25 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Random Stuff
Anyone notice that when they compile an application in Visuial Studio 2008 every .aspx page gets these 3 characters at the start of the file:  WTF is that?
25 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Wordpress
Out of the 3 blogs that I manage, 1of the 3 showed a note atop the admin section that WordPress had an update available. The other 2 didn’t show anything, however, they did all have a note in the WordPress Development Blog section of the dashboard that the download was available but hadn’t been made [...]
24 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Tech/Web
Google has done it again. They’ve found a way to incorporate more information into the same space as before. The new Google Finance homepage now puts an emphasis on news stories, giving you the option to see news for the entire market, news for your portfolio, and videos related to market news. All this while [...]
My good friends at Am I A Celebrity?, the website for celebrity look alikes, have just released a new blog that has in turn announced that a new version of the Am I A Celebrity website is in the works. The newly released Am I A Celebrity? Blog appears to be another celebrity gossip blog, [...]
Marine Travelift has been in business for over 40 years and is one of the worlds premier manufacturers of boat handling equipment, such as boat hoists and boat transporters. The Travelift boat hoists have a capacity of 15 tons all the way up to 1,000+ tons… that should definitely be enough to handle the job [...]
18 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Random Stuff, Wordpress
With the release of WordPress 2.5, the new administration dashboard displays incoming blog links by querying Google Blog Search rather than Technorati as it had in the past. Does this mean that Google Blog Search will become the new standard for bloggers and networking blogs? Or is it simply because Google has the best search [...]
03 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Adsense
If you’ve visited this site before, you may or may not have noticed ad placements in the right-hand side bar. Over time, I’ve experimented with 160×600 skyscrapers (from both Google Adsense and from other 3rd party advertisers) and I’ve also tried placing a leading 336×280 large rectangle atop the right-hand sidebar with limited success. Both [...]
03 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Random Stuff
If you paid for your flight by cash, check or money order you are unfortunately pretty much out of luck. I say pretty much out of luck, because you can write a letter and submit a claim to bankruptcy court and request the price of your ticket back. This will not only take a very [...]
All of you car lovers and toy lovers will be happy to know that today is the 40th anniversary of Hot Wheels made by Mattel. In the past 40 years, Mattel has produced over 4 billion cars. You can find rare and classic Hot Wheels cars on eBay, some of which are commanding a pretty [...]
03 Apr
Posted by i.nconspicuo.us in Random Stuff
In a statement released earlier today: Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) announced today it is offering ATA customers and employees a stand-by or confirmed option for travel to or from Hawaii and to or from Cancun following ATA reporting it has ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy. The offers are valid between today and May 3, [...]