29
Apr
Obama’s First 100 Days
The New York Post has a very informative article, 100 Days, 100 Mistakes. I’ve posted 5 of them here up-top and the other 95 after the jump. If you take the time to read them, and you don’t get mad… you’ve been brain washed. Number 1: 1. “Obama criticized pork barrel Read more
28
Apr
Strange jQuery Behavior
I’ve discovered some strange behavior with jQuery at work today. I have an element that when changed is checked for a condition. If the condition is met, I disable a form element on the screen, and then if the condition ever becomes false, I allow this element again. (In addition Read more
28
Apr
Mary Ann Glendon Says “No”
What does it look like when people take a stand with their principles? Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard Law professor and former US Ambassador to the Vatican, has decided not to accept the honor that Notre Dame would like to give her simply because of the decision to have Mr. Read more
23
Apr
Ditches, Cores, Moralities
Dave Ramsey gives an example illustrating the importance of purpose in our work. A study was done where they hired men to to work without knowing the overall goal of what was to be accomplished. (Mainly because there was none.) When they came to work in the morning, they would Read more
22
Apr
Henson’s 11
A great mashup where somebody took the time to mix scenes from the movie “The Great Muppet Caper” and the audio from the Ocean’s 11 movie trailer. Read more
22
Apr
Why Eye Candy Matters (A List Apart)
A List Apart recently ran an article about why its important to not neglect the “eye candy” aspects of web work. The entire article is worth the read, but I found the highlight to be: Attractive things work better Okay, so maybe perceptions are important to product design. But what about Read more
22
Apr
Obama, Apologies, Fail
Lee Cary via AmericanThinker.com has published a very interesting article about the potential backlash from Obama running around apologizing to every country he can on behalf of the United States. Worth a read: Our President is working a list of nations he feels we’ve offended and he’s apologizing. Ultimately, that behavior Read more
21
Apr
Coffee Thoughts
I’m finding it harder than I thought I would to give up most of my coffee drinking. I was going to try an give it up completely (replaced with tea) until I read this article by Dr. Oz. For the most part I’ve taken myself down from about 6 – Read more
21
Apr
Bobby Sherman Likes Disneyland
Bobby Sherman was a teenage idol at some point in the past. (It was before my time that’s for sure.) But hes not anymore, so what is a former teen idol supposed to do with all his off time? How about building a 1/5 scale of Disneyland in his back Read more
