Don't Back Down

I've finished (at least temporarily) with the updates to the site. One difference you will notice is that you can now comment from many pages within the site. The comment link will create a pop-up window over whatever page you are on when you click it (assuming Javascript is enabled in your browser). When you submit your comment, the pop-up window will be closed and you will be returned to the location where you started the comment process.

Because of the comments being paginated when they reach a certain size, I figured that this would make more sense than trying to fit a comment form on each and every page of the comments section.

I know that some of you don't like pop-up windows at all, and I'm sorry if this bothers you. But I think it's a pretty clean implementation. And if you really don't like them, turn off Javascript and you will get an inline comment form instead.

Personally, I don't much care for pop-ups either. But as it allows a quick comment, then closes neatly, while allowing you to keep your focus in the other window all the while, I think I'm going to stick with it for a while. Let me know your thoughts.

I received an advertisement in the mail (the real mail, no less!) for an Internet Phone Company. Interesting approach, as I would be surprised if there was a large broadband penetration among the folks who read the value-pack of coupons that come in the mail. But I did, so who knows?

Anyway, SunRocket Internet Phone service is priced at a reasonable $24.95 per month (including a total of two phone numbers, an add-on from many providers) or an annual plan priced at $199 - that's just $16.58 per month. Of course, the service might stink - but I think it's interesting to see such a development. Anyone using SunRocket yet?

I was working with a client today when I ran into an issue where the computer just would not make a connection to any other devices on the network. I couldn't even run a NET USE command for a resource on the same computer, a sure sign of trouble. The problem is that I didn't know what to do.

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