Posted on September 3, 2005 10:29 am by Shel Holtz | General
I have an iPod, so I get my online music primarily from Apple’s iTunes store. My wife has a Samsung digital media player, so she uses Napster. “Hey, look at this,” I called up to her yesterday. She came downstairs and I pointed out the image on the iTunes storefront that allows you to make a donation in support of hurricane relief to the
Posted on August 31, 2005 9:24 pm by Shel Holtz | General
It took some digging, but I was able to figure out why the Captcha feature was broken on this blog. It’s fixed, so I’ve turned off comment moderating and am back to just using Captcha for keeping comment spammers away. Comment at will.
Posted on August 31, 2005 12:11 pm by Shel Holtz | General
My friend and colleague Charles Pizzo, evacuated from New Orleans to temporary quarters in Fort Worth, Texas, has asked me to post this message on his behalf, which I’m more than happy to do:
HURRICANE KATRINA Many thanks for the flood of warm messages. They mean a lot. Mom, Ollie (dog) and I are safe. We evacuated from Hurricane Katrina very early. Both our…
Posted on August 31, 2005 9:51 am by Shel Holtz | General
Gerard Braud, a communications consultant who has years of experience in broadcast journalism, is looking for help. A New Orleans resident, Braud evacuated before Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, rather than focus on his own situation, he wants to put his skills to use getting information to those in the hurricane-ravaged area who have no access to any communication channels at…
Posted on August 26, 2005 3:17 pm by Shel Holtz | General
I’m not sure why, but my CAPTCHA implementation on this blog isn’t working. It’s there to head off comment spam, so until I figure out the problem, I’ve enabled comment moderation. I’ll turn moderation off as soon as I get CAPTCHA running again. Thanks to Dave Taylor for pointing out the problem.
Posted on August 21, 2005 9:36 am by Shel Holtz | General
A new website marries screencasts, blogging and vidcasts in a pretty interesting way. The site, Screencasts Online, is the brainchild of Don McAllister, who has decided to make his work available via blog and RSS feed.
In case you’re unfamiliar with a screencast, these are movies that display a computer screen while a voice narrates what’s happening on the screen. Jon Udell of
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