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Nicejforms is a JQuery translation of niceforms. Uh, nice. I'm using niceforms on a project now and it's pretty slick. Makes your form elements not look as completely craptastic as most of the default browser controls.
- jim 4-23-2009 4:16 pm [link] [2 comments]

Log into the Google Analytics API using PHP and CURL. Hmmm....

I've been using Analytics more and more and I really like it. But this gives me some ideas for a much better way to use it.
- jim 4-23-2009 3:07 pm [link] [add a comment]

What I really need in these tough economic times is a $499 ethernet cable. That may sound crazy, but they do have "signal direction markers" - otherwise known as "arrows" - so you can be sure to put them in the right direction for optimal signal flow.

And I thought Monster Cable was out of their minds.
- jim 4-22-2009 10:47 pm [link] [5 comments]

IBM walked away from the deal, but now Oracle has bought Sun for 7.4 billion dollars. I would have preferred IBM given both companies records with open source software. But aside from my feelings this does make Oracle a pretty big fish. If we're anywhere near the bottom then Oracle got a pretty good deal. Nice time to have lots of cash.
- jim 4-20-2009 2:31 pm [link] [add a comment]

Another in a long series of attempts to rid the world of IE 6. This one is actually pretty clever - it tries to trick the user into thinking they are seeing a legitimate notice to download an ActiveX plugin, but instead upgrades the entire browser. That seems like it might work!
- jim 4-18-2009 7:14 pm [link] [add a comment]

Not sure how much this will help, but this sounds like a good move to me:

Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important.
Here's hoping people choose 'install' over 'later'. IE 8 is a big improvement.

In other Microsoft news, I think their new anti Mac commercials are pretty well done. Seems like they've finally found a way to hit back.
- jim 4-13-2009 3:53 pm [link] [add a comment]

You can safely ignore this post, just trying to nudge the googlebot to reindex this site. Three Little Birds Music. All other posts, of course, are of supreme importance...
- jim 4-06-2009 7:02 pm [link] [add a comment]

Apparently, at least two Dallas data centers have been recently raided by the FBI and *all* equipment seized. Core IP, and the data center hosting UWWWB (that one is totally freaking scary if it's true.) Discussions at webhostingtalk.com and slashdot.org. It's unclear, of course, what's true and what isn't. Lots of rumors that this is about the leaking of the new X-Men movie, but to me that just doesn't add up. If these two raids are for real, and they happened the way these stories state, then something big is going on. I guess we'll see.
- jim 4-04-2009 5:03 pm [link] [2 comments]

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