SI.com - Who’s Hot, Who’s Not - Tuesday November 16, 2004 3:46PM

Posted in Bengal Growls

Carson Palmer-Chad Johnson
Bengals’ QB-WR tandem drove from Cincy to Indy to watch Peyton and WR Marvin Harrison knock off Vikings two Mondays ago. “They’re who we want to be like,” said Palmer. “It was a business trip.” Palmer drove (”[Chad] was my date”), they sat in the stands and they took notes: On Sunday pair hooked up six times for 89 yards in win over Redskins.

This is the sort of thing that makes me certain the Bengals losing ways are over. Not only do they fight for every yard and hit like freight trains now (see last Sunday’s game vs. the Steelers) … every player talks like a true student of the game.

U.S. archives offer digital look at America’s past - Nov 18, 2004

Posted in Technology

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government promises anyone with a computer will have access within a few years to millions of pages from old newspapers, a slice of American history to be viewed now only by visiting local libraries, newspaper offices or the nation’s capital.

Wow. This is great news. From historians to kid’s writing term papers … many folks will benefit from this resource coming online.

Guzzlers in Nevada

Posted in Politics

Ever wondered how animals survive the parched, desert summer in Nevada? Check out the guzzlers supplied by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW).

Pagerank Explained. Google’s PageRank and how to make the most of it.

Posted in Technology

Ever wondered how Google ranks your search results? Trying to get your website in the top 10 for a given keyword? Read Pagerank Explained.

Creating websites by hand - OSNews.com

Posted in Cool Code, CSS/XHTML

With the recent browser statistics, that show Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla/Firefox, Safari/Konqueror and Opera combined at around 95%, it is finally feasible to write modern, CSS-based websites.

Yep. Christian is on the right track. Thank God we are finally able to lean more heavily on newer, better standards. This article goes on to illustrate some things old school coders may need to adjust to when making the leap to XHTML/CSS.

The Open Source Portfolio Initiative

Posted in Open Source

The Open Source Portfolio Initiative is a community of individuals and organizations collaborating on the development of the leading non-proprietary, open source electronic portfolio software available.

Good stuff here. Gregor and I bounced around a similar concept a few years ago. I am glad to see the ideavirus at work.

Next Page »