Archive for November, 2006

It’s Official: Tech Books Are Extinct

I’ve been watching the technology books on the shelves at my local book store dwindle over the past few years. Especially hard core books for subjects like programming and certification. I know you can buy books online for a fraction of the price and that’s where most people are buying books these days.
But in the [...]


Canon is most popular on Flickr

Canon seems to be the leading camera among those who post pictures to Flickr.com; by a lot. Canon has 3 of the top 5 cameras. That’s good for them. It’s also interesting to me, someone who doesn’t own a Canon or a Nikon, the other two cameras in the top 5. What am I missing. [...]


Windows Live Writer; bug in future date

I have been posting articles with future dates  for one of my other blogs using Windows Live Writer. I like doing this, because I set aside a block of time to write several articles at a time and then just set the date for some time in the future. Then I move on. It’s a great feature in WordPress. [...]


When you fail; admit it

There are a lot of really cool projects on the net. There are so many I can’t even begin to describe them. I really like Flickr as I’ve mentioned here, here and here. So, when I saw this cool project a guy did taking a picture of himself for 365 straight days, I thought, “hey, [...]