Archive for June, 2006
Continuing in my series on web based productivity tools, I ran accross a new web based (written in flash) diagramming tool: http://Gliffy.com. Similar to visio or dia and includes online storage and collaboration. Exports as SVG, JPG, and PNG. It doesn’t support the visio file format though. [ READ MORE ]
Meg made a tremendous pulled pork this weekend, absolutely delicious. While shopping, I noticed a display of “Assorted Melons”. Who can resist a sign like that? I bought three of them and they were delicious. I’m not exactly sure what varieties we had, but here’s my best guess: 1) Seedless icebox [ READ MORE ]
Full map available here No, this isn’t a scene from some science fiction movie, this is actually a satelite photo of the worlds 7th tallest building. This building has over 100 floors and 3000 rooms but its only a concrete shell. No windows, fixtures or anything but the concrete was ever [ READ MORE ]
Ok, here are the receipes for the stuff I made this weekend. Credit for the Cheesy Potatoes goes to my mom and the green beans I made up, but do have to give Meg credit to introducing me to the shallots. Enjoy! Cheesy Potatoes:8-10 potatoes, washed1/2 loaf velveeta2/3 stick butter2-3 strips bacon1c cheddar, [ READ MORE ]
Apparently, the idea that lemmings throw themselves off cliffs in great hordes was completely made up by the disney company in the 50s. Who knew? Stupid disney. Lemming populations go through rapid growths and subsequent crashes that have achieved an almost legendary status, largely because of the Walt Disney Pictures film, White [ READ MORE ]
I use Wiki’s for all sorts of stuff at work. I think its a great platform for document creation and collaboration. So, my ears perk up whenever I here some buzz about new wiki software. I was reading Lifehacker a few weeks ago and they mentioned the GTD Tiddlywiki, a self [ READ MORE ]
I ran accross this earlier today. Its a site for selling handmade goods. Very well organized and easy to use with some cool products. My biggest complaint is that the clothing isn’t browsable by mens and womens styles. Here’s their brief definition of what Etsy is: Etsy is an online marketplace [ READ MORE ]
Ok, so I right before I posted about writely, a friend sent me a link to another upcoming product from google: http://www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/tour1.html . Thats right, not only does google have a web based word processor, they also have a spreadsheet solution. Lets compare: Microsoft (Commercial) Open Source (Free) Google (Free, web based) MS Office OpenOffice.org Mozilla Google Word processor Word Writer Writely [ READ MORE ]
A while back I posted an article in the tools blog of the dev site (http://jesstedder.com/dev/blogs/tools ) a post on writely , a web based, ajax intensive, word processor. It turns out it can be used as an editor for your blog posts as well, I’m actually composing this post using writely and [ READ MORE ]
