Author Archives: bill

Blue Griffon HTML editor

Posted on June 13, 2011 by bill

Blue Griffon seems to be the descendant of the moribund NVU and Kompozer projects, offering a What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) HTML editing environment. Worth a look.

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Quack

Posted on January 31, 2011 by bill

I have always loved a mallard’s iridescent green.

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The word is, “Administer.”

Posted on September 4, 2010 by bill

If you use the word, “Administrate” Your grammar I won’t admirate If your computer is configurated To say it is a word, you’ll have to reinterpretate What it says, ’cause it’s not, I have been reliably informated.

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Die Shapes and Radially Staggered Bonding

Posted on February 15, 2010 by bill

Over ten years ago I put aside my copy of the HP Journal, December 1996 edition for later reading.  I would like to relate some thoughts I have recently had on an article in it. As pin counts of integrated … Continue reading →

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Grace Hopper Quote

Posted on November 17, 2009 by bill

A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We’ve tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question. — Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

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What’s a blog?

Posted on November 14, 2009 by bill

Blogging is where you write an article or two every day, and it really does have to be at least one a day, about an issue. Usually blogs attempt to develop a community of readers, all of whom get to … Continue reading →

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Fortune cookie?

Posted on November 5, 2009 by bill

Follow the Path of Emacs, grasshopper, and you shall go far. Venture not down the false road of ‘vi’ and shun the evil ‘notepad.exe’

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ABLEConf 2009

Posted on October 18, 2009 by bill

Free. Saturday, October 24, 2009… 10am to 4pm at the University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix (Baseline Rd. just west of I-10). A full day of presentations and participation on free software. More info: http://www.ableconf.com/ Update: A good time and … Continue reading →

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Share Thunderbird Address book via LDAP

Posted on October 9, 2009 by bill

If you like this, please consider donating to fund further development. After years of frustration waiting for the Mozilla Thunderbird folks to add the ability to edit LDAP address-books, and years of frustration with the pigheadedness and brain-damagedness of LDAP … Continue reading →

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Scottsdale WordPress meetup group

Posted on September 23, 2009 by bill

I just found the Scottsdale WordPress Meetup Group/ and am hoping to go to the next one… see you there…

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