The 7 Highly Defective Pitfalls of Successful Freelancers

I read "The Seven Tips of Highly Effective Freelancers", and decided to write this follow up. For me, it's easier to be told what not to eat, versus what to eat. This is my attempt at tying together the analogy.

Much of this post is just business 101, but broken down …

iPhone First Look

I know everyone is probably ready for the iPhone fervor to slowdown, in fact someone close to me is so sick of hearing it, that bringing it up often causes a fight. That's right, my fiancee may be the biggest advocate for the "no more apple iphone talk" movement. …

Internet Explorer 6, PNGs, and Parallels

Frustrated!

I'm throwing this post out as a last resort. Somebody throw me a life ring here. Some people post solutions to problems, I'm posting a question.

Does anyone know if the most recent update to IE6 supports the "progid:DXImageTransform..." filter to get …

iPhone: The Worst Product Ever

This is a bold statement from a lover of Apple products, but I have decided I need to go this route in order for me to be satisfied with the iPhone. A friend of mine, upon being asked to retell a joke or story, used to always say, "it's too built up." I feel this way …

Wordpress Functions

Low and behold I figured out something I didn't know how to do before I figured it out. ;-0

When I first started getting into Wordpress, I just jumped in. There wasn't a lot of thought on how to go about doing everything right, it was just the emphasis of getting …

iPhoney, sweet!

I just stumbled on what appears to be a browser wrapped in an iPhone shell, perfect for seeing applications created for iPhone in. They plan on making it open source too!

http://www.marketcircle.com/iphoney/

Just one more iPhone thing and it's still eight days away? …

Macbook Pro, On the Way

I did it, I had to. I had been waiting for the bump for the Macbook Pro, and it happened a few weeks ago. There is also the fact I will be heading to Alaska for a couple of weeks to put on HomeSkillet Fest. From what I hear, the brightness in daytime settings is …

Wired.com Redesign and Advertisement Annoyance

Wired.com relaunched a few months back and at first exposure, I have to admit I felt a little betrayed. I always liked their quick scan of content and I had been going to the site for so long that any type of change seemed like a bad idea (this same reaction was felt …

Movable Type Open Source Project

When I first got into building blogs a few years back, I decided to go with Movable Type. Since then, I have switched to Wordpress and never been happier. Low and behold, Six Apart (the company who owns Movable Type) is coming out with an open source version of …

When Your Tools Don't Work

I have to say, there isn't anything more frustrating when the tools you use to work, just won't work. I can't imagine if I was building a building and the crane I was using just wouldn't budge. I guess those workers are being paid on the hour, and are probably getting …

Google acquires Feedburner

I read something where someone said Google should acquire feedburner. I only noticed because I just went to feedburner.com and saw their new disclaimer. I kind of liked the separate entity of Feedburner, but their voice seems to match well with Google. We will …

How I found Jesus.

On Saturday, May 26th, Danielle and I left our home in North Portland for a short camping trip with her family over near Bend, Oregon. That was the last time we saw Jesus, our cat. I don't know if anyone has had a cat go missing before, but it's a really sucky …

eBay bought Stumble Upon

I think Stumble Upon is an interesting acquisition for any company. eBay decided to purchase Stumble Upon.

StumbleUpon is a great fit within our goal of pioneering new communities based on commerce and sustained by trust

Wait huh? I think Stumble Upon is a great, …

why the new iTunes DRM scheme is brilliant

I just read the new tracks in iTunes are more expensive, have no DRM, and are available at a higher quality than the DRM tracks that were previously there. All of this has been known for sometime, but what was new to me is the name of the new tracks:

iTunes Plus

This …

Microsoft's New Surface Touch Computing

I've been a big fan of Jeff Han and his Multitouch technology videos since they started appearing on YouTube. Apparently Microsoft has been too, or at least has been developing their new computing platform in conjunction with Jeff Han. Part of me says, "oh cool!", yet …

PHP Sphider

I'm not sure how many people are building out static websites anymore. You know, the ones that aren't database driven. I, for one, haven't done it in quite some time. Currently however, I am working on a site that has been on my plate since before I made the …

More to the Microsoft Allegations

A few days later there seems to be a general consensus around the web; A) Microsoft is using this threat as a marketing ploy to strike fear into the hearts of those thinking of switching from MS to any open source system, namely Linux and B) Everyone agrees it's a …

Finished Trellises

Yesterday I wrote a post about my gardening and my cool bamboo trellises I was building. The problem is, I needed more trellises and I ran out of bamboo. I felt like it would be really half cocked to have two bamboo trellises and two pine trellises. So late last …

Green Thumbs

George, my name, means farmer or to farm. Today I did just that. After a few meetings this morning I decided to take the hot (81 degrees farenheit!) afternoon and spend it planting my vegetables in my garden. Keep in mind I have never done this before. I've had …

Boo Microsoft

Microsoft can't beat open source software by building their own reliable quality software, so they are going to try and beat open source in the court: Read More

What they don't understand is that the people who contribute to these platforms aren't motivated by money, …