Apparently, some White House staffers have decided that the Legislative branch of our Government is more of a threat than foreign spies, crackers, and terrorist. To avoid leaving a trail of subpoen-able and incriminating emails, they set up their own unsecured, non-government email servers. Its a practice officially banned by other federal agencies. The whole […]
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Sandy found this gem, which probably applies to more professions than just Web Designers. Working with clients such as these can be really trying, but what can you do to get through it? If Architects Had to Work Like Web Desginers… Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what
Tivo has partnered with One True Media to let users share video and photos with other Tivo users. This announcement from Tivo means we probably won’t view Youtube videos on your Tivo anytime soon (without a lot of hackery),. Can this work? How many people have broadband connected Tivos? While its free for the people
PHP’s support for sessions make adding "state" to your web application super easy. Bus because the illusion of state is maintained by storing a Session ID via a user’s cookies, you might find yourself losing potentially productive hours chasing down bizarre client side bugs or opening up a potential security hole. Here are 4 tips
I spent 10 minutes looking for an extension to do this, then found that its, smartly, built into Firefox’s bookmark manager. I’m not sure what this mindset is called, Extension Dependance? Anyway, if you need to move bookmarks from one machine to the other in Firefox: From the Bookmarks menu, select Organize Bookmarks. Choose Export…
The 3 practical reasons I use linux – the $200-400 i don’t have to give to Microsoft are used to get better hardware, more secure without blaming the user, all the Free software available for it (see the first reason again), and not HAVING to reinstall the OS quarterly. In case that doesn’t convince you,
He starts by saying that "Those are the players MLS needs to keep or go out and get, the players who might be great stars one day, but right now are simply solid role players who increase the team competence on the field." No one can argue with that statement, clearly any sports league needs
Its not wise to tease your Human Resources manager, you might get a response like the following. (02:04:21 PM) HR: i could beat you at any given moment today (02:04:38 PM) Oscar: that’s going on my blog (02:04:45 PM) HR: lol
Saw today that Google Maps now has a Traffic layer, which color codes congestion around 30 major cities, Washington DC included. If you zoom in close enough, you’ll also now see markers for Metro stations. HT: Gizmondo and Google Blog.
Word from the MLS Underground is that DC United will announce Marco Antonio Etcheverry’s new role with the club before tonights game. It’s pretty easy to guess that he’ll be taking over the youth development position now that Harkes is at Red Bull NY. Wouldn’t it be nice if he were helping Soehn and Staff