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Author: Thomas

Some Like it HOT

  • 29 Jul, 2006

Some like it hot, the rest of us think this is a little to warm. Last nigh as we were driving back from a friends house, it was 86 degrees. The time? Midnight! With temperatures reaching 100 for the next few days, it’s amazing to hear on the weather that a cool down is coming. […]

Skype – Cheap Internet Phone Service

  • 26 Jul, 2006

A few weeks back my wife broke her ankle and I started working from home more to help her out. The main problem with that was that all we have is cell phones. A few meetings on the cell phone and we’d be over our minutes. So I checked out Skype and found it to […]

Dropping Yojimbo for VoodooPad Lite

  • 25 Jul, 2006

I’ve been looking into getting an application to clean up my desktop mess and I researched StickyBrain, MacJournal and Yojimbo. I like MacJournal and I’ve used it before, but I wanted to try something new, so I went with Yojimbo. Yojimbo is nice, works pretty good, but VoodooPad Lite came out and I found it […]

93X Video Game Challenge Comes to Valleyfair

  • 24 Jul, 2006

Get ready for XBox 360 gaming party at Valleyfair. 93X radio station is hosting the event on July 26 & 27th from 5-9pm at the Plaza Patio at Valleyfair. Play the hottest XBox 360 games on one of eight big screen TVs! Master the games yourself, or get a group of 8 together to take […]

5 Reasons To & Not To Use Flock

  • 20 Jul, 2006

Flock is an up-and-comming web browser. Based on Firefox’s rendering engine and having quite a few of the same qualities, Flock should be a contender as it works it’s way towards 1.0. However it has some good and some not so good qualities. Five Reasons To Use Flock 1) Nice Feed Reader – Granted, there […]

Are there any OPML syncing services?

  • 19 Jul, 2006

As I bounce back and fourth between Firefox and Flock, I realize that I really need some sort of OPML syncing service. A quick Google and Yahoo search came up with nothing. Is there really no service to sync OPML files between browsers? I have Sage in Firefox and Flock has a nice built in […]

Google Desktop Sidebar Mac

  • 17 Jul, 2006

Google Desktop has a fun sidebar feature that can be used to show off Google widgets. However, this is only available on Windows. Erica Joy (I think she works for Google) figured out a simple work-around. Well kind of. Since Firefox can load any web page in the sidebar, she said that you just have […]

Casting Call for the Host Teen Choice Awards at Valleyfair

  • 14 Jul, 2006

Calling all 13-19 year olds, here is your chance to be a star and meet the stars.  Valleyfair will be holding a casting call for the Teen Choice Awards.  That’s right you could be a presenter!! The auditions will be held at Valleyfair’s Whitewater Country Waterpark on July 15 & 16th 2006. Saturday, July 15 […]

Google Analytics Goals Confuse Me

  • 13 Jul, 2006

I’ve been playing around with Google Analytics’ goals recently and I don’t quite get how they work. They sound easy enough, but yet, they are very confusing. For example, when you add your goal, it says e.g. http://www.mysite.com/thankyou.html. But on the ‘My site’s pages are dynamically generated. How do I set up funnels and goals?’ […]

New Ajax WordPress Plugins Installed

  • 12 Jul, 2006

I’ve installed two new plugins that are Ajax based. Ajax Comments Great plugin that takes the refresh out of adding a comment to the site. It simply accepts the comment and adds it to the list without ever changing screens. Ajax LiveSearch This replaces my default search box with a live search box. Start typing […]