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I am now so bad at writing in English that iI’m actively inventing words to express my extreme dissatisfaction with folks who are content at doing insanely repetitive task simply because someone with more money then common sense told them…
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BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX
I just posted the following comment on the Blackberry’s Developer’s Blog article BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX. Seriously?! Your choices should be 1) Java, 2) C/C++, or 3) both. Anything else might sound like a good idea in…
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REALLY??
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : What’s the #1 most crazy idea Steve Ballmer has ever heard?: “‘You’re going to take an iPod and add a radio to it and turn it into a phone? And you’re going to…
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The Skypeasaurus is still a Gold Standard
Equipment – The Official TWiT Wiki: “Skypeasaurus: used for Skype calls beginning 3/7/2009. Four Acer V173b monitors attached to four separate Windows PCs running Synergy KM sharing software. The motherboards (Intel BOXD945GCLF2 945GC ATOM330) on these machines have S-video out…
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The Dual Dell Vostrocity FreeFall Fall
This morning, Ken (@TheGeekCook) and Adi (@Adisor19) where trying to set up a brand new Dell Vostro that just would not turn on. Before declaring it DOA and after a bit of searching and experimentation, they discover that free fall…
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Developer Problem Solving Sequence
Programmer problem solving sequence From Phillipe Leybaert: ” 2010 developer’s problem solving sequence: Google Coworkers StackOverflow RTFM Think “ Sadly this is very very true
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Marco Ament on The MacBook Air Backlit Keyboard
Marco.org: “But I doubt that the backlit keyboard was dropped for power or cost reasons (at least, I hope it wasn’t). A more likely explanation might be that it was simply too thick.” We talked about this in the DadCast…
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BlackBerry – Tablet OS – Calling All Apps for the BlackBerry Tablet OS
BlackBerry – Tablet OS – Calling All Apps for the BlackBerry Tablet OS: “The initial release of the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK allows developers to create Adobe AIR applications.” Are you freakin’ kidding me?! Their initial release focuses on Adobe…
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Aperture 3.1 Released: Major Performance Fixes
Aperture 3.1: Release notes: “Library Improves performance when opening large libraries. Fixes an issue that could prevent thumbnails from being properly rendered when reprocessing masters. Addresses reliability and performance issues when running Repair Database and Rebuild Database operations in Aperture…
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Netflix May Offer Streaming-Only In The US Too!
Netflix may flip model, offer streaming-only with DVD add-on « Boy Genius Report: And Why Not, it’s been a pretty big hit here in The Great White North. 3 out of 6 Dads polled approved it.