What’s New Is Grey Again – Years ago, I was dealing with what was called a “grey screen issue” when people would open the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser and the screen would be solid grey, then display the Web page. Users blamed my Web software for the issue, but it was a well-documented issue with (now) old versions of the IE browser. Lately, I – and others – have been seeing grey flashing using Microsoft’s latest Edge browser. They say there’s something for consistence, right?

A Bad Definition of Content Editing – Listening to the latest Marketing Over Coffee podcast that’s co-hosted by my friend and loyal The Hot Iron reader John Wall, Google is changing the title of some Web pages in search results. You see, you can use an HTML tag of “title” to define the page title. On the Web page you can define headings and subheadings. So the Behemoth Tech search engine may swap out the title you set with a heading. According to this article it’s actually not completely new. As well, it states that the defined titles are getting shorter over time, an intentional setting by Web page creators. I have mixed feelings on this, especially as I know many content editors don’t ever edit the title of a page. Have you?

Wiping Your Tracks As Clean As Possible – If you didn’t know your mobile phone was tracking your every move, please stop reading now, sit down, put a cold towel on your forehead and breathe! Now that you’re back, here’s a nice piece on the type of tracking that is done and how to delete Significant Locations from your Apple device.

A Different Kind of Big House – In a roundabout way, new to me is the TV series Alpha House, which was Amazon’s first original series that debuted in 2013. It’s the tale of 4 Republican US Senators who live in the same house in Washington, D.C. and stars John Goodman. I just finished binging the 2-season series and highly recommend it. Where it’s a political comedy, it pokes fun at all of politics and its arrogance. There was no definitive reason given why Alpha House did not continue beyond 2 seasons, but perhaps the timing of a 3rd beginning in 2016 may have played into it.

Threading The Tunnel – You must see the video in this story about a pilot who flew an airplane through 2 tunnels. Imagine spending a year of preparation to do something like this.

9/10 – Throughout the week I was thinking about where I started the day on September 10, 2001, which was where I am right now. Then I flew back to Boston that night and connected with a friend who was flying in from LA, which interestingly is where he is right now. I have written about 9/11 before and there’s not much more I can add to that. What I will do is tell the story of both 9/10, 9/11 and the days that followed to my kiddos, as they need to hear it firsthand.

What’s Tradition Is Delicious Still – My friend Eric was in my old stomping grounds of Western Massachusetts and I told him to stop in at Red Rose Pizzeria, which was my favorite place for delicious Italian pie when I was growing up. He sent me the picture above, and it was great to have another friend experience what I did. I say again as I have sent many people to the South Main Street restaurant and none have been disappointed.

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This is from The Hot Iron, a journal on business and technology by Mike Maddaloni.

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