Blogger does what it does well, but not without its limitations. These limitations, can be bent and sometimes bypassed. There are many Blogger Hacks sites out there, but one resource in particular that I found very useful is Ecmanaut. Johan is the author’s name and he lives in Sweden. I wouldn’t [...]
Archive for November, 2006
The da Vinci of Data
November 17th, 2006
Edward R. Tufte, you are a dry staunch with little sense of humor in your writing. Perhaps this is intentional; to let the data speak for itself where witty words might diminish our ability to see data limitations because we think it’s…funny. But this is no laughing matter.
We’ve cried many tears in suffering [...]
Apple’s next level of innovation
November 17th, 2006
I’ve been waiting for Apple to release it’s iPhone for some time. As a trainer for AT&T Wireless and Cingular I come across devices like candy these days. We just launched a new device and it’s nothing special same old same old. When I think about Apple, I think of innovation, quality [...]
Plain and Simple Budget program that works
November 14th, 2006
XBudgets spreadsheets are exactly what I was looking for. I didn’t want a large cumbersome system, but rather a simple and straightforward budget setup. Each XBudget product comes with a check register and then a years supply of spreadsheets to track each month’s expenses. You really don’t run out after a year [...]
Insta Favicon
November 13th, 2006
For some reason the term that describes the little image / icon that you see next to a web address in your browser’s address bar had escaped me until very recently. This is a favicon. If your site is missing this garnish and you’re unsure of how to implement one, check out this [...]
New Look!
November 13th, 2006
HotAir Balloun now has a new look! After many hours of work, half of them were spent delightfully experimenting with design ideas whereas the other half was spent %&*@’ing with Blogger glitchiness. Firefox rendered everything perfectly. However, in internet explorer, if I updated the template more than say 3 or 4 times, [...]
Incorporate Text Files on your Desktop
November 8th, 2006
You can download this tool here. This is something that I’ve been wanting to see for a long time. I’ve scoured so many tools / web applications to aid myself in maintaining a to-do list, but I’ve never found anything that really works. This puts the information right in front of you [...]
