Gentgeen's Random Thoughts

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Senator Stevens Speaks on Net Neutrality | Public Knowledge

Senator Stevens Speaks on Net Neutrality | Public Knowledge

Man, there is SOOOO much wrong with this guys speech. I just can't get over it. I have heard it a number of times, seen all the comments, etc. I am not going to expand much here. I just hope that the "geeks" of our society start to pay more attention to our elected representatives.

Although I must say, that most "non-geeks" will most likely see some of the errors in his speak.

While listening to this, I hope you think to yourself -- "Who does he work for?" (Hint: Huge Telco's pay him big $$ )

Monday, June 12, 2006

What if Dr. Seuss Wrote Technical Manuals?

What if Dr. Seuss Wrote Technical Manuals?

This is great, I first heard it on the Security Now Podcast #43 (http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm)

From what Leo says:
"A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer." He wrote it after his grandkids messed up his Mac.
This comment is different then the page I found (and blogging about) but thought I should add that.

Friday, June 02, 2006

Spiffy Corners - Making anti-aliased rounded corners with CSS

Spiffy Corners - Making anti-aliased rounded corners with CSS

Look at that, another CSS blog. suprise :-)

This one uses ONLY CSS to make rounded corners for a border/background. Might have to try this on my "Dropdown" css.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Easing migration with the OpenOffice.org menu and toolbar configuration tools

Easing migration with the OpenOffice.org menu and toolbar configuration tools

I don't know if this is "usable" but something to remember. Make OO.o look like MS Office, and then tell everyone that "MS Office has had a MAJOR upgrade" before you roll it out.

My 5 CSS Tips — Business Logs

My 5 CSS Tips — Business Logs

yes, I am on a CSS trip :-)

This is pretty good, I agree with most of it. Check out the digg article for ideas too. http://digg.com/programming/5_Worthy_CSS_Tips

Hoverbox Menu | Design Meme

Hoverbox Menu | Design Meme

Pretty neat... take the Hoverbox idea and make it your menu system.

A List Apart: Articles: Night of the Image Map

A List Apart: Articles: Night of the Image Map

Interesting, will have to check out later. CSS image map

Hoverbox Image Gallery

Hoverbox Image Gallery

This is great, a set of images, and when you hover over them, you see an enlarged photo. Example does not include links to "full size" images, image it could.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Interesting article about Microsoft's income

Fool.com: Why Microsoft's Stock Options Scare Me [Rule Maker] February 17, 2000

Found this "by accident" today. Find it very interesting. Much of MS's finances seem to be proped up by stock, not by services, sales, etc. Simply put, MS had a net income of 7.8 billion in 1999. Out of that 5 billion comes from stocks in one way or another. That is 64% of their income

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

Checking out the BlogThis Bookmarklet and seeing how it works. Nothing fancy going on here.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Just Mucking around

Just messing around... like 5 year later. Guess I should think about doing something here :-)