Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

  • Beijing Olympics Steals Flash Artist’s Game

    Because I’m sure they don’t have the budget for this sort of thing: I’d also like to point out that this is not just a clone of my game. They didn’t see my game and set out to make a similar game. They actually stole my game. I’ll say it again: The Olympics stole my […]

  • Change Submit Button Text Upon Form Submission Javascript

    Working on a little project and wanted one of those fancy effects where when someone fills out an email submission form, the text changes from ‘Submit’ to something like ‘Please wait…’ or ‘Sending…’. A few seconds of Googling and voila: <form name=”form_name” action=”http://www.codeave.com/html/get.asp”><input type=”submit” name=”button_name” value=’Submit’ onClick=’form_name.button_name.value=”Please Wait…“;return true’></form> I annotated the colors of the […]

  • 17 Tips for Cash-Strapped Startups

    Jason Calacanis gives his 17 cents on how to slash costs at your next startup. My favorite: Buy everyone lunch four days a week and establish a no-meetings policy. Going out for food or ording in takes at least 20-60 minutes more than walking up to the buffet and eating. If you do meetings over […]

  • How to Change Your Profile Picture or Image in TypePad

    A Blogwild reader writes: Maybe this is in the book, but I can’t find it. I’ve also searched typepad. How do you change the author picture? I’m guessing the confusion might be from the way the profile pic is for your entire TypePad account, not just one blog. You might be looking in the wrong […]

  • CNNPolitics.com Expires

    There is nothing that gives me panic attacks and drive heaves like almost missing the renewal for a domain name. You don’t even want to know how close I’ve come to losing BIG BIG BIG domains that are a part of my online business. Someone at CNN is really in the doghouse now. (via)

  • 1000 True Fans

    Brian points to Kevin’s post about having one thousand fans willing to pay you: “A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living. A True Fan is defined […]

  • Command + `

    Finally – I figured out how to cycle through windows of an open application. Use the Command key plus the >> ` << – is that called a back single quote? I already knew about Command + Tab to cycle through apps – just needed to know how to go between multiple windows of the […]

  • Idiot Think Tank: iPods Responsible for Increase in Crime

    Sounds like someone in the PR department thought this would be a great way to get the organization on the map: The Urban Institute, a Washington-based think tank, has reportedly come to the conclusion that the reason US violent crime rose in 2005 and 2006 after declining every year since 1991 is because more iPods […]

  • US Dept of Treasury Can Disappear Your Domain

    (via Washington Monthly) New York Times: It turned out, though, that Mr. Marshall’s Web sites had been put on a Treasury Department blacklist and, as a consequence, his American domain name registrar, eNom Inc., had disabled them. Mr. Marshall said eNom told him it did so after a call from the Treasury Department; the company, […]

  • Training Crows to Do Your Bidding

    I for one welcome our new corvine overlords: Video: Josh Klein of GadgetOff teaches crows to pick up loose change and theorizes they could eventually pick up trash or even scout out individuals (which reminds me of Beastmaster).