Valentines Day
what a way to celebrate a massacre huh?
Of course, with a little preparation most massacres probably could be avoided, which is why I am giving you today's webtip. Ms. Higazi was kind enough to send me this little rant designed to help you identify potential Bad Ideas, before you actually get into a relationship with them.
That's right, if you are the type to end up with so called "diamonds in the rough" mistakenly believing that you can change them with your love, this site page is a must read. Identify the hopeless cases before you get yourself in too deep.
Oh yeah, the rest of the site is pretty damn good as well. A must read for all of you nice guys out there.
Had this little gem a couple of days ago. It's an article on A List Apart about the secret art of web design, and its parallels with certain television shows. Okay, it refers to a show called Oz, which I have never seen. The comments are basically a collection of other shows that also bear a certain resemblance to the web building process.
Ah memories. Combined with the ORF online stories about KHG and his webpage, this article really brings me back to that wild and wooly ride on the new economy roller coaster. Images of clueless CTO, CEO, CFO's and key account managers dance through my brain as I write these lines. The strange flow of money through these projects were always a source of wonder for me, and I frequently had to think of terrible television from my childhood in an attempt at working my way through reality.
If you want to get a better understanding of web design or the new economy, well, first of all, its probably too late to really matter, and second of all, it probably won't be all that useful, but, if you really want to, I mean if I can't convince you to just forget the whole damn thing and go out for coffee with some friends instead, well, then I guess this article might help.
have been around forever. The earliest mention found for them on google dates back to 1984. The online world ws a much different place back then. That meant BBS's for most of us, and telnet accounts to a universtiy mainframe for the select few.
In other words, the archive has software that is probably older than most of the computers you might be using.
The bad thing about this is that you might need an emulator to run some of the older stuff.
Small is good. Really. I know small, and it is a VERY good thing.
Especially in software.
TinyApps is a collection of software that doesn't exceed 1.44 mb (I can remember when that would have been a big program), is free (no adware), and is completely self contained.
Now for the bad news.
Its only for windows. Mac kiddies are once again out in the cold, but I can you can always see if the infomac archives are still around. Of course, most of those will only run on systems prior to os 8.
used to be called Firebird. Before it was called Firebird, it was called Phoenix. Al clear?
Firefox is put out by the Mozilla crew. You may recognize the name of Mozilla. It is the browser that used to be Netscape Navigator. Sort of. It's a long history and not really that relevant for us right now.
Why would I want another browser? hmmmm....
Security? Firefox doesn't support VBscript or ActiveX, two things responsible for quite a few security holes in Internet Explorer. Spyware or adware can't automatically install itself just because you have visited a site, and the whole thing ISN'T integrated with MS windows, which means even if it should be compromised, it can't do anywhere near as much damage as it's primary competitor.
Speed? It's a very fast little browser. It may be hard to believe, but not all of the pauses in your surfing are caused by heavy internet traffic. Sometimes IE just takes longer to render a page.
Control? It has terrific keyboard shortcuts, tabbed browsing (try it, you'll like it) customizable tool bars, themes, and a killer pop up blocker. Say good bye to those nasty ads forever.
It's free. Some other excellent browsers provide many of the same features. The problem is you are expected to pay for them, or suffer through an ad banner placed in your browser itself.
Now if only I could get them to install this at work. I would be a truly happy camper.
is for the U.S. citizens out there. You may not have known it, but being abroad doesn't mean being out of the loop as far as politics go. Democrats Abroad are there to help.
The Austrian chapter of Democrats Abroad was founded just this last year, providing some usefull services for politically minded individuals of ANY political persuasion. Of course, they have more to offer if you tend towards the democratic side of the coin. The site offers complete information on how to vote from abroad in this years election, as well as news and updates about the democratic candidates, voting laws, and local activities.
One of those local activities is a Causus. It's sort of a noisier version of a primary, and it means that U.S. citizens who have time to stop by the event in Vienna tonight can play a role in deciding which of the democratic candidates will actually make the bid for the Whitehouse.
Republicans, Libertarians, Socialists, Communists, and the rest of us can also benefit from the registration help and infrastructure that the Democrats Abroad are providing as part of their voter registration drive. They are really doing quite a bit to make voting as easy as possible.
Wien | 14.2.2004 | 10:27 
