Pearson is a big British company that lots of folks don't know, although most of you do indeed know some of the Pearson Education brands (Que, Sams, Peachpit, New Riders, Addison Wesley, and more, and that's just in the tech world; there is also Financial Times, Penguin, Dorling Kindersley, and...
I update all of my IM account passwords on a regular basis, and did so this morning. They all updated properly, except for AIM, which complained that "you used non-alphanumeric characters". The characters it was complaining about? @ and !, both of which apparently are not allowed. Oh well, I guess...
Google has entered the IM space. If you are a Trillain Pro user, here are instructions for connecting to Google Talk using Trillian. FYI, Google Talk uses XMPP (as does Jabber), and so it'll be easy to create a ColdFusion event gateway to Google Talk.
As the name suggests, the .xxx top level domain is planned as a virtual red light district, the idea being that by grouping adult oriented material into a single TLD it would be easier to block and control access to these sites. As per the proposal, use of the .xxx TLD would be entirely optional,...
Comcast has been aggravating me endlessly. Service has been unavailable far too often, support can't answer basic questions, the connection keeps going down ... in fact the only thing that stays up is the price, and that has kept going up and up and up. DSL wasn't available way back when, which is...
Continental Airlines has been offering free WiFi in their President's Clubs for quite a while now (a service that I take advantage off whenever possible). Although, in truth, it's not actually free Wifi, because access to the lounges is paid for (usually an annual fee to Continental or a partner...
The Detroit News ran a story this week about a bill being considered by Lansing that would mandate that schools start after Labor Day. The rational being that a longer summer would mean more tourism revenue. As explained by a representative of the Michigan Hotel, Motel & Resort Association, "it...
Title says it all. See the Studio 8 page for more details. And at 8:00 am on 8/8, what an incredible coincidence. ;-)
Two days ago I posted en entry regarding the State of Michigan's Protect MI Child initiative. The following is a response I received yesterday from Protect MI Child: The security of the registry was a paramount concern when creating the ProtectMIChild service. Once a child's address is confirmed by...
Yes, it is an ad for beer, but you've just got to see this Australian Carlton Draught Big Ad . Hilarious! Thanks to Peter Tilbrook for sending it my way.