Lately I’ve noticed several of the websites I frequent have a new feature were when one hovers over a link, a preview of the linked website is shown in a small pop-up window. I hadn’t looked into how its being done, but my friend Dan Harrelson saved me the trouble by blogging about it. The feature is called Snap Preview Anywhere. Its free and easy to add to any website. As you can see, I’ve implemented it to my blog.
I normally get 25+ spam comments each day so I’ve installed the Akismet plug-in for WordPress to my blog. It recognizes spam and filters it from your blog before you have to moderate them. At least that’s how I understand it works. Lets wait a few days and see just how great it is.
This guy I know, Mark Aceves, went on a trip to the Middle East this month. He visited various sites in Israel and in Jordan. He blogged and posted photos while on his trip whenever he had a chance. You can read about his adventures at http://aceves.wordpress.com
The latest online craze this holiday is to elf yourself. This means to go to www.elfyourself.com and upload a photo of yourself which will be pasted on a funny dancing elf. Click here to see how I made an elf of myself. Enjoy!
There are no new developments regarding the disapperance of my coworker George Lechuk. He’s been missing since November 3, 2006. You can read my previous post about his disappearance by clicking here.
We are starting a new drive to get the word out. A new website has been started which will serve as a repository of the information we have. An updated missing-person flyer has been created and is also available for download at the new website.
New website
Flyers
I didn’t go to the Podcamp West event I wrote about earlier. Something came up that day and I wasn’t able to make it. However, I did go to Laughing Squid’s 11th anniversary party later that day. The event was held at a nightclub called Mighty in San Francisco. The event turned out to be a convergence of technology and art. It seemed to be attended by the who’s who of local artists, bloggers, and techies from Robert Scoble to Kevin Rose and of course Scott Beale, Laughing Squid’s founder.
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Strolling through Costco, I came across this meat product branded with my last name. The company is called Del Real Foods and Costco is selling their cooked porked better known in Spanish as carnitas. I had seen this company’s name mentioned in search results, but they didn’t have a website and I hadn’t seen any of its products until I came across this one.
Their new website explains the company’s history. The company was started by a family with the last name of Cardenas, but it doesn’t explain why the name Del Real was chosen to be used in the company name.