Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Apple says mail from Jobs was fake. BGR says no, it was real. If only there was a way to verify who sent an email. #rfc3156 # Just realised how out of touch I've become with federal politics now that I no longer live in Ottawa. # eHarmony's ads basically say they know who your […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

This shirt seems like an invitation to take some inappropriate pictures. #qrcode #worldcup http://tinyurl.com/24azjcb # There's really no way for an HTML button to NOT select text on double-click in a cross-browser manner? # Yikes – Read the fine print before signing with any realtor to view a home. http://tinyurl.com/2694zen # Writing JUnit tests for […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

<canvas id="foo"> – what's the diff between foo.width and document.getElementById("foo").width ? # Most companies in Brantford have an email address, but about half of them are hotmail or ISP addresses, and most don't check them. # What a mess. http://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/tableViewport.html # Well that's odd – this morning's Tweetie update removed my stevex account. # I […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

@travelmop You'd need a vulnerability with an attack that also exploits a local root vulnerability. It can happen but it's rare. in reply to travelmop # The original iPhone only supported HTML apps. It was too early for that then, but how about today? # A quick recap of the oil spill to date and […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

This has got to be photoshopped. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/05/31/honduras.storm.emergency/index.html?hpt=T1 # http://www.royalbank.com is reporting domain not found .. that's odd # They're about to snip the pipe. http://tinyurl.com/368ll3a #bp # Nice live video of the CRAW crushing one of the pipes at the spill site. http://tinyurl.com/368ll3a # @travelmop These guys are pokey. in reply to travelmop # Looks […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

One of Android's best features is that it's going to keep Apple on their toes. This competition is good for everyone. # @gruber "It’s not like Apple is saying that iAds is the only allowable way to show ads in apps." Yet. # Now here's a phone worthy of being called HD: The HTC Evo […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

The Mac needs UNC support. Even if it's just /UNC/ServerName/ShareName/FileName. As long as it caches credentials somehow. # \\Server\Share\ paths in config files and whatnot are very handy. /Volumes/Foo doesn't work if I forget to mount. # Dio :( # 3 cubic yard of dirt in fancy green bags, $450. same amount of dirt delivered […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Well, that took some digging. "Failed to prepare partial IU" error installing an Eclipse plugin? Look in artifacts.xml for old entries. # Also hunt down references in configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles – there will be a numbered folder that references the relevant plugin # "To celebrate the arrival of Steam on the Mac .. Portal is free for […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

So are we going to get a new Mac Pro sometime soon? Or is Apple giving up on that market? # Gulf of Mexico has leaked enough oil to have made about 500 million plastic shopping bags. # HTML5 has a datagrid element. Cool. No browser supports it yet. Less cool. # http://bradabrams.com/2010/05/going-google/ – More […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Amazon bought Audible? How'd I miss that! # Two-finger scroll to zoom on the Mac version of Google Earth was always broken. Now it's broken in the browser too. # I'm actually a bit surprised Google is going with a browser plugin for Google Maps. Goes against the whole 'plugins are bad' vibe. # In […]