Month: February 2005

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Photos

The Gates

Walking Through

Took an Art History trip to visit The Gates (Wikipedia Link), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Of course I snapped some Camera Phone pictures. Note I was walking the entire time, so these were all made while walking on ice.

From just outside the park (you can see the outside wall in the bottom)
Walking through the gates
Walking through another gate
A bunch of gates in the distance (really blurry)
A bunch of gates in the distance (better)
Even more gates all lined up.
Gates going up a small hill.
Did I mention you can walk through them?
Some more gates climbing up a hill
In the distance you can make out some gates
Extra's
Oh yea... you can walk through them
A closeup of the material, you can see the snow on top
Walking Through

When visiting the gates, if you ask one of the “Pole People” (the people with poles that have Tennis balls affixed to one end so they can unwrap a gate should the fabric be blown and twisted), you can get a sample of the fabric used. Rather interesting free souvenir.

Afterward we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and checked out some of their stuff. I spent some time roaming in there and got somewhat lost (intentionally didn’t carry a map, just drifted where I felt I wanted to go at the moment). Noteworthy is the Frank Lloyd Wright Living Room (who designed the nearby Guggenheim), and some of the armor and weapons they collected. Rather cool stuff.

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Mozilla

Firefox 1.0.1 Out

If your not updated yet, get downloading!

Mainly security/stability fixes. Nothing really “new”. But it’s still important to upgrade.

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Mozilla

DevEdge Saved!

Everyone should give Mitchell a giant thank you for all the hard work in securing this. I can’t wait to check out what’s going on!

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Personal Photos

Snow Day?

Well, got up, checked my email, hit the shower, had breakfast, and went to class:

World Lit 2/24 Canceled: Enjoy the Snow

Well thanks for the Email! Oh well…. on my way back I snapped a few pictures of the snow (from the Camera Phone).

Edit: 2:30 pics posted. Last one is a cheap rip off of Christo’s “The Gates”. Ok, it’s just some construction barrier.

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Personal Photos

February Snowstorm

Still Coming (2:30)

Just a snowstorm at Rowan University campus, taking pictures with an LG vx6000 between classes.

It Just started (11:30)
It Just started (11:30)
It Just started (11:30)
It Just started (11:30)
It Just started (11:30)
It Just started (11:30)
It Just started (11:30)
Still Coming (2:30)
Still Coming (2:30)
Still Coming (2:30)
Still Coming (2:30)
Still Coming (2:30)
Still Coming (2:30). Our cheap rip off of "The Gates" shown here.
Still Coming (2:30). Our cheap rip off of "The Gates" shown here.
The final snowfall (already plowed)
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In The News Mozilla

Firefox hits Yahoo Again

Firefox On YahooI’ve mentioned this before. Firefox again is on the homepage. Now celebrating the 25 Million Milestone.

That’s some good press. Yahoo gets a lot of hits. And that title just yells out “Lots of people are checking out Firefox… have you?”

Don’t just take back the web. Take it back with a loud voice! Congrats Everyone!

btw: If your not spreading the word. Help Out now. Get those links in your blog, on your AIM profile, in your forum signature, etc. etc. Be creative!

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Programming Web Development

Coding with Timezones

I’ve got a bit of a complex question here for all you professional web developers:

Environment
Website targeting international users in all 24 timezones. Website based in US.

Problem Summary
How do you handle timezones correctly? What is the best strategy?

Problem Expanded
The particular problem I see is Daylight savings. I’ve seen several sites ask it based on GMT (-5 for New York for example). Now what that misses is Daylight Savings. Not everyone in all timezones participates, and each has a different time when they implement it. Keeping it in GMT isn’t exactly desirable either, since users need to know the time (in their timezone).

Anyone take on the issue? I’ve searched high and low, and yet to see a good solution. Most just leave it as GMT, or hide times (put it in very low contrasting color compared to it’s background for example).

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Personal

Quiet Time.. pictures coming

Slightly quiet over the past few days. Several things going on. First of all school is busy (lots of work and studying). Then I’ve been hacking away at several projects. Lots of fun there. Not to mention some TV time, and just relaxing. Everyone needs some of that.

I’ll be checking out the “The Gates” in Central Park, NYC later this week as I’ll be in the city. I’ll be sure to take my camera phone and snap a few low-quality pictures (they still are pictures), and post them here for all my non-Northeastern US and international readers. So keep an eye out for those. I’m planning to put those up sometime before the weekend (likely Friday night).

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In The News Politics

USS Jimmy Carter codenamed Richard Nixon?

Well, we all know trans-atlantic data isn’t exactly secure. But now we know the USS Jimmy Carter can be used to intercept data along those under water cables. The new submarine can provide another gated level of security for the intelligence community.

Why they didn’t name it the USS Richard Nixon? I’m not really sure. Sure would be more appropriate. Not to mention a ship being named after a Democrat with Republicans controlling all branches of government, is slightly unusual.

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Internet Mozilla

YASN (Yet Another Socal Network): YUB

There’s yet another social network (like friendster, orkut, the facebook). Yub is backed by Buy.com, Target, and Apple iTunes which gives you “points” for what you buy, or persuade others to buy. You can write reviews, and if someone buys through your review, you get 1% of the product’s price in points. Which are redeemable for cash (shockingly). It’s designed as a social network, but for purchasing products.

I gave it a spin today, and found it rather good. It’s got a nice design, very usable, and it’s actually pretty informative. I can definitely see myself using it as a frontend for purchasing products.

It’s themed like a mall, and even feature’s a map. There are “raves” (topics of interest), including Firefox!

I’d recommend giving it a look. You can find my profile here. If you join, add me as your friend (if you want to be my friend that is).

Social Networks are part of life on the net now. They provide a new way of interacting unlike more archaic forums and chartrooms. This just adds the dynamic of seeing what products other people like/dislike.

I’m curious how Amazon will respond.

Hopefully they will add an web service so I can make (or find) a WordPress plugin to keep my latest reviews on this blog and a generic signup link.