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Archive for November, 2005

WE05 Podcasts Reviewed

Monday, November 28th, 2005

The challenge of listening in the car is the difficulty (and danger) of jotting down notes when Eureka! moments happen. I’ve been listening to the WE05 podcasts in my car on the way to and from work. I often listen to talk radio in the car, and this is my favorite place [...]

Wordpress 2.0 Demo

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

I recently posted a link to some screenshots for Wordpress 2.0 under the geek stuff category. Kyle Schembri has now set up a Wordpress 2.0 Beta Test Blog to play around with. You can try out the cool new interface in the admin area, or just sample the actual blog. Enjoy!

Google Analytics is not Warm or Fuzzy

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

After the initial 12 hour waiting period, I began to observe my stats in Google Analytics. Sometime during the third day Google stopped tracking my statistics. The server log shows a plethora of hits and visits during the last few days, but Google shows zero visits or hits for the last three days! [...]

Google Analytics – Free

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Urchin Software, recently obtained by Google, has been rebranded as Google Analytics. I’ve been told Urchin offered this service for upwards of $200 to $500; Google is now offering it for free. It is tightly integrated with AdWords, but an AdWords account is not required.
Google Analytics shows you which keywords perform and [...]

Web Design and Development

Friday, November 11th, 2005

What are web design and development? I put these words across the top of your browser as if I own them. So, what do they mean to me?
Art
This is what web design is all about; unique, spontaneous creation bubbling over from endless inspiration; a continuous flow of ideas, molded [...]

Zero Dollar Ads Page

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

In response to the now infamous Million Dollar Home Page, Stu Nicholls is requesting submissions for the Zero Dollar Ads Page. Yes, he’s giving away free ad space in the form of a 75px by 25px .jpg or .gif that links back to your CSS related site. What a fun (and brilliant) idea! [...]

Sneak Preview of Windows Vista

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce hosted a presentation by Microsoft Technical Specialist Craig Robicheaux this afternoon. Mr. Robicheax’s presentation, “Sneak Preview of Windows Vista”, began with a lot of apologies about being long-winded, time delays on product release, and a reminder that if it crashed during the presentation it was still Beta 1. [...]

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