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2007 April

ZoomClouds

As you probably already know by now, tag clouds are helpful components of Web sites that allow users to quickly see what topics are being talked about. The bigger a tag appears in the cloud, the more it’s being talked about. Tags have become a useful way of categorizing and finding content, and tag clouds [...]

Comments On Google And Privacy

I get really tired of pronouncements and pontifications about how dangerous it is to use Google’s services. It seems like everyone with a blog and a smattering of knowledge about things that go “bump” online eventually checks in with a paranoid rant about how Google is really the Great Satan and how we’re nuts to [...]

Create Custom Bulleted Lists In Word 2007

I often find myself using bulleted lists when I create a Word document. It is a good way of presenting certain points that should stand out from other text. The easy way of inserting a bulleted list is to click the Bullets option in the Paragraph group. Word will insert default symbols for the bullets.
You [...]

Consider It Spread!

Apparently, we made quite an impression with the dedication. This morning, we found this message from Katie Gruver, Marketing Manager for Unitus (Innovative Solutions to Global Poverty) flaoting in our respective inboxes:
On behalf of the Unitus team… I just wanted to say a HUGE thanks for lighting a fire on our Empowering Women site. Your [...]

Cacheboost Pro

Cacheboost Pro optimizes the system cache management of Windows XP/2k/NT and .NET Servers. This results in a performance boost without any new hardware, hardware tweaking, and without restricting your system’s stability. Simply install Cacheboost and you are ready to go.
No special configuration or rebooting is needed. Within minutes you activate your system’s unused resources.
Cacheboost [...]

Microsoft Fiddler v1.2

Microsoft Fiddler is an HTTP Debugging Proxy that logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP traffic, set breakpoints, and fiddle with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler is designed to be much simpler than using NetMon or Achilles, and includes a simple but powerful JScript.NET event-based scripting [...]

RapLeaf

If you’ve ever browsed through eBay, then you know that both buyers and sellers have ratings and reviews that let you know ahead of time whether or not that individual is a good person to do business with. In a marketplace like eBay, this type of evaluation system is very important, but even then, it’s [...]

Your Points Are In Big, BIG Trouble!

In response to Microsoft Windows Is In Big, BIG Trouble, Gnomie Nicholas J. Mincone writes:
Chris,
I truly enjoyed this article, and I shared many of your thoughts until I came to your “points” section. If I may address each one briefly:
Apple Must Be More Competitive. Competitive with who? No one currently makes better hardware or [...]

Overstock.com’s Deals & Steal Of The Week

Happy O-Day!
10% off plus $1 shipping at Overstock.com! (valid 4/27/07 - 4/30/07 @ 11:59 PM MST).
Product Deals
Save an additional 13% on a Journee White Double Strap Shoulder Handbag - Expires 5/9/07 11:59PM MST
Save an additional $20 on Serta Ultimate 4-inch Memory Foam Mattress Topper - Expires 5/9/07 11:59PM MST
Save an additional $15 off a Sahara Microsuede [...]

A Tribute To Empowerment

A few days ago, my friend Dave Shappell (not Dave Chappelle) sent me a simple email:
Not sure if I told you how Dave McClure and I met… but it was through a microfinance-enabling/poverty-fighting organization called Unitus - it was started by a former Microsoftie (Mike Murray), who was the same guy who was running Apple [...]

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