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If it wasn’t for Shaw, this blog would be a log.

If ten people other than Shaw post a comment I will share a deep secret. And, no, they can’t be Shaw’s other personalities (no cheating).

On with the show…

So, I had posted about Aptana, a web development IDE for Ajax. Then, the alluring Catherine told me about Eclipse - the second beautiful woman in as many days to recommend that product. Well, I’m using both! I installed Eclipse at work, and then extended it with Aptana… so now I’ve got a super duper integrated web development thingamadingy. Eclipse is friggin’ awesome… mostly because it’s so flexible.

After I move (did I mention I’m moving to Nashua?) I’m going to throw out Dreamweaver and go whole-hog Eclipse.

That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.

I stumbled upon this method for speeding up Firefox. It’s friggin’ impressive. I’d put how to do it in here, but that’d be taking away from the guy that posted it and credit is due. I just marvelled at how fast my Google calendar loaded. Not bad at all!

I don’t like to discuss my work on here too much (do I discuss anything much?) because I’d really rather not get dooced or anything. But I was having a conversation with my boss today about my annual review when he paid me one of the best compliments I’ve ever received.

He explained that my official review was being delayed because the people he reports to asked for details to explain all of the good things he had to say about me… when I asked him what he meant by details he said,

They want photographic evidence that you can actually walk on water.

I’m all sheepish now. Gosh, I think I’m blushing. I do bust my hump for that guy though. Glad he noticed.

So, I admit it. I didn’t test this layout thoroughly in Explorer. Crap. Time for another redesign. And I was so proud of the fluid worn look. Looks cool as hell (to me) in Firefox but… oh poop. I’ve violated my own rules by not making this site browser independant. Well, looks like it’s time to try out Eclipse at home

Damnit.

IE7 Is Coming This Month!

Ok, I admit it. I never thought it’d happen. And now, we’re scrabbling at work to find out if our stuff is going to explode or not. Check your sites, people, and hold on to your hats. This could be either really good… or really, really bad!