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ctingom

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My name is Chris Tingom, I build web sites from Phoenix, AZ.

Email: ctingom@gmail.com

Design: http://dribbble.com/christingom

On Twitter: www.twitter.com/christingom

Portfolio: www.tornadodesign.com

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ctingom··on Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blue planet
I don’t believe this.
ctingom··on Bing is now Microsoft Bing as the search engine gets a rebrand
So I’ve been using Bing for 3 years now. I like it a lot.
ctingom··on If nearly all Airbnb reviews are positive, does that make them meaningless?
I wonder if this was why Netflix switched to a thumbs up or thumbs down system.
ctingom··on SETI@home shuts down after 21 years
I take a lot of screenshots for work requests, and I tend to save them... hoping that 20 years on, they are as interesting as these screenshots.
ctingom··on Webcam, Lights, and Audio for Remote Work, Podcasting, Videos, and Streaming
I've recently been thinking about really improving my home office lighting setup. For example, most of my meetings are with Zoom and on video, and proper studio lighting can go a long way to making a good impression. We all want to look good, right?
ctingom··on Justice Department meeting state AG offices Tuesday to discuss Google: sources
This is a great idea.
ctingom··on How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer
Interesting. Maybe it is, but wouldn't I be able to see that in the url?
ctingom··on How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer
Also, Bing is really good! I'm the only guy in the company that uses it, but seriously I love it!
ctingom··on Craigslist releases new mobile app for iOS and Android
Wow so Craigslist launched a iPhone app — like 5 years too late.
ctingom··on Amazon’s quest for more, cheaper products has resulted in a flea market of fakes
I've started ordering from other companies because of all of this. Walmart, Home Depot, Target, and small businesses. Lots of good vendors out there that ship quickly!
ctingom··on Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional
This should be the top reply.
ctingom··on Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist
Is this checklist used in the United States?
ctingom··on There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did it anyway
Doesn't the government run Amtrak?
ctingom··on Multi-Cloud Is Relevant
Very cool!
ctingom··on I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon
Someone hacked my Seller Central account a few months back. It took 8 weeks to sort it out with Amazon. In the meantime, they completely suspended my entire Amazon account. What a nightmare.
ctingom··on On Password Managers
I'm still using 1Password Version 3.8.22 on my Mac. Should I upgrade?
ctingom··on Amazon soars to more than 341K employees, adding 110K people in a single year
I'm currently encountering customer support nightmare where Amazon charged my credit card for 13k after someone hacked my Seller Central account and sold a bunch of fake products. What a nightmare!
ctingom··on Western Digital Announces Ultrastar He12 12 TB and 14 TB HDDs
I bought a Synology NAS this year: Highlights include the Amazon Cloud Drive backup, Plex Server, and it can hold four 4TB drives. No problems so far.
ctingom··on The .blog Bait and Switch
I thought about buying coffee.blog but the fee was 100k per year! Insane!
ctingom··on How Toby Spribille Overturned 150 Years of Biology about Lichens
Why couldn't he go get a GED? Most colleges accept those, and lots of homeschoolers go to college.
ctingom··on OxyContin's 12-hour problem
What about the first amendment?
ctingom··on Wikimedia removes the Diary of Anne Frank due to copyright law
So, who actually owns it?
ctingom··on Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox
Still using Sparrow, but wondering if it works on El Capitan? Does anybody use it on El Capitan?
ctingom··on Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses (2007)
Which shop closed down because of Starbucks?
ctingom··on Dropbox has open-sourced Zulip
No mention of Skype? It seems like every one of my business contacts is using Skype to chat.
ctingom··on Responsive Tables in Pure CSS
There's an excellent plugin for WordPress called FooTable that works in conjunction with TablePress that does something similar.
ctingom··on TinyJPG – compress JPEG files with a balance between quality and file size
I got 75% savings on about 15 files. I'm rather impressed.
ctingom··on Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
Agreed. This has been one of my biggest gripes with Instagram's blur feature as well.
ctingom··on Getty Images makes its images free to use
Note: Embedded images may not be used for commercial purposes.
ctingom··on Photographer wins $1.2M from companies that took pics off Twitter
How does this effect the ability users have to embed Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook posts? If someone embeds a Tweet that contains a photograph is that considered fine under Twitters policy?
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