Jon Henshaw

Thank You Kenny Hyder

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:44:17 +0000

Just received this magnificent gift from Kenny Hyder. It's the Distilled Edition of Talisker's single malt scotch whisky from the Isle of Skye – double matured, bottled in 2008, and distilled in 1996 (that was a good year for wine too). Muchos butros gracias!

Thank You Kenny Hyder is a post from: Jon Henshaw

IE8 Acid 3 Test FAIL

Jon Henshaw — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:38:23 +0000

When I say IE8 is not standards compliant, this is what I mean.

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Comcast Copies Hulu for Streaming Video with Fancast

Jon Henshaw — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:10:11 +0000

Update: Actually I was mistaken. In a weird user flow, they originally sent me to Fancast, which was obviously confusing to me. They have since sent me another email message with a direct link to their beta versions for TBS and TNT. This is what their streaming video page look like.

In a stroke of unimaginative laziness, Comcast launched their new video streaming service Fancast, which looks very, very familiar to Hulu. So familiar in fact, at first I thought they had rebranded Hulu's site.

Fancast Screenshot

Hulu Screenshot

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How Many Degrees Tomorrow In Nashville

Jon Henshaw — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:11:17 +0000

I love the fact that I rank number one (as of this writing) for "how many degrees tomorrow in nashville" for something as useless and silly as moom.

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Embrace Life

Jon Henshaw — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:05:50 +0000

This PSA from Sussex Safer Roads Partnership brings me to tears almost every time I watch it.

Embrace Life is a post from: Jon Henshaw

Backupify Email Message

Jon Henshaw — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:05:20 +0000

I love getting this confirmation message from Backupify

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Internet Hole

Jon Henshaw — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:40:27 +0000

I knew I would find you eventually.

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Chilling Out at Work Listening to the Innocence Mission

Jon Henshaw — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:16:02 +0000

The nice thing about having a large music library is that I can rediscover artists all over again. Sometimes, I haven't forgotten about them, I'm just taking a break. However, there are times when I've completely forgotten about an amazing band, only to stumble across them all over again.

Today, that happened with the Innocence Mission. Karen Peris' voice is hypnotic. She sings and plays with her husband Don Peris, and together they create one of the most unique folk sounds I've ever heard. Their melodic talent is helping me work through this Monday

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Rules for Capitalization in a Title

Jon Henshaw — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:26:51 +0000

At the beginning of this year, I wrote an entry on the AP Style for Internet and Information Technology Terms. I stated that:

Starting in 2010 I'm going to lay down arms and accept the media status quo–at least as tech industry spellings are concerned. At this point, I think it's more harmful than helpful to spell those words differently, and I want articles I write for my sites to be as media friendly as possible.

Another writing problem I've faced is title capitalization. I've always struggled with the capitalization rules for titles. However, with the onset of frequent blogging, it seems like there's no better time than now to learn what the rules are for title capitalization. I've put together a collection of rules from different resources. Hopefully this will help you as much as it's helped me.

Capitalization Rules for Titles

Always Capitalize

First and Last word (even Articles)
Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives
Any Conjunction or Preposition with five letters or more

Never Capitalize

Articles like the, a, and an
Prepositions and Conjunctions that are four letters or less

Capitalization Examples

Two-Letter Words

Go Tell it on the Mountain
(wrong; "it" is a pronoun and should be capitalized)

When is a Spade a Spade?
(wrong; "is" is a verb and should be capitalized)

Multipurpose Words

The Man in the Moon Owns a Yellow Balloon
(correct; "in" is functioning as a preposition and should be lowercased)

Bringing in the Sheaves
(wrong; "in" is functioning as an adverb and should be capitalized)

Phrasal Verbs

My Travels up Nova Scotia's South Shore
(correct; "up" is functioning as a preposition and should be lowercased)

Setting up Your Computer
(wrong; "up" is functioning as a particle and should be capitalized)

Mistaken Notions

The Time of their Lives
(wrong; "their" is an adjective and should be capitalized—the writer probably extrapolated from "the")

References

Writer's Block: Capitalization in Titles
Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert: What Words Do I Capitalize in a Title?

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You Are the CSS to My HTML

Jon Henshaw — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:47:33 +0000

I gave this geeky and romantic card to my wife for Valentine's Day. Needless to say, it was well received. You can get the You Are the CSS to My HTML card and many other clever items at Pop + Shorty.

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