Just a quick notice to say that I am blogging over at MikeSchinkel.me now as the topics on this blog are mostly no longer relevant to my current interests, expertise and day-to-day experience. I also have another blog that I occasionally blogged at between 2012 and 2016 called HardcoreWP. As some point I will merge …
The Character of People
Many years ago I learned of this pearl of wisdom shown below. I don’t know when or where I learned of it or who might have been known to say it, I don’t remember if I read it or was told of it by someone else, and I don’t remember it’s exact wording either. But …
Beware AppleCare!
I ordered a MacBook Pro last April, the first Apple laptop I’ve ever owned. I remember when because I ordered it on my birthday. I ordered it after happily using Windows for decades. I did so because I was weary, weary of listening to friends I otherwise respect admonish my use of Windows whenever I’d …
Intense Debate Error Message
Gotta love this error message I got when trying to set a password that was "too long" on Intense Debate:
WordPress, Finally!
It’s been a really long time since I last blogged, and it’s all because I got totally fed up with my old blog software and vowed never again to blog until I replaced it with WordPress. Well as you can guess getting around to replacing it took far longer than I planned, but now it is finally …
GTFK
After 20+ years on Microsoft operating systems, I’m finally considering moving over to the dark side (or *away* from the dark side, depending on who you ask, LOL!). Yes, I’m considering buying a Mac. Actually a MacBook. I decided to get a Dell 1405 because of it’s purported great battery life and I placed my …
Windows Home Server; I guess Microsoft listened!
In October 2005 I blogged about the need for a Server for End Users. I guess Microsoft was listening. ;-) From Larry Dignan over on ZDNet.
Conventional Wisdom, Assumptions, and Pot Roast
Conventional wisdom is filled with assumptions. One of the things that makes conventional wisdom right most of the time is that those assumptions are usually valid. But sometimes they are not. One of my favorite little anecdotes that illustrates this is the tale of the pot roast: A newly-wed husband noticed that every time his …
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Fixing the Vote, the right way…
Dumbold Voting Machine for The Sims For many reasons I’ve not previously blogged about politics, nor do I intend to make it a habit. But in this case I want to address a burning issue that I believe should not be partisan-in-nature, and further that I believe the evolving processes in the tech community can …
The Hanselminutes Podcast: Very Shiny!
Since I left Xtras several months back, I’ve finally had time to spend learning once again. I’ve focused my attentions in two primary areas: That which can be called Web 2.0 technologies (especially related to RSS and Mashups), and Things related to .NET development. One of the true gems I’ve come across in the latter …