Archive for the ‘ web ’ Category

A Neat Little Kayak

Just wanted to take a second to pimp Kayak.com. I had been making the rounds through the travel search usual suspects (Priceline.com, Orbitz, etc.). Orbitz (and cheaptickets.com which seems to be the exact same search engine) puts the brakes on my ancient computer with it’s huge, complex page layouts and floating options panel. So it [ READ MORE ]

Going On A Diet

Part a long-running realization that i waste a lot of time, and part kick-in-the-pants after just reading “The myth of ‘keeping up’” at Creating Passionate Users [via Lifehacker], i’m trimming some unnecessary input. So that means stuff like all the consumer- and pop-culture-related feeds i was subscribed to in Google Reader. I need to limit [ READ MORE ]

Link Posting Strategies

I have been trying to figure out the best (and easiest) way to feature the crap i stumble on and think people need to check out. I actually keep a dated linklog of sorts in my AIM profile to entertain all the away message stalkers. That works okay, but it’s not public and i can’t [ READ MORE ]

WMA No Worky

Hmm. Why can’t i get a .WMA Windows Media file to be served from my site? The file is there, but nothing happens, it won’t download, it won’t play. Is it something wrong with the file, or is it a particular of that format, or are they not legit in TextDrive land? I renamed the [ READ MORE ]

Grinding

The Real Reason Blogging is Hard [via Weblog Tools Collection]. It’s the grind. I’ve been more consistent these past few months, but no where near as prolific as i’d like. I have so many ideas. Some get started and abandoned as drafts. Some never even make it that far. I write too slowly, because i [ READ MORE ]

The Years