I posted brief rants about the Texas Get Your Business Online (TGYBO) initiative yesterday on Facebook and Twitter, but that wasn’t particularly satisfying, so I want to continue the rant here. After all, anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Here’s a quick refresher. TGYBO provides free websites and hosting (for a year) to small businesses in… Continue reading Google’s free website program doesn’t help everyone
Category: Internet
QR Tattoos: Get inked, get linked
Ran across this video (via Neatorama) of a guy getting a tattoo of a QR code that links to a website. My reaction? *yawn* Been there; done that. Yeah, that’s right; I’ve got one, too. It’s the Fire Ant Gazette URL. There’s only one teensy problem. It doesn’t work. Perhaps it’s the artist’s failing, or… Continue reading QR Tattoos: Get inked, get linked
A Few Tips for New Google Chrome Users
Mozilla Firefox has been my default web browser for the past four or five years, but during the past year I’ve also had Google Chrome open on my second monitor and I’ve switched back and forth depending on which program was handier. I hesitated to jump to Chrome as my default browser even though it… Continue reading A Few Tips for New Google Chrome Users
Crippled Netflix App (Why, o why?)
Netflix is rapidly becoming the Service We Hate But Can’t Live Without. I’ve previously documented my complaint about the woeful lack of streaming movies, compared to the company’s DVD offerings, but grudgingly admit that there are some external causal factors at play. However, the latest incarnation of Netflix’s iOS app was apparently built without regard… Continue reading Crippled Netflix App (Why, o why?)
Dr. Frankenstein Attempts to Kill His Monster
The fact that Microsoft has built a website designed to convince people to stop using Internet Explorer 6 is prima facie evidence that the post title is not hyperbole. IE6 (aka The Browser from Hell, Satan’s Browser Spawn, and the Browser That Sucked The Life Out of The Universe) was created in 2001, and brought… Continue reading Dr. Frankenstein Attempts to Kill His Monster
Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.
I no longer pay much attention to this blog’s visitor stats. When I first started the Gazette, I had a free Site Meter account and monitored it regularly, but that was back in the salad days when blogs were the only social media outlet (and when I actually worked harder at it). When I redesigned/relaunched… Continue reading Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.
Local columnist claims a Mac “virus” ate his Facebook
Matt Saxton is the Midland Reporter Telegram’s news editor and he regularly authors a column. Today’s column documents what he calls a virus that attacked his computer and wreaked havoc with his Facebook account. He makes a specific point that he uses a Mac, and that the virus accessed his Keychain account, which is the… Continue reading Local columnist claims a Mac “virus” ate his Facebook
The Biggest Time-Suck Ever
Only time will tell as to whether my installing the Netflix app on my iPad this afternoon will be the greatest or the worst decision of my life.* I’ve already spent two hours watching a documentary on Cream** (the band, not the dairy product, although that would probably be interesting too, as long as I… Continue reading The Biggest Time-Suck Ever
Choices
As a freelancer, I’m like a shark. No, not dangerously vicious, nor delicious in soup, but as a shark has to keep moving to stay alive, I have to keep working to stay solvent. I need to have a steady inflow of projects to keep me in business, and that has the potential to generate… Continue reading Choices
The Steno Concerto
I think this speaks for itself.