February 2008

Server Updates

I’m doing a few updates to the server and database. If you’re seeing this then so far so good, though it’s highly possible that things may be a bit “glitchy” for some people today.




onething : Sacramento

onethingâ„¢ : Sacramento – Part of my job is the opportunity to travel around the country putting on Christian conferences targeted at “young adults” (18 – 25 year olds). I love to travel. And 16 of us just flew in … (More)




NewsGator subscriber counts

NewsGator subscriber counts – Greg Reinacker explains the skinny on how NewsGator subscriber (and NetNewsWire, FeedDemon, NewsGator Inbox, and NewsGator Go!) counts are reported. Basically saying that if you sync your newsreaders then your subscriber count is reported to FeedBurner … (More)




NNW hack – Show web page instead of feed

Oliver Boermans put together a style sheet hack for NetNewsWire which will show the actual web page for an article instead of just its contents. I think articles should be read in context to the design of the site they’re … (More)




A Short shawnblanc.net Survey

A Short shawnblanc.net Survey I’m taking advantage of Google Docs’ new spreadsheet forms and put together a short, seven-question multiple-choice survey. It will take you about 30 seconds to fill out. The last question on there is my favorite. UPDATE: … (More)




Joe Posnanski: The Last Second

The Last Second – Joe Posnanski: I was thinking that since New England football coach Bill Belichick missed the final second of Super Bowl XLII, since he had already stormed off the field* in what we back in high school … (More)




Wistful Thinking

Wistful Thinking – Every time I refresh my Mint page (always open in a tab of its own) I wonder the same thing briefly in the back of my mind, “Will this be the day that my site takes off?”  … (More)




The Death of Voice Mail

Randy Bohlender, and The Death of Voice Mail. – At the end of the day, visual voice mail helps you do what you want to do with voice mail – ignore them, but with greater flexibility. I’m beyond prioritizing them. … (More)




A Tale of Two Apps

Chris Bowler’s new site, The Weekly Review, has a ton of promise. I love his first zinger: A Tale of Two Apps – Two applications with the same purpose and offered by the same company – Newsgator. One designed for … (More)




SuperDuper! 2.5 Update

SuperDuper! 2.5 – Shirt Pocket’s backup utility for mere mortals was all the buzz today, and rightly so; SuperDuper! rocks. The fact that this update was so talked about seems like proof to me that backing up matters more to … (More)




cameron i/o – Unification Day

Cameron i/o -Unification Day Cameron Hunt has finally migrated his site over to all Chyrp, all the time. (It’s a long story.) His site has a few new tweaks, and still looks sharp, but I have 35 “unread” headlines in … (More)