000 Pictures of New York City - a... →
1000 of the 8 million stories of the nekkid city.
Place not your heart in sensible things. Or, “Love not the world” - St. John the Theologian.
Paradoxically, I find that if I don’t hurry I am not late and I get things done more quickly. C’est la vie…
Twitter / RiverC →
Twitter / SamuelsonsRocks →
New profile design ( http://ping.fm/oTU8L ) and follow us on twitter! ( http://ping.fm/uEaiT )
Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion ยป Blog... →
Nice. Biomotors and nanomotors…
Site cleanup is a bear (especially if it’s been a couple of years) but the directories need to be cleared out.
Man, what a weekend. Enough leftovers so I don’t have to buy anything for a couple of days!
Samuelson’s News Social Media: What the... →
Social Networking Watch: Popular Social Networks →
Social networking news and commentary.
So, with 25 minutes left until the weekend, what shall we do? Data back ups? Oh, right. There’s still that ‘work’ stuff to do…
Oh wow, Friday. Time for a blog post… http://ping.fm/KEFZz
It is fashionable today to scorn borrowed ideas. We are told that they cannot express genuine convictions. This is absurd. -Michael Polanyi
Hibernation time… less updates, more reading, more contemplation. Christmas, soon!
Whoa, well… decaf coffee will not do for mornings. That’s for certain.
Amazing Planet - Filip Kulisev Photography →
nice.
Friday… still more work to do on the database updating software, but getting closer.
Neave Fractal ...zoom in on the Mandelbrot set →
The fractal of the Mandelbrot set in a full browser window with smooth zooming.
BrickArms →
Lego compatible weapons and gear.
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive →
Nice. Very good photos, here.
Some days were made for grumpiness… sometimes we make our own grumpiness.
XML: None of it’s strictness seems to make parsing easier… rather, it would seem to make writing files harder. Maybe it’s just me.
Looking for a good web editor to replace my current one: Any suggestions?
How to get around ftp script restrictions - let a proxy do your work. Of course, you must control that proxy…
Computer repair, network repair, databases… normal Tuesday…
Six Apart - Pownce →
Pownce aqcuired; the social media world begins to mature
Huh, my phone didn’t charge this morning? Odd - I thought I plugged it in. Battery problems again perhaps?