Yearly Archives: 2006
New WordPress Plugin: Google AdSense Targeting
November 14, 2006 – 8:58 pm
Thanks to this article [Edited July 29, 2009: the old link is dead and now a spam site], I learned that Google AdSense—the ads many use on their blogs, including me—has a way to focus your AdSense ads on the most relevant content. The problem is that blogs often discuss a variety of topics, and [...]
Putting a Stop to Traffic Signals?
November 9, 2006 – 11:22 pm
The Telegraph describes how a Dutch town gave up traffic lights. Strangely enough the result was reduced accidents and increased traffic flow. The project is the brainchild of Mr Monderman, and the town has seen some remarkable results. There used to be a road death every three years but there have been none since the [...]
Comcast.com: A Good Example of Bad Web Design
November 7, 2006 – 2:41 pm
That’s what I saw when I went to pay my bill at Comcast.com, something I’ve done several times before. I do have Flash—it just happens to be Flash 7, the highest version Adobe has yet released for Linux. The problem with making your website depend on proprietary technology, such as a particular version of Flash, [...]
Pumpkin Festival
October 21, 2006 – 10:26 pm
Today we went to the annual pumpkin festival held on Boston Common. Sam had a blast, laughing and making passers-by smile and remark at his cuteness. Each year Boston tries to beat the world record for the most jack-o’-lanterns simultaneously lit. When we left they were only a couple of thousand shy of the almost [...]
What Plato Might Have Said But Didn’t
October 20, 2006 – 9:23 pm
Search Google for “Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws,” and you’ll discover a number of people think Plato said such a thing. However, as Kevin Mungons pointed out, there’s no evidence he did. How do faux quotes like this get started? They seem to come [...]
bbPress Official Launch
October 13, 2006 – 11:35 pm
I’ve already been using the alpha version of the bbPress forum software for over a year and a half, but tonight the developers released the first official version, with a nice new default theme. For me its greatest appeal is that it integrates easily with WordPress and has a similar callback architecture. Having struggled with [...]