November 2008
How Google Protects Itself From Zombies [PIC] →
Hey, the company’s got a lot of brains to protect…
Will Ferrell Plays Halloween Prank On USC Football... →
If Gary didn’t tell me beforehand, I may have reacted with the same terrified look as some other onlookers.
Octopus shoots out light, juggles crabs and... →
A octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks using his fellow occupants, smashing rocks against the glass and turning off the power by shortcircuiting a lamp.
Palin speaks on First Amendment: This is so dumb... →
John McCain’s running mate thinks that the Constitution protects political candidates from being criticized by the press.
October 2008
WP-Cumulus 1.15: Color! →
Ever since I released the first version of WP-Cumulus, people have been asking me for color support. While I agreed that multi-colored tags would probably help make Cumulus look even better,…
AT&T Offers Free WiFi to iPhone and Blackberry... →
I find it hardly fair that AT&T offers free WiFi that you can only use on your iPhone or Blackberry, so here is a work around to allow you to use your free wifi on nay device.
Fist of all you have…
Why Turning Off Blog Comments is a Bad Idea →
You could turn off blog comments on your business blog but I agree with Chuck Crawford. Having blog comments is a good idea. He gives at least two reasons why.
First, comments give you free…
Logo design process for Berthier Associates →
Dominique Berthier, Managing Director at Berthier Associates, approached me to redesign his company’s identity.
Berthier Associates Co., Ltd. was launched in 1987, specialising in the…
Your 0-to-60 Time? Just Ask Your iPhone →
Mr. McArthur, a programmer who lives in Scotland likes to use his iPhone to test the acceleration of his car and, for that matter, anything he happens to be riding in.
Tony Hawk Interviews Michael Phelps During Guitar... →
“I was lucky enough to be invited as one of the athletes featured in the Guitar Hero: World Tour commercial, along with Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps. I managed to catch Michael in…
Opera Browser Not Allowed in iPhone App Store →
The NY Times profiles Opera Software, the company that distributes the Opera browser for multiple platforms. According to the article, however, Apple is not allowing an iPhone version of the browser…
New Signs That Ancient Mars Was Wet →
Mars may have been wet for a billion years longer than previously thought, new water-related opal evidence from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests. The findings have implications for the…
70+ Cheat Sheet Resources for Web Designers →
70+ Cheat Sheet Resources for Web Designers
Pirate Bay Talk: How To Dismantle a Billion Dollar... →
Pirate Bay co-founders Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij gave a keynote speech at the Hack In The Box Security Conference 2008, entitled “How to dismantle a billion dollar industry - as a hobby.” The two…
Obama uses his TV time well →
It pays to buy airtime only if you know what to do with it - and Barack Obama clearly does.
Yahoo, AOL in due dilligence ahead of merger... →
Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc’s AOL unit are looking at each other’s books to figure out how much money they could make together and where costs can be saved, a person familiar with the talks said on…
Supersized Cruise Ship Is Longer, Larger, Plusher... →
In September, Royal Caribbean took delivery on the next biggest thing: the Oasis of the Seas, a floating city for more than 5,400. It’s nearly five times the weight of the Titanic and 89 feet longer…
MacBook (New) vs. MacBook (Old) vs. MacBook Air →
Even though the latest MacBook uses the same size display as the last-gen MacBook Air, the displays are not quite the same. The Air, being a more premium product, uses a display that’s more similar…
Greenpeace Activists Invade and Occupy UK Power... →
The crown jewel of Greenpeace’s naval arm, the Rainbow Warrior, pulled in to the harbor alongside the Kingsnorth coal-fired power plant today before six activists stormed the facility to prepare to…
7 Mind-Blowing Projects From Microsoft Research →
Everyone knows Microsoft never invents anything. Everything is bought in, copied from Apple or built by the PC manufacturer. Right? Not so, according to Rick Rashid, who’s been running Microsoft…
Pictured: The 6ft giant lego man who washed up on... →
Mystery today surrounded a giant Lego man which has washed up on a beach after apparently floating all the way from the Netherlands.
Tell the FCC: Open White Spaces for Everyone →
This Halloween, the powerful lobbyists at the National Association of Broadcasters are trying to scare Washington with horror stories about “white spaces” — vacant TV channels that can be used to…
How to Repair the Biggest Science Experiment in... →
Physicists are close to finalizing a repair plan for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator located at CERN, near Geneva in Switzerland.
