I have been getting tired of my WordPress theme. I have zero time to do anything about it. However, I saw a theme that I kinda liked. It’s called Lemon Twist. It uses PNG files very nicely. It’s got jQuery and jQuery UI built in. The mouseover effect on the right is nice. Rounded corners,…
I just ran into a problem that is a real pain in the ass with Internet Explorer 7. Start with a blank page with a patterned background. Put an absolutely positioned 24-bit transparent PNG file (like a fade) on the page and make the width=100%. You can see an example of this on sparkt.com at…
Something went wrong with my machine at home. A popup started saying things like, “Your license is about to expire, backup your stuff because this machine is about to become a paper-weight.” I was really annoyed. I purchased Vista for a reason. So I wouldn’t have to deal with that crap. Microsoft tech support was…
I was working on a friend’s wedding site using WordPress as the base. He is a graphic designer and has excellent taste for these things. At first, I started with a theme that was close and tried to modify it. This is what I did on my own site. However, I realized pretty quickly that…
WordPress 2.6 is getting ready to go into beta. I’ve said this beofre, but WordPress to me is just a fantastic program. The design of the UX including the UI, IA, upgrade process, plugin process, html editing, is just world class. I am continually inspired by how a program can work in such a smooth…
This might sound stupid, but I was struggling to find out what font Microsoft used in their menus in Office 2007. I thought it was Calibri, but that was incorrect. It turns out to be Segoe UI. Google sort of let me down there. I googled and googled and couldn’t find a post with the…
John McCain has proposed a 300 million dollar prize for a better battery. Although I certainly am in favor of a significant increase in funding for batteries, I don’t understand why this is a prize. Why not just invest 300 million in R&D grants for better batteries? Is it really a “prize”? So one company…
I recently upgraded my DirecTV so that I get HD and DVR in one box. It took a week to get it actually working. Some technical problem, lets skip that. The device has an ethernet port so I bought a special ethernet to wifi connection. It took a little while, but I finally got it…
I don’t have a Blackberry. I appreciate it’s UX very much for the primary user. It’s downright addicting. However, the UX of the person WATCHING the person using the Blackberry isn’t nearly as good. Hold on a sec. Click. Spin ball. Type. Wait. Wait. Ok, I’m back. How lame is that? Every person with a…
Check out the chart showing history of online advertising spend. It’s fascinating. This is why Yahoo still exists, even though they are getting clobbered by Google.
Business Model #1: Enterprise This is when your product costs over 100k. Maybe even in the millions. The sales cycle is pretty long. It requires lots of documents to make the sale and build the product. RFI, RFP, MRD, PRD, Roadmap, the list goes on and on. This is a tough business to be in. …
I am so far behind in my usage of Microsoft technologies. I haven’t installed Windows Server 2008 anywhere. I haven’t installed Exchange 2007 on any system. I haven’t tried Sharepoint Server 2007. I feel so lame. They have SP1 on these for crying out loud. I am way behind. I don’t have a server in…
This will probably never make it to someone who actually matters on the Microsoft Windows team, but who knows. It’s worth a try. You never know. The Microsoft WIndows team should spend the next 3 years NOT adding new features. They should spend the entire time improving performance and quality. The reason MacOS X is…
Every once in a while, I do a little exploration on the web to look for interesting things. I don’t do it that often because it is a road that leads to everywhere and I could get lost for hours. However, I feel compelled to do it a little bit of the time and this…