Archive for the 'Technology' Category

So many browsers, so little time…

01May08

Do websites need to look the same in every browser?

I agree with John Gruber on this one.

Army pulls the plug on robot killing machine, Armageddon delayed for 10 years or so

11Apr08

You can relax citizens, we’ve got maybe another decade or so until Skynet becomes self-aware and decides to terminate the human race.

According to Popular Mechanics,

Last year, three armed ground bots were deployed to Iraq. But the remote-operated SWORDS units were almost immediately pulled off the battlefield, before firing a single shot at the enemy.

The Army’s [...]

100/100 on the acid3 (no that’s not gibberish)

31Mar08

Webkit, everyone’s favorite open source, cutting-edge, sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat-until-the-latest-nightly-build-drops web browser engine recently scored a perfect 100/100 on the acid3 test. Yes, this post is late - so sue me, I was out of town. John Gruber got it on time, because he gets paid.

How does your browser measure up? (Hint: it’s not as [...]

John Gruber takes the words right out of my mouth

15Mar08

Now that Apple has finally announced details of the launch and implementation of the iPhone SDK, the internet is buzzing with debate regarding its apparent lack of support for background applications, and some developers are not happy. Their qualms are certainly understandable, but I think the proverbial big picture is what’s important here - [...]

The infamous Red Ring of Death strikes home

14Mar08

Yep, my Xbox 360 red-ringed today. I suppose that given the estimated failure rate of these things, I had it coming. This turn of events is quite ironic considering that moments before I attempted to turn on my Xbox 360 I was reading a Digg discussion filled with angry 360 owners ready to [...]

Ars reviews Aperture 2

11Mar08

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big fan of Apple’s updated pro photography software Aperture 2.

Okay, that’s kind of a lie (The first part I mean - I am a big fan … not that it matters since I doubt a soul is reading this). But the bottom line is that [...]

score one for the internet misfits

10Mar08

Dropping 22TB of patches on 6,500 PCs in 4 hours: BitTorrent

If you follow the feeds over in the Technology section of Digg (and if you are into geekery you surely do), you must have noticed the recent uptick in stories touting the legitimate uses of BitTorrent technology. This one caught my eye tonight because [...]