November 2011
Elements of Modern C Style « Sutter’s Mill →
October 2011
Snick by Giha Woo →
Bill Gates: Being a Billionaire Is Overrated... →
That Bill Gates, he’s such a joker. Apparently you shouldn’t bother attempting to be a billionaire like him; after a million, it’s pretty much the same. I think Roman Abramovich…
2-Year-Old Girl Saves Her Mom's Life By Making a... →
Lia Vega, a 2-year-old girl, has been pretending to be a real life superhero by cutely wearing a towel as a cape. Why? Because she saved her mom’s life by making a phone call no…
The Hubble Blew My Mind →
Last night, around 8:30pm, I was sitting in my backyard with my 9 yr. old daughter, Maddie. We were looking at stars, trying to identify constellations, when one of them started moving…
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October 24, 2011 →
Whee! I got a lot of requests for graph jokes at NYCC. So, here ya go.
On Parenthood →
Our son was born March 12th, 2009. He’s a little over two and a half years old. Now, I am the wussiest wuss to ever wuss up the joint, so take everything I’m about to say with a grain of salt –…
Wacom Inkling Release Finally Dated for October... →
The Wacom Inkling was a magical, near-unbelievable device that we drooled all over in late August (Jesus especially). It was supposed to be out by late September. Now it’s late…
Steve Jobs Ensured There Was No One at Apple To... →
It hasn’t even hit store shelves yet, but the juiciest tidbits from Steve Jobs’ upcoming biography are steadily being leaked by those with advance copies of the book. The latest…
‘Lies Agreed Upon’ to be screened during... →
The Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka, in conjunction with the Embassy of Sri Lanka is to hold a ‘Congressional Briefing on Post-Conflict Sri Lanka’ at the Capitol Visitors’ Center on…
HTC To Upgrade As Many Devices As Possible To Ice... →
HTC have just published a note on their Facebook fan page stating their plans on HTC Android devices receiving the Ice Cream Sandwich update.
Since Google unveiled Ice Cream Sandwich…
Switchy: Easily Create And Switch Between Profiles... →
Firefox saves your information about bookmarks, passwords, and user preferences in your user profile; nothing but a set of files which saves all this information. While this makes perfect sense…
Samsung dethrones Apple, crowned new king of... →
According to the Wall Street Journal and a person familiar with the situation, it looks like Samsung has finally been crowned as king of the smartphone world; the company sold more than 20…
Wi-Fi Analytics Tool: A Comprehensive WiFi Network... →
Android users have the luxury of picking from plenty of device monitoring and performance tracking apps (Elixir II being one of the most comprehensive of the lot) to keep a close tab…
Famous Noses Turned Into Teenage Mutant Ninja’s →
Tumblr which at the moment has no description of who the designer is, I’m guessing they’re trying to stay anonymous. Nevertheless it’s definitely going to make a few people laugh out loud.
There's No Such Thing as the Color Pink [Video] →
Want to have your brain blown for a few minutes today? Dip your head in some physics, and realize that there’s no such thing as pink. Scientifically speaking, that is: it’s just…
4chan's Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are... →
Chris Poole delivered the most powerful 10 minutes of Web philosophy of the afternoon at Web 2.0. The man formerly known as moot - founder of anonymous image sharing den 4chan and its new,…
10 Funny/Rude Replies Coming From Siri →
If you didn’t know already, Siri, the personal assistant which sits inside the new iPhone 4S has a bit of an attitude. Here are my 10 favourite sayings/quotes from Siri.
20 Beautiful Mobile UI Screenshots | Part #1 →
UI design of a mobile interface can really have a profound effect on a smartphone user. It can make or break an app. I know I will not use an app unless it is well designed and is easy to…
It Looks Like Siri's Already Having Some Trouble... →
Apple didn’t have much difficulty convincing people they needed to upgrade to the iPhone 4S yesterday. But the new phone’s biggest selling point, the voice activated Siri assistant,…
Watch a Pro Draw a Digital Poster in 4 Minutes... →
This is one of those wonderful “I’ll never take that for granted again” videos. Graphic design firm DKNG Studios put up this super-speed video of the process behind their latest…
Kill Wifi For Those Who Annoy You And Slow Your... →
Lets put a very real example as a prelude. There are several cities across the country that offer free wifi on most public transportation systems. The biggest issue is that more often than not, if…
Google’s response to Siri might look something... →
Yesterday Apple finally released their iOS5 software update for the iPhone 4 and the blogs are buzzing about Siri, a virtual personal assistant that lets you use your voice to send messages,…
Secure All Your Passwords with KeePass →
The benefits of going online and moving to the cloud are dogged down by the fear of compromising one’s personal and professional information. Identity thieves are having a ball of a time these days,…
Scientists Find Relatives of the Bubonic Plague... →
Turns out the Black Death really was the granddaddy of them all. Scientists have mapped the genome of the bacteria that caused the bubonic plague and traced it to all modern…
Perf Laser Cut T-Shirts →
I live most of my life in t-shirts because, as a work-at-home blogger, there’s no need for me to really get all jazzed up to sit around all day. My dogs don’t care what I look like. I love me…
d’Oranje by Alinush007 | Android Screenshot →
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Forza Motorsport 4 wets my appetite for “Better... →
If you asked people about Kinect, most people would probably think of games that involve a lot of exaggerated body movements like jumping, dodging and waving arms like an inflatable tube…
Scientists Discover the Best Skiing In the Solar... →
…and it’s only a few hundred million miles away. Better fuel up your rocket and get started today, however, because we’re talking about Saturn’s moon Enceladus and the incredibly…
The Corliss Resolution →
October 09, 2011 →
Kelly is running an “Adventures of Women in Science” panel at Geek Girl Con in Seattle tomorrow! Check it out!
