ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Friday Funny – Life Explained

This little funny was sent to me earlier this week. I thought I’d share it with everyone. It could explain everything. Life Explained: On the first day God created the dog. God said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of … Read more

Screen Capture – the easy way

I’ve been asked several times lately to recommend a good screen capture program. There are some great capture programs out there… But, most of those asking only needed the most basic of the functions. And luckily Windows already has the function built in.

That mysterious print screen button on your keyboard can now be of some use to you..

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Internet Explorer: IE7

IE 7 has been officially released. Here are a few of the reported enhancements to the browser: Simplified User Experience: The Internet Explorer 7 frame is reorganized to make it noticeably simpler, more streamlined, and less cluttered with unnecessary items. This maximizes the area of the screen devoted to the webpages that you want to see and makes performing the … Read more

Friday Funny – a new

Well… It's been a while since I've had a Friday Funny. I bet most of you thought I'd given up? You know, YouTube is a pretty neat place and that is where this week's FRIDAY FUNNY comes from. My Niece has been wanting an IPOD but, they were so expensive.. This one may bet right in our price range.. Although, … Read more

Javascript Countdown

Not long ago I Blogged about a Coldfusion method for counting down to a specific date. Well, if you don't have access to a coldfusion server for your site, it's pretty easy to add the same function with Javascript. I found this script at: JavaScriptKit It's really simple to modify. Just modify the “var before ” and “var current” text … Read more

Not Coldfusion….

I’m trying my best to keep things relevant… Well, maybe I’m not. Anyway, as you can tell.. or maybe you can’t I don’t know, this is yet another Non-Coldfusion, non-Techincal, non-helpful Post.. Hey this blog is “Random” isn’t it?!? Well, I’ve decided to try and improve my picture taking skills. When building websites, you always find yourself in need of … Read more

Life in the 1500’s

Submitted by: James

This is fairly interesting… don’t know how true but, interesting:

Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

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