thoughts
thoughts on technology and culture, politics, and information design
Yahoo Mail subject line fun
Friday, April 25, 2008I've been a Yahoo mail user for a long time. I'm not sure if this is a new "feature" or what, but Yahoo provides something called the Subject-O-Matique that generates…
Give me Battlestar Galactica in HD!
Saturday, March 15, 2008Charter currently doesn't offer the sci-fi channel in HD in my area. Yesterday, I sent an e-mail requesting that Charter add the channel. I quickly received a reply suggesting the…Charter DNS
Monday, December 3, 2007I got home from work today to find my Charter internet connection down ... again.
This time, however, was a little different than several outages I've experienced over the…I am an uncle!
Friday, October 19, 2007yahoo news sort of works with macs
Monday, March 5, 2007For at least a couple years, I've been emailing Yahoo regularly with complaints about the fact that Yahoo news video simply fails on macs.
Finally, it sort of works.…Wii internet channel links
Sunday, February 18, 2007I bought a Nintendo Wii a few days ago. Now that my entire body is ridiculously sore from too much boxing in Wii Sports, I've been spending some time exploring…MacFUSE Tech Demos from Amit Singh's Macworld 2007 Talk
Wednesday, January 17, 2007This video contains MacFUSE tech demos from Amit Singh's Macworld 2007 talk titled "Taming Mac OS X File Systems". For details on MacFUSE, please go to… make_clickable function
Monday, September 11, 2006I found a useful PHP snippet for making http:// and mailto:// plain text links into clickable urls. I've tested it in a variety of cases and it seems to work…Ursula
Wednesday, August 23, 2006I just finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin's book - The Dispossessed.
It is a phenomenal novel about an anarchist society. The characters are compelling, and powerfully self-realized. To…Oregon Death with Dignity Act vs. Ashcroft
Wednesday, January 18, 2006I was pleased to see today that Ashcroft's assault on Oregon's Death with Dignity Act was stopped. As a former Oregonian, watching Ashcroft spend so much time and effort fighting…Digital Music Dream Week and more
Sunday, January 8, 2006Since the MacWorld expo is tomorrow, I thought I would post some thoughts and predictions about what is next. This topic has already been well covered by the mainstream media…Fun with Flash
Friday, January 6, 2006A co-worker shared with me this cool and versatile fun little flash piece.
It does contain sound (nothing offensive but might be obnoxious in a quiet environment) so…
