From Voo2do.com:
Finally, someone admits to the true value of Ajax in web pages. :)
XMRadio Account Updates – Yikes!
“We are in the process of updating your account. Certain features will be in accessible for the next 10 minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.”
Excuse me?!?!??!?? I make one small change to my account, and then I’m unable to make any additional changes? What kind of CRAP-CRAZY programming is this? Seriously, this isn’t just inconvenient, it’s stupid and disrespectful of the user.
Who at XMRadio thought it’s OK for a system to behave this way? Seriously.
Please vote for my Silverlight Mix09 Entry!
Now that the presidential election and inauguration is over, I’d appreciate it if you could cast a vote for my Mix09 entry, entitled, Arcade Billiards.
Vote here (and leave a comment with your score).
After the contest is over, I’ll post the source code, but only for those of you who voted. :)
Waiting for the “photosynth” of the inaguration
I’m looking forward to seeing the results of the Photosynth that CNN is putting together of the Inauguration of Barak Obama. (OK, clearly, there’s something there already, but I’m hoping there will be a lot more).
Too bad they started with photos from a camera that desperately needs it’s sensor cleaned! :)
Holy Intimidation Editor-Man!
I’ve been looking into some programmer editor choices again, this time downloading some that have been recommended (and a few that weren’t). I’ve tired of the clunky feeling and most recently the crashing of Notepad++, and decided I was willing to pay for an editor if it was reasonable overall (and of all things, STABLE!).
Tonight, I’ve downloaded Ultra Edit 14.20.
The first impressions – scared:
I’ve counted 107 top level places / functions / buttons visible on this screen. I believe during setup I selected the “Web Programmer” mode as the default.
I know, I shouldn’t let the little things bother me – but I’m not impressed with their concept of “tabs”:
The tabs don’t contain the content. They’re just an illusion (just good old SysTabControl32 from the common controls library). (Plus, they take up more space vertically because of this odd implementation choice). When that toolbar is undocked:
First impressions – not so good. I’m so overwhelmed by the UI that I don’t feel like trying to even explore the multitude of options presented. Uninstalled UltraEdit. Moving on to next option.