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Blog Issues {updated}

  • 22 May, 2006

[updated] It seems that whatever issues there were, they are now gone. Well mostly gone. I thank the aSmallOrange support people as I think they fixed it without knowing it. 😉 I really appreciate their help. My blog has been offline most of the day. Now it’s online with no special features or design. It […]

Valleyfair’s Wild Thing Rollercoaster Jumps the Tracks

  • 22 May, 2006

It’s not yet determined why, but Valleyfair’s famous rollercoaster, Wild Thing, jumped it’s tracks over the weekend. It happened at the end of the ride and 18 people were said to be taken to the hospital. None had much more than bumps and scratches. There were no major injuries. It’s still up in the air […]

Amazing Apple Store – Inside & Out

  • 19 May, 2006

I mentioned it the other day, but check out the simply amazing pictures of the new NY Apple store/cube on the official Apple site. This is a thing of beauty and it’s open 24/7/365 Inside the cube looking at the entrance.

What is a Feed? RSS? Subscribe?

  • 19 May, 2006

What is a feed? A feed is a web document that usually ends in .xml or .rss and it is a slimed down version of a website that is created to be easily syndicated. It may be represented by an orange icon.  What does it cost? $0 – It’s free. What is a feed reader? […]

Pingoat is Sick – I’m not a spammer.

  • 18 May, 2006

I found out today that Pingoat is not accepting any pings from blogs for a while. you must now visit the site and fill in the information. Service issues are coming up and it’s just not working well right now. So I went over and put in my info and it said I was blacklisted […]

Amazing Apple Store Entrance

  • 18 May, 2006

Now this is shopping in style! The glass cube that is the entrance to the Fifth Avenue (NYC) Apple store. See more pictures!

iPox Mangled

  • 17 May, 2006

I was surfing around Deviantart yesterday and I found a mangled version of iPox. Someone took iPox and Vista Fox and merged them. Let me just say that I don’t care if you mod my theme, but I do have a few requests. First, please ask. Second, make sure you update the install files correctly. […]

Technorati and Portal Chicklets

  • 16 May, 2006

I’ve updated the Chicklet Creator with new buttons today. Now included are Technorati (add to favorites), Protopage, Pageflakes and Netvibes. I may have another new button in the works, but feel free to share any services that I’m missing. I’ve also updated the Yahoo, Rojo, Newsgator and Pluck images to come directly from those services, […]

Skype To Wireless & Land Lines Free

  • 15 May, 2006

Skype has announced that, until the end of the year, you can use Skype to any phone in the US or Canada for free! I tried it with my cell and it worked, but I didn’t talk to myself. But it also didn’t charge me or ask for money. Sweet! This means that tomorrow night, […]

Poseidon at the IMAX

  • 15 May, 2006

On Saturday we checked out Poseidon, not just at the movie theater but at the IMAX. IMAX movies are presented on a 3 story tall screen with a six-channel digital sound system that can’t be found anywhere else. It uses film which is 10x larger than standard movie theaters to bring incredible sharpness and clarity […]