Google just announced Google Reader, an-online news aggregator (you know, those applications used to read RSS newsfeeds which are all the rage for reading blogs and podcasts). I mention this because I don’t really enjoy using any of the newsreader applications that I’ve tried. There are plenty, and some of them, like NetNewsWire or NewsFire,…
Catégorie : Geekiness
podcasting
Just as I was (opportunistically) thinking of providing some music in podcast form, I noticed that the Opsound site had been revamped, and now provides a podcasting feed for every artist. So for you podcast addicts, you can go to the bottom of my Opsound page where you’ll find the RSS2 link. I don’t own…
mini Radio Vince
As an experiment, I’ve added a built-in, mini Radio Vince Flash application at the top of sknoblog. I’m not sure I like the idea: For one, I’m not so comfortable adding a Flash app to sknoblog, but at least, until you hit « play », it won’t use any CPU power, and even then, it shouldn’t be…
Meltdown
I’m back in old Europe and out of my mind due to sleep deprivation/jet lag. Yet I’m on a translation deadline. And I have to pay my taxes. And yesterday, my trusty (20 year-) old keyboard starts emitting the toxic smell of burning/melting electronic components. Even though I stopped using the keyboard’s internal sounds a…
The true value of Blogging
Blogging true believers like to hype the communal virtues of blogging. They claim that blogs are a new form of interactive communication, that the value of blogs are the « blog-rolls » (list of links to other blogs) and the commenting (which, you’ll remember, I had to turn off due to comment spam, although my recently installed…
WordPress upgrade, update…
I did the upgrade! I see that a lot of little details are off in the layout so I’ll have to fix them. Later on, I may actually port the design to the new Theme architecture… The next step is to try to turn on commenting again to let you participate… I’ll keep you posted…
WordPress upgrade
I’ve been putting off upgrading sknoblog to the latest version of WordPress because it introduces a new system for the layout and appearance of the site, and I didn’t want to deal with the hassle. However, it also fixes bugs, improves the management features and reportedly has better spam protection. As you may recall, I…
It was true
Apple announced it was transitioning the Mac to the intel x86 architecture. After all these years of criticism… If you’re interested by this story, you’ll find plenty to read elsewhere. Personally, while I don’t give a rat’s ass what kind of processor is running inside the box (as long as it is reasonably efficient), I…
Hell freezing over, chicken with teeth etc.
In case you missed it (in which case you really should get around the Web more!), c|net is reporting (and the Wall Street Journal is confirming) that at tomorrow’s Apple World-Wide Developer’s Conference, Steve Jobs will announce that the Macintosh is moving to the Intel x86 platform and away from the G4/G5 line made by…
System Crash Follow-up
Well, DiskWarrior kinda sorta worked! What it does is – examine the content of your disk (which takes a LONG time), – build a new directory based on what it has found, – mount a fake disk on your desktop to let you examine what the fixed disk will look like, – and then, you…