Well I said I was going to refrain from blogging while Im on contract to DEC, but a new version of WordPress is worth a mention on here–since this site is powered by WordPress. Lets hope all my plugins work as I chose not to run with the Beta on … Read More
In Defense of Cleverbot
I stumbled accross a forum topic claiming that Cleverbot is not an actual chat bot, but in fact a spy for the United States DHS. I decided I would humor some of the posters by interrogating Cleverbot and posting the results: Me: Good evening and welcome to the studio. CB: … Read More
Occupy Web Technology
The “Occupy” brand has exploded, Im not going to get into all the different products latching onto the Occupy theme–that would take to long. What I have found a little interesting is that two Occupy movements have popped up that I think are worth a mention here, they are Occupy … Read More
[VIDEO] The CMS Rap…
I was sent this a while ago but didnt click the link till today… This guy is the Biggie Smalls of WebRappers!–bigger than Heavy-D and his boys. http://youtu.be/Zw-oflFWiR8
Finally Its Released! (no, not Skyrim)
I have to admit, the last week my major focus has been Skyrim–tho Im not here to mention that!. No the other big release recently (and its not Saints Row 3 or MW3 either!) was Android 4.0, and my reaction is a bit mixed. Not all Android compatable devices can … Read More
Web Traffic: Quality over Quantity
Last week I recived an unsolicited phone call from a PPC (pay-per-click) re-seller wanting to take me on as a client; Now I dont have anything against PPC per-say, however it is important to note that a PPC campaign can be counter intuitive in some situations. An example of this … Read More
Joomla! as an intranet?: YES WE CAN!
I was approached a few weeks ago by the Equal Opportunity Commission to build a Joomla powered Intranet–at first I had apprehensions: Joomla is not the greatest of CMS software for this application, and all government departments are running MOSS2010, so It would be simple logic to go with SharePoint … Read More
Computer Virus or Electronic Weapon
The idea that remote control planes are attacking civilian targets worries me, the idea that they are attacking anything worries me. So you can only guess my reaction when I read this in wired: A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every … Read More
Drupal 7 Release
Im going to be spending an all nighter in Drupal sandbox getting ready for the release. Hopefully I can get something cool together for opening night. But for now the sandbox is fairly inconspicuous.. Below is a promo vid from team drupal that will no doubt be tweeted a million … Read More
Horses for Courses
How can I say to someone that I dont put my clients in Joomla baceause its no a suitable product for what they want from their web?? Joomla is a pig of a thing and its only by a cruel twist of fate that I had to develop with it. … Read More