11.14.06
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Standards at 1:10 am by Ashley
Have been getting an unusual amount of spam in my comments latley so I have had to moderate comments if they do not appear immediatly or even the same day do not be offended for they will get thru I am deciding on weather to install akismet or another anit spam software but one thing I relized is that whoever is sending the spam in probably NOT using the ip address that they are assigned and that I might be blocking people who never even had the chance to comment or becasue spammers have used his or her ip to send a spam comment. Any anti spam companies of professionals out there that would like to work with me on fighting spam please buzz me because by doing just a couple basic things when the computer moderates the comments it would reduce 99% of the comment spam on the internet. How to make a better internet is something we should all offer for free to the masses and for the next couple of posts I will be getting down on how to fight spam. Since at the current rate of comment spam times my life expantacy it will cost me 2 years of my life just delating spam So I am down for starting a working group to combat this problem and others that I believe plauge the internet today.
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Posted in Blogs, Mobile, News, Web Standards at 12:56 am by Ashley
Had a great time opening the mail today my long awaited for cell phone arrived the New V3 Razor will be uploading picture here shortly to the flickr account and this cute guy from the nashville delivery service came by Have been tinkering away with getting my blog cojmpiant for web 2.0 since cell phone web use is on the rise and I have used my cell phone or other mobile devices to do a range of things from send email to surf the web and ofcourse video confrence with other professionals accross the web about web standards designs.Have not decided on weather to go to Adobe for my photos or stay wth Photshop but once I decide and get a little more training
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11.06.06
Posted in Nanotechnology, News, Science at 4:36 am by Ashley
Cell-Like Nano Particles for Attacking Disease
Researchers are developing smart “nanocarriers” for drug delivery and diagnostics.
By Kevin Bullis
Using parts of living cells in a smart nanotechnology-based system, researchers in Switzerland have demonstrated a “nanocarrier” that can target specific types of cells and light up in response to conditions in their immediate environment.
The work is part of a growing effort by scientists worldwide to develop nano devices that can circulate in the bloodstream, slip stealthily past the body’s immune system, attach to cancer or inflammatory cells (an important ability in diseases such as atherosclerosis and arthritis), and deliver a deadly drug payload–destroying some of the toughest diseases without the often debilitating side effects that can accompany chemotherapy (see “Nanomedicine”).
Already, early versions of such nano-based treatments have been approved for breast cancer. But Patrick Hunziker, a physician at University Hospital Basel, and Wolfgang Meier, professor of chemistry at the University of Basel, are attempting to trigger the release of the drugs at more precise locations and at release rates adjusted to have the most effect on a particular disease.
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Posted in Blogs, News, Web Standards at 3:46 am by Ashley
Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
By Ian Lloyd
When is a login form not a login form? When it relies totally on JavaScript to let you login, that’s when
Hopefully you’re all familiar with the phrase in the heading and it’s not some strange quirky British turn of phrase that’s got many of you scratching your heads. It is, though, the perfect phrase for describing what I feel about Ma.gnolia’s sign in screen. It’s not the first time I’ve had issues with over complicated log in pages (complicated in terms of how it’s built) and I dare say it won’t be the last. And just like last time I posted on this topic, I’m expecting that I’ll get comments that will range from “You’re right, this is way over complicating the process – have they not heard of web standards?”, through “It’s actually very hard to build sites that use progressive enhancement propely without massive amounts of code forking” to “stop blaming frameworks”. But please read on before heading straight to the comments.
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