Apple’s iPad is perfectly suitable as your only computer.
I know the sales pitch for the Apple iPad to be a third device, but I think that’s just shortsighted. What would your average family really need to do that the iPad cannot do? Play intricate games? Well, don’t discount the iPad’s hardware, but evenso the usual [...]
I’m so happy I live in an innovative country!!
Seth Godin reports on the spammers having found news aggregators. As you may have guessed, the news isn’t good for the aggregators.
Seth suggests counting a ‘known’, ‘respected’ voice more than a total stranger’s, where those terms (known/respected) are defined by their previous submission’s performance. The problem with that tactic, while it would work, is that [...]
Apparently my forays into bomberman last time I was at the mediamatics building in Amsterdam for an unconference made some sort of impression.
There are some Firefox dev guys here along with an Opera employee, and it turns out bomberman makes for an excellent speed test. Only safari manages the full 50 FPS that bomberman tries [...]
I was looking for some information the Kalkar Fast Breeder nuclear reactor, but to my surprise there was no wikipedia article.
I remedied the situation. Feel free to proofread. It’s not much more than a stab and I used my rather inferior knowledge of german and the German page.
Speaking of, this kind of thing is a [...]
Wherein I bash a decision made by my current (but soon to be ex-?) favourite news aggregator, reddit, continue on for an encore about how any such popularity contest-based stuff is doomed from the beginning, and then offer a workable solution for all to enjoy.
Bruce Schneier discusses the concept of ‘deniable file systems’ here. Perhaps all too relevant in today’s era. Read on for my own explanation on how to make one. (Warning: It’s real tricky).
Incidentally, that’s a good example of what I mean with: Security Breaks occur almost always due to a brainfart in protocol design, almost never [...]
theswitchboard is a site serving up a whole switchboard solution using java applets. Like meebo, a web-based chat system, but with VoIP. Appears to be specifically designed to be a sort of ‘fire and forget’ solution for small companies needing a switchboard.
Pretty neat idea! I have been looking at asterisk but that’s still plenty confusing [...]