Rich Waters

Ext, Javascript, Notes/Domino, Ext.nd, Ruby on Rails

Archive for the 'Misc' Category

Future of Online Advertising

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Sorry everyone for the lack of updates for a while, I actually started a couple of draft articles and just never found the time to finish them. Once things slow down a little I’ll whip out a few tutorials on using and extending Ext. Anyway, a few days ago I was informed that I won [...]

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No more nofollow

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

I fully understand the idea behind the rel=”nofollow” attribute on links to try and prevent comment spammers from actually gaining any search engine ground. Does it really make sense for your normal readers who leave relevant comments on your site? I don’t believe so. I’ve installed a new plugin called DoFollow which gets rid of [...]

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A List Apart Survey

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

The folks over at A List Apart have put together a survey for web developers and designers. If you’re not familiar, this site is run by some big names including Eric Meyer, Jeffery Zeldman, and Jason Santa Maria. These guys are experts in the web development and design communities, have written countless books, and put [...]

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WordPress Plugins

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

I have boasted about some of the plugins I run to several friends and coworkers who also have been using WordPress. I figured a quick post to just mention them and what they do would be in order. Akismit – This is probably by far the most usful plugin I run! Akismet detects spam comments [...]

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Sickening

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

While doing some quick research for my eCommerce course I ran across a nifty eBay store. Yes, you too can have your very own copy of Open Office, Audacity, or some DVD playing software via Digital Download! All this for the low buy-it-now price of about $4.00 or $5.00… Now I’ve heard of people selling [...]

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