ISSN 1496-3221
September 29, 2002
I don’t normally go around quoting dead presidents, let alone the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, but for some reason this commonly uttered phrase just popped into my head and stayed there, begging to be used. Why? Because this week’s available domain name is bludgeoner.com, that’s why. And if you don’t see the multiple connections between … More
September 28, 2002
Cutting it as close to their pre-announced deadline as per usual, Apple has finally made iSync available in public beta form. There’s nothing specifically technical regarding the way iSync operates amidst the current batch of support documents, but I’m hoping that it will be open enough to support third-party plug-ins like iTunes does. The fact … More
September 27, 2002
After considering the usefulness of the bookmarklet that I posted a couple of weeks ago, my friend Grant (…no, not that Grant, the other Grant…) weighed in with some thoughts on how there should be a better, more integrated way to provide meta data on a page to indicate how to search locally, instead of … More
September 27, 2002
After more than two years in development, software wunderkind Paul Guyot has unleashed the first release candidate of his ATA Support driver for the Newton. There’s likely only two ir three handfuls of people on the planet who will take advantage of Paul’s work in this particular form, but that by no means diminishes what … More
September 25, 2002
If you’re someone who appreciates the little æsthetic improvements that make browsing better, like enhancements to the interface, custom skins, and tabbed multi-windowing, then the Mac release of Opera 6.0 Beta 1 is for you. If news of security patches and the eradication of serious software vulnerabilities sets your propeller spinning, perhaps Internet Explorer 5.2.2 … More
September 25, 2002
Staircase on corrugated metal building. 11th Street Southeast, Calgary.
September 23, 2002
I’ve been thinking that the computer and software industries need to take step back from traditional advertising and look at flogging aftermarket add-ons more like gas stations do. As an example, what hard core Adobe supporter wouldn’t want to shell out a couple extra bucks at their local software purveyor for a vinyl sticker of … More
September 23, 2002
If all those late-night squeals in front of the 7-11 have left your whitewalls worn thin and your sticker a bit shocked, then this week’s available domain name is for you. Why fork over a small fortune for a new set of wheels when you could register highwayrubbery.com instead?
September 20, 2002
Crap, it’s Friday already. I guess that’s what happens when you’ve been neck deep in PHP code while attempting to finesse a bit of CSS aesthetic into the dry, boring parts of a self-validating subscription form, as well as rechunking the entire navigational flow of a site which relaunches of Monday. One thing that broke … More
September 17, 2002
Way back in April, I had mentioned on the NewtonTalk mailing list my interest in starting up a project which would feature images of Newtons all over the globe. The idea was stolen borrowed from the iPods Around The World gallery originating over at ipodlounge.com. I figured that we couldn’t let the iPod users have … More