Why aren’t politicians and pundits talking about health care reform? You say they are? I say they’re talking about insurance reform, not health care reform, for the most part. Believe me: I want insurance reform. I currently have none. I am self-employed in Austin, TX with a wife and two boys. We could no longer [...]
911 should be abolished; it is socialized medicine, no?
Who would oppose 911 to bring health care to a dying person on the public dime? No one. Well, I wouldn’t put it past the Republicans at this point. Do I like the Republican Party? Hell no. Why would I like people who want to prevent [...]
Cold Song – Sting
Jan 8
What power
art thou
who from
below
hast made
me rise
unwillingly and slow
from beds of
everlasting
snow?
See’st thou not
how stiff
how stiff
and wondrous old
Far, far
unfit
to bear
the bitter
cold?
I can scarcely
move
or draw
my breath
Can scarcely
move
or draw
cold my breath
Let me, let me, let me freeze
again.
Let me, let me freeze
again to death.
Let me, let me, let me freeze
again
to death.
Happy New Year!
I can’t believe I’m saying this … due to popular demand … I have updated maxChar, my configurable jQuery plugin that adds a character counter to Web forms.
Example character counter
Example file missing. You browser does not support iframes. Sorry.
New and Improved
New features added in 0.3.0 are:
Feature change: Displays negative characters when past [...]
The new version of maxChar will be coming out soon. I’ve received a lot of great comments and it’s getting mentioned on other sites as well now. This has inspired me to set aside some time for the next version. Here are some of the sites I found that mention my plugin.
5 New jQuery Plugins [...]
Firefly TV Series
Dec 8
What a great show. I watched the first five episodes on Hulu, then a friend lent me his DVD so I could watch the rest, as well as the movie, Serenity. If you love scifi, you have to see Firefly. There are no aliens. Yes, no aliens in a scifi series. And it’s set as [...]
Boromir, who art thou?
Oct 31
Oh the things we argue about. Here’s an interesting one. Wouldn’t movies and books be better if more main characters died? Wouldn’t stories be less predictable, thus more engaging? Enter Boromir, Captain-General of Gondor, the heir to the Steward of Gondor, Denethor II. Is the death of Boromir an example of a main character [...]
My quest has begun. After years of battle with my router and with Time Warner Austin, I set out again to the front. Time to buy a new router. Unfortunately, I am keeping Time Warner (bastards have a monopoly on my area, but some day … Your time is coming Time Warner).
Anyway, back to the [...]
New Macbook Pro laptop
Aug 28
I’ve done it. The desktop is on the way of the dinosaur. Large and still thrilling. But too big to survive in today’s world. I had to get a better laptop. My ghettotop wasn’t cutting it anymore. Having a desktop is great when you need to sit at a desk. But having to sit at a desk when you need to work is not so great.
Learning about link building
Aug 11
Allow me to share what I learned at the SEO link building seminar, “Finding Your Most Valuable SEO Link Prospects, Faster and Easier with Ben Wills.” This is my second seminar on link building. The first one was a couple of years ago and I did not get much out of it. This one was different. Speaking to a packed room, Ben Wills presented on tools and techniques for evaluation and getting quality links. What is a “quality link” you ask?
