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Bill & Ted Reference in the Oxford Dictionary

2008-08-28T14:47:38Z

In the Oxford Dictionary that Apple included with Mac OS X 10.4, there is a secret reference to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Have a look at the entry for "bodacious" It also shows up here in encyclopedia.com if you are not fortunate enough to have...

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What things are

2008-02-22T15:27:14Z

I noticed an article about Cosmic Strings in the current NewScientist. I thought about what they were for a moment. Perhaps they are the intersection between two membranes or dimensions. They might be the seam or join where two or more membranes o...

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Dapper to Edgy hosed my Ubuntu install!

2007-10-07T14:28:04Z

Not a good day for me in tech. I did a quick search about how to upgrade from one version to the next, and found gksu "update-manager -c" This brings up a secret upgade button in Ubuntu's updater. So away I went, from a nicely working 6.04 into 6....

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Sites seen in recent times

2007-07-08T13:16:13Z

By far the gizmos out there are getting better. I was quite impressed by Uber's interface, if not for its function, which is merely an aggregator/media sharing site. I can post YouTube videos there- so what's wrong with using YouTube for that? B...

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QotD: Senseless Saying

2007-06-01T12:47:13Z

What's a saying or phrase that's never made sense to you? "by and large". must be one of those ye olde fashionede thynges.

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Mashups, tagging, Firefox addons

2007-05-31T14:55:03Z

I have just been trying out SecondBrain which is in beta and invitation only stage. We have a combination tool that includes data aggregation, such as uploaded files... reminds me of DevonThink Pro or Yojimbo. Then there's some folksonomy tagging ...

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The Problem(s) with Widgets

2007-05-28T14:22:16Z

…is that most of them just aren't very good. That is, not that they aren't well-made. I mean they are pretty, and they do the job they were intended to do. But they're not even one-trick ponies, they're more like one-trick gnats. Do we really need...

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Java programming is hard, but...

2007-05-22T06:59:37Z

I wanted to share some files. I had used box.net in the past and I was happy. The interface is quite good and it's easy to use and it's pretty responsive as well. However I got a message saying I would have to upgrade my account if I want to uploa...

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What I'm checking out

2007-05-07T10:51:42Z

I'm testing out Meshly, a social bookmarking site of sorts. It's claim to fame is that you do the posting via Instant Messaging (IM) which is handy if you always have an IM client running all the time. I wanted to get my posts to show up in netvib...

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Stikkit: the one to watch?

2007-04-19T13:06:51Z

Although I am mostly impressed with Stikkit, the thing that will help spread its popularity are two new developments: The Quicksilver plugin and the Dashboard Widget. I'll be trying to squeeze in testing time to see if they can help without having...

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