Super Ginormous

Author: Chris Harrison

  • NewsGator Frees RSS Readers

    For a couple of years, I’ve happily used NewsGator FeedDemon as my RSS reader. I use it to read through a hundred or so feeds that I am subscribed to. (The integration of NewsGator Online with the desktop application is one of my favorite features.) I’ve used Bloglines, Google Reader, and several other web-based RSS readers, and none worked as well as FeedDemon.

    Anyways, onto the good news: FeedDemon is now free. As are a few of NewsGator’s other products: NewsGator Inbox for Microsoft Outlook, NewsGator Go! for mobile, NetNewsWire for Mac.

    View the press release here.

  • Autocomplete FTL

    Autocomplete?

    Sometimes auto-complete is completely wrong. I started typing Wyatt’s email address and auto-complete suggested "homo" instead of "gomi"…

  • You suck at Photoshop.

    You suck at Photoshop. This “tutorial” made me LOL.

  • On Little River


    Heading towards the Little River Bridge from Chris Harrison on Vimeo.

  • Matchbox Twenty Tickets Available

    I listed two fourth row tickets to the Matchbox Twenty concert in Norfolk, Virginia scheduled for 10 Feb 08 up on eBay, if anyone might be interested. My wife and I already had tickets for the 28 Jan show in Atlanta, GA at the Philips Arena, and thought we might go to this second show as well, but it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to swing it.

  • WordPress 2.3.2

    WordPress 2.3.2 is now available. It “is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts.” I just upgraded without any problems. More info on what’s new in 2.3.2 can be found here.

  • End of support for Netscape browsers.

    End of support for Netscape browsers. Thus ends an era that lasted far longer than most might have imagine. Netscape, I salute you and your contributions to the web over the years.

  • Hell hath frozen over.

    I’m not proud of it, but I went ahead and setup a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/cdharrisonxp. This is the third time I’ve had an account… and there’s no telling how long I might keep it. I used Mike Davidson’s Hacking a More Tasteful MySpace to make my profile page not as ugly as what they give as a default. I’m not sure how much I will use it… And to be honest, I’m using it because some friends/neighbors are using it…

  • Happy Holidays

    It feels weird to be unplugged for extended amounts of time. I’ve only checked my email a handful of times since I took time off from work on December 21st. I don’t go back until January 2nd, but the time off has definitely been good for me. Sleeping in, hanging out with friends and playing video games are things I’ve done without this past year as work demands have made it near impossible to have any semblance of a “real life”.

    Since I didn’t get around to doing it earlier this week… Merry Belated Christmas… hope you were able to spend time with friends and family. Both my family and Kim’s live here locally, so we’re able to spend it with them. It was Tyler’s second Christmas, but the first where he was fully aware of what was going on around him. Next year will be much more interesting with him, I’d imagine.

    I had a good Christmas. I was fortunate enough to receive a Logitech Harmony 670 Universal Remote, tons of giftcards, Heroes Season 1 DVD set, Lost Season 3 DVD Set, Brain Age 1 & 2 for the Nintendo DS, several Star Wars Clonetrooper figures (including a hard to find Clone Commander #33 figure). All in all, I had a great Christmas.

    I hope you and yours have a safe and memorable New Years. I’m sure by this weekend I’ll be raring to get back to being productive at work.

  • CSS Test

    How Many CSS Properties Can You Name in 7 Minutes? I named 48.