Developers are in a tizzy over Microsoft’s Windows 8 demo at D9 (ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch). Although I don’t care much about .NET/Silverlight development, I do like a good tizzy. To make a long story short, Windows 8 wil
Want to have Apache automatically send IE6 users to an alternate/upgrade site? Drop this in your .htaccess file: [crayon lang=”default”] RewriteEngine On # Send IE 5 and 6 packing RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MSIE\
GeoPortal 2.1.0 has been released. Changes/improvements in this release include: The big thing: I moved the app into the HTML5 Boilerplate template. There are too many advantages to list (though if you want a list t
The optimum team size is 5. Johanna Rothman at ITJOBBLOG has a great article called Why Team Size Matters. Her argument is that teams of more than 9 people lose the intimacy required to function effectively due to the
For desk jockeys everywhere, check out this infographic: I have been thinking about standing desks for a while. Now it’s just a question of buy (cheap one), build, or the tacky but functional box-on-the-desk.
My slide show from from our local GIS User Group meeting on Wednesday. Yep, one slide. My presentations are becoming more minimalist over time1. Pretty soon I’ll just stare meaningfully for 15 minutes. I did sneak in
This month’s make smarter is coming a little early because (a) my make smarter text file is overflowing and (b) I’ll be at the beach all next week where I plan to sacrifice at least 10 IQ points on the alter of sand, sun
First up with a bullet and a subject near and dear to my heart, Ubuntu 11.04, the Natty Narwhal, has been released. The big change here is the Unity interface, which based on all the reviews you will either love or hate.