April 28, 2008
Episode 62: An Interview with Steve Thompson [22:16m]:
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Do you ever wish you could cast your own vote on the bills your congressional representatives are deciding on your behalf? OK, I understand that it would be next to impossible for every registered voter to do that, but that doesn’t keep ME from wishing I was marking that ballot instead of my elected rep.
If that describes your feelings, then take advantage of a brand new website founded by Steve Thompson called e-VotingBooth.com. The website maintains a database of legislative bills from thomas.gov and makes them available for your input. Yep, you heard me right. Visit the site and cast your vote!
The site was the brainchild of Steve Thompson. Steve, a naval officer currently stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, believes in “democracy, freedom and the United States.” While in a discussion about a Vietnam veteran’s website that allowed users to search for other veterans, Steve realized that he didn’t need the government, which we all know can be S-L-O-W and is also controlled by special interest groups and politicians, to provide the same type of search for legislative bills and e-VotingBooth.com was born.
The way it works is simple:
- Create an account by registering at www.e-votingbooth.com
- Select a Bill
- Cast your vote!
Listen to Part 1 of Views from the Coop to Get Started!
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April 23, 2008
It’s that time, folks! “What time is that?” you may ask? It’s Election 2008! It’s that time when we tend to become most disgusted with the powers-that-be who decide in our place what’s best for us socially, economically and security-wise as a nation. Ever wish you could cast those votes yourself?
Well, now you can! Steve Thompson has developed a website where you can vote on any bill that Congress can vote on AND share the results with the ones who will actually decide its fate. It’s called e-VotingBooth. Kim and I will be talking to Steve this Thursday at 6pm CST (7pm EST) to learn more about just how it works and why you’d want to join others in casting your online vote. Until then, take a minute to check out this interview with Steve on WTKR, News Channel 3.
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April 11, 2008
Before I get to the title topic, here’s my tip of the day for K-Meleon users who may be having the same problem I’m having with being able to print webpages in Vista. I covered in my review of K-Meleon that even though I really like using it, I was very frustrated at not being able to print webpages. I can print .pdf files from a website but whenever I try to print the webpage itself, I get an error message from Windows that a program can’t display a message on my desktop, probably because it’s partially incompatible with Vista. I have to click to see the message. The message I get when I click is “This paper size is not supported by the Magicolor 2300″…Now I know that’s crazy because the paper size is set to 8-1/2″ x 11″…and I can print a webpage from every other browser I use.
Well, I found a way around this irritant. I just choose my PDF printer to print the page, then use my Magicolor to print the PDF. I use PDF Factory Pro from Fineprint (great program!). Now, I can print anyting I want in K-Meleon, albeit with a few extra clicks, but at least I can print webpages now!
And now, for what’s behind my title: I got an e-mail from Jeremy Sydik, author of “Design Accessible Web Sites” this morning. It’s been in the news that some really mean person or persons planted graphics/scripts on an Epilepsy Foundation message board that triggered migraines and/or seizures in people who suffer from photosensitivity. How pathetic is that? I heard the term “internet griefer” for the first time and discovered that it usually applies to gamers who, for whatever reason, can’t get satisfaction from online gaming so they try to ruin the experience of other gamers instead. Let me say it again….pathetic. I have no clue what the motivation behind such a distasteful act is but I’m sure that the energy that went into it could have been directed in a more positive direction. Kudos to the Epilepsy Foundation for taking quick action to delete the offending posts after receiving complaints from users. I just don’t understand why people who have the ability and the time to create internet experiences would choose to create a negative one rather than a positive one. What’s your observation?
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April 3, 2008
The Browser Wars...Is Anybody Winning? Final Podcast in Series:
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Welcome to the FINAL podcast in our series on The Browser Wars. As for whether or not anybody is winning, we discovered the answer to that depends on who you ask…..
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March 28, 2008
The Browser Wars: Is Anybody Winning, Part 2 [33:49m]:
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First of all, let me apologize for taking such a long time to post Part 2. My father-in-law had open heart surgery and we had the flu at our house since I posted Part 1, so I’ve been a little bit behind….and now that I’ve whined about it, on with the show!
Kim and I welcomed Allison back to further discuss browsers, browsing, cellphones, Mac vs Windows, etc, etc. Actually, we tried to stick to the browser wars but we did follow a pig trail or two! Thanks to Allison, Kim and I had some new visitors to the chat room at Blog Talk Radio and Allison took the time to introduce us to Bart Busschots, a friend and colleague of hers who joins her weekly on The NosillaCast in a segment called Chit Chat Across the Pond. Bart lives in Ireland so we had a real international show!
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