As a frequent reader of MSNBC's Web site, I started noticing this past weekend that their left-side navigation menu items no longer expanded. As of this writing, the menu has yet to regain its dynamic trait. The expanding menu has been part of MSNBC's navigational feature for many years. As the user hovered over the — Continue reading »
MSNBC.com's missing expandable menu
As a frequent reader of MSNBC's Web site, I started noticing this past weekend that their left-side navigation menu items no longer expanded. As of this writing, the menu has yet to regain its dynamic trait. The expanding menu has been part of MSNBC's navigational feature for many years. As the user hovered over the — Continue reading »
Google vs. the dictionary and the encyclopedia
📆 May 3, 2005
By the time I got home tonight, my 9-year old was nearly finished with her homework. The only question remaining on her assignment sheet was "What is Olympus Mons?" Now I knew I had heard of this term before, but I just couldn't come up with a definitive answer. Was it a crater on the — Continue reading »
The EMR pitfall
📆 April 28, 2005
The health care industry got a shot in the arm today with IBM's announcement of an 8-year, $402 million partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The company claimed that this will be a model for how the health care industry can use new technology. The news comes on the heels of poor earnings — Continue reading »
National Turn Off Your Television Week
📆 April 27, 2005
It's the National Turn Off Your TV Week. Whatever. Every week there's a long list of societal issues that happen to allocate the period to themselves. They're supposed to raise awareness of some chronic issue and make people do something about it. I'm not sure if they really serve anything positive other than filling a — Continue reading »
Hilary Duff
📆 April 24, 2005
We have a winner, at least for the time being. In my household Hilary Duff is all the rage these days. At some point, when we weren't looking, the teen marketing machine ensnared my two daughters, which means some of my hard-earned money is going to Hilary's coffers and those of her agents. Last night — Continue reading »
Oil change leads to contemplation
📆 April 21, 2005
Car oil changes every 3,000 miles isn't meant for me. I'm lucky if I make it every 6,000 miles. I know all the arguments exhorting the importance of timely oil change, but I buy cheap used cars. If they die, I junk them and get another one. The problem is that as I pass 3,000 — Continue reading »
Banner ads and workplace political correctness
📆 April 16, 2005
Death and taxes are still king, but there are other things that have also become inevitable in life. Take a look around this very page you are reading. Chances are that you see a number of ads decorating it. Online advertising is just another fact of cyber-life we can't seem to get away from, and — Continue reading »
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