Tuesday, April 29, 2008 –
A couple weeks ago, I was updating my rather outdated Ubuntu Linux virtual machine from Feisty Fawn to Gutsy Gibbon. The process was pleasantly painless, but I did note something a little odd in the interface. The package manager posted an informative status dialogue while downloading updates. The title bar says "Downloading package files". And then again, inside the box it says "Downloading package files".
The structural information…
Thursday, April 24, 2008 –
I'm doing it.
As soon as I finish this blog, I'm switching to Gmail.
For a couple years, I've used Gmail for personal stuff. Now I'm moving my professional life into Gmail. Everyone seems to hate Gmail at first, then grows to love it—and I want to know what that love is.
Right now I'm using Thunderbird as a desktop mail client. All 12,000+ emails, dating back to 2001 are neatly compartmentalized in folders—organized by client, task, or even…
Thursday, April 3, 2008 –
…sorry, not that Subway Art. Metro-Bits has a great collection of subway system logo art from around the world. Of course, I'm biased, but the original subway system—Boston's MBTA—still has the best logo. Boston's T logo is the black bold encircled "T" in the upper right corner of the screenshot above. Apologies to any San Fransiscans, but the MUNI logo is my least favorite. I'm sure it was a big hit in the 1970's when Waltor Landor designed the …
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 –
As I was on my nth drag-and-drop transfer of my music collection on my work computer on to my external to bring home and listen to nights, it occurred to me that there may be a better solution. I had been deleting the music from my external and then transferring my entire collection to my external from my work computer: hello inefficiency. It dawned upon me to ask the developers about potential solutions, and thanks to help from Will and Jeff, I am…
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 –
After a dozen years of using Macs, I've had enough. The hardware looks trendy. The software looks trendy. The user interface is trendy and cool. I mean, hello, drop shadows? animated window minimization? Tacky! Eff the trendy already. Just because we've got programmable graphics cards doesn't mean we have to use them. Sheesh. And that mouse. What's with the mouse? It's a waste of time. Mousing all over when I could be using the…
Thursday, March 27, 2008 –
You're sitting at your computer.
Photoshop is open. 1024 pixels of nothingness.
You need inspiration.
There are a million gallery sites that you could visit. There's Smashing Magazine. But my favorite tool is CommandShift3. CommandShift3 describes itself as "Hot or Not", except, instead of clicking on hot babes, you click on hot websites. Users are shown two websites and click on whichever one they think looks better.
I use…
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 –
Here's a shameless promo for a good cause...
Good Earth Gala: Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
To raise awareness of green living, this event features:
* Rwandan drum and dance music
* Auction with items that promote sustainability and healthful living
* Food from earth-conscious local eateries
Funds raised at the event support Tidewater Waldorf School and the Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative…
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 –
If you browse around the web some looking for search engine optimization (SEO) tips and techniques you are bound to run into the a dash is better than an underscore in a URL “rule”. This has always bugged me since underscores give better visual separation of the words, which I tend to equate to easier reading for us humans.
Way back in 2005, Matt Cutts from Google explained that Google treats dashes and underscores differently, and…
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 –
I just wanted to spread the word about the Newburyport Web Geek Meetup that is going to happen this Thursday, March 20th at the Rockfish here in Newburyport. It starts between 6-7pm and runs until 10-11pm.
If you need directions, head over to Google Maps. I hear there may be more details somewhere on Facebook.
I'll be stopping by sometime around 8:30, so I'll see you then!
By: Dave Tufts
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