What Went Into Pepsi's New Logo? →
How long does it take to remake an icon? Try five months.
Exxon Mobil: Biggest profit in U.S. history →
Largest U.S. oil company surges past analyst estimates to post net income of $14.83 billion for 3 months worth of business. Why are we subsidizing these pin-stripe suited pirate bastards?
109-Year-Old Daughter of a Slave Casts Vote for... →
Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries. And after voting consistently as a Democrat for 70 years, she has voted early for…
New in Highrise: Faster sidebar search →
Today we’re excited to unveil an enhancement that makes using Highrise even more convenient: The sidebar search-for-a-person feature is now significantly faster than before. Searching for a…
ExpressionEngine Developer’s Toolbox →
While open-source CMS options like WordPress get a lot of attention from bloggers and designers, ExpressionEngine is a powerful, robust choice that many designers and clients would find more…
Create a Photo Admin Site Using PHP and jQuery →
I’m pleased to present you with part one of a two part series on creating a photo site using PHP, jQuery, and AJAX. Originally, I intended to fit the entire tutorial into one screencast, but that…
15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have →
There are a lot of details to consider when designing and developing a web site. In reality, it can seem like an endless list — but if you look carefully you’ll see that there are certain elements…
Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks,... →
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Microsoft’s Windows 7 announcement earlier today was followed up by an extensive demo of the new features during the PDC keynote, and since then…
Greatest projector / iPhone clone combo handset in... →
Filed under: Cellphones
Look, here’s what you need to do: reach into the appropriate pocket on your personage, take out your phone, and throw it into the nearest wall. It sucks. The…
Beautiful Tree in a Japanese Garden [PIC] →
Love the Fall colors.
The Ten Best Car Design Elements Of All Time →
Proving that decades of automotive history and design can be summarized and exemplified in a few small details, we, with the help of our readers, have isolated the ten best car design elements of all…
AT&T Finally Offering Free Wifi for iPhone Users →
AT&T has announced that they are now offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone subscribers across the U.S.AT&T knows Wi-Fi is hot, and FREE Wi-Fi is even hotter. Which is why FREE AT&T Wi-Fi access is now…
Obama's new 30 min long infomercial →
This is the full version directly from Obama’s Youtube channel
º¿º A true Internet WTF!! →
There aren’t even words to define this… Just… WTF
Grand, Rare Aerial View of Sunrise Lightning Over... →
Photographer: Necip Perver
CMEL shows off 1mm-thick 25-inch HD OLED panel →
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Call us crazy, but we’re thinking the OLED battle is totally on. With the novelty of Sony’s XEL-1 behind us and the lust for bigger screen sizes…
Review: Intel X25-M 80GB SSD →
It has almost been a year since I wrote about the future of computing and how I thought that it was all about Solid State Drives (this was before I became infatuated with the cloud). Well I…
Samsung titillates with transparent and 0.05mm... →
Filed under: Displays
Samsung’s all up in Sony’s OLED space this morning at the FPD International 2008 show. They started by trotting out that 40-inch OLED TV again, with a Full HD…
Psystar slaps Apple around, releases Mac clones... →
Filed under: Desktops, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs
While suits from Psystar and Apple are currently attempting to work things out via alternative dispute…
LittleBigPlanet →
It’s hard to find a starting point when the subject you’re discussing is of such vast brilliance as LittleBigPlanet. It’s been broken down into three simple words - Play, Create, Share. And that…
Jedi Mind Trick: How can we make this happen? →
Instead of asking or demanding for what you want, simply state your goal and ask, “How can we make this happen?” Here are some examples: Instead of: “Can you give me a raise?”
Ask this: …
Thoughtful’s blog - Thoughtful - Best bar none →
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The State of Font Embedding →
Mark Wubben, the maintainer of sIFR, thinks out loud about font embedding and the various stop-gap alternatives. ●
WordPress for LinkedIn →
The new WordPress app for LinkedIn looks kinda cool and it might just motivate me to actually start using LinkedIn properly. I think it could be quite valuable to build a business-only type…
Clips: A New Age of Clipboard Managers Has Come →
Over the last few months, I have seen my fair share of new clipboard managers. Some of them are really just clipboard managers, but only one has really wowed me. This one has an amazing…
Create and embed presentations in your LinkedIn... →
You’re now able to embed a Google Docs presentation in your LinkedIn profile, allowing you to enhance your professional profile with text, images, and even videos.
For those of you…