Archive for September, 2006

Flare review - Interface (part 1)

My project team has just completed our first “major” user assistance (UA) deliverable created with MadCap Flare. Actually, it was a set of deliverables, which we’ve been plugging through for the past several months. I’ve talked about Flare before, but now I think I have enough experience with it to offer a thorough assessment of […]

Inside a cell

Click on the image to view a most intriguing scientific video. You’ll be shrunk to the size of a molecule, and transported away to spend a couple of minutes watching the complex happenings that occur inside a living cell.
The oddest machine to me is the molecular “walker” that’s towing the rubbery bag up and down […]

Site update nearly complete

I’m nearly done with configuring and updating the site. Whew! Muchas gracias to the Buttonmasher for his guidance with the update, and especially for his continued generosity in hosting monkeyPi. Please go to his site and click on all of the Google Ads.
I still have plenty to do, but most of the remaining changes will […]

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Site update

Just a heads-up… I’ll be making some adjustments to monkeyPi over the upcoming days. Don’t be surprised if things are a bit shaky for awhile. I’m making the change over to the new K2 release.

The more things change…

On any given Saturday in the 1970s, my father would be fixing something on the car. He wasn’t necessarily a gearhead - he didn’t work on the car for kicks, only for repair jobs. Typically he would find out during Thursday’s supper what needed fixed that week.
“The car’s making that clanging sound again,” Mom would […]

What’s Up for September 2006

Many apologies for being about a week late on this article. Hard to believe that a week of September has already passed us by…