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://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ 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 ... http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/06/02/good-ol-ben-franklin/ Breaking stereotypes, three polite, clean cut gamers are trying to make money by entering video game tournaments. Why didn't I think of that? read more | digg story http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/12/clean-cut-kids-making-money-playing-video-games/ 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 ... http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/05/diy-usb-flash-drive-mods/ It was just a matter of time, Korean scientists have developed a female android called eveR-1. Look out Austin Powers. read more | digg story http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/05/04/finally-fembots/ 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. read ... http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/20/startup-connects-multiple-monitors-over-usb/ 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 ... http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/09/swinging-night-of-tap/ Found this on Digg - simply genius! A kit to save $$$ by doing your own laser eye surgery? Awesome! Crazy!read more | digg story http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/do-it-yourself-lasik/ 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.read more | digg story http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/05/rounded-corners-with-a-bullet/ 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 ... http://www.booksbypeopleiknow.com/blog/2006/04/02/fun-with-css/