The Learning Curve - 2006

Posts from 2006

1. In August, 2006, I didn't know beans about blogs, so I created this blog on Blogger.com and another on Wordpress.com on the same day - August 29, 2006 - for the purpose of comparing the two. There was much to like about each system, but mainly due to the support Wordpress provided for trackback, I used it more and neglected this particular blog. I have, however, created about a dozen different Blogger blogs for various purposed that I use more frequently. At that time, in August 2006, I had just managed to get a tentative grip on the use of cascading style sheets (CSS), and that was the topic of my very first Wordpress blog post: The Zen of cascading style sheets - CSS


2. Who are you?
   


3. Taking my own advice.


4. We are siamese, if you please . . . .


5. Underused Web Assets


6. Amazon.com has given up on dial-up?


7. Favicons at last!


8. Inappropriate Fragmentation


9. Whitespace is nice, but . . .


10. Web Designers of the World - Learn CSS Please

People and pigs - Kentucky State Fair

People and pigs
Kentucky State Fair
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Just the facts, ma'm

Since I've become seriously interested in the on-going Presidential nominating campaigns, after the first of the year, I have become increasingly disturbed by much of the unwarranted negative spin that the establishment press and other Democrat candidates have thrown at Senator Barack Obama. I undertook to research many of the issues and allegations that I have encountered in the last few weeks, mainly for the purpose of satisfying my own curiosity.

The more I researched, the more convinced I became that Senator Obama has been unfairly treated. Much of this has been in the form of gross distortions and outright lies.

Having undertaken the research, it seemed only natural that I share the results of that research with a wider audience.

Therefore, I have created a Squidoo lens titled, Truth about Barack Obama.

I hope it is of benefit and interest to you.

Wow! That is a lot of money.

I just read that the Obama campaign raised 32 million dollars, with 170,000 new contributors, just in the month of January, 2008.

Obama raises $32 million in January

Amazon.com aStores

If you're an Amazon.com Associate, you need to be aware of a new development known as aStores. You can read my new Squidoo Lens Beginner Guide to Amazon.com aStores, and you can take a look at my first aStore, Tom's Favorites containing my personal favorite books, or the Amazon.com aStore I created for books about A Course in Miracles.

Hello World

One of the first programs students frequently learn to write is a simple input-output routine that displays "Hello World" on the screen. That is all it does, and then the program terminates. But it is enough. It announces the birth of new programmer, who is equipped with all the skills and panache of an infant.

This is not my first blog. It represents fifty percent of all the blogs that I have started but have not yet deleted. This blog is full of potential, which is a nice way of saying that the easy part has been completed, and the hard part awaits.

Hello world.