Archive for the 'tech' Category

Bringing clarity to your world

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

“Microsoft Windows Vista Bringing clarity to your world”

OMG!
That is an ACTUAL screenshot (on Windows Media Player, in the ACTUAL size it opened up on my computer, to boot) of the newly announced Windows Vista operating system. What the hell are they talking about clarity for if a viewer can’t even make out what is [...]

Modern Cubism

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Inside Apple’s Design Award

Can you trust your computer?

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

Can you trust your computer? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF). Takes a look at “Trusted Computing”

HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map

Monday, July 18th, 2005

HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map: from Engadget
Google Maps Standalone Mode
Google Maps Hacking and Bookmarklets
Overview of Google Maps API
the Google Mapki FAQs from a forum for sharing ideas, implementations, and help for the Google Maps API
Using Googlemaps EZ
XML.com: Hacking Google Maps

CSS Tables Post-it note

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

CSS Tables
Tables styled with CSS rules are much more efficient, if done well, than the old method of using font tags, a lot of color tags, and more… These tables are forward looking in the use of CSS but also degrade with a bit of grace for older browsers (NS4). Also one that looks [...]

Big Nerd Ranch

Monday, July 11th, 2005

Big Nerd Ranch offers intensive, head-down computer programming courses taught by experts in a retreat environment.

Call Me Fishmeal.: Student Talk from WWDC 2005.

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

Wil Shipley’s Student Talk from WWDC 2005.
The PDF is the thing to look at…

kirupa.com

Monday, June 20th, 2005

kirupa.com - Shocked Flash Resource for Tutorials, Downloads, Support, Links, and more.

Widget Machine

Monday, June 20th, 2005

Widget Machine
Version: 1.0

Another Google Maps Roundup

Monday, June 20th, 2005

The Map Room: Another Google Maps Roundup

Apple’s Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft. Really.

Friday, June 10th, 2005

PBS | I, Cringely . June 9, 2005 - Going for Broke
Apple’s Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft. Really.
-By Robert X. Cringely

Guess-the-google

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Grant Robinson: Guess-the-google launcher

Mad as hell, switching to Mac

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Mad as hell, switching to Mac
From Network World

why content management fails

Friday, May 27th, 2005

adaptive path > why content management fails

Lies Verizon DSL Support Has Told Me Today

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Lies Verizon DSL Support Has Told Me Today : Gizmodo
Now I remember why I got rid of them for DSL service.
Sheesh. I shudder when I remember how bad their customer service was.
Get you act together, folks.

Ready to Start Blogging?

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

TechSoup - Articles: Using the Internet - Ready to Start Blogging?.
Very basic useful information.

50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod

Friday, May 20th, 2005

50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod @ kottke.org

What Color Eyes Would Your Children Have?

Friday, May 13th, 2005

What Color Eyes Would Your Children Have?. Creepy & cool all at the same time.

Teenager’s iPod goes boom

Friday, May 13th, 2005

Teenager’s iPod goes boom
Don’t put your iPod through the washing machine. And if for some reason you do, don’t try to fix it with a screwdriver.
That’s the advice of fire investigators probing a small explosion that burned a hole in the bed of a Melbourne teenager who tried to perform emergency surgery on his ailing [...]

Hebrew in the iPod

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Spark Armada by Nir Ofir: We want Hebrew in our iPOD!
Apple does not support Hebrew in iPODs. Edo Mendelson, an Israeli developer has programmed a free application that enables using Hebrew font on the iPOD. “Yeda”, Apple disributer in Israel, doesn’t support any of the iPODs that needs technical support after using his [...]