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About chris

Ok, so my name is Chris Carlton. I’m a web developer/geek. I’m currently the Webmaster for the Agency for Health Care Administration of the State of Florida. I love building web sites and just working with web technologies.

I also work with my good friend, Dan Snider, and together we are Partners In Design, a small web design/development company that focuses on quality functional web sites for small businesses and churches.

My lovely wife, Wendy, and I have been married for eight(?!) years now, and we have two beautiful children, Sydney and TJ.

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Google Latitude

May 21 2009, 10:11am | Comments

I just added a Google map below that will display my current location using the Google Latitude, http://www.google.com/latitude/, service that runs on my HTC Diamond smartphone. This is more or less an experiment just to try out the service plus I think it's kinda kewl.

What's the deal Facebook?

February 17 2009, 6:39pm | Comments

Ok, so I've been using Sweetcron for about a week now to grab the RSS feeds from my various online services, flickr for my photos, del.icio.us for my bookmarks, twitter for my status updates, and google reader for news I find interesting. I decided to throw my Facebook feed in…

Redesigning ye olde personal website

February 12 2009, 9:35am | Comments

For the last few months my site has consisted of a kludged together lifestream setup. You can still see the old page if you like, but I'm moving on. I'm in the middle of setting up an automated life stream solution, Sweetcron, as you can see from all the mess.…

Google Latitude
May 21, 2009 10:11 am
What's the deal Facebook?
February 17, 2009 6:39 pm
Redesigning ye olde personal website
February 12, 2009 9:35 am

google.com Nov 24 6:18 am

What if the Declaration of Independence Was Created in Google Wave? [Google Wave]

So you've scored an invite and watched the videos, but still confused about Google Wave? Google's latest explanatory tactic: recreate famous documents to showcase Wave's features. Here's the declaration of independence, complete with edits from the founding fathers. If you've…
google.com Nov 24 6:11 am

Using Google Analytics Is Illegal, German Government Officials Claim

[Germany] Several federal and regional government officials in Germany are trying to put a ban on Google Analytics, the search giant's free software product that allows website owners and publishers to get detailed statistics about the number, whereabouts and search…
google.com Nov 24 5:59 am

Jerry Seinfeld Upgrades Classic Mac with iMac [Apple]

Sadly, obsolete gadgets have to be replaced. Happily, change is good. This is what happened to Jerry Seinfeld's ever-present classic Macintosh which, after all these years, has been replaced by a new iMac. It happened in the "Seinfeld reunion" episode…
twitter.com Nov 23 8:09 pm

Dad, Kim, and little brother Rowdy are in town for Thanksgiving. Great time visiting with them tonight.
google.com Nov 23 8:35 am

Jailed for Not Using Twitter [Twitter]

This kid is the famous teen pop star Justin Bieber. Yes, I didn't have a clue either, but apparently he sings in Microsoft store openings and malls. His other ability: If he doesn't tweet, he gets people in jail. That's…
google.com Nov 22 4:28 pm

Have you defraggled your motherdisc lately?

I’d advise against following the directions given in this guide to defraggling, but it’s an interesting read. [via Reddit]
twitter.com Nov 20 3:05 pm

Getting ready to go camping. Gonna play paintball in the morning.
google.com Nov 20 11:15 am

How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine

Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are, but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems…
delicious.com Nov 20 9:30 am

IxEdit

IxEdit is a JavaScript-based interaction design tool for the web. With IxEdit, designers can practice DOM-scripting without coding to change, add, move, or transform elements dynamically on your web pages.
google.com Nov 20 3:58 am

Samsung Omnia II Hits Verizon December 2 for $200 [Samsung]

I still don't know why the Omnia II's 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon's own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it'll be $200 on contract after $100 mail-in rebate. As we…
google.com Nov 19 11:50 am

Video: Google Chrome OS’s Interface, 7 Second Boot Time, And More

This morning Google unveiled its much-anticipated new operating system, Google Chrome OS. We were there to liveblog the event, and we also captured a portion of the live video stream that Google was broadcasting. This clip below includes a look…
google.com Nov 19 5:22 am

Jolicloud Steps Up Its Game As Pre-Launch Excitement For Chrome OS Builds

In a couple of hours, Google is going to share more details about its upcoming operating system Chrome OS at an event in Mountain View that will most likely be covered from start to finish by TechCrunch writers (and then…
delicious.com Nov 19 5:17 am

500 Internal Server Error

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google.com Nov 17 2:15 pm

Google’s Chrome OS Will Be Shown This Week

Rumors have been swirling for days about the possible delivery of a beta version of Google’s much-discussed Chrome OS this week, as we noted last Friday. I pinged a few people at Google to get some clarity, and while they…
google.com Nov 17 12:47 pm

Dancepants: the music stops when exhaustion sets in

We've seen some pretty tortuous fitness wares in our day, but few are as cringe-worthy as this. The conceptual Dancepants Kinetic Music Player is a rather vanilla looking pair of exercise pants, but the internal energy makers generate juice only…
google.com Nov 17 8:40 am

The Dreadful Spinning Beach Ball of Paint [Art]

I want to find more (any) time for my painting, but with so many things to do, my artwork usually stalls. Like this half-rendered art piece, crashed and showing Mac OS X's spinning beach ball of death. It's a painting…
twitter.com Nov 16 9:29 am

Hard to work... Wondering if any retailer is selling L4D2 early... When did I turn into such a gamer?!
google.com Nov 15 5:31 pm

Confirmed: R2-D2 Finally Discovered In Star Trek [Star Trek]

At last, here's the droid we were all looking for. In this frame you can clearly see R2-D2's cameo in JJ Abrams' Star Trek. This time there's absolutely no doubt about it: It's been confirmed by ILM. Click on the…
google.com Nov 12 11:03 am

AT&T adds Verizon's Island of Misfit Toys holiday ads to lawsuit, demands they be yanked off the air

Well, you knew this was coming -- AT&T's amended its advertising lawsuit against Verizon to include Big Red's new holiday ads, including that oh-so-cute Island of Misfit Toys spot, and demanded that they be taken off the air. At question…
google.com Nov 12 11:00 am

Microsoft wins 1 billion Achievement Points for releasing Windows 7

Jajaja! Major Nelson, of Xbox fame, sent his fellow Microsofties this big banner congratulating them on releasing Windows 7. One billion Achievement Points! I’ve had an Xbox 360 for three years now, and I only have around 5,000 such points.…

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