A Southern, and liberal, Lady
A staunch opponent of segregation, Lady Bird Johnson shares the glory of the greatest presidency for civil rights since Lincoln.
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Bush Caught Lying About September 11th
A Blatant lie, caught on tape. Why is this not addressed?
politicalcompass.org: Take the comprehensive political ideology test
Take this (exhausing) test to find out where you fall on the political spectrum. You can compare your results against parties in your country and famous political figures.
The easiest way to get into Ajax
I’ve been developing web applications for a while now, but only recently decided to jump on the Ajax bandwagon (I was gonna say ‘Web 2.0 bandwagon’, but buzzwords rub me the wrong way). Although I’m familiar enough with javascript, as I’m sure many are, I expected the learning curve to be relatively straight-forward. I didn’t want to buy a book, I’m broke, so I started looking around for simple tutorials in the internet. Wow, there are a lot of Ajax tutorials on the ‘net. The problem is, all the ones I came across were overly-complicated, too specific to learn anything, or completely unrelated to Ajax (like shiny-graphics photoshop tutorials). Anyway, I finally found a really short, concise tutorial that shows you the basics, without being too specific, on tizag. After reading it I was able to quickly implement my ideas, and tackle some of the more detailed tutorials out there. Check out the article here.
Microsoft Apologizes for “Ultimate Extras” Embarrassment
Months have passed since the retail launch and, aside from Hold’Em and a few utilities, the Ultimate Extras have been nothing short of a no-show. Let’s call them what they are: a total disappointment. In fact, it gets worse when Microsoft starts calling language packs “Ultimate Extras,” as if I’m supposed to do flips.
