Swik Gets A Facelift
You will recall (or, if you’re not a total Free Software/Linux geek like me, you will have forgotten) that I mentioned a site called Swik a few months back. Well, Swik’s lead designer contacted me the other day: Hi, you…
Category Technology
Wi-Philly Vendor Selected
By way of Engadget, we find out that EarthLink has been selected to provide the WiFi network for the city of Philadelphia. It’s nice to finally see a vendor being selected, but even nicer is the fact that the cost…
Talk About An Out-Of-Body Experience
After yesterday’s “stuck gear” JetBlue emergency landing at LAX, many in the blogosphere have been commenting on the superb job the pilot did in getting his charges safely onto the ground. Additional details have emerged that make the story even…
Opera Web Browser – Ad Free, Fee Free
Looking for an alternative browser? Have you wanted to check out Opera but been put off by the notion of ad banners and fees? Fret no more, for Opera has announced it’s permanently freeing their browser. It’s available for Mac…
WaPo Editorial Board Piles On Yahoo!
We’ve been over the incredibly craven behavior of Yahoo! with regards to helping the ChiComms oppress their people, but the mainstream media seems to have largely ignored the issue. In a first big stride, however, the Washington Post’s editorial board…
Someone Over At Nintendo Has Been Hitting The Crackpipe Again – HARD
Nintendo finally revealed the controller design for their upcoming “Revolution” console and, I can honestly say, I don’t think anyone saw this beast coming. Frankly, I’m a bit skeptical about the whole affair. At first glance, it would appear that…
Taking The Low Road, Or: Sun Pulls a Romero
PC gamers of an appreciable age will no doubt recall Daikatana and the furor surrounding that oft-delayed, oft-maligned game’s foul-mouthed ad campaign – a campaign that ultimately may have contributed to the game’s flop status. Daikatana‘s creator John Romero promised…
Two Cool And One Indispensible Mac Program[s]
In my recent ‘net wanderings, I’ve discovered a few cool programs that Mac users ought not be without: Pretty and Moderately Useful: The Shiira Project browser. Based on the same HTML rendering engine as Safari, Shiira has all that Apple’s…
Holy Hummer, Batman!
The ULTRA AP – looks like someone in the military has been watching Batman Begins.
Google Beaten To The Punch – By Microsoft
Those in the know noted a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft had quietly added the capability to search blogs and feeds via MSN Search. For instance, if you prepend feed: to a search string, only results that appear in…
