Author Archives: Chris Heisel

Holiday point / counter

Posted on December 24, 2003 by Chris Heisel

From the geeky smile / geeky warms my heart department: # Opening salvo # Counter-battery fire, target eliminated, IMHO Happy Holidays everyone! Have a great New Year!

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News industry should donate to open source projects

Posted on December 23, 2003 by Chris Heisel

While the discussion on XUL vs. XAML has quieted down a bit, I think it’s worth bringing the issue to the attention of the news industry. I’m not sure if we’ll ever be in the business of making “news applications” … Continue reading →

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Apple’s come a long way, so can we

Posted on December 20, 2003 by Chris Heisel

Apple has come a long way from predictions of doom and gloom. One sign of this struck me when I hit The Washington Post‘s site today. They have a small teaser ad (that doesn’t animate, jump, flip, split, twirl or … Continue reading →

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The New York Times hosed my computer

Posted on December 19, 2003 by Chris Heisel

This story doesn’t get any better. I mentioned earlier that the New York Times was running a Java applet video ad that caused my home computer to wig out. At work, it seems, the applet causes my computer (G4 Mirrored … Continue reading →

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N.Y. Times has video ads done wrong

Posted on December 18, 2003 by Chris Heisel

I’m not suprised that the New York Times has video ads — they’ve tended to be pioneers in ad formats — but I’m suprised that they’re done so badly. This morning I was trying to read this story when all … Continue reading →

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