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Google Closure.. will you register your code with the Borg?

john andrews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:48:19 +0000

“Think! Think! Think!”, said Pooh. Today Google announced Google “Closure”, a set of tools for efficiently working with javascript. With Google Closure Google has theoretically “closed the loop” on a number of javascript problems. Not problems developers have with javascript, but problems Google has with javascript. The problems haven’t been solved, mind you,because we don’t all [...]

The Federal Website is the New Sacred Cow

john andrews — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:50:05 +0000

A few years ago I was involved in some IT grants from the US government. I was in awe… of the incredible corruption I witnessed. It wasn’t “China style” cash bribes, but rather relationship corruption. Political stuff, where knowing someone got you access, and keeping a strong relationship (by whatever means available) got you continued [...]

Not All Domainers are Scammers

john andrews — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:36:47 +0000

I’ve been a competitive web publisher (and SEO consultant) for many years, and I’ve been participating in domain development for the past few years, working with domain portfolios and people generally classified as domain investors or “domainers“. Lately we’re seeing news articles about scams and rip-offs, and some of those are on big premium domains [...]

Upgrade Mandriva 2009 to Mandriva 2010 : How to Upgrade

john andrews — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:23:31 +0000

Mandriva Linux released Mandriva One 2010 (see free Manriva Linux OS download here), an upgrade of Mandriva One Spring 2009). The Mandriva upgrade process is not very difficult, but there are specific steps to follow. it’s not as hard as a kernel update (for that, see here). Also be sure to backup your existing Mandriva [...]

Purpose Inc. Annual Pubcon Poker Tourney 2009

john andrews — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:20:17 +0000

Here it is, the 2009 Charity Poker Event at Pubcon: As usual San Diego’s favorite Chiropractor Dr. Klein is making it happen at the Las Vegas Pubcon Internet entrepreneurs conference. See the sponsors? Azoogle network, Train Signal (a software training company), We Build Pages… and lots more, all supporting a quality charity event. And speaking of [...]