Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple passed away yesterday, Oct 5, 2011. I have read numerous biographies about him and had concluded that while I was a huge fan of Jobs (much more than Apple, as a company) I wouldn’t necessarily want to work for him – he was extremely meticulous, argumentative and once he […]
Sep
8
2011
8
2011
Book Review: Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall
I have just recently finished reading this book about Bobby Fischer – 1972 World Chess Champion. He is indeed a remarkable character, read his Wikipedia entry and you will get a glimpse. That is exactly what he wanted the world to get, only a glimpse since he is an intensely private person. Right after he […]
Aug
24
2011
24
2011
Mercury Drug website . . .
I have recently re-discovered the Mercury Drug website (mercurydrug.com) . . . this was one of the first few websites I created way back 1998-ish – and I was surprised that the original layout down to the graphical elements is still in use today. This is just so mind-boggling to me – this is not […]
Aug
15
2011
15
2011
Happy 30th Anniversary to the PC
This really makes me feel old . . . I still remember my first PC XT computer with 128Kb of RAM, no hard drive, 5.25 floppy drive and a 10″/11″ composite (green) monitor. I remember wanting a hard drive (a few MBs) but couldn’t afford it because I was 12 yrs. old. I spent way […]
Aug
6
2011
6
2011
US Federal Debt explained
A graphic presentation of why/how the US is in such deep debt . . .
Jul
25
2011
25
2011
Internet events in 60 seconds?
Have you ever wondered what happens on the internet every 60 seconds? Here is an interesting infographic released by Go Global which will give you a pretty good idea . . .
Jul
21
2011
21
2011
Acer Aspire One blank screen
[UPDATE]: Today, my Acer blanked out again – it now seems that this happens yearly on the dot. On the 21st of July. Does somebody else have this recurring problem? Today, I booted up my Acer Aspire One netbook to find out it was dead . . . just a black screen and no HD […]
Jul
14
2011
14
2011
Stats on mobile email and email clients . . .
I have been very involved in creating HTML email campaigns as of late and very interested in optimizing for the most popular email clients . . . one thing I noticed is that mobile email is on the rise as more and more people use their mobile devices (smartphones) to check email. Campaign Monitor has […]
May
31
2011
31
2011
IE hacks within standard CSS
Updated! To include IE8 hacks I do not like using conditional statements to load up another stylesheet for IE (Internet Explorer) . . . so it’s always a pain for me to make sure IE behaves. Normally, I’m successful and on those moments when I’m not, I just use these simple hacks – putting an […]
May
30
2011
30
2011
Book Reviews
The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha A collection of short (sometimes one-liners) blurbs about life’s wonderful moments. This book reminded me of how NOT to take myself too seriously and to enjoy and appreciate each event however, small or insignificant it may seem in the grand scheme of things. After all, life is a […]
