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Archive for October, 2005

I’m not FileMaker stupid after all

By Emile • Oct 28th, 2005 • Category: Design, FileMaker, General, Software

Thank you, oh thank you! To be quite honest, this is something that has struck me for quite some time and I’m gladly not nuts and another (obviously, VERY smart) FileMaker developer named Mikhail Edoshin has blogged about it.
Nearly as long as FileMaker developers have been adamant on establishing and using naming […]



Condensed Archives = “Monthchunks”

By Emile • Oct 26th, 2005 • Category: General, Wordpress

As per a question by Eric, if there are any others of you interested in how the Archives display like:
2005
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2004
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
with each # obviously pertaining to a month, the answer is MonthChunks. A fairly easy […]



iPod Magicians ?

By Emile • Oct 25th, 2005 • Category: Entertainment, General, Music

It would be safe to assume that this correlates to the iPod Nanos which have been lovingly embraced as well as the new video iPod screens that everyone is staring at: we’ve recently received a boatload of emails from people asking for help and suggestions on removing scratches from iPods as well as some hits […]



It’s raining … again

By Emile • Oct 25th, 2005 • Category: General

Not to be too boring again (I am working on other posts), but it is raining again, in near-biblical amounts. That’s the downside, the plus side is I still get to come home to a home vs. a pile of wood and glass like so many who have been affected by Hurricane Wilma. […]



Go ahead… laugh

By Emile • Oct 23rd, 2005 • Category: Entertainment, General, WWW

On the days where you staring at your screen seems to do more harm than good, a refreshing comic relief may be:
http://www.prangstgrup.com/index_1000.html
The startup sound spoof is particularly funny:
http://www.prangstgrup.com/startupsound/



So I’m Flocking …

By Emile • Oct 20th, 2005 • Category: General

I found a link mentioning a number of hits regarding the software named Flock.  Intrigued by the interface, I sauntered over to Flock.com and read a little bit more about what exactly Flock is. Answer: It’s a browser.
But it’s different and thus far, I appreciate the differences. It ties support for Del.Icio.Us into the browser […]



Random Thought on Usability Design

By Emile • Oct 20th, 2005 • Category: Design, General

I don’t visit or necessarily endorse Think Geek, but the shirt that read:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0
Zero rows were returned!
…put a smile on my face. And I don’t even really use SQL!



FileMaker Tooltips As Data Delivery Vehicle?

By Emile • Oct 20th, 2005 • Category: Design, FileMaker, General, Software

I’ve always liked tooltips, the ingenious little popups that fade in and out of existence when users place their mouse cursor over certain hotspots on the screen. Generally, they give you more information about a link or describe the purpose of an obscure icon. And recently, in reading an interview with Shaun Inman […]



What Makes Great Science Fiction

By Emile • Oct 18th, 2005 • Category: Design, Entertainment, General

With all of the bubblegum for our minds that exist at every turn, the well articulated thought is always refreshing. With the cinematic monuments of Star Wars, The Matrix, Lord Of The Rings, and others behind us, I found myself struck by the below quote in a review of Serenity. It clearly explains […]



Signs Of The Times

By Emile • Oct 18th, 2005 • Category: General

Seldom do I make comments about politics or culture or the offspring of both on this blog, but in the case of a recent drive this past weekend, it hit home somewhat more personally than just watching it on CNN.
In what is normally a serene, smooth and quiet drive from NYC out to […]