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October 12, 2001
I just relaunched a site that’s been under my care for a couple of months now. The Newted Community is a gathering place and information resource specifically aimed at users of Apple’s abandoned Newton platform. The whole site came preloaded on a Cobalt Cube2 that I purchased from the previous admin, who unfortunately had lost … More
October 10, 2001
If you ever have the opportunity to purchase a Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra flatbed scanner for a very reasonable price, do so. However, if you happen to leave said scanner on the floor of your office until you find the time to connect it to your workstation, do not under any circumstances stub your toe on … More
October 9, 2001
Can you say “scalability problem”? I knew you could.
October 9, 2001
For those of you still looking to scrape a bit of cream of the top of the .com crop, a few previously snarfed domain name of the week candidates have become available once again. Why settle for a second-run .info domain when you wrap your ever-lovin’ name server around the likes of edgecurve.com, crashhappy.com, toastedkitten.com, … More
October 8, 2001
It’s been a very busy, very appropriately named Thanksgiving long weekend. The latest bit of excitement occurred around 3:30 this morning. Once again, my wife and I have been bestowed the familial titles of auntie and uncle. Fourth time’s a charm. And I do believe that we can finally unload all of those boxes of … More
October 7, 2001
Today is our anniversary. Our twelfth anniversary, if anyone is counting. For what has literally been years, I have been promising to put together a compilation of songs for my wife and this weekend I finally got around to completing it. Jewel case inserts, track listings, the works. These are not romantic songs, or even … More
October 6, 2001
It was warm, sunny, and absolutely still all day. Then, as the sun starts meandering towards the horizon, in trundles a herd of ill-tempered clouds and it starts raining like who knows what. And the wind, the wind. What is this? The middle of May? I hope the campers didn’t get drenched.
October 5, 2001
In Praise of ApostrophesSomething for all of my friends bound to the pen. Or the keyboard.
October 5, 2001
It going to be a perfectly beautiful Thanksgiving weekend here in Calgary. Especially beautiful for my wife and eldest daughter who are off to girl guide camp. With the guiders off enjoying all of the autumnal pleasures of the Alberta foothills, my six year old and I are left to forage for ourselves. Not that … More
October 4, 2001
It’s time to manage the initiation phase constraints of your current development workstream and evalute the wireframes for scope creep. Notify the stakeholders of any production slippage and brush up on your buzzword bingo while your at it as evolt.org presents A Project Management Glossary for your due diligence. Get aligned and buy in. Via … More