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My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.

WINK Published June 29, 2004

WINK is the coolest program. It’s a free web-based tutorial creation program like Camtasia, but I found it to be a lot easier to use. Creating tutorials is a breeze. There’s no audio support yet, but you could add that in yourself using Flash. Backing up a DVD with DVD Shrink Encoding a video to XviD with Vidomi I’m working on some more… stay tuned.


Velvet Revolver and Copy Protected CDs Published June 18, 2004

I dig the new Velvet Revolver cd. The music rocks, the singing is great, and it’s just a good return to grungy rock ‘n’ roll. I recommend this highly. Many who read this site know that I have an iPod and I like to listen to my music wherever I go. However, the Velvet Revolver CD is protected by a digital rights management program that prevents me, a legitimate owner of the disc, from ripping a copy to take with me on my iPod.


Extending Dreamweaver Published June 15, 2004

I found a good basic tutorial on how to write extensions for DreamWeaver. All it takes is some simple JavaScript and HTML. Read more on Making A Simple, Useful Extension at Dreamweaver FAQ.com ALA has a good post today on how to make liquid CSS layouts. Anyone who’s just learning CSS should give this a read.


What a week… Published June 10, 2004

First Reagan, now Ray Charles. local6.com – Entertainment – Music Legend Ray Charles Dies


Useful Web Tools Published June 1, 2004

Universal Accessibility In Practice CSS Filters Client Quotes!!!


Web Standards Presentation Published May 28, 2004

I gave my presentation on web standards today. I covered XHTML and CSS and how they can be used to create websites that separate design from presentation. We spent about 90 minutes going over the concepts and some demonstrations. Download the PowerPoint slides


Again and Again Published May 26, 2004

Mom’s back in the hospital again because she’s in pain. Today will be her first treatment with the higher dosage of the medicine, and I understand they are going to suppliment the antibodies with some other drugs. Mom still seems optimistic though. In case you didn’t know, her lymphoma has been upgraded to “large cell lymphoma”, a more agressive type. She was given the option of chemotherapy or a bone-marrow transplant, but either of those choices would be an option if the lymphoma returned after treatment.


Supreme Court Rules on ADA case Published May 17, 2004

In a major victory for disabled Americans, the Supreme Court Monday ruled they deserve equal access and accommodation at government buildings, such as courthouses and schools, in all states. Read the opinion of the court or read the summary at CNN..