August 2005

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Happy FireFox Day

Today Dan and I celebrated our love of FireFox . We are now the proud owners of the two available FireFox t-shirts ( navy and black ), though you'll probably never catch us both wearing the same one at the same time ( * or the same style for that matter). I also got Dan and Gaetano matching FireFox baseball hats. For our office wall, I bought us a limited edition poster of the Firefox two page...

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Optical Dillusions

Back in February my optomitrist explained to me that I would probably never be able to see a stereogram 's image because my eyes don't know how to relax the way that they should. I've always thought that anyone who could see a stereogram was just making stuff up, there's nothing there, and it is all a practical joke. Yesterday while waiting for the doctor I finally saw it; a whale, several fish,...

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UltraSound of Thyroid and FNA

I didn't know I was going to have this done today; it was just a consultation since it had been awhile since my goiter was looked at. I wish we'd brought my video camera! I've been putting off getting an FNA ( fine needle aspiration , a.k.a. fine needle biopsy) of the goiter in my neck since it was discovered back in 1997. Before you go scolding me for putting it off so long, it wasn't something...

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Acquisition Approved by Shareholders

Word on the street is that Macromedia and Adobe shareholders approved the acquisition editor for, say it with me now... 3.4 <voice character="Austin Powers">billion</voice>. Regulators still have to approve it, though I can't see why they wouldn't. Given the sneak peek I posted about , I'd say both companies expect it to be official soon. Looks like it will be in the Fall,...

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Getting ready for Kindergarten - Levels 1 and 2

It's almost time for Gaetano to start Kindergarten and we've been getting ready for it. He's really excited about it too, which is great. (This is going to be a really long post, but hang in there if you can because there's some cute momoments. I'm a sucker for cute moments though...) We already went school shopping for all the basic Kindergarten supplies so he'll be ready. When I was a kid, we...

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More MAX Sneak Peeks

This just in... Macromedia has put up more MAX session sneak peeks . Yes, there's even one from yours truly. Ok, so I'm not "yours" but you know what I mean.

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Blog Comments

It seems that more and more I'm getting what seem might be legitimate comments posted in response to my blogging. When I look at the URL provided it turns out to be something... something... something I would rather not link to. Yeah, that's a nice way of putting it. It amazes me that people take the time to reply to blogs for the purpose of search engine recognition alone. Sorry...

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Free Macromedia Seminars

Some things in life are free, like Macromedia's online (live) seminars, recorded seminars, and regular old-fashioned-style seminars . So if you're looking for information on Studio 8, get it straight from Macromedia, free! Macromedia will be visiting the following communities to present a free three-hour technical seminar all about Studio 8 between 08/23/2005 and 09/22/2005: Boston, Burnaby...

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Gaetano's Trunk Story

Gaetano loves to tell people all about the things he's done. He's a talker; yes I know, he's like his mama. His latest favorite thing to tell people is his trunk story. Last week he took an entrance exam for Kindergarten. When he was done, he wanted to tell the teacher something. As soon as he started telling her what he wanted to say, I knew what it was and couldn't help but burst out laughing....

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Why I blog...

Last month Molly asked why we blog . I've been meaning to talk about that for awhile now, even before Molly raised the question. I'm glad that she asked, because if she hadn't I probably would have put off talking about it even longer. Now seems as good as time as any, so here goes... There have been times where readers criticized me for posting about things other than Dreamweaver. Usually these...

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Top 10 Reasons to Attend MAX 2005

This month's Macromedia Edge newsletter has an article called, " Top 10 Reasons to Attend MAX 2005 " that you should definitely check out even if you have no intention of going. (Hint: You may find #10 interesting.)

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Sneak Peek at Dreamweaver 8

If you've been looking for more Dreamweaver 8 sneak peeks, here's a few you may not have seen yet. The following three links will lead you to previews of three MAX 2005 presentations. Can you guess which one of these three were written by yours truly? ~ Using the Power of XML with Dreamweaver ~ Using the CSS Box Model for Page Layout ~ Dreamweaver Killer Tips

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