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Re: Windows 7 – Nifty Quick Calendar

Anynomous — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:53:17 -0000

If you click on the month (in the picture "September, 2010"), it zooms out, which is also nice, and allows you to quickly go to another date which might be far away.

Re: Site Redesign Part 2 – Gallery 3 Customization Part 1

Antti — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:56:52 -0000

Thank you very much for this! I've been trying to customize the gallery3 themes the whole day, the documentation they provide is seriously lacking and your post clarified things a lot. I still don't understand what all those php methods do (like page_top(), site_status() etc; they obviously generate some html, but where is it defined what?), but the YUI cheat sheet was a big help with fixing sizes wrt. rest of my website. Looking forward to know how you've customized the header and the footer, so far I had to do that in a very brute force method and I'm sure there is a more elegant way to make things look right.

Re: GoDaddy is really annoying

søgemaskineoptimering — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:51:43 -0000

Friends Anna Drobycz-Maher, 41, and Lisa Jarvis, 49, set up A&L Recruit, with advice from Sheffield Enterprise Agency which delivers start up support under Sheffield City Council's Enterprise programme. Drobycz-Maher said: "Lisa and I had talked for a ...

Re: Facebook New Page Format – first tests

anlenterprises — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:11:15 -0000

I looked at my posts and they do seem to be in reverse chronological order - but I don't have comments from other people. I looked on a page I administer and I see what you mean. I can't think of how to control that - as there really aren't many settings...

Re: Facebook New Page Format – first tests

Fred Boak — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:32:38 -0000

I can't find a way to see ALL posts related to the page in reverse chronological order ... if you pick wall posts from "everyone" facebook does some sort of prioritizing. This seems just plain silly to me. Have you found a way to make all the wall posts display "normally"?

Re: Backed up your Phone lately?

Used Transmission — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:00:35 -0000

Excellent! Great article, I already saved it to my favourite,

Re: GoDaddy is really annoying

ilil service management — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:59:56 -0000

For now, though, put aside how annoying you find those guys and bear in mind my usual warning: Don't Bet On It! Gator Bowl: Michigan Wolverines v. ...

Re: Facebook Privacy Revisited May 2010

Trevor Walker — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:25:36 -0000

Thanks Andrew for being vigilant and taking an interest in and helping us all be aware of our online privacy, and our rights therein.

I know that I can take for granted the idea of being social and having a social online presents without regard for my own privacy. but I still have to have the awareness that I am ultimately responsible for my privacy.

I admit that after a few years of being on facebook that it is a great tool for connecting with friends that I might not otherwise be able to in real life. My FB experience has been good to indifferent, but mostly positive at best. I understand that in efforts to keep FB free of charge it relies on advertising, and peaking curiosity enough to entice a click on an ad. I also understand that the more public I could choose to be on FB the easier it is to target specific advertising to my interest.

I personally would like FB to continue to be free to use and I would be willing to trade a very, very small portion of my privacy; namely my interest if it would help target advertising to my interest, and be worth the "click" if I choose to indulge my curiosity. When I first started using Facebook I was annoyed by the ads on my page. At one point I was seriously offended by an ad that pop up. I quickly realized that I could close the ad but another would open in it place. Some time after that I was able to take a survey about the type of ads on FB and I had an opportunity to state why I did or did not like an ad. Soon after I noticed how the ads were very geared to my interest and what I did for a living.

Granted, I feel that my privacy online is my right to keep. Regardless of who's service I choose to sign up for; free or otherwise; I believe my private information is my private information and I should be the only on deciding how and were it gets used and for what purpose.

My hope is that Facebook's interest in my personal information and post are for a legitimate and practical use if it pertains to targeted advertising to help support this site. But I also understand that in the pursuit of the all might dollar I am hoping that FB is not leveraging or misusing my personal information and post to gain of more revenue dollars.

Re: Book Review: GEEKS, GEEZERS, and GOOGLIZATION by Dr. Ira S. Wolfe

anlenterprises — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:17:43 -0000

You're right - I didn't think of that - but maybe I'm different in that I've always questioned a business without a plan to make money. I understand the choice not to make much money (i.e. just break even with a basic salary) - but the idea of no plan to make money drives me crazy (which also shows I have a low risk tolerance).

That said, with current disruption in the economy in terms of job (i.e. a lot of people can't get one) there may be a lot of new companies popping up - as it's better than doing nothing....

Re: Book Review: GEEKS, GEEZERS, and GOOGLIZATION by Dr. Ira S. Wolfe

Ira S Wolfe — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:56:21 -0000

Andrew - thanks for the terrific review and personal insights and experiences. It's interesting how the more things change the more they stay the same. Your statement "There are a raft of “Web 2.0″ companies popping up – many of which don’t seem to have a business model" is verbatim what we heard in the late 1990s if you substitute the words "Web 2.0" with "dot-com." Ironically that was when your Generation was entering the workforce and the Boomers were complaining about all the start-ups without business plans. See...what goes around comes around!.
Your outlook is great and I hope my book can have the same impact on many others too. Spread the word and keep in touch!

Re: Living with abandon

Barry — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:52:37 -0000

There are many things in that film that are simply inspiring to me as a Christian.

Regards,
Barry

Re: Bloom Box – energy hope for the developing world?

Jason — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:13:59 -0000

Not quite as far out there as this, http://www.tomshardware.com/ne..., but I think this is still a little much for your average tanzanian village. A generator works better b/c they are cheaper, smaller, lighter (the size that are owned by village co-ops are, say, no more than 1000 Watts) and people totally understand engines and how to fix them. There is always someone who has a motorcycle and he usually fixes the generator as well. Maybe 20 years away?