Archive for May, 2008

Kaizen: Eby Ranch

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Today I have the distinct pleasure of introducing you to another rare gem of a client: Eby Ranch. (These links will expire, but you can see the old site and new site in a side-by-side comparison for now.)
Sidenote: Some people use their other names interchangeably: Eby Cattle Company, Eby Horse Company and The Eby Group. [...]

Democratic Nature of the Web and Amateurs

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

I admit I enjoy ranting about my frustration at wannabes who don’t want to improve their skills. I am only human and I refuse tolerate willful ignorance. Call it one of my flaws. While these amateurs are the worst kind, they are not the only type in the group.
For today, I will loosely define Amateur [...]

Polite Way to Stop E-mail Spam from Friends

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Thanks. No. Finally, a polite message to stop those chain letters and other assorted random messages from cluttering up your inbox. A free service from your friends at 43folders.

Microformats and Mashables?

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

The choices of web technologies to learn next are overwhelming: should I delve deeper into PHP and mySQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, Flex or ActionScript 3? I continue to learn better CSS techniques and understand XHTML, but where to go from here? Baby steps means learning how to program JavaScript. I can already implement JavaScript [...]

Ooh, that’s embarrassing.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Hit the image to see the full size. Don’t panic. ALA will be fine.