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I upgraded the photo gallery software that I use to power the photo galleries for englers.org this weekend to the latest beta version of Photostack. The new gallery is a little more classy, and should be easier to navigate through. Noel Jackson has done a truly wonderful job with this latest version of Photostack. In [...]

Here’s a quick quiz for your Wednesday morning trivia bones: 1. What movie is this vidcap from? 2. What’s the line the character is saying in this vidcap? 3. What is the character’s name? Just watched this movie for the first time (I know, it came out 20 year ago… sorry). Hilarious, and I’ll be [...]

Branding is dead. I agree, buy you know when a brand is really a brand when it invades even the jokes your brother emails you: — One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike behind him, “My Ý elbow hurts like hell. I guess I better see a doctor.” “Listen, you [...]

Big news in the web world folks: Dow Jones to buy MarketWatch for $520M “Joining Dow Jones is a great next step for MarketWatch,” Larry Kramer, chairman and chief executive officer of MarketWatch, said in a statement. “Being part of one of theÝmost respected media conglomerates in the world gives us a terrific platform to [...]

This comic was in the paper last weekend: That’s totally my dog! (Yes, I own a 13 pound Bichon.)

Steven Frank announced on his weblog that Panic was finally letting Audion die. Poor little guy has been dying for a few years now, but it’s nice to know that Panic is finally laying it to rest. I personally loved Audion back in the day. My buddy Misha turned me on to it and N2MP3 [...]

I’m reading a book right now (actually I’ve read it, now I’m re-reading it) for tips on opening a sales call. The book is SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham of Huthwaite, Inc. It’s a good book on making large sales, which is refreshing, as I’m selling larger solutions now than I have done in the [...]

Mark Cuban: When will the music industry do it right ?: This is the only industry in the world that can see thousands of its retailers close, reduce the number of products it sells via cutbacks in artist rosters and albums released, cut back marketing and promotional dollars and then blame a reduction in sales [...]

If you’re looking for a really cool picture of some 19th Century Marines to use as a desktop background, look no further than MacDesktops. Plenty of resolutions available for you to choose from: Those haricuts haven’t really changed over the years have they? (I know there are a few marines out there reading this.) Thanks [...]

So, I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.3.6 yesterday, even though I knew I should wait a couple of days to see what kind of problems shook out for other people… and I noticed that Safari just wasn’t working for me at all after the upgrade. I figured that was happening because I had Safari [...]

I’m not one to make political comments usually, but, I threw this graphic together from these two images I found on USAToday.com (while I was searching for a really good graphic I saw in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch … can’t find that cool image online anywhere, but man it was good. Why is it so [...]

From J!NX and a tribute to Zero Wing: Gotta love it, thanks for the link Ryan.

When you are listening to iTunes through the headphones on your laptop and you turn down iTunes because it’s too loud, don’t turn it down through the iTunes application, turn it down through the system volume control… do so because the little ping that Mailsmith uses to tell you you have new mail is really [...]