When I hear the phrase “Researchers at MIT…” I know I’m about to read/hear about something that is potentially mind blowing. What I just saw at TreeHugger was along those lines. Researchers at MIT are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass-produced, rented by commuters under a shared-use business [...]
I vaguely remember when I learned this incredible trick in college, and it has saved me from reaching for the mouse any more than is absolutely necessary. If you can’t already tell, I’m a keystroke kinda guy. The mouse is great and all, I just prefer leaving my hands in one place where I can [...]
As was noted in the comments over at SlackerManager, this site was down for the better part of today. There’s another blog on my web hosting account that I serve that has been hosing Apache for the entire server. I’ve been given a bit of a reprieve from the host, and I’ll be migrating all [...]
Lorelle, over at Lorelle on WordPress, is doing a bangup job so far in her Month of WordPress Plugins. I’ve been happy to see some of my favorite plugins featured already. I’m even finding some new types of plugins that I’m wondering how I’ve made it without them. This is a great series. Rather than [...]
I just want to say welcome to everyone coming from SlackerManager. I actually have to give him a bit of credit for this being started. It’s very common for him to come into my office with some new idea for a fun project or money-making idea. He’s very entrepreneurial like that. I normally wouldn’t have [...]
Google Tutor gave some valuable information out about creating better links in relation to the Google search engine. The gist of it is that when you make a link with text like “click here” the search engines are not indexing the link effectively. No matter how intelligent Google may seem to be, it’s still machine [...]
I don’t remember how I first found out about Yugma, but this is a great piece of software for online meetings. Similar to Basecamp, you can have a limited FREE account, or varying levels of pay-for accounts. All accounts come with desktop sharing, audio teleconferencing, annotations & whiteboarding, the ability to change presenters, and public [...]
One thing I’ve found annoying about the way Windows handles the display of open applications is the inflexibility in the Taskbar. With XP they gave the ability to group Taskbar items from the same application together, but still no way for me to organize the lineup how I really want it. My morning, login routine [...]
For a long time — so long I can’t remember when I started — My Yahoo! has been my homepage. Back when Yahoo! was king they were the (possibly) the first to do a customizable portal page. Since I started using it the content I have on the page hasn’t really changed. When I first [...]
This is old news by some measure, but it is a timeless piece of trickery with Excel. Make a calendar in Excel: =IF(MONTH(DATE(YEAR(NOW()),MONTH(NOW()),1)) <>MONTH(DATE(YEAR(NOW()),MONTH(NOW()),1)- (WEEKDAY(DATE(YEAR(NOW()),MONTH(NOW()),1))-1)+ {0;1;2;3;4;5}*7+{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}-1),”",DATE(YEAR(NOW()), MONTH(NOW()),1)-(WEEKDAY(DATE(YEAR(NOW()), MONTH(NOW()),1))-1)+{0;1;2;3;4;5}*7+{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}-1) To use it: Copy the formula text to the clipboard Activate an Excel sheet and select a 7-col by 6-row range Press F2 Press Ctrl+V to paste [...]