January 2010
28 posts
Digg: Five Years in 5 Minutes →
AT&T Will Improve Network for IPhone, Apple Says →
AT&T Inc., the exclusive U.S. wireless carrier for the iPhone, plans to improve the performance of its network to reverse declining customer satisfaction with the service, an Apple Inc. executive…
Google Voice Finally Heads to iPhone via HTML5 Web... →
What’s the solution to Apple’s stinginess about Google getting an official Google Voice app on the iPhone App Store? A webapp that has about all the functionality, but usable on any HTML5-capable…
Colbert's Best Apple Moments (Videos) →
This week, Apple is expected to release a tablet computer, probably called the iSlate. Details are scarce, but from what I understand, it will be like a laptop only far less
25 Clever Exam Answers (PICS) →
These are the types of people that become powerful CEOs of major internet companies.
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein (via jnunemaker) (via trotzke)
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Oh Conan, My Conan
viafrank:
Hair illustration by David Penela
Our pal CoCo is in an interesting spot, isn’t he?
His show is through, and whatever he chooses to do next is going to have a massive amount of momentum behind it. His fans are rallied.
But his fans are also a bit of an enigma. For the most part, they’re between 20 and 40, and I’d venture to say post-big-media. The paradox is that Conan has a...
75% of Linux code now written by paid developers →
Forget lofty ideals about the open-source community: most Linux kernel code is written by paid developers at major corporations.
Artie Lange Predicts Conan O'Brien's Future--... →
Interesting and prophetic Tonight Show assessment made by Artie Lange in 2008 while appearing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Apple Cloud-Based iTunes Service Available This... →
Apple’s acquisition of streaming music service Lala will result in a cloud-based iTunes service. Purchased content will be available from any browser or Internet-connected device.
Did anyone else get a call from eBay this morning?...
IE Conditional Comments →
Conan O'Brien, Letterman, Ferguson Rip Jay Leno... →
Conan O’Brien has officially gone rogue. On the heels of Friday’s unusually harsh monologue, O’Brien went after the network that screwed him even harder tonight. Also: David Letterman and Craig…
8-bit Hip Hop Medley →
Chargers’ Tomlinson Starts Dance Craze “LT Slide,... →
Explaining URLs is Surprisingly Hard
benjaminsteinpro:
I listened to a moderately interesting Security Now episode from a couple weeks ago. The topic was explaining security best practices to non-techno people. Specifically, can you tell if a URL is safe to click on. Turns out parsing URLs is a suprisingly hard problem that nerds completely take for granted.
Try explaining the following rules about clicking links to your...
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Some Thoughts on Social Location Sharing - Gowalla...
kevinrose:
I totally agree with Kevin on this. I’ve been trying to convince my friends to join BrightKite for over a year but it never really caught on. I think the social aspects of Foursquare and Gowalla are what will be the difference.
Zappos Does It Again
Tonight I ordered some new slippers and boots from Zappos and half jokingly sent out this tweet -
I then got a reply a few minutes later -
Sure enough I checked my email to find this -
Zappos is still awesome and nothing has changed since their Amazon buyout. If you’ve never ordered anything from them, try it and you’ll love the service!
RemoteControlled Copter Takes Augmented Reality to... →
While Parrot is mostly known for its Bluetooth headsets and speaker systemthe company’s newest project combines augmented reality with a remote controlled helicopter, called the AR.Drone. It features…
Adding Custom Google Maps to Your Website →
Maps are often placed on a company website to help customers find their way there. For that, Google Maps is excellent. But wouldn’t it be nice to add your company logo, parking lots, train stations,…
100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know →
One thing that every geek can do is quote their favorite geek-culture media, whether it’s movies, books, television, theater or music.
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