I was looking at a post on Twitter and saw a reference to Wordle and thought, "what the heck is that?" So I did a quick Google. I can't see any usefulness to this but it's pretty interesting none the less. Here are two Wordles I made from my RSS feed here. Number 1: Number 2: Like I said... pretty interesting and neat. Why not give it a try for yourself? Just visit Wordle.net … [Read more...]
Coworking in Knoxville
A good thing about working for yourself can be the independence that it provides. But, some of the bad things about working for yourself can be the solitude and the lose of the ability to bounce ideas off others. Well, my wife was looking around Facebook a few weeks back and ran across a Group called CoWorking Knoxville and thought it would be up my alley. Here's how Coworking Knoxville describes themselves: We're a group of free-lancers, Web programmers, self-employed professionals, … [Read more...]
Site of the Week: FreeRice.com
It's been a while since my last Site-of-the-week... Sorry for the long delay but nothing has really shown through, IMHO, until now. My wife found this one and I think it's great! FreeRice.com FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, … [Read more...]
Thank You Cards
I just received this in my e-mail and thought I'd share.... No matter what your stand is about our involvement in Iraq, our young men and women there need to know that we as a country still think of them and care enough to say Thank You.?? A meaningful way for saying, 'Thank You!' Something cool that Xerox is doing. If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is … [Read more...]
Remote Desktop Slow in Vista
I am using my Vista Ultimate machine primarily now for day-to-day work.. And everything is running quite smoothly to be honest. No crashes, no freezes, no spyware.. Everything is great. I help manage SEVERAL servers across my WAN and use Remote Desktop to great effect. But, last week a new Server was added. I logged in with my trusty Remote desktop to start setting up an SFTP server. Only, this time everything was WAY WAY WAY Slow... I mean I was waiting a good thirty seconds between clicks. … [Read more...]
Site of the Week: Geek the Tube
Welcome to a new Site of the week.. This week's site deals with an issue that is important to everyone, young or old... TV Ray Camden over at Coldfusion Jedi being the lost fanatic that he is had created an area of his Coldfusion Forums to talk about Lost and other TV shows. Well, now he has split that out an created this site devoted solely to that topic. Geek the Tube So, if you are addicted to a "Geeky" TV show... Go over an check this site out and see what all the others "Geeks" … [Read more...]
Site of the Week: TipBin
Ray Camden over a ColdfusionJedi blogged about a new site called TipBin. So, I went over to check it out and it is really pretty cool. I think everyone should go check this out and share your tips! I've not added any yet but plan on doing so this afternoon. Here's a little info from the TipBin site: About TipBin I have this theory about the world: nobody is stupid. It doesn't matter who you are, what you do, or where or how long you went to school. You know things … [Read more...]