Category: Technology

I always wondered this. What happens if you end up in the ocean? Will it drain through? What a way to end drought!

If I dig a very deep hole, where I go to stop?

Ever want to organize your life? Think you need a PDA? Try this out: http://www.pocketmod.com/.

I want to officially announce that I’m working on some Prayer Timer software (think an OpenSource version of PrayTimer). If you have ideas for features you would like to have the application include, just send me an e-mail. My contact information can be found here.

I expect development of the beta to take a couple of months. Check back regularly…I’ll try and keep my blog up to date with what I have done so far.

One of the things I would like help with is a name. What do you guys think it should be named?

[Update 2012-12-25 22:18:36] First off, I’m not working on this any more.  I didn’t get very far with it last time and no one expressed interest in it.  Also, I had a bad link to the Prayer Timer software.  The link has been corrected.

Do you like comics? Then you may be interested in Comic Alert. They will allow you to build a favorites list of comics and then subscribe to is as an RSS feed. I just signed up today…I'll let everyone know how it is going after a few days.

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have some gmail invites I'll give out. If you are interested, send me an e-mail. My contact information can be found here. Don't post in comments to this post…send me an e-mail. Oh, I'm going to be a bit selctive, so tell me what you want one for.

Surfing the internet this morning, I came across this article on "fast" coding. In this contect, fast refers to the speed at which the page loads not the development time. What do you think?

There are many perspectives on speed. Most developers view speed as a matter of code efficiency. Code efficiency is important, but I consider the user perspective far more important. On the web, this is even more important as both latency and transfer speed become a higher priority.

 

Well, should we? I have read several articles at Wikipedia. Sometimes they are ok. Most of the time, they are left of center. I tend to treat the information from there as I would information from NBC, CNN, etc…. Basically, in my mind, it is all about knowing your source and knowing how much credibility they ought to have. In my world, Fox News has way more credibility than CNN. Depending on the slant of the Wikipedia article, I may give it some, none, or a lot of credibility.

Here is a link to a site talking about the problems with Wikipedia.

For those of you who don't know, Wikipedia is a wiki. What is a wiki? Well, this being an area where there is little subjectivity, here is a link to the wikipedia article on wikis. In short, a wiki is a webpage anyone can edit and add to.

After mowing my grass today in 95 degree heat, one of these would be really cool:

Hybrid Remote Control Lawn Mower

I was surfing today and ran across these three articles:

In Saudi Arabia, a high-tech way to flirt
Coffee Shops Double as Entertainment Centers

This made me wonder if there is a way to take advantage of this. Since it is illegal to try and convert people from Islam in Saudi Arabia, I wonder if there is a way you could share via bluetooth. This would still be illegal, but it would be harder to trace. And, if everyone is doing this, they are already primed for bluetooth use.

I was surfing the internet this evening and thought I would test my speed. Cyndi and I use Comcast in Richmond VA. The speed was measured using a dslreports.com speed tester.