michael ciccarelli » freelance web designer

We are living in exponential times

Today Apple released Safari 4 Beta, which is their latest web browser and so far I’m impressed. I can say it’s very elegant, user friendly and feature rich. If your interested in trying out a new browser or if you’re still running IE be sure to give Safari a try, you can download for Mac more..

I doubt that I will ever understand the laws with online gambling, but I do not see how having an educational website that does not take any kind of wagers itself but may link directly to sites that do, such as FullTilt.com or PokerStars.com could be considered illegal or against any Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) more..

Today was Steak Day at work. Which basically means sales are up, so we celebrate with a really nice lunch for everyone. The food days come once a month, based on our monthly sales, some times we get Pizza and Wings sometimes even Lobster but lately it’s been Steak every month.
Anyways I found this napkin more..

I’ve seen plenty of interactive advertisements made in Flash. This particular one that I ran into on Lifehacker.com today grabbed my attention right away and got me to click on it indefinitely. It’s for an HP Touch-Smart PC, which looks really sweet. The ad starts out like any other Flash animated square ad then when more..

Firefox 3 RC1 has been released, which has been my first look at the new Firefox 3. I haven’t tested any of the other beta versions mainly because there were no compatible versions of Firebug available, which I depend on daily for development. Now that Firebug 1.2.0 beta has been released and is compatible with more..

Some guy I work with brought in his home computer for repair that was absolutely taken over by spyware. Normally I don’t mind taking a look at friend and co-worker’s home computer for free, because usually it takes very little effort to clean up things, but this one I wish I wouldn’t have even more..

After recovering my Macbook Pro using the OS X Archive and Install. I had to manually restore all my documents and settings by dragging and dropping everything from the Macintosh HD/Previous Systems/Previous System 1/Users/mike to my new user’s directory.
Once I got everything in place I was having trouble working with my files on my admin more..

This dealer probably has no idea what Google Map’s Street View is but if he ever discovers this: 3912 S Vincennes Ave (approximate address) he will realize the streets is watching, literally.
That is epic. If you are having trouble viewing the page, heres a screen shot of a drug deal in progress caught by Google more..

Happy easter to everyone that celebrates it, although it’s not a very positive photo, it definitely made me laugh.