====Oh my dear, beloved “OmniWeb”:http://omnigroup.com/omniweb … I think it’s time we had a talk. I love spending time with you every day, but since you’ve decided to start only asking 10 bucks for new purchases in November, I feel that I must air a small frustration in our relationship. Do you recall the time we…
Category: Tech
Disable Virus Protection
…Microsoft asks that users briefly disable antivirus protection. Microsoft claims that there have been some conflicts between IE 7 installations and some antivirus engines, so to err on the safe side, the software giant asks that you disable your antivirus protection until the installation is complete. CNET review of IE 7 So, what you’re telling…
Mobile Irony
Just a quick thought: isn’t it slightly ironic that the new TLD(Top Level Domain) for mobile devices is .mobi, considering that it’s longer than your typical .com/.net/.org, and thus requires punching more keys on your device (which is one of the biggest hassles I face when using the web on my BlackBerry Pearl) and makes…
Massive Browsing
I am, by no means, a software developer. Every program I wrote in my CS classes in university ended in complete and utter failure (My shining moment of pride was the day my command line calculator project crashed the Sun I was working on). But I sure do use a lot of software, and I…
I thought so.
Yes, that new Cover Flow feature in iTunes 7 is the same CoverFlow from SteelSkies.com. Awesome… fantastic app, and even better in iTunes. Congrats!
OS X Hints: Titlebar Icons
The following was written, by me, on a private Mac support forum, and assumes the user is using a recent version Mac OS X (probably 10.3 and after, as the sidebar appeared in 10.3) and has a basic understanding of the OS and what the modifier keys are (control, option, command). Oh the hidden power…
Adbromedia
Am I the only person somewhat horrified by this? The Adobe/Macromedia merger was finally approved over the weekend, so now Adobe has started to sell Macromedia products via their online store, as one would expect. What you might not expect is the truly grotesque “bundles” now available. Instead of waiting until their products actually worked…
Opening the box
This morning, Derek at work asked if I’d heard about Pandora. Without thinking, the first words out of my mouth were “What… like the box?” He let me know that Pandora is, in fact, a new service from the Music Genome Project (most likely soon to be eaten up by someone like Yahoo or Google)…
Flock This!
The other day, Derek at work introduced me to Flock, a new… ahem, let me prepare my marketing voice… “social browsing experience.” I’d seen the signs a few months ago, floating around the web design blogosphere (have I ever mentioned how much I despise that term?), but in true “Web 2.0” fashion, details were scarce.…
Old and New
I’ve made a few additions to my home office this week. Perhaps the biggest was the arrival on Tuesday of my new 24″ Dell (DELL??) LCD. It was patiently awaiting me after I returned home from work on Tuesday, in an unassuming brown box (quite different, say, than the ominous black box my G5 arrived…