Author Archives: scott

Firebug overview – net tab and general use.

Forgot we did this at work a while back: http://vimeo.com/user923527.

Time for some website love

Been a long time. New WP 3.0 install, new minimal (but very nicely written) theme, new directory, new name. Lots of possibilities, let’s get to to work.

Is the CC field dead?

Every mail client I use allows multiple entries in the TO field. Is the CC field merely a social convention now, telling someone “just FYI”, or is there a valid reason to keep using it? BCC certainly has its uses, but I can’t think of a valid reason to CC someone versus just using TO.

Tensile vs. Shear Strength

Tensile vs. Shear Strength I’m betting my daughter will be more excited about science from reading XKCD and watching Mythbusters than anything I can possible teach. I can recall three teachers in my middle/high school years who got me excited about learning – I hope she has at least one like that.

Why the Kindle Works

What they said: http://www.marco.org/355605805. Instapaper has changed how I read anything online. I feel I give reading my focus and concentration again, and I enjoy it more now.