Taking advantage of Flickr for hosting blog photos22 Jul 2007
Using Flickr to host photos for a blog built with Expression Engine, as a way to handle resizing and offset bandwidth.
[ Continue reading ]Just a quick plug . . .18 Jun 2007
I’m trying to do way too much these days so I haven’t really had time to post, but I wanted to drop a quick plug for The Hackensaw Boys new album Look Out.
[ Continue reading ]A million little cults of personality15 May 2007
My take on Clive Thompson’s article in the Sunday NYTimes magazine about the new business model for independent musicians.
[ Continue reading ]Data Visualization for the Common Man22 Apr 2007
A new Web app from IBM makes it easy for anyone to create a data visualization—the tough part is finding interesting data.
[ Continue reading ]The importance of quality hosting9 Apr 2007
Graphical proof that you get what you pay for in web hosting—moving has resulted in page loads 20 times faster.
[ Continue reading ]The USPS and the Snail . . .29 Mar 2007
How the term “snail mail” does a disservice to our invertebrate, be-shelled friends everywhere.
[ Continue reading ]Virb is to MySpace as Nina Simone is to Britney Spears11 Mar 2007
I set up The Periodic Label’s page on Virb this week, and it was as if someone had designed a version of MySpace to MySpecifications.
[ Continue reading ]Tentatively trying out OpenID26 Feb 2007
I’ve decided to stick my big toe into the OpenID pool. So deeeeeeep.
[ Continue reading ]Stop all this jibber jabbering16 Feb 2007
For some reason, I’ve got Mr. T’s voice in my head telling me to get the new site up already. In this case, the 80’s TV icon has a point—sometimes you just gotta go with what you got, and stop chasing perfection.
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