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Drivers Beware, MNPass Is Here

  • 17 May, 2005

MNPass has officially started on I-394 in Minneapolis and the West Metro. Solo drivers can now buy their way into the carpool lane to avoid rush hour traffic and join the carpoolers and motorcycles in the congestion free lanes. However there is one important thing that all drivers must be aware of. The MNPass lane […]

Apple’s Views on Bloggers

  • 17 May, 2005

Interestingly enough, someone over at Apple has a sence of humor. In the new 10.4 Apple added a dictionary application that is pretty slick. However, if you search for ‘blog’ you get a rather interesting answer. 🙂 blog |bläg| noun a weblog : blogs run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in […]

Hormel Twins Stadium

  • 16 May, 2005

My wife and I went out to a Twins game yesterday with some of her co-workers. We really went to get the bobble heads, which we did. We each ended up with a Jacque Jones bobble head. Which, by the way, are all over eBay and going for around $30 dollars. While waiting for the […]

Two WordPress Issues

  • 15 May, 2005

Since updating to 1.5.1, I’ve run across two WordPress issues. First… my referrer karma is blocking a lot of sites. I’m not sure how they are getting referred to my site, however I keep blocking them when they only visit once. My setting say that it should take four times, however something isn’t working right. […]

Who will save Fireworks?

  • 13 May, 2005

A few weeks ago we go the news, Adobe is to acquire Macromedia. As the deal gets closer to completion, I’m reading reports that Adobe may just drop some of the beloved Macromedia applications. Now I’m pretty sure that all Adobe cares about is Flash. Seeing as Flash killed their LiveMotion application years ago. However, […]

Real Web Browser Security

  • 12 May, 2005

No web browser is perfect. Hackers will always find new security holes and opportunities for the media to create press and scare you. What really makes the difference in browser security is the time it takes a company to fix the issues. Within a week of finding out about security related issues in Firefox, the […]

WordPress 1.5.1

  • 12 May, 2005

I upgraded my WordPress install and everything went smoothly as far as I can tell. Not sure what’s different or new, but I upgraded. Thanks to the new theme system, I don’t have to worry about loosing my theme or page edits. That’s a relief. If you find any bugs, let me know.

Subscription Music Stores

  • 11 May, 2005

Yahoo just released their music store and it’s the latest in the string of subscription based services. Subscription based services that I just don’t get. Why would you pay a monthly fee to RENT songs? Even Napster states on their homepage “It is necessary to maintain a Napster subscription in order to continue access to […]

TextEdit – Possibly the Best App?

  • 11 May, 2005

What’s the one application I probably can’t live without? Believe it or not, it’s TextEdit! TextEdit is just a basic text program that comes pre-installed with Mac OSX. It use to be called SimpleText back in OS 9 and you may think it’s only a text application, however it’s much much more. TextEdit can read […]

iTunes Video Store

  • 10 May, 2005

With iTunes 4.8 we are one step closer to the iTunes Video Store. From MacRumors.com One blog points out that Apple’s iTunes Music store now appears to offer the ability to sell videos as well as songs. This takes advantage of iTunes 4.8 new features allowing it to manage and play video files. Several readers […]