Microsoft’s Silverlight

Posted on August 15, 2007 by C Lin
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Silverlight LogoSilverlight is a Microsoft software program that strives to compete with Adobe Flash and the presentation components of Ajax. The program is reported to offer a more consistent experience cross-browser and cross-platform. Silverlight also includes a version of the .Net Framework and will supposedly provide an even greater scalability with Windows servers.


That’s MY Girlfriend…

Posted on June 28, 2007 by C Johnson
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That’s My Girl If you’re like me, then the words ‘how do people come up with this stuff’ are never far from your lips when perusing the blogosphere. Sometimes it’s said in horror, sometimes in envy, but always in very real awe over what some of our fellow bloggers are able to dream up.


Passive-aggressive Behavior

Posted on May 22, 2007 by C Lin
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Green Stuff; courtesy of passiveaggressivenotes.wordpress.com Ever get a note from your roommate that just boils your skin? As you call your friends to vent, you realize you are NOT lamenting the content, but the WAY said person composed it. The worst is when that person, rather than being direct, tries to cushion the blow with niceties. And doesn’t that just piss you off even more?

Here’s a blog that logs all kinds of passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, co-workers and strangers. It’s proof that you are not the only crazy person out there! (Or rather, you are not the only recipient of such nonsense!)

Click here if you want to see the freakin’ passive-aggressive blog NOW, thanks!


I’m Still in Love with Han Solo

Posted on April 20, 2007 by C Johnson
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Han Solo, from cine-collector.comChick-Lit Warning: the following blatantly biased soapbox post contains high levels of estrogen.

Growing up, Star Wars was a ‘boy’ thing. It was what your older brothers and cousins played out in the street and in the back garden while we girls were meant to be playing dress up or some such nonsense. I wasn’t supposed to care about a galaxy far, far away or the fate of the empire or whether or not Luke was destined for the dark side…