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April 22, 2008 Breaking News
Google Reader auto sort
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:32:36 PDT
Google Reader offers several options for sorting feed items. After having played around with the “auto-sort” for several months now, I am reverting back to “Sort by newest”. The problem is that the auto-sort mode is a little too simplistic. Here's what it does in their own words: This works by prioritizing subscriptions with fewer items. So, with this setting, your friend's blog with one item a month will not be drowned out by higher volume sites such as the New York Times bec
InternetNews - Office 2007 Fails The OOXML Test
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:05:05 PDT
Despite its origins in Microsoft's productivity suite, changes made to woo ISO votes now mean Office 2007 is non-compliant.
This doc hip hops to the top of the world (winnipegsun.com)
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:04:46 PDT
One hundred Inuit teens. Ten hip-hop dancers. Five days. Sheesh, we just have to start getting more sleep. But wait, this isn't a really weird dream after another cherished soiree of beer and extra saucy wings.
Harrison Ford’s Got Ear Pierced after Drunken Lunch!
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:36:52 PDT
The ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ actor was out with friends, who were both sporting earrings, when he decided he wanted to follow their trend.
Using Excel Conditional Formats for Traffic Lighting
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:49:31 PDT
Putting too many numbers on a 1-page report can cause confusion about where to initially focus. When reducing the number of statistics on a page is not an option and summary stats are not appropriate, traffic-lighting is a quick and effective method to highlight trends or draw attention to information that need to be addressed.
Insufferable Web 2.0 post: day one
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:18:28 PDT
Wired magazine’s guide to building a web 2.0 startup, likely to be getting much reading about these parts this week. Picture by wilbertbaan, used with permission granted by his Creative Commons license I’m sat in the huge Moscone convention centre in central San Francisco, and they’re playing Robbie Robertson’s Somewhere Down That Lonely River over the PA system. I quite like this song, so I’m rather hoping the speaker doesn’t kick off during this, but I bet he will because he’s slightly lat
Media Update II
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:11:32 PDT
I did an interview with Global TV news on Elections Canada Vs. Harper. That's supposed to air tonight at 5:30 PM and again at 11 PM. Note my Newsworld Politics interview is now set for 5:15 PM.
N'Sync star speaks out for Day of Silence
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:05:15 PDT
Gay bishop to attend Lambeth conference despite previous rejection The most senior openly gay cleric in the Anglican Communion, Gene Robinson intends to attend the 2008 Lambeth Conference to be held in Caterbury despite previously refusing to. Popularity: 13% ?] Video: PinkNews editor takes Boris Johnson to task At the Stonewall hustings for the Mayor of London, chair of the hustings, PinkNews.co.uk editor, Tony Grew, took Conservative Party Candidate Boris Johnson to task. Popula
The Next Big Thing in Cell Phone Technology
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:49:56 PDT
If you think the cellular world has run out of new technologies to incorporate into phones, think again. The next hot trend in cell phones may already be in the works...
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up!
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:34 PDT
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up! The state-run media in Canada (and the citizen-owned media who do their best to compete with them) all lament, daily (with intra-day lament updates, all day long), the price of a barrel of oil, and the resulting price of gas. (Of course they don’t have the foggiest clue what they’re talking about, but they pretend they do.) Even as I was writing this, the state-owned CBC did a story about the latest rise in gas prices. Apparently it’s getting h
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:32:36 PDT
Google Reader offers several options for sorting feed items. After having played around with the “auto-sort” for several months now, I am reverting back to “Sort by newest”. The problem is that the auto-sort mode is a little too simplistic. Here's what it does in their own words: This works by prioritizing subscriptions with fewer items. So, with this setting, your friend's blog with one item a month will not be drowned out by higher volume sites such as the New York Times bec
InternetNews - Office 2007 Fails The OOXML Test
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:05:05 PDT
Despite its origins in Microsoft's productivity suite, changes made to woo ISO votes now mean Office 2007 is non-compliant.
This doc hip hops to the top of the world (winnipegsun.com)
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:04:46 PDT
One hundred Inuit teens. Ten hip-hop dancers. Five days. Sheesh, we just have to start getting more sleep. But wait, this isn't a really weird dream after another cherished soiree of beer and extra saucy wings.
Harrison Ford’s Got Ear Pierced after Drunken Lunch!
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:36:52 PDT
The ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ actor was out with friends, who were both sporting earrings, when he decided he wanted to follow their trend.
Using Excel Conditional Formats for Traffic Lighting
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:49:31 PDT
Putting too many numbers on a 1-page report can cause confusion about where to initially focus. When reducing the number of statistics on a page is not an option and summary stats are not appropriate, traffic-lighting is a quick and effective method to highlight trends or draw attention to information that need to be addressed.
Insufferable Web 2.0 post: day one
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:18:28 PDT
Wired magazine’s guide to building a web 2.0 startup, likely to be getting much reading about these parts this week. Picture by wilbertbaan, used with permission granted by his Creative Commons license I’m sat in the huge Moscone convention centre in central San Francisco, and they’re playing Robbie Robertson’s Somewhere Down That Lonely River over the PA system. I quite like this song, so I’m rather hoping the speaker doesn’t kick off during this, but I bet he will because he’s slightly lat
Media Update II
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:11:32 PDT
I did an interview with Global TV news on Elections Canada Vs. Harper. That's supposed to air tonight at 5:30 PM and again at 11 PM. Note my Newsworld Politics interview is now set for 5:15 PM.
N'Sync star speaks out for Day of Silence
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:05:15 PDT
Gay bishop to attend Lambeth conference despite previous rejection The most senior openly gay cleric in the Anglican Communion, Gene Robinson intends to attend the 2008 Lambeth Conference to be held in Caterbury despite previously refusing to. Popularity: 13% ?] Video: PinkNews editor takes Boris Johnson to task At the Stonewall hustings for the Mayor of London, chair of the hustings, PinkNews.co.uk editor, Tony Grew, took Conservative Party Candidate Boris Johnson to task. Popula
The Next Big Thing in Cell Phone Technology
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:49:56 PDT
If you think the cellular world has run out of new technologies to incorporate into phones, think again. The next hot trend in cell phones may already be in the works...
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up!
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:34 PDT
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up! The state-run media in Canada (and the citizen-owned media who do their best to compete with them) all lament, daily (with intra-day lament updates, all day long), the price of a barrel of oil, and the resulting price of gas. (Of course they don’t have the foggiest clue what they’re talking about, but they pretend they do.) Even as I was writing this, the state-owned CBC did a story about the latest rise in gas prices. Apparently it’s getting h
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