Over the past few years that I have been playing disc golf, I’ve recently been talking with other individuals in my area about starting a weekly after-dinner summer league where folks can get out and have a little fun. There’s been interest, but there is one major “hurdle” or barrier standing in the way [...]
When I went to Rochester, New York last October to present optimization workshops at HighEdWeb2007, I met two of the nicest guys that I have met while out on the road in Steve Williams and Jason Morgan at InnerSync Studio, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. We hit it off right away, and talked quite a bit [...]
A quick update tonight: Andrew Dent posted a comment in this blog, alerting me to the fact that he just released version 1.0 of PNGSlim in beta form (available for download at http://people.bath.ac.uk/ea2aced/tech/png/pngslim.zip)…and that we should have individuals experiment with the new tool to see how everything works (as well as see what type of [...]
Other than movies or Channels such as History, National Geographic or Discovery, I don’t end up watching a lot of TV (when I’m not working, I’m playing with my girls…and when I’m not playing with my girls, I’m usually working). However, I do tend to enjoy watching Comedy Central in the late evenings, and the [...]
Those of you who know me well know that when I’m not busy working or entertaining my two daughters, you’ll probably find me out on a disc golf course somewhere in Southwestern Minnesota. I love the sport….so much so that I have recently joined a group called the Minnesota Frisbee Association, as well as serve [...]
For those of you who absolutely LOVE to work with 32-bit .png files (24-bit color and 8-bit transparency, also referred to as RGBA), two of the nagging drawbacks of using those image files have always been:
1. Cross-browser compliance issues. MSIE 6.0 and lower never properly supported alpha transparency without a number of tweaks and [...]
The web developer in me got excited today when my copy of the 2008 HighEdWeb conference brochure arrived in the mail! I was fortunate enough to be able to both attend and present at their 2007 event in Rochester, New York…and it was a fabulous experience. Great people, great session [...]
I can still remember the situation: it was 2002, my wife and I had our new-born (eldest daughter) and I was barely eeking out a living getting my map design firm off the ground while juggling a part-time job on top of things. I had my young daughter taking a cat-nap on my shoulder while [...]
One of the tools that has become indispensable to me in my day to day computing activities is a great little free program called CCleaner. According to their web site: “CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up [...]
In my mapping work, I “dabble” a bit in programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Google SketchUp in my day-to-day activities. However, if you ask me (at my core) about the type of work I would LOVE to be doing, I would tell you that I would be creating vector imagery using Corel Draw [...]
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