http://www.jon-kingsbury.com The Personal Blog of a Webmaster Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:02:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maybe I'm out of touch with the news lately, but has anyone heard of the Earth Hour? This morning I had thought Google changed their home-page to adopt the Blackle idea, however that was not the case. Apparently there is a goal to have as many people as possible turn ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2008/03/29/earth-hour-short-notice/ Link: http://www.ericgiardina.com Title: Eric Giardina Description: This is a personal blog web site for my cousin Eric Giardina, who is currently serving in Iraq. I would like to encourage visitors to please read and post audio/text comments on his web site. Be sure to check out Eric's music, videos, and pictures! Established: February ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2008/02/29/eric-giardina/ This is just great!! http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2008/02/20/the-deval-in-barack-obama/ For the past year I've been doing internship work for Blue Robin Inc. and ever since the first day, I've grown very attached to the company, it's staff, and the many friendly clients. I am very pleased they offered me a full-time job opportunity upon graduation which I gladly accepted. ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2008/01/13/blue-robin-appoints-director-of-professional-services/ "But we have to make sure that we do not hesitate to act when it comes to al Qaeda because they are currently stronger than they were at any time since 2001, partly because we took our eye off the ball." These are the exact words of Senator Obama during ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2008/01/06/watch-what-you-say-obama/ I am in no way against the organization for pushing their thoughts or beliefs, but petition #2493 really irritates me. The American Atheists is an organization in the U.S. dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists and advocating for the complete separation of church and state. (Wikipedia) The organization was ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2007/12/05/stop-the-american-atheists-petition-2493/ Once a great social networking site, now a nuisance. Upon logging into facebook today, this is what appeared on my dashboard under "Requests" I'm not sure if the engineers/developers of facebook are getting the word, but there has been much talk about how facebook is slowing turning into MySpace (social networking ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2007/11/27/facebook-apps-completely-unnecessary/ Webmaster's and web site owners should take advantage of Google "Webmaster Tools" program. Upon logging into Google Webmasters Tools, you will see a simple dashboard indicating your web sites that are currently active in the program. Below is a sample of my dashboard: Upon selecting a web site from the dashboard, ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2007/10/08/become-friends-with-googlebot/ Today I decided to implement a few new new features to Jon-Kingsbury.com by creating an Album and Resume page: Album: Pictures from the past couple of years which include: -Trip to Rome, Italy 2005 -New England Dragway -1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass -2006 Harley Sportster Custom 1200cc Resume: -My currently updated resume Please do comment some of my pictures in the ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2007/10/08/new-album-and-resume/ It's official, www.umlforums.com is now officially open for free registration to all University of Massachusetts Lowell students! What came about the idea of a UML discussion forum? Well, just last week I had a chat with my roommate about the future of www.expertiseforums.com We both agreed that ExpertiseForums was a good ... http://www.jon-kingsbury.com/2007/10/01/umlforumscom-now-live/