Computers

My Cisco Phone Now Has The Time!

I am a simple guy with simple needs. I restarted my phone today, I do that when someone calls me using Skype. Why? Because Skype’s caller ID is starts with a 0 and it messes thing up on the phone for some types of outgoing calls. Anyway… After I restarted my phone I noticed the

Web Development

Zend (PHP) & Microsoft (Windows) Working Together

A Reuters article named Microsoft forges ties with open source maker Zend caught my attention. Zend is the corporation behind the extremely popular web development language PHP, we use it here religiously. Microsoft and Zend have formed a type of partnership where Microsoft “will ensure PHP programs run on past and future versions of Microsoft

Religion

Why No Halloween Costume For Barry?

You may have noticed how I put up a Halloween logo at the Search Engine Roundtable just recently. So why no special costume like Matt, for Halloween for Cartoon Barry? Well, I do not celebrate Halloween. Possibly the closest Jewish holiday to this, in terms of “dressing up,” may be Purim (פורים). Typically, children dress

Motor Vehicle

Use The Blinker On Your Car

There are a few things that bug me big time, one of those things is when people don’t use their turn signal (aka blinker) when making a turn. The worst is when someone wants to pull over to the side of the road but refuses to let the drivers behind him that he is doing

Daily Search Coverage

MSN Campaign, RB ®, GSite, GG Missing?, G Pics, CIA, Pub Ads, Kinderstart End?, Orkut+, Base 2.0, Y!AOL, More

I am currently in NYC now, catching up with things after a meeting with Xact about their new cool DECT Bluetooth VOIP/Skype/Landline phone, I can’t wait until they come out. Anyway… Search stuff…. Microsoft has launched a new ad campaign, Matt from Google considers it very interesting. Some Indian guy tried to piggy back off

Just Weird

Boy Steals Bus & Drives Routes To Earn Money?

Boston.com reports that a 15 year old Florida boy stole a bus and began driving a bus route, stopping at all stops and collecting fares from passengers. In Saturday’s incident, he took the bus from the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, where it was parked awaiting sale at an auction, a Seminole County sheriff’s report

FamilyTravels

St. Louis Most Dangerous City In The U.S.

Bloomberg reports that St. Louis, the birth city of my wife and the home of my in-laws, is the most dangerous city in the United States of America. The Missouri city topped a list of 371 metropolitan areas in an assessment of 2005 FBI statistics for murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle

Web Development

Why MovableType Over WordPress?

Hawaii SEO asked; Why do you prefer MovableType over WordPress? So why do I prefer MT over WP? Honestly, I started blogging years ago and back then, MT was the way to go. WordPress has a lot of good features and a lot of bloggers live by WordPress – so I am sure it rocks.

Sports

St. Louis Cards Win!

I am sure you all know by now, that the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series Friday night. Just wanted to note it here, just to have. http://cardinals.mlb.com/ Great year for St. Louis. 😉