To anticipate and prevent
The other day I stopped by CNN.com to find a sub-headline of “We’re running out of internet addresses” catching my eye. These articles always amuse me so I clicked through and read “Are you ready for the big internet crunch?“. What fear mongering are they up to today? A lot, apparently, since the first line…
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So here I am, trying to re-create a playlist in an iPod that isn’t “in sync” with my current library. If I plug in the iPod, iTunes will tactically nuke it from space. My only option is to flip through each song on the iPod while simultaneously searching for it on iTunes. This is extremely…
In the weeks preceding Maker Faire, feelings went from excitement, to nervousness to frustration and finally to the pleasant relief that it was here. As for the Faire itself? What more is there to say than it was awesome! So without further adieu, my brief wrap up of the events of Maker Faire…
If you’re predominantly a user of Identi.ca (or any StatusNet install), getting your messages to Twitter is a piece of cake. All you need to do is login, go to Connect, then go to Twitter. Enable and your done. If you’re like me and predominantly on Twitter, getting your messages to Identi.ca isn’t nearly as…
This might sound like a really odd statement, but I really do feel bad for web designers. I don’t mean the people who pop out “designs” using Dreamweaver or ::gasp:: Frontpage. I mean the people who make their livelihood by designing websites, most of the time from scratch. Why do I feel bad for them?…
So here’s the situation: You want to read some manga offline. This manga is not currently available in print, in the United States. So you go online and start searching for it. Search as you might, you can’t find anywhere that lets you download ALL of. Sure, you can get some of the more recent…
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