Books By People I Know - the blog http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog My first blog, and somewhat related to the concept of promoting books by people I know. Wed, 21 May 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 en Might go Drupal http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2008/05/21/might-go-drupal/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2008/05/21/might-go-drupal/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 23:01:04 +0000 info general stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2008/05/21/might-go-drupal/ Thinking about reviving this website and blog, and using Drupal to do it. Anyone have any suggestions?

]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2008/05/21/might-go-drupal/feed/ Good Ol’ Ben Franklin http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/06/02/good-ol-ben-franklin/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/06/02/good-ol-ben-franklin/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:32:22 +0000 info general stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/06/02/good-ol-ben-franklin/ Okay I don’t know him, so his book is not technically listed here as one of the “books by people I know”, but since I just finished reading his autobiography I feel closer to our country’s greatest postmaster than I ever have before. Of course if I had a few more hundred dollar bills I might feel even closer, but so far that opportunitiy to surround myself with portraits of Benjamin Franklin has been frustratingly elusive. Nonetheless, Blaine McCormick’s modernization of Ben Franklin’s autobiography is a fun and instructive read.

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]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/12/clean-cut-kids-making-money-playing-video-games/feed/ DIY USB Flash Drive Mods http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/05/diy-usb-flash-drive-mods/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/05/diy-usb-flash-drive-mods/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 20:27:47 +0000 info general stuff dugg stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/05/diy-usb-flash-drive-mods/ My friend Josh’s sister came up with a fun idea for adding some pizzazz to your usb flash drive. Check it out from Gizmodo: “UCLA student, Rachel, has launched a new site to help spice up that boring, dull USB flash drive that you use day in and day out. She plans on having a library of tutorials and a store for buying and modding USB flash drives.”

Go Rachel!

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]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/05/diy-usb-flash-drive-mods/feed/ Finally… Fembots! http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/04/finally-fembots/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/04/finally-fembots/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 15:34:00 +0000 info general stuff dugg stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/04/finally-fembots/ It was just a matter of time, Korean scientists have developed a female android called eveR-1. Look out Austin Powers.

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]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/04/finally-fembots/feed/ Startup Connects Multiple Monitors Over USB http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/20/startup-connects-multiple-monitors-over-usb/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/20/startup-connects-multiple-monitors-over-usb/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:26:08 +0000 info general stuff dugg stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/20/startup-connects-multiple-monitors-over-usb/ The title says it all: a new company, Newnham Research, is trying to make it easier for consumers to add extra monitors to your system. I assume that the video performance won’t be gamer-worthy over USB, but could be great for more static work like graphic design or spreadsheets.

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]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/20/startup-connects-multiple-monitors-over-usb/feed/ Swinging Night of Tap! http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/09/swinging-night-of-tap/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/09/swinging-night-of-tap/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:49:29 +0000 info general stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/09/swinging-night-of-tap/ You may have noticed that the content of this blog has gotten somewhat scattered. I think that reflects my often scattered-brained state of mind, so it is a case of art reflecting life. In other words, live with it, I do.

So, true-to-form here is another departure for this blog: plugging semi-amateur dance shows: This is good old-fashioned wholesome family entertainment that we’re talking about. If you’re going to be in Decatur, GA on April 22 or 23 then you owe it to yourself to check out the 6th Annual Swinging Night of Tap!

My friend Birda Ringstad puts together this annual dance fest to give some of her students a chance to show off for an audience of friends and family. Smiles are guaranteed for all!

]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/09/swinging-night-of-tap/feed/ Do it yourself Lasik?!? http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/do-it-yourself-lasik/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/do-it-yourself-lasik/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:09:10 +0000 info general stuff dugg stuff http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/do-it-yourself-lasik/ Found this on Digg - simply genius!

A kit to save $$$ by doing your own laser eye surgery? Awesome! Crazy!

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]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/do-it-yourself-lasik/feed/ Rounded corners with a bullet http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/rounded-corners-with-a-bullet/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/rounded-corners-with-a-bullet/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:23:21 +0000 info general stuff dugg stuff web design http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/rounded-corners-with-a-bullet/ Another approach to CSS rounded corners. This uses the round text character, bullet, to make the corners. No javascript, no images, just the text character and css.

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]]> http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/rounded-corners-with-a-bullet/feed/ Fun with CSS http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/02/fun-with-css/ http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/02/fun-with-css/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:32:02 +0000 info general stuff web design http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/02/fun-with-css/ It doesn’t really have anything to do with the rest of this site, but I wanted to experiment with a CSS technique that is very popular with a lot of web designers. Rounded corners work well with many web layouts, but most conventional approaches to making them require making custom images which can be tricky if you don’t have the right software, and requires new images every time you change the color scheme. I’ve seen other methods with heavy use of javascript, but that excludes some site visitors. There are also ones that use many extra DIVs to artificailly create the round corners, but they can be cumbersome to edit.

My experiment uses a text character, the bullet, •, instead of an image to put something round in the corner. If this interests you check out the rounded corner article I posted. Also check out Eric Meyer’s web site for all things CSS, and the CSS Zen Garden for stunning CSS designs.

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