May 2012
5 posts
No software design survives a collision with the user.
– Seth Godin
It's about damned time. →
Kaspersky doesn't like secure systems →
“… Android — an operating system he’s happy with since it is less secure and he can develop security software for.”
Kaspersky doesn't like secure systems →
“… Android — an operating system he’s happy with since it is less secure and he can develop security software for.”
You will be judged (or you will be ignored). Those are pretty much the only two...
– Seth Godin
April 2012
4 posts
4 tags
argument over;
RE: this nerdgasmic slapfight -> http://trycatchfail.com/blog/post/-are-we-really-arguing-about-semicolons-now.aspx
The best response I could imagine has popped up :: http://pksunkara.github.com/semicolon/
This guy wins, I think.
1 tag
Instagram Prediction
If Facebook bought Instagram because they were scared Google would buy it, then it seems logical that Facebook might kill the Android version of Instagram. Right?
Goodbye Instagram
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/09/facebook-to-acquire-instagram-for-1-billion/
That’s a hell of a lot of money. Good timing on the part of the Instagram creators, as a lot of people were getting tired of it. What an insane cash-in for a start-up, and right as the product goes into the crapper. It’s all about timing.
I’m off to delete my Instagram account. I’m really...
…after the stabbing, the crowd rushed to leave in a flurry of tears and vomit...
– http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/rim-stabbing-neck-party/
March 2012
3 posts
Micro 4/3 Day is a thing, apparently. →
Hope my OM-D E-M5 arrives by then!
World's coolest staircases →
Amazing!
3 tags
My 3G iPhone 4S is now magically a 4G phone.
In case you didn’t know, “4G” is a meaningless marketing term that has nothing to do with the wireless specs.
http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/FCC-Endorses-4G-Wireless-Standard-022411.html
Not even the best LTE or WiMAX reaches 100Mbps up AND down, as required by the official 4G...
January 2012
5 posts
new HTTP status codes →
Geek factor 11 - yeah, I LOL’d.
1 tag
Life As We Know It
Enjoying a chick flick. Again. This better not become a thing. If it isn’t already. Oh, God, what if the guys hear about this?
4 tags
What do you think when you hear of $9T missing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rRqeJcuK-A ($2.3 trillion missing from Fed 9/10/2001) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-ruoJ5c5Mk ($12 billion sent to Iraq IN CASH) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ92UP3bqXE ($9 trillion missing 2010)
2 tags
December 2011
1 post
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
October 2011
1 post
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool...
– http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-apple-jobs-idUSTRE79472K20111006
September 2011
2 posts
July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
2 posts
The unknown harnesses everything we could fear, and assaults us with it all at...
– I just made that up, and I kinda like it. My answer to the question, “Which is the worst, what we know or what we don’t know?”
April 2011
7 posts
can we just move on now? Please? →
Get Well Soon! →
Mathematical Geekgasm
Apparently, π times 1337% equals 42.
Boom!
I know, right?
OK, this is stupid.
The Nazi Party in the 1930s made it illegal for any German to accept a Nobel...
– http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/04/the-chemists-the-potter-and-the-aristocrat-attempts-at-photography-before-the-invention-of-the-camera
February 2011
1 post
Lens Hood Weirdness is NOT a myth! →
January 2011
4 posts
1 tag
Go Buy Some Art →
Seriously. Spend $20 and make some starving artist very happy.
Moving! →
December 2010
7 posts
Internet, Day 1
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This Week In Unecessary Censorship
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WikiLeaks is crucial
Look at who’s complaining the most about Wikileaks and you realize that it’s the people who benefit from not being held accountable for their actions. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101130/03122512054/why-wikileaks-document-… Posted via email from posterous for Kevin Williams | Comment »
November 2010
4 posts
side kicks
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Qwertian Slip
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Childish vs. childlike
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/VrEcwweEa1s/childish-… Posted via email from posterous for Kevin Williams | Comment »
Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat...
http://daringfireball.net/2010/11/flash_free_and_cheating_with_google_chrome Posted via email from posterous for Kevin Williams | Comment »
October 2010
5 posts
amazing when you stop and think about it →