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  • Meet the new blog…

    I started quietly working on an update to this blog last week and I hope you like the changes. If you are reading this in your feed reader, take a moment to go check it out on the site at http://eraserandcrowbar.com. Still in Beta I am not 100% done with...
  • We need our stinkin’ badges

    Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” -“Gold Hat” (Mexican bandit leader) from 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Trans-Siberian Badges by Paul Downey used under Creative Commons I recently signed up for Foursquare, which...
  • Common Screen Resolutions

    Golden Section Ratio by Patrick Hoesly used under Creative Commons I am currently working on a couple of web-based projects that involve adapting the content that is displayed to the dizzying array of screen resolutions that are available on today’s desktops, laptops and mobile phones. I started making a list...
  • Don’t forget the firmware

    Firmware bug by Windell H. Oskay used under Creative Commons Yesterday morning I got several updates delivered to my laptop via Windows Update. These were not security patches that are typically delivered by Microsoft on the second Tuesday of the month (commonly referred to as Patch Tuesday). But these were...
  • Influential technologies of the last decade

    With the coming of the New Year we see a lot of Top 10 lists. You know like the Top 10 planning, design and development websites of 2009 or the Top 10 Quotes of 2009. We are doubly blessed that since this is the “end of the decade” that we...

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