Archive for August, 2008

Ah, the complexities of English

Monday, August 11th, 2008

(Originally seen at http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/07/then-well-grab.html)

Translate server error

I’ve been very much enjoying the Olympics over the last several days, and what Olympics would be complete without a healthy dose of Engrish?  This is why babelfish is free!

Superb article

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

As a long-time enemy of Apple, I can’t help but give a standing ovation to someone bold enough to point out the many, many flaws with the iPhone:

10+ Reasons Why You Should Hate the iPhone

The iPhone represents everything that’s wrong with Apple, and I would happily encourage everyone I know to educate themselves before forking out hundreds of dollars for a stylish but ultimately mediocre device.

(The same standard of stylish mediocrity could be used to describe iPods, iMacs - really, everything that starts with “i”…)

Grrr, broken links

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

My apologies to anyone who has hit a 404 (broken link) on this site in the last 72 hours. I recently fixed a problem I’ve been working on for some time (many thanks to my host company’s technical support, who were surprisingly useful!) and this site is now successfully associated with www.tannerhelland.com.  Of course, I didn’t anticipate that with this fix would come a host of problems related to absolute links in WordPress posts.

You know - the old story of fixing one problem and causing two in the process.  In this case, I fixed one problem and caused 500.  Oops.

I’ve temporarily solved the problem by reproducing all linked files in a temporary directory that mirrors the old absolute links, and in time I’ll get around to solving this properly.  But all links should now be functional - and if they’re not, please let me know.  I hate 404’s.

Sorry for the trouble!

Lookin’ good

Friday, August 1st, 2008

As you can see, the site’s gone through a pretty expansive overhaul this weekend.  Not only has the appearance been heavily remodeled but the backend is also much cleaner, smarter, and better equipped for increased traffic and SEO.  I’m quite proud of the changes!  :D

Like what you see?  Hate what you see?  Lemme know!  This week I should be back to posting content, and sorry that I didn’t get much up last week - but plowing through someone else’s CSS can be a nightmare…

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