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Google Earth: Memphis in 3D

This is the view from my office taken with my G1: This is the view from my office according to Google’s new 3D buildings in Downtown Memphis: Have I ever mentioned that technology is freaking amazing?

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Vote For Someone Else (.com)

Ever since it was pretty clear that Ron Paul would not be the Republican nominee, I’ve planned on voting for someone who is not John McCain or Barack Obama.  I’ve learned enough over the past year and a half to … Continue reading

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Lighting Up Lady Liberty

The last week of August, Dr. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign set a goal to raise half a million dollars before the end of the month and the third quarter. After about 3 days, that goal was reached and double to … Continue reading

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Deposit checks with your scanner

Ever since my wife and I started using USAA for banking and auto insurance, we’ve been nothing but pleased. Their website is very user-friendly and feature-packed, and their customer service is literally the best I’ve ever dealt with. The one … Continue reading

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The Future of OpenID

If you haven’t, you really should go listen to Simon Willison’s talk on OpenID. He does a very good job of explaining what it does and how it can be used. With the slew of big names announcing support for … Continue reading

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On Avoiding the Password 'Explosion'

This article from the BBC states: The number of passwords and logins web users need makes it inevitable they will re-use phrases, warned the International Telecommunications Union. Re-using these identifiers puts people at serious risk of falling victim to identity … Continue reading

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More Microsummaries

This Microsummary thing is fun! I keep coming across sites/pages that should have them, so I keep makin em. I threw up a little script to allow viewing and installing the ones I’ve made. I propose a wiki-ish microsummary generator … Continue reading

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Microsummaries

Microsummaries are a fun little addition to the upcoming Firefox 2.0 (and currently in the Beta 1 release). Basically, your bookmark titles can update automatically to give you a quick view of what’s happening on the site. As an example … Continue reading

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Read-only select elements in HTML

In HTML 4, form elements can be defined as “readonly” so that the user can’t modify the value. However, you’ll notice that select controls (the drop-down lists) do not support the readonly attribute, just input and textarea controls. Can anyone … Continue reading

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The Beast

I just loaded up digg.com to see what was goin on in the world… I saw this: Coincedence? I don’t know… just sayin’

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