The upcoming Nokia 6680. What? Your phone only has one camera in it? Oh, my dear, that’s so passé!
Nokia 6680
March 11th, 2005
Why There’s No Escaping the Blog
March 11th, 2005
FORTUNE’s take on blogging.
E-mail is for old people, says Irving; kids prefer to communicate by phone and IM, and, now, by keeping blogs.
Recommending WordPress
March 9th, 2005
It’s nearly three months now since I moved Status-Q from Radio to WordPress and I have no regrets at all. One of the nicest things about WordPress is that, since it’s entirely web-based, I don’t need to run any separate software if I want to make a quick post. I always have a browser running, and everything I need is on my bookmark bar:
Installing it on your web server is pretty simple, if you’re a bit of a geek and not phased by things like MySQL databases. If not, a Google search will turn up a large number of sites offering WordPress hosting.
Since I moved, the frequency of my posts has definitely gone up, and since I helped John make the change, so has his.
In my case, as the quantity has gone up, the quality may have gone down, but that’s because I’m spending all my time writing patents at the moment and it has a numbing effect on the brain.
The battle for your photos
March 8th, 2005
The Comedy of the Commons
March 8th, 2005
There’s a great talk by Larry Lessig over at IT Conversations. If you can afford a full hour and a half (and I recommend it), it’s also well worth listening to the questions & answers at the end. As I’ve mentioned before, IT Conversations is a site worth pointing your iPodder at, and especially since they have AAC versions available – a big advantage for this kind of audio.
One thing Larry talks about is the end-to-end nature of the internet, what that has enabled, and how service-providers are trying to subvert it. I was reminded of this when reading this post about how the FCC have stopped one North Carolina broadband provider from blocking VoIP ports.
Those who forget…
March 7th, 2005
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.
So said the American philosopher George Santayana about 100 years ago. But hang on – did he? Actually, this is one of those oft-misquoted sayings – a Google search will turn up several versions, in particular using “…are doomed to repeat it”.
In The Life of Reason (1905-1906), the actual quote is:
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
which is an interesting but subtle difference; the ‘forget’ version implies a careless abandon whereas ‘not to remember’ implies, perhaps, an unfortunate mistake. Of course, he may not have intended any such distinction and he may also have used several versions himself, but it does prompt me to write my own little homage to Santayana:
Those who forget the quote are condemned to reword it!
Against My Better Judgement…
March 7th, 2005
The dangers of buying a PC from WalMart…
Mac hints for the day
March 3rd, 2005
Navigating the file system.
You may know that the icon in the title bar of a document or Finder window represents the file or folder itself. You can drag a document straight to the trash by dragging this icon, for example, or drop it on another app in your dock.
What I hadn’t realised was that another trick I’ve used in the Finder also works in document windows. Cmd-Click on the icon, and it shows you its position in the folder hierarchy.
You can select one of those folders and it will open in the finder for you. This is really handy if you’re working in a document and want a quick way to jump to something in the same directory.
A thing I sometimes miss when I’m working in the Finder is the ability quickly to create a new file of a particular type. In Windows you right-click and select “New>Word document” or similar. I don’t know why the Mac doesn’t do this, but one way to add it is using this handy Applescript in the Finder toolbar. (It was written by someone whose name I can’t find but who goes under the pseudonym of PCheese.)
Silly thought for the day
March 3rd, 2005
Why isn’t the opposite of a backup called a frontdown?
Oh dear.
March 3rd, 2005
Sir Bill Gates. In recognition of his “outstanding contribution to enterprise”.
(That’s his enterprise, presumably)
iPlod?
March 3rd, 2005
The world’s first shoe with active suspension?
This is fun, but considering the power that goes through the sole of your running shoe, it’s sad that you still have to fit it with a couple of watch batteries…
Update Finder windows
March 1st, 2005
For Mac users: Finder windows normally show you an accurate view of what’s in your folders, but occasionally, if something happens behind its back, the Finder doesn’t update the window immediately. This is most common on network shares, and happens on Windows as well. Windows has the F5 key to refresh the current view, though, and there isn’t a Finder equivalent.
Rainer Brockerhoff’s Nudge utility will do the same thing for Mac users.
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