February 2009
“Reading the EULA is generally a waste of time. “Blah blah blah…...”
– The Agreeable Cat by Anne Loucks
Boxee forced to remove Hulu - The Unofficial Apple... →
This is why I hate TV. Bone-headed moves from network execs who don’t understand why what they’re doing hurts them in the long run.
Of course, there are a few TV shows I love. It’s just TV in general I hate.
“My motivation for writing software has always been to solve a problem in an...”
– Felt Tip Inc · Why I write software
“Many of you are starting to realize that a ringtone price point does not sustain...”
– furbo.org · Raising prices
Formatting the Drobo for Time Machine Backups |... →
I had a client who ran into the problem of Time Machine not knowing when to start throwing stuff away because Drobo is lying to the system about how much space it has, and therefore Time Machine didn’t know that the drive was getting full. Hence the massive red lights on the drobo, saying that you need to upgrade your storage space. Looks like creating a .sparseimage to back up to is the...
Coding Horror: The Magpie Developer →
New and shiny not only permeates developer tools, but every other element of a lot of geeks’ lives. I know it does mine. It’s a constant struggle.
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do... →
Oh, Facebook. You were a little annoying, but at least you weren’t Creepy MySpace™. Why’d you have to go and ruin it?
Daily Routines: Winston Churchill →
via @buzz, who says “Breakfast in bed, 11 AM whiskey & soda, champagne lunch, siesta, midnight cigars. I could handle the Churchill lifestyle.”
11 Cool and Useful Plugins for Safari →
Indeed, these do look to be eminently useful plug-ins. Sweet! (via @sushimonster)
nanoc: a Ruby CMS that generates static HTML »... →
This looks pretty neat, sorta like what Brent was doing.
Why RubyFrontier? →
Why not?
Making Python scripts →
inessential.com: Trigger Google search from... →
inessential.com: New publishing system / tour of... →
Not sure if I tumbl’d this before, but Brent gives a great overview of his new Ruby-based static HTML publishing system.
PLoS ONE: New Protocetid Whale from the Middle... →
Night of the Living Dead - Three Riffer Edition |... →
Zombie Science Theater 3000!
InfoQ: Craftsmanship and Ethics
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“In this talk Robert C. Martin outlines the practices used by software craftsmen to maintain their professional ethics. He resolves the dilemma of speed vs. quality, and mess vs schedule. He provides a set of principles and simple Dos and Don’ts for teams who want to be counted as professional craftsmen.”
Mark Boszko's Netflix DVD History | FeedFlix.com
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Really slick use of the Netflix API. My cost-per-movie is lower than I expected, but my average time-to-return is higher than I’d like.
50 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials →
Sirius XM eyes bankruptcy →
I used to really enjoy my Sirius radio in the car, but eventually podcasts and music from my iPod supplanted it, and I dropped it. The one thing I missed was coming across new music in the random play of the station. However, with Pandora on a 3G iPhone, I can get great stations that I can refine to what I like, and if I touch the thumbs up button, I get a nice list of the songs I like when I get...
“Most of these guys are hapless saps who have ignored their wives or girlfriends...”
– Commentary: Don’t be my Valentine - CNN.com
Adobe Installation and Licensing Blog →
Perhaps we’ll finally get some insight into the train wreck that is the Adobe Installer. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure the folks who work in the installer group are fine people, but holy crap is it a mess from the user experience side.
Jeffrey Morgenthaler » How to Make Your Own... →
What we Leave Behind - Star Trek: The Experience... →
Video, and other media from the last day of the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
The Ugly Couch Show - Drink Recipes from Quark's... →
House votes to delay digital TV transition by four... →
What a stupid decision. The same people that are confused about the transition now are still going to be confused four months from now. This is a band-aid that needs to be ripped off quickly, so we can get the wailing and gnashing of teeth over with.
Blogging Like a Hacker →
The story of Jekyll, a static weblog generator.
inessential.com: MarsEdit tip: shortcuts for... →
UPPERCASE magazine →
jQuery plugin for Twitter - coda.coza →
WPDesigner » So you want to create WordPress... →
Design & Debug WordPress Themes Using Free Tools |... →
Green Batteries →
Good resource for rechargeable batteries.
EDITBLOG: Quicktip Day 09: Save FCP Column Layouts →
“Here is the recipe for the Warp Core Breach. We usually made ours in large...”
– This and other drink recipes from Quark’s Bar, via The Ugly Couch Show/a>, via Five Hundy by Midnight: The Original Las Vegas Podcast
MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism... →
Thanks science this is finally cleared up. My wife totally freaked about this when our kids were young. I hope we didn’t do irreparable damage by not vaccinating them early enough.
The League of Moveable Type →
A great idea —- they’re starting a collection of @font-face ready “open-source” typefaces. I, for one, welcome our new font overlords.
“So this really made me wonder what I could do to give my credit card company...”
– http://www.drunkrepublic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97%3Awhen-your-credit-card-signature-fun-backfires&catid=34%3Ahumor&Itemid=60
Symbol Signs: Society & Environment: AIGA →
Great, useful international symbols for free use. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.
