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Re: An Event Apart Atlanta - A Recap

Chris Harrison — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:15:12 -0000

No problem! If you have a chance to attend one of these in the future, do it! It was well worth it to be able to learn from the "pros".

Re: An Event Apart Atlanta - A Recap

Chris Harrison — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:47:00 -0000

I'm there. Definitely going to try to bring along a few people with me if/when a new AEA rolls through.

Re: Wheee!

Chris Harrison — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:10:29 -0000

All I have to say is "Wheeeeeeee!"

Re: What Have I Become?

Chris Harrison — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:46:26 -0000

lol... you deserved it to, ya young whipper-snapper.

Re: The Lost Experience

Chris Harrison — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:48:21 -0000

Yeah, it did. I had been to the old site a few times in the past... but was excited to see this new offering. However, when I realized last night that the whole Lost Experience thing is some sort of cross-promotion with Sprite... I was more than a little peeved.

Re: The Lost Experience

Chris Harrison — Fri, 12 May 2006 23:30:14 -0000

hehe... It is a pretty interesting concept.

I love the show, and I've been addicted to it since the very beginning. It's the one thing that I am truly selfish about... Wednesday's at 9pm are almost always devoted to watching Lost...

Re: Yahoo Launches New Home Page

Chris Harrison — Tue, 16 May 2006 06:17:22 -0000

Hmm... it'll have to grow on me, I suppose. Not really digging it.

There is way too much going on here. I switched to using Google because of the simplicity of its homepage. The use of shading, gradients, and diagonal lines is very "Web 2.0" but I don't think it adds anything to the user experience. The left navigation is clunky and the alternating text sizes on nav items is distracting.

Doing a side-by-side comparison of the new version versus the old, I am more inclined to use the old version.

Nice try, Yahoo... but I think there's some work that still needs to be done here.

Re: The Quest

Chris Harrison — Tue, 16 May 2006 08:21:40 -0000

Yeah, though as far as 'advertising crap' goes... I think this was one of the more involved/interactive advertising campaigns I've seen. Considering we don't pay anything for Google's Services, I have come to fully accept that advertising is probably going to snake its way into most, if not all of the gApps I currently use. (They've got bills to pay, too!)

Re: MacBook, Whoa.

Chris Harrison — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:02:40 -0000

never set foot in an Apple store? Yeah, Augusta sucks like that.

I'm still pissed about the price difference. The black MacBooks looks really sweet, but I couldn't justify buying one when I could get the same thing for $150 less... Oh well, I'll have to live with my Dell Inspiron for a bit longer.

Re: Live Redesign

Chris Harrison — Fri, 19 May 2006 13:08:45 -0000

Those are both good things :) Just wait...

Re: Live Redesign

Chris Harrison — Mon, 22 May 2006 09:51:44 -0000

You've definitely got a point there. Having the Recent Entries on the homepage really doesn't add a lot of value. I'll see abou modifying that somehow.

Re: Immigration

Chris Harrison — Wed, 24 May 2006 09:08:16 -0000

tgpo, That's awful. You kiss your mother with that mouth?

If you think about it, though... what happened when all of the Illegal Immigrants protested earlier this month and last month? Was the INS there? No.

Something better needs to be done, but I don't have the answers...

Re: Wine Lovers Now Have A Web 2.0 Site

Chris Harrison — Thu, 25 May 2006 06:03:38 -0000

I definitely think Cork'd is what will bring wine to the Web2.0 masses. WineLog is over a week too late, and doesn't have any big names behind it (Dan Benjamin of HiveLogic + Dan Cederholm of SimpleBits = Tundro) that the web community can stand behind.

Add to that the fact that WineLog doesn't have a drop of meta content in the source code, or a meaningful page title. How are people going to even find this site short of posts like these?

Re: DaVinci Code

Chris Harrison — Thu, 25 May 2006 14:05:31 -0000

Thanks, Scott :)

Re: DaVinci Code

Chris Harrison — Thu, 25 May 2006 14:21:25 -0000

Thanks for the correction, Carlton. You're absolutely right. Jesus Christ IS the Son of God. My mistake for using the past tense.

I used to make the argument to friends that the Bible was filled with lies or half-truths because man had a hand in writing it. Faith requires us to believe that the Bible is the word of God. I can't believe that anymore. I can't believe that the Bible is anything other than the Word of God. Maybe I'm stupid for believing that, but that's where faith comes in.

As for the sound research available... well, if there's anything I learned while pursuing Political Science in college - research can be manipulated to report whatever "facts" the author intends...

Re: We’re Still Alive

Chris Harrison — Fri, 26 May 2006 09:43:17 -0000

You're probably right. I'm guessing he'll blame President Bush, seeing as that's a pretty popular excuse to use these days.

Re: DaVinci Code

Chris Harrison — Tue, 30 May 2006 11:05:01 -0000

Yes, if you believe the Bible to be the work of Man, it's definitely possible that the Word has been manipulated. If you believe that the Bible is the Word of God, transcribed by men of God to transcribe, then manipulation is not possible.

We can argue this to death, but it's certainly not going to change what I believe.

Re: DaVinci Code

Chris Harrison — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:02:52 -0000

Thanks, Carlton! Thanks for the discussion! Hopefully I'll post some other entries of value to keep you coming back!

Re: We’re Still Alive

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:21:25 -0000

Thx, Scott! We give too much credit to jokers like this. The problem when stuff like this gets passed around is - some people actually believe it. We can't trust in other people. We can only trust in God. He's the only one who won't ever let us down.

Re: cdharrison.com » archive » Problems with the Iomega 250Gb Network Hard Drive

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:28:47 -0000

I’ve made it a point to not put essential files on the NetHDD at this point… It’s worked without any problems since the initial setup, but I don’t trust it.

Re: Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:42:53 -0000

Hmm… recommend? Good question… I don’t play a whole lot of console games anymore…. Just a select few on XBOX. I mainly play games on the computer… though, honestly, I don’t get to play a whole lot because of the new baby and all ;) Rise of Nations is definitely a game to check out… I highly recommend it. Been playing it for well over a year now…

Re: Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:43:50 -0000

I also enjoy games like Full Spectrum Warrior [XBOX] that involve military tactics and whatnot… I especially like the Conflict series that’s appeared on the XBOX…

Re: Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:44:31 -0000

Actually, I do. My game of choice right now is Rise of Nations (Gold Edition). But I enjoy games where there is building strategy involved… SimCity, Zoo Tycoon, etc….

Re: click me baby, one more time.

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:48:35 -0000

I agree with you completely. You really have to be careful with what you put your kids in… Thanks for the comments!

Re: cdharrison.com » archive » Happy New Year

Chris Harrison — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:50:31 -0000

You're absolutely right, Andy. I'm hoping by making my resolutions public, I can be held more accountable to them! :)