http://www.theoneandtheonly.com from the mind of Andrew Buckman Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:24:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The people over at Cuil.com should read this newsletter issue on comparative advertising.  I'd like to add one more thing to their email and that is: if you're going to compare yourself, be certain you get your facts in order first.  Sure it got them some quick press, even prompting ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2008/07/30/comparative-advertising/ So it seems there's something wrong with Urchin 5 that is preventing my web stats from being compiled out of the logs files and into Urchin's reporting interface. This began happening a year after I switched to the current server (running Plesk 7.5) and I noticed it on a ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2007/03/17/urchin-5-stats-stopping/ These are by far the funniest commercials I've seen for a car dealership in some time. Absolutely outstanding. 1 and 4 are my personal favorites. Trunk Monkey Commercials http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2006/05/18/outstanding-advertising/ It's back! $779 buys you 24" of 1920x1200 real estate on your desk! Use coupon code D8Q403R9G4FJ32 for 35% off. Update: WFQ9X9GW1VT?2R for 35% off. Update again: 69$8KC79D53S2H for 35% off. Final update: I'm guessing that's it for this quarter. Dell 2405FPW http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/10/11/dell-2405fpw-for-779-again/ First Intel CPUs and now a "four button" mouse from Apple? I must say it's about time somebody used a ball for the wheel, hey look a mouse with a trackball! :-) I'm starting to think Apple really is serious about courting Windows users over to their ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/08/02/the-world-has-ended/ Wowsers. So I bought one of the Dell 24" monsters (2405FPW) and it arrived this week. Just plain crazy, the thing absolutely dwarfs everything around it. I LOVE IT! Best thing I've bought computer-wise in ages. When I saw it for $779 (the best deal ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/07/28/dell-2405fpw-insanity/ Just a quick note announcing an update to my WordPress Plugin, Editor Search, now at version 1.3. Word searching now wraps in both Firefox and Internet Explorer. I also made a small usability improvement (I think) in this version, when you click in one of the input boxes, the other ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/06/07/wordpress-plugin-editor-search-13/ So Apple admits the unthinkable, they really have been compiling and running MacOS X on Intel all these years, just in case. With the talk about reduced power consumption, I'd think they must be looking at the Pentium M chips as the Pentium 4 & Pentium D don't exactly ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/06/06/thoughts-on-apple-moving-to-intel/ Wow, it's true. Engadget http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/06/06/apple-to-intel/ Since hink asked, here are my thoughts on the whole Google Sitemaps idea. Overall, I love it. The ability to tell the search engines "hey, check this page out often and don't bother with these over here but once a month" could prove quite useful. That said, part of ... http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2005/06/04/google-sitemaps-thoughts/