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Archive for September, 2008

Latest news from Microsoft

Posted by Jeffrey Li on Sep 22, 2008

As a MCSE and active member on the IT Advisory Counsil, I get sneak peaks into things that other developers usually find out weeks, if not months after. So you’re lucky I’m delivering these news hot off the press.
Some of you may know, Microsoft follows their schedules religiously (ie. Update Tuesdays ) And this month [...]

Cactus Proud!

Posted by Chris Martin on Sep 22, 2008

It’s time again to give a collective “heck, yes!” to a few people who have been giving it their all.
George:  Every day last week George was in way, way, way before the official start of the work day, and stayed after too.  I don’t know how he does it, but he does it.  Keep [...]

what a quinkidink…

Posted by Lindsey Ranaldo on Sep 19, 2008

Thank you Tim for letting us all know the correct way to spell ‘quinkidink’.

Last Comic Standing

Posted by Eric McLaughlin on Sep 19, 2008

So I went to the Last Comic Standing show at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre last night. Saw a lot of fellow Solid Cactus employees, but I was the only programmer to attend. I am pleased to report it was one of the funniest stand up shows I’ve ever seen. Ironically enough, I found the [...]

Magic Wand …

Posted by Jeffrey Li on Sep 18, 2008

For my next magic trick*, I will turn this background into funk! ::Dazzle::
The magic wand tool is one of the most easily overlooked tool in any web developers’ arsenal. Now I’m not trying to be a designer but this serves as a quick insight on what I know about the tool, and also a plea [...]

What’s Holding the Internet Back?

Posted by Ryan Senese on Sep 18, 2008

Reference this site and you’ll see that IE6 fails the vast majority of css selector tests. “Change” seems to be a buzz-word these days, so we should, collectively, change to browsers that support new features and new technology. We can’t afford more of the same.

5 STARS

Posted by Lindsey Ranaldo on Sep 18, 2008

So, I let my inhibitions go, and actually sang a couple of songs in Rock Band.. and I not only 5 Starred “Blackhole Sun” by Soundgarden, I earned 100%!!! Yippeeee

For the record

Posted by Chris Martin on Sep 18, 2008

For the record, I just want to note that I was the first to refer to her as “Sarah Palin-Tall”.  That is all.

Cactus Proud!

Posted by Chris Martin on Sep 17, 2008

Wow, what a great job everyone has been doing lately!  I just need to take a second and give credit where credit is due to George, Tim, Sam, Eric, and Lindsey.
George: George just had one of the first packages from project Symphony go through our 100 point quality assurance process as if it were a [...]

Yum Yum Cake

Posted by Lindsey Ranaldo on Sep 17, 2008

For those of you who love desserts, especially cakes, I make a mean Yum Yum Cake. If you are one of the poor souls who doesn’t know what this phenomenon is, I feel sorry for you.. But fortunately I am nice and if you are interested I can give you the recipe

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