Posted by Richard Sun, Dec 31 2006 16:30
I am trying out a new picture gallery site called SmugMug. I was pretty impressed with their service and the features they offered. One of my main reasons for using them, the pictures will be backed up in 3 states (see first paragraph). As we take more and more digital pictures, I saw the need growing. Photo sharing, keywords and cost were also high on the list of things that helped me make my decision.
Read more...Posted by Richard Sun, Dec 10 2006 21:38
Last week, my brother shared this article about Best Buy's strategies for the work environment. The "results-only work environment" (ROWE) is extremely interesting. I have wondered before why more companies didn't offer employees the option to telecommute, but ROWE seems to take it to another level. They say you can work when and where you want to work.
Read more...Posted by Richard Tue, Nov 28 2006 21:33
I have been checking out Smugmug as a potential place to put my photos (the site looks impressive and so is their story). While I was looking around, I found this photo and it made me laugh.
Posted by Richard Tue, Nov 21 2006 09:27
I was checking out my Dad's Mac Book and noticed he had a cool vertical view of his email. After searching around the menus, I realized it wasn't something standard. I found that my brother installed Letter Box for my Dad. I must have missed it in my RSS feeds. So far, I really like it.
Posted by Richard Sat, Nov 04 2006 19:00
Here are a few photographs of the leaves changing here in North Carolina. It seems to have taken a while, but they are finally (and constantly) falling now. It even looks like it is raining leaves when the wind blows.
Posted by Richard Tue, Oct 03 2006 20:13
This is a handy script to get Internet Explorer running under Linux. I had it up and running in Ubuntu in no time at all. Now I have a computer that I can test how a website looks in IE again (maybe I will actually fix this blog sometime).
Posted by Richard Thu, Sep 21 2006 20:09
Someone told me about the Gmap Pedometer the other day. It is a nice tool. I mapped out a few of the common paths we walk. I also mapped my drive to work the few different ways I drive it. Then I was curious to see what other applications use Google Maps API and I found this blog. It is cool to see how the API is being used.
Posted by Richard Sun, Aug 27 2006 17:28
I ran across this article talking about the technical setup of Lingr (basically provides chat rooms in the browser). The interesting thing about Lingr is it uses a technology that keeps a connection open from the browser to the server. With this connection open, the server can push content to the browser without requiring a browser refresh or a "polling" of the server. This lead to comments about whether servers could handle that many open connections.
Read more...Posted by Richard Mon, Aug 21 2006 22:20
Here are some random beach shots from Ocean Isle Beach, NC. I thought I would give Picasa Web by Google a try. Make sure you give their Slideshow a try.
Posted by Richard Fri, Aug 11 2006 20:38
Tonight was the Kenny Chesney concert in Raleigh and it was a good one. He puts on such a good show. This past month has probably been one of the busiest months in my professional career and personal life. With all that I had going on it was interesting some of the thoughts that popped into my head during the concert. During There Goes my Life, it brought back all kinds of memories and it made me really grateful for everything we have and all the opportunities I have been given. Back Where I Come From was another one that hit me in a very cool way. It is amazing how music can touch you in so many ways and for me, most were in a good way.
Kenny was awesome!
