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A Good Reason to Say Good-bye.

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 10:42 pm

Been using Macromedia products, a lot. Started out with Freehand (BM, Before Macromedia, version 3 to be precise). Kept going to 10, then decided to go whole hog and went to Studio MX. One of the things I liked was MM’s “two-machine” license. I could have it on desktop and latop, without muss or fuss. […]

And While I’m on the Subject….

Filed under: General,Politics— arlen@ 5:19 pm

I’ve rarely agreed with Rep. James Sensenbrenner; I was even upset when he became my congressman through redistricting. But through his encounters with the Bush White House, I’m gaining some respect for the man. And my respect is harder to earn than my agreement. He voted against his party and his president when he refused […]

A Pox On Both Your Houses

Filed under: General,Politics— arlen@ 4:58 pm

Much has been made of Ann Coulter’s lastest screed. People have e-mailed some of the local talking heads insisting they denounce her. Charlie Sykes bluntly informs us it “isn’t his job”? to do that. Jessica McBride decides to be a bit more honest, and admit that she’s done the same thing to liberal writers, so […]

Huh?

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 7:54 am

It says here that Google is killing the economics of content, in the main because it makes it profitable to build a site with nothing buts ads. The disconnect for me is that the writer sounds as if that’s something new and different, something we haven’t had before, something that Google has recently enabled. Truth […]

What’s up with GMail?

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 11:42 am

I’ve been noticing a sharp upturn in comment spam including bizarre references to gmail servers, such as www2-2.gmail.com and I can’t figure out what’s up. The comments are archetypical spam comments, but the message, instead of containing links to products, contains several similar links to gmail servers. I generally still shoot on sight, but I’m […]

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