When the first iPhone came out a year ago, it was criticized (among other things) for the lack of third-party apps. They weren’t allowed, except for so-called Web-apps, which were « just » Web pages. So hackers unlocked the iPhone, developers developed unsanctioned third-party apps, and eventually, Apple released a software development kit for writing native iPhone…
Catégorie : Geekiness
Front to Back Geeks
Today, I spent the time I usually spend drawing a new Geeks episode trying to fix the back-to-front bug I mentioned in my previous post. All my research into fixing this invariably led to this cranky post on the WordPress site which in essence, says it’s a MySQL bug, to call your ISP to tell…
Back to Front Geeks
The Geeks In Love are displaying in reverse order! When you go to the site, you see the first episode instead of the last. It’s a MySQL bug (my ISP must have upgraded) and I have no idea how to fix it… Plus, I’m still on the road… Bummer…
As seen on TV!
Pamela has taken the Internet by storm. Not only is she blogging more than ever on frogblog, but she’s gone pro, writing for Web Worker Daily, among others. So when Parlons Blogs, a French cable TV program about Blogs were looking for an American « blogueuse » in Paris, who did they call? Why Paméla bien sûr.…
Hardware v1.0
One of the things I’ve discovered working on the OZÉ project, is that creating hardware is a lot like creating software. It sounds counter-intuitive, but there really are many, many similarities. I’m not going to elaborate, except to point out one of the consequences of this fact. It is risky to buy the first version…
Synchronization
Here’s one that’s been all over the net recently, and understandably so. It is quite magical, even though there is no magic involved.
Vista Rocks
Apple and Pixar aren’t the only cool and creative companies around. Take Microsoft for example. They went to the trouble of producing the following mesmerizing video (by Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band, I’m not making this shit up) to motivate their own troops. I think I’m going to have to rethink my assumptions…
Today, sausages and muffins, tomorrow, the world?
This video is strangely mesmerizing and terrifying at the same time. These robot arms make our human limbs seem so clumsy and inadequate… (via BotJunkie).
The More Things Change…
A couple of months back, I updated the design of sknoblog to what you see now. Then a few weeks back, my site was suspended by my ISP when a major spam attack caused my comments database table to grow too big, too fast. The table was simply destroyed by the ISP. Part of the…
Looks and Smarts
I occasionally post (or rant) about my experiences with software or hardware. While there are many dedicated sites out there that do a commendable job of describing new features, I often discover things that I like or hate that were never mentioned anywhere. Which is why I thought I’d mention my recent upgrades to Mac…