Workaround to IE Google Maps Bug

Last night I finally figured out a workaround to a frustrating Google Maps issue in Internet Explorer.
I’ve seen IE have problems with perfectly valid HTML in many other cases. Here’s the latest IE issue.
You can’t enclose a Google Map within a <div> tag and have the Google Map render correctly in Internet Explorer. I […]

Zimbra Beta Shows Promising Use of AJAX

The new beta from Zimbra™ looks promising. They make extensive use of AJAX technology — the power behind Google Maps that makes server based applications behave more like desktop software.
Zimbra™ Collaboration Suite Open Source Project Beta Launch Zimbra is a community for building and maintaining next generation collaboration technology. Currently, this technology is available […]

Is RSS a Replacement for E-mail Marketing?

Some recent stats on RSS technology: 
A recent Jupiter Research study found that only 3 percent of the 4,000 internet users surveyed actually use RSS. A research study from Forrester Research claims that only 2 percent of all online households in America are using RSS. A Pew Internet & American Life Project report notes that only […]

Extending Firefox for Web Developers

Some best-of-breed FireFox extentions for web developers: 
The Mozilla Firefox browser is probably the greatest webbrowser in the world on it’s own. But ever since it’s extension feature matured around the release of Firefox 1.0 it has been an absolute killer application! For web developers it has become the ultimate tool to inspect, debug and test […]

Linux 40% cheaper than Windows, claims IBM

After two years of Microsoft-sponsored research heralding the benefits of Windows over Linux comes this report from IBM:
Linux’s total cost of operation (TCO) is typically 40% lower than Windows, according to an IBM-sponsored report from Robert Frances Group, publicized by IBM this week.

Who to trust more, Microsoft or IBM? Hmmm… Read full article at […]

Harnessing your interstitial time

A great article on filling downtime. Think about occasions when:

You’re stuck on hold with technical support
You’re waiting for a disk utility to finish defragging your hard drive
You’re in a line at the DMV that will take at least an hour
Your flight’s been delayed for an […]

PigPogPDA

What Is It?

A Moleskine hack.
An extreme Moleskine hack.
A simplified GTD system.
A complete personal management system for those who’s needs aren’t too complicated.
A rather over-the-top system for dealing with just the capturing and processing end of GTD.

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Comprehensive list of 325+ WordPress 1.5 Themes

Need a blog theme for WordPress? 
WordPress 1.5 uses a new system that takes the template to the next level — themes. Not only are there many themes which are freely available to download and use in your own blog, but you can use Ryan Boren’s ThemeSwitcher plugin to allow your weblog visitors to change your […]

Building WordPress Themes — A ‘Cheat Sheet’

A great resource for anyone needing to build a WordPress theme:
http://www.techwench.com/05-2005/15-theme-cheat-sheet

Ye Olde Hipster

Turns out the Hipster PDA paper system has an old precedent: 

43 Folders: Ye Olde Hipster

There is nothing new under the sun!