IE6 being pushed out by Google…FINALLY!

01 February 2010

Someone finally stands up to IE6. Here’s the email I recieved: Dear Google Apps admin, In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course [...]

Cooper Has Something to Say

14 December 2009

Give it about 30 seconds for the conversation to build because like E.F. Hutton, when Cooper talks you should listen. Unfortunately, Cooper is not The American Mastiff you’ll find in my comic. Share and Enjoy:

Remove Feedburner Post

11 December 2009

Working with Google’s Feedburner While managing one of the many feeds I setup or maintain I had to claim the post in Technorati and in doing so I needed to create a post so Technorati can confirm I’m an authorized person. That post requires that I place a code into the blog, which ends up in [...]

Caught in a Google Experiment as Test User

09 December 2009

Look ma’ no hands!! While looking into an issue (beyond the fact that I misspelled Atlanta in my search)  as a web developer and seo practitioner I ran into a Google search results page that displayed far more than I was expecting. I came across an article on Mashable that said Google randomly selects people [...]

Web Developer Firefox Plug-ins

14 November 2009

As a web developer I often need a “fix”. No, not caffeine. Ok, well maybe I don’t need “the fix” but some of the web sites I inherit do or a new feature being implemented may have some conflicts so I need to do some debugging in order for the site to work correctly and [...]

Google’s Gmail Pop3 refresh script

23 October 2009

Finally, I’m not going to have to manually fetch my POP3 accounts I setup in Gmail! The hell you say? Ok, here’s the deal, I often get time sensitive emails I need to respond to and I only want to manage one email interface. Gmail has the ability to connect my non-gmail email and set [...]

EditPlus no longer free after 30 Days

15 October 2009

Back in 2000 when I started programming for The True Value Company I was introduced to an powerful but light weight editor called EditPlus. When ever I was working at an organization where I required the use of EditPlus it was always purchased but for my personal use I never paid for it. It’s reason [...]

Google Calendar for Holidays and Sports

13 October 2009

Some of you may have noticed that Google has updated a Calendar feature. Google provides holidays for a number of countries that you can add to your personal calendar. You can also add your favorite teams to your calendar so you don’t miss a game! Simply go to your Google Calendar and in the upper [...]

Jose and Whitney Reunite!

11 October 2009

After not seeing my daughter Whitney due to traveling to Vegas for a spell and having to return to the area Sharon was finally able to schedule a time for us to meet and catch up over dinner at Uno and coffee at Borders. Where it just happened that Whitney left Borders with her most [...]

Cooper and his chew toy

10 October 2009

Nothing special, just my dog practicing his attack Share and Enjoy:

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Firebug Impacts Google’s GMail Performance

Posted on 04 March 2010

If you’re a web developer or web designer you’ll need to read this support article I located on Google.
For the best Gmail performance, we suggest disabling Firebug for www.google.com.
Windows or Linux Users
To disable Firebug:

Open the Firebug pane in your Gmail tab by clicking the Firebug icon.
Click the down arrow next to the Net tab, and [...]

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The American Mastiff

Posted on 10 January 2010

The American Mastiff cover is done and the first volume of comic is preparing to be released. The story will be a “living” storyline in that the comic will be updated several times a month and may even be updated. The cover piece is done and the artist I’m working with will be creating character [...]

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The Daily Show’s New Correspondent

Posted on 08 October 2009

Here’s my submission on the dailyshow website support me in my effort to be the new correspondent.

Isn’t time…. for me? The senior latino correspondent? With all the border jumping going on doesn’t the illegal community need a face? I have the look www.josequinones.net/i/jose_quinones_profile.jpg, I’m brownish, have the black hair and I know some spanish! Sure [...]

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Caught in a Google Experiment as Test User

Posted on 09 December 2009

Look ma’ no hands!! While looking into an issue (beyond the fact that I misspelled Atlanta in my search)  as a web developer and seo practitioner I ran into a Google search results page that displayed far more than I was expecting. I came across an article on Mashable that said Google randomly selects people [...]

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Wordpress.com Stats Plugin

Posted on 18 February 2010

Going in and out of a number of wordpress instances that I manage I found this very useful wordpress plugin called wordpress.com Stats. It’s pretty decent to give you a quick indicator of the traffic you site receives. By no means is it exhaustive but if you see a decent amount of activity or an [...]

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Software

IE6 being pushed out by Google…FINALLY!

Posted on 01 February 2010

Someone finally stands up to IE6.
Here’s the email I recieved:
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course [...]

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