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My group is rebuilding one of our websites, and the UI is getting some serious attention. The business and technical groups came to an early decision that we would not be using multi-select listboxes. They alway require special instruction to use, and they are difficult to use for many users. I don’t know how long [...]

I changed ISPs recently, from Cox cable to Verizon. I don't want to dwell on the issue, but let me just say I can think of a homonym for Cox that sums up my opinions of them very well. With the ISP change comes some email address, website, and blog changes. I've decided to use [...]

I'm looking for two webhackers keen on .NET, one with C++ knowledge and one with XSL knowledge. Hanley-Wood is migrating its business and Web applications to .NET. I think the team needs an infusion of OSS methods and tools. The team is smart, but lacks experience with common team tools like version control, issue trackers, [...]

I'm having a lot of fun in my new job. I have an office too. It over-looks Thomas Circle. Though as the picture shows, it is an ex-cicle; New Hampshire Avenue has bi-sected it (twice). It is nice to work with smart people again, but I need more. I'm looking for one or two Web/App [...]

Friday was my last day working for Direct Holdings, the company that acquired Time-Life at the start of this year. My friend Jeff described the company's plans to continue without me as a traveshamockery. He uses that word often, though I wasn't sure if he means “travesty, sham, mockery”. A quick consultation with Google confirmed [...]

Living behind a firewall can be a lonely and disparaging place to be. Using ssh's port forwarding capabilities has become an essential task to get through the day. Every few months something is closed off, and I add one more item to my morning startup routine. Opening ports to IRC, streaming music, and most recently [...]

I resigned yesterday. I accepted a job to move a company to .NET. Shortly afterwords Monster Government Services called me and asked me to delay my decision until Nov 2. Oh well. I haven't signed anything yet so I may have an awkward moment on Tuesday. Monster uses Linux and wants to move some of [...]

I'm at the point where I must make a decision about a job. If it weren't for the fact I must work on Windows, I would say yes immediately. I have had a few job offers in the past month and I have turned them down because they offered me the same RUP-dominated J2EE work [...]

I cannot stop playing Interpol's new album Antics. I have donned headphones to separate myself from friends and family. There previous album Turn on the Bright Lights was merely an appetizer. I binged upon The Decline and Fall of British Sea Power, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Placebo's Sleeping with Ghosts, but Interpol's latest is [...]

Two weeks ago Indy1 announced she is off the meat-list. Anne and I haggled with her on the issue. She will eat fish, and poultry on occasion, in exchange she will eat a wider variety of foods. I thought she would go a few days, but clearly I am wrong. Today she took herself off [...]