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How Should I Respond to Copied Photos?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:32:28 -0500

How Should I Respond to Copied Photos?: All right, it’s time to get this issue out there. I tweeted it a few times before, many months ago, but last night I was just reminded of the issue by an entire Facebook album of photos uploaded by…

What Does "Friend" Mean?

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:31:47 -0500

What Does "Friend" Mean?: Image by Veronica Belmont via Flickr This was inspired by a recent experience I had when I went back to Evanston, IL for the NHSI Musical Theatre extension presentation. I’d rather…

Hampton Inn Internet Issues

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:29:26 -0500

Hampton Inn Internet Issues: Image via Wikipedia All right, so obviously I managed to get online. But it took about half an hour. Let me begin the saga… (And this was after something of a disappointment at the …

CodingExperiments Had a Painful Fail Today

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:42:08 -0500

CodingExperiments Had a Painful Fail Today:

In the previous post covering screen resolutions, I had a big messup.

I was tired of proofreading the post, which is more than a thousand words, so I just hit the Pubish button after one of my…

A Detailed Guide for Web Designers on Dealing with Different Screen Resolutions

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:58:25 -0500

A Detailed Guide for Web Designers on Dealing with Different Screen Resolutions:

1. Table of Contents

2. Introduction
3. Mobile screen resolutions
- 3.1. Creating and designing mobile web pages
- 3.2. Redirection to mobile webpages
  - 3.2.1. User agent detection
  - …

Google, Please Don't Disrupt the Continuity of Google Page Creator Sites

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:43:47 -0500

Google, Please Don't Disrupt the Continuity of Google Page Creator Sites: Don’t worry, I’m working on a post about my summer at Northwestern University. It’s just a lot of writing, thinking, and recalling, so it’ll take some time. Meanwhile, this post has a very…

Why You Should Guest Post on Codingexperiments (and Where to Sign Up)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:16:02 -0500

Why You Should Guest Post on Codingexperiments (and Where to Sign Up):

You should guest post on this blog…

1) …because Uncle Sam told you so.

You heard the man.

2) …because it’s good for your blog’s statistics

In the intro to your guest post, you can…

What Twitter Taught Me on How to Build a Web Application

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:18:12 -0500

What Twitter Taught Me on How to Build a Web Application: A lot of people are out in the world, looking for something. These people are not looking for a lost dog or wristwatch, but these people are looking for something more valuable; ideas. Ideas are…

An In-depth Look at Cuil

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:11:57 -0500

An In-depth Look at Cuil:

Psst. If you’re on dialup, you might as well disable images in your browser and then try loading this page. This page is going to take forever if you attempt to load all the images.

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Twitter's Problems: Getting Worse

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:42:12 -0500

Twitter's Problems: Getting Worse: I once told myself I’d never write about Twitter’s downtime, because everyone in the tech blogosphere writes about it. Today I’m going against that. The problems have simply become ridiculous.

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Blogging vs. Social Life

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:28:38 -0500

Blogging vs. Social Life: I’ve found a pretty compelling trend in the last few months. As my social life in the “real world” space has expanded, this blog is one of the things that have suffered. Whereas a year or two ago I…

Grammar Photo from Chicago Published

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:15:37 -0500

Grammar Photo from Chicago Published: Image via WikipediaIt’s pretty well-known in my circle of friends and family that I’m a grammar nut. While I was in Chicago in April, at Union Station [right] on the way back to…

Very Belated Summary of "Working" Production

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:39:54 -0500

Very Belated Summary of "Working" Production: I know it’s been ages since I last published on this blog (or on any blog, really), and even longer since the show actually took place. I’m really sorry about that; last week was spent fooling with…

SPAMfighter Tagline is Just Spam to Me

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:15:38 -0500

SPAMfighter Tagline is Just Spam to Me: This is what I was doing while I was supposed to be finishing my coursework for the year. Don’t worry, I’m working on homework now; this was supposed to publish four hours ago and didn’t, so I…

Two Types of Friends: A Found Poem

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:47:06 -0500

Two Types of Friends: A Found Poem: I did not write this. It sounds so cold to say it, but I didn’t.

Nobody I know wrote this. The same.

The truth is, I don’t know the author of this poem. It was posted to the discussion board of one…

Performance Company Spring 2008 Show Summary

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:49:42 -0500

Performance Company Spring 2008 Show Summary: All right, the “hell week” is over. Three audiences have seen the show, and today marks the start of Memorial Day weekend. There will be no show tonight; we moved our schedule up a day to account…

First Show Done; It Went Pretty Well

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:27:52 -0500

First Show Done; It Went Pretty Well: Tonight was the first performance of that show I’ve been working on all week so far. All told, it went quite well. Aside from a few glitches (which I’ll compile at the end of the week, along with a…

Google Health First Impression

Wed, 21 May 2008 10:52:29 -0500

Google Health First Impression: It resonated throughout the blogosphere a couple days ago that Google Health (<— the actual service page) finally launched. This has been coming for a long time; it’s …

Digital Voice Recorder Upgrade

Wed, 21 May 2008 02:10:27 -0500

Digital Voice Recorder Upgrade: This is just a quick note that the post I was planning to do about a week from now detailing my experiences with the Roland EDIROL R-09 I got last month won’t be happening. I turned it in to Best Buy…

Gmail Tips

Wed, 21 May 2008 01:06:42 -0500

Gmail Tips: There are tips and then there are tips. I was just emailed by someone from another site, which yesterday published a lengthy list of tips for using Gmail effectively.

Some highlights include a…