I was asked by someone at work to come up with a non-technical definition of microformats for some glossary of web terms they’re putting together. Here’s what I came up with:\ bq. Using standards that exist today, microformats take the HTML used to build the web and turn it into powerful, semantic, machine-readable, web-service ready […]
Author: Kevin Lawver
My Job… on Rails!
There are times when working at AOL is hard to defend, like say, when we give out lots of personally identifiable search data, or when our customer service is patently horrible. There are other times when I wouldn’t dream of working anywhere else. Today is the latter. I am extremely lucky. Why? I can’t say […]
The Big Blog Re-Install
I think my comment problems are related to my crusty install of Movable Type. I’m going to re-install Movable Type, and slowly re-add plugins. Things may be funky around here for a little while.\ Update – I think it’s OK now. I deleted a bunch of old plugins I wasn’t actually using, and gave up […]
OK, Who Else Twitters Around Here?
Twitter was my only real “connection” to the online world while I was in Mississippi (no EVDO, no wi-fi, don’t like sharing other peoples’ computers unless I have to, etc), and I keep slowly finding other pals who’re on it. I like the immediacy of updates and how easy it is to turn them off […]
The Big 2k
This is the 2000th post on this blog. I wish I could write this to coincide with some big redesign, a switch to a cool new blogging platform or have some cool techno-geeky thing to show off. But, I don’t. I just have this measly little entry. This entry is mostly here so I get […]
Camera Update
I asked for advice earlier about cameras and here’s what I decided: I did a little research on different digital SLRs, features, prices, etc and then went to eBay and looked for those cameras on auction. I bid low on a Digital Rebel XT, and Nikon D50 and an Olympus Evolt E500 (hoping I would […]
Wii First Impressions
I told you we got a Wii, and here are my initial thoughts: Everything about it is gorgeous. The box itself, the wiimote, the nunchuk, the menus, the sounds, everything. It’s one of the best designed consumer electronic thingies I’ve ever used. It’s usable. I didn’t have to look anything up to get it hooked […]
Max Loves the Wii
Since we were out of town for Christmas, we had a New Years Eve Gift-Giving Extravaganza at my parents’ last night. Aaaand, my mom got us boys (Brian, Max and me) a Wii! We hooked it up in their basement to try it out, and Max is hooked. I took a little video of Max […]
Brian Likes to Skip
We were showing the boys how to skip at the zoo last week, and Brian really got into it. I took a little movie to show you just how into it he was: Get\ the Flash Player to see this player.
The Mississippi Pictures
The pictures from the trip are up and organized into sets. Here they all are: Day One – This included sledding, and dinner at Leatha’s: the Temple of Pork. Max Takes Pictures – I let Max use the camera and iPhoto to take pictures around the house. He loved tweaking all the settings on pictures, […]