USB Rechargeable AA Batteries

USB AA Battery

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Pet Recovery Service

We had a microchip installed under Ellie’s skin.  It’s somewhere between her shoulder blades or nearer the bottom of her neck.  The service is HomeAgain.
Their phone number is 1-866-738-4324.
Ellie’s ID is 47273F4555

Update:  Erin left a comment alerting us to a potential health hazard with these chips.  We’ll ask our Vet their opinion about this.

Camera Recommendations

Jordan uses a Canon SD700

Antonio reviews the Nikon’s
S7c Coolpix wi-fi 7MP camera and links to a Wall Street Journal Review

Customer Community

ExpressDigital

I am eager to find out who are customers are and what they think of our software.  Before I started work at ExpressDigital, I tried searching the web for discussions about our company and products.  We were not appearing as predominantly in the results as I expected. 

I soon came across the Digital Imaging Notebook blog,and found this post titled Workflow Software, where he explains why he recommends our software.  I read a few other posts including one where he reviewed another product.  This guy is good.  He is honest and to the point.  There is no doubt in my mind that if our software fails to meet his needs he will drop us in favor of a competitor.  But I’d rather have an honest loyal customer, that will put us to the fire if necessary, than someone that doesn’t appreciate the value of our offerings.

I’m subscribed and hope to find more customers like him  I can learn from.

License and Ownership of Work Product

ExpressDigital

Sweet. I like how we state our policy on ownership of work posted on our PhotoReflect site.  Short and to the point:

3. License and Ownership of Work Product. 
                        Express Digital shall not gain any ownership interest in the Photographer’s images.

Doing it right on the first day

I started my new job as Senior Developer with ExpressDigital yesterday.  I’ve had some great jobs in the past.  I feel spoiled that for most of my career, I’ve actually looked forward to going into work.  I could tell ExpressDigital was going to be one of those places.  I love their products and their software is right up my alley.  They have the intangibles down too.  They arranged to take me out to lunch the first day, and even toasted me!  Talk about feeling welcomed.  I never understood why companies often ignored the little things that make coming to work a joy.  Maybe I didn’t get an Aeron Chair,  but I did get my own office with a beautiful view of Lake Austin and the 360 bridge. Sweet.  I’m looking forward to helping make ExpressDigital even more successfull than they already are.   Expect a lot more posts about them here.

C++ FAQ

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What are those squiggly words used to verify a live human?

The technology is called CAPTCHA.
Microsoft Research on Human Interaction Proofs (HIPs)

The Captcha project

Captcha tutorials

ample PHP implementation

Captcha effectiveness

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