Infographic: Most Disruptive Companies in Tech →
Focus has pulled together an infographic on the most disruptive companies in tech. It should come as little surprise that many of the innovations are cloud-powered, or cloud-dependent. …
Chrome Remote Desktop: Remotely Control Computers... →
You must have come across multiple applications and web services that allow you to remotely see and control another system. These applications and services are useful particularly when you want to…
Microsoft's Servers Are Faster than Amazon and... →
Amazon and Google generally get all the attention for their data centers and cloud services. But you know who has the fastest servers around? Microsoft. Yep. More »
Remove Unused References In Visual Studio 2010... →
Wondering how to remove all the unused references from Visual Studio 2010 document that were never used,in one go? If you find it tedious to follow the classic method of determining the…
Apple's "Find My Friends" is Apple at Its Worst →
Apple announced a new in-house app called Find My Friends today as part of the forthcoming free update iOS 5 - and it sounds a lot like what other services already offer. The service will…
Mozilla Considers Blacklisting Java →
The Mozilla Foundation has publicly considered disabling Java from running in the browser environment, thanks to recent research that indicates Java is the top of the three vectors for security…
Paint.NET v3.5.9 and Download.com →
I just noticed that download.com updated their listing of Paint.NET to version 3.5.9. Neat. Except that now they’re wrapping it in their download manager which tries to get you to install the Bing…
How To Get A Job At Google, Apple or Facebook →
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Google Chrome is finally coming to an Android... →
September of 2008 was a pretty busy month for Google. The company released, not one, but two very important products in that month: Android and Chrome. The former was supposed to unify the…
Sencha Likes IE10: A Native Apps Library for JS is... →
The big question among Web developers has been whether browser and platform makers are simply leveraging HTML5 as an open-ended means to a closed end: specifically, as a standard language for…
September 2011
CHUCK & BEANS →
Roll Clouds Are Rare, Breathtaking And Awesomely...
*Roll Clouds Are Rare, Breathtaking And Awesomely Powerful [Weather]* Published on Gizmodo>| shared via feedly mobile  > Unless you live near Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria, you’ve probably never seen a cloud like this. It’s called a roll cloud and it’s both startling and awe-inspiring. More »>      feedly. feed your mind. http://www.feedly.com Sent by an...
September 30, 2011 →
Terrified someone’s beat me to this joke. Couldn’t find anything on google. Wish me luck!
Mozilla Brings WebSockets API to Firefox for... →
Mozilla is again releasing a new version of Firefox for Android as the company’s mobile development cycle is starting to look a lot like that of its desktop browser. The new Firefox for…
Unlike: Why Facebook Integration Is Actually... →
Facebook really changed things up last week. Oh sure, it’s as disrespectful of my privacy as ever, but now it’s enlisted the entire web to help. So I’m done with anything that…
Google Brings State-of-the-Art Dynamic Layouts to... →
Google just launched dynamic views for Blogger, its free blogging platform, and they are something else. Powered by AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3, these new themes for Blogger users are heavy-duty,…
Comic for September 27, 2011 →
Verizon Backs Samsung in Fight Against Apple, and... →
Kind of surprising, but Verizon has piped up in the Samsung v. Apple case, arguing that a preliminary injunction against Samsung would ultimately be bad for consumers. Interesting,…
Congratulations HP! You Broke the Code (GPL,That... →
There were tons of mixed emotions when HP returned to the mobile scene with their latest installment by their newly acquired partner in crime, Palm. The HP Touchpad, which comes loaded with webOS…