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Archive for January, 2006

FileMaker 8 Developer Certification Is Here

By Emile • Jan 27th, 2006 • Category: FileMaker, General, Software

For those not “in-the-know”, and looking to perhaps up ramp their recognition in the FileMaker indutstry as a FileMaker expert, then look no further. You can now be certified for the version 8 toolset of FileMaker products which can offer recognition, reward, and competitive advantage.
There are several benefits to becoming FileMaker certified and you […]



Google, Gmail, and the Delete Button

By Emile • Jan 27th, 2006 • Category: Design, General, Software, WWW

Google idealism of “do no evil”, while admirable, is still not necessarily practical. What I mean by that is that Gmail users like myself have contended with the fact that Google thought, in their original release of Gmail, that 1gig of space is so profuse and excessive that users would never really need to […]



FileMaker Mobile 8 Ships!!

By Emile • Jan 26th, 2006 • Category: FileMaker, General, Software

FileMaker announced on Tuesday that FileMaker Mobile 8, its application designed for Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds, is now shipping. Among the changes in the new version is the ability to synchronize handhelds with databases on FileMaker Server 8 and FileMaker Server 8 Advanced. FileMaker Mobile also includes six new starter templates including Contact […]



Favorite photography sites

By Emile • Jan 22nd, 2006 • Category: General

Ashes & Snow (http://ashesandsnow.org) - Gregory Colbert’s mindbending & seemingly surreal, yet completely unaltered images of man, woman & nature together

Chromasia.com “Chaos Theory” - though this is uncharacteristic of his work, I love this shot. See below for work more typical of Chromasia

Chromasia.com “Winter Landing”

Mute’s Winter Rose

Mute’s Tree & Sunset

Joaquin as Johnny Cash

Henri Dauman’s […]



And now, a little more about you…

By Emile • Jan 21st, 2006 • Category: General

The current issue of Business Week has an interesting article on the necessity of math and the kind of deep analysis that is occurring at all sorts of levels on everyone by everyone. Read the article. But for those of you who wonder who you are and how you do what you do, […]



Tech support at it’s best?

By Emile • Jan 20th, 2006 • Category: Entertainment, General



Capote & Cash

By Emile • Jan 19th, 2006 • Category: Entertainment, General, Photography

Yeah, so I saw both those flicks and have opinions on both, which I’ll put up here soon enough. In the meantime, I’ve come across some sensational photography and couldn’t help but pass it along. This is certainly the best I’ve ever seen of Joaquin.



FileMaker at MacWorld Expo 2006

By Emile • Jan 18th, 2006 • Category: FileMaker, General

FileMaker has posted a few pics of their famous white pavilion booth that was at the MacWorld Expo/Developers Conference 2006.
I would have loved to have been there, and maybe shake a few engineers hands… then maybe exclaim “What took so long for tooltips???”
For your viewing pleasure, see the photos here.



Multi CD Loader

By Emile • Jan 18th, 2006 • Category: Design, General

Anyone know of any kind of Mac or Windows device that automatically loads a CD into a CD tray? I’m looking for a kind of self-contained unit much like a disc duplicator, but a device that physically loads the CD and can retrieve it if ejected or removed from a PC… The device […]



What’s really behind a Steve Jobs keynote

By Emile • Jan 18th, 2006 • Category: Design, Entertainment, General, WWW

I imagine most of us could imagine most of these things, but I’ve never seen it articulated so well. See what I mean…