I’m coming to realize that satellite dishes are just a lot less evil than cable companies. Not that I have any legitimate beefs with Dish Network beyond not being able to get certain channels – Fox Sports World, GolTv, Telemundo – without subscribing to their largest packages. The American Customre Satisfaction Index shows that Customer […]
One thing that’ll be easy to implement is saving a user’s name, email, and website to a cookie and prepopulation the comments field if that cookie is there. Do I need the ubiquitous Save-my-info checkbox or is it ok to do this behind the scenes? I’m also thinking of implementing an optional email notification if
There’s been a pick up in young American players about to make the jump from MLS to the European leagues. Chicago Midfielder Demarcus Beasley is set to sign for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven for about $2.5 million while DC United midfielder Bobby Convey might be headed for Reading of the English First Division for a
Dan Willis writes Are Useful Requirements Just A Fairy Tale? (and why an IA should care). The article resonates with a lot of themes that we programmers have been dealing with at work over the last year. Sandy has mostly lead the charge to get more complete requirements written early in the process. In some
Plenty of opportunites to practice my alliteration. Enjoy these two panoramic pictures from Lisbon and Sintra.
I’m, not sure how useful this will be in a country where most people may not have a phone, much less an internet connection. I hope the government is using other media channels to reach rural and poor consituencies as well. From the excellent analysis found at Now It’s Your Turn The Bolivian government, through
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Through bloglines, I found Living In Lating America, an online magazie. They rely on a network of contributors and I happily noticed that one of their more active writers, Eduardo Avila, posts a lot about Bolivia. Bolivia’s Worst Ambassador Public transportation in La Paz, Bolivia
Sandy posted his vague memories of my hastily organized bachelor party. I remember drinking more than I planned, but isn’t that always the case? Liberal consumption of libations is kind of expected when 3 of us from our Miami/Key West spring break trip are together. Thankfully its rare nowadays… If you were there, feel free
Hello faithful readers! The new Mrs. Merida and I are back from Portugal. The return flight yesterday was rediculously long – 7 hours flying time and about 14 hours total travelling time. Portugal was a blast, very friendly and picturesque. We got to see lots of European fans in for the European Cup. No doubt
The framework and content management system we develop and use at work has been nominally Open Source for over a year and a half. Over the last month, we’ve made substantial performance and feature improvements to it and are preparing to make an official 1.0 release very soon. We’ve set up a blog, initially for