xkcd: Tones
September 23, 2008No Comments
Amen!
- I don’t know how to feel about this series of comics. The feeling is that of romance, sadness, humor, and fear all rolled into one. Coincidentally, I learned about linked lists in C class a few weeks ago (got a 94 on the assignment!), so I was able to fully appreciate the last strip. (0)
- My brother-in-law snapped this picture of a NH license plate. Hey, that’s my name!
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- I rarely read the articles posted on Slashdot. Instead, after reading the article summary, I go straight to the user comments for interesting information and true tech humor. Take for example the first comment on the Apple Losing Touchscreen War post by ardor: Steve will fix it, don’t worry. Steve Jobs is not a human with a reality distortion field, Steve Jobs is a reality distortion field with a human body inside. (0)
Gmail: Temporary Error (502)
August 11, 200810 Comments
Looks like only some Google servers are experiencing this error; my other Gmail account works fine.
Hitachi LCD: Cable No Insert
If you’re going to develop software for a display that will be shipped worldwide, please have an English-speaking person review all of the text!
Windows Error on Cable TV
August 6, 20082 Comments
When I turned on the TV, none of the 76 stations seemed to be working (maybe they finally cut off the free cable service I’ve had for the past 8 months). I started checking the channels starting at channel 1 and found a Windows “unable to detect a mouse” error message on channel 3:
I’ve got a Mac dammit, leave me alone!
- The news stories over at The Register, a British technology news website, are always filled with comical remarks and creative titles. I found the site many years ago and it hasn’t changed much since. Scanning titles like “Smut pop-up teacher retrial stuck in delay loop” make my brain work overtime as I try to decipher the almost cryptic information and decide if the content of the article is worth reading.
Those who know me will probably tell you I’m a very factual, get-to-the-point, kind of guy. For that reason, I haven’t read a full article on The Register in some time. Then today I saw a news title that caught my attention, “And so we begin the tech sector’s journey into the Heart of Darkness“. I read the entire article laughing out loud while I sat in a coffee shop. Then I read another one, “How to be an instant Web me-2.0 developer“, and another, “Microsoft kicks Ubuntu update in the hardy herons“. Maybe I’ve rediscovered The Register! (0)
xkcd - Zealous Autoconfig
April 28, 2008No Comments
“I hear this is an option in the latest Ubuntu release.”
A Threatening Spam Message
April 23, 20082 Comments
Wow, spammers are either becoming really desperate or totally creative. Here’s a threatening email I received today:
From: slyder@webramp.net
To: [ concealed ]
Sent: Apr 23, 2008 13:03
Subject: She has already gone to hospital! ! !Hello, info.
Listen to me carefully, i don’t know what your name is, but i’ll find you and i’ll cripple you, because this is you who tempted her!!!
She has already gone to hospital, you’re next, this is evidence: [removed URL in case its virus infected]–
slyder mailto:slyder@webramp.net
New York Notes by Phil Hollenback
February 27, 20081 Comment
I stumbled across this site by Phil Hollenback. After moving from Northern California to New York City, he started keeping notes of the observations he made about the differences between the two places.
My favorite observation has to be this one:
I was walking to work today and saw some workmen shoveling something out of a dump truck into wheelbarrows and wheeling them into a building. Couldn’t figure out what it was - the stuff was all shiny black embers. Then I realized - they were delivering coal! I have never, ever seen that before.
Check out the list of notes. Some of them are really hilarious. I live in Boston, not NYC, but there are a lot of observations he made that are relevant to New England in general.
Payton vs Eli Manning
February 4, 20081 Comment
Aerva, the software company where I am employed, has created software called AerChannel, which provides its customers with the ability to create and manage content on their own digital signage network. An added bonus to AerChannel is Aerva’s MoApp technology which enables viewers to interact with the screen by sending SMS text messages.
One of our customers, BarCast, has screens in several bars around the Boston area. As you can see from the screenshot above, they have created a poll to allow viewers to vote who they hate more, Payton Manning or Eli Manning.
Luckily, I can vote for both.
