Tumblarity is gone. Thanks Tumblr.
Last August I complained about Tumblarity and I wasn't alone. Many people didn't like how Tumblarity motivated the Tumblr community to post and repost drivel and I'm very happy to see that…
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Geronimo Jack’s Beard – A new LOST podcast from Jorge Garcia
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] This is too awesome for words but I'll try my best anyway. Jorge Garcia, whose blog I've been subscribed to for – well, a long time now, has started…
Switching to Google Chrome Developer channel
For months I've been using Chromium the open source browser that powers Google Chrome. Using Chromium had its advantages and disadvantages. I had the bleeding edge of what was offered by the…
5 by 5 Studios – Talk radio for the Internet
Or, maybe we should call it Talk Internet now? Talk radio still sounds better. Anyway… Dan Benjamin, who like me has always been a very big fan of talk radio, has launched…
LOST – Season 6 Episode 1 chat. Live.
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Who says blogs are dead? Lets have a live discussion about tonight's upcoming episode of LOST Season 6, live, right here in the comments on my blog. To participate…
More social media icons
Speaking of icons for popular social media services, Komodo Media, who recently updated their collection, has a set of over 130 icons also.
Vector Social Media Icons
Icon Dock (love the name, branding, pretty much everything) has just released a set of 50 icons based on today's popular social media services in full vector including the one I love…
Pack your CSS and JavaScript
Pack, by fellow Viddler team member and friend Andrew Smith, is a great utility to compress your CSS and JavaScript for deployment. The real meat of Pack comes from its ability to…
Catch up on LOST via Hulu
LOST Season 6 starts on Tuesday. LOST Seasons 1 through 5, all one hundred and one episodes, are now available via Hulu to help you catch up!
RSS Subscription extension for Google Chrome
Here is a great example of a good extension written for Google Chrome. The RSS Subscription extension is built by someone on the Chromium team and it brings in the unified feed…
The name iPad
Neven Mrgan just changed my perspective on the name iPad. I don't particularly care for it. However, Neven compares iPad to the name of some of the top gadgets currently getting press….
Ignoring and removing a file from a Git repository
Found this little gem tonight after I had made the mistake of ignoring a file that I had already added to my repo and had committed more than one change to and…
iPad impressions and keyboard wonkiness
I had published a placeholder link for the iPad when it was announced. I've now updated that post to include my impressions of the iPad based on the video, announcement video, and…
Apple Tablet roundup
On the cusp of an announcement from Apple later this afternoon (or morning if you're in San Francisco where the event is taking place) I thought I'd roundup my favorite posts about…
The Apple iPad
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] So, it has finally been announced. Now, what do I think about it? I have to admit that since it was announced, about 36 hours ago now, my opinion of…
Using 7 Scrabble tiles
Playing Scrabble this evening this rule came up. How many points does a player get if they use all 7 tiles if some of their tiles fall on premium squares? "If a…
A Google Chrome Extension for Viddler
As a sort of pet project of mine I'll be committing updates to a Google Chrome Extension for Viddler.com. There is very, very little there so far but there will be more…
ColorADD – The color identification system for the color blind
This is pretty great and something I've never seen before. The ColorADD System is a system of 'codes' that can be used to identify colors for people that are color blind. By…
Never work for cheap.
When someone says they are going to go freelance this is the first piece of advice that I give them. "Work for free or for full price. Never for cheap." /via we(heart)it.
Birch bird feeder
What can I say, it has been a bird feeder weekend. Something I learned from my father is that it is very easy to put together your own bird feeder. Using what…
Richard Stallman’s approach to email
I wish I could handle email this way. Richard Stallman, the guy behind GNU and a self-proclaimed free software advocate and campaigner, only signs onto the Internet to send email a few…
More bird feeders
The temperature has finally gotten above freezing. I took it as an opportunity to get two more bird feeders (in addition to the one we have on our deck) up.
The Chromium Bookmark Manager
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] A few days ago I updated to the latest nightly build of Chromium, something I do every few days using TechCrunch's Chrome-Up application, and was elated to discover that…
Type testing on a few devices
Ever wonder how long it would take to type the exact same message on a Macbook, iPhone, a Newton, a Treo, or even actually writing it down on a pen and paper?…
Bernie the switcher
As you may recall Bernie has a support control center on his desk. Today I came into Viddler HQ to discover that he's pretty much a switcher.
Google Reader subscription notifications
I've got an idea for the Google Reader team. When someone on Viddler, or Twitter or Facebook "follows" me I get an email letting me know. This gives me an opportunity to…
Jorge Quinteros gives Avatar five stars
Jorge Quinteros on Avatar: "It’s by far James Cameron’s finest pieces of work and although I’ll be one of the many to grab a Blu-Ray copy, seeing it in theatre is an…
Revision3 offers Conan a job/stake in the company
Revision3, the Internet video network that brought you DIGG Nation, The Totally Rad Show, Scam School, and other very popular video podcasts, is offering Conan O'Brien a spot on their network. What's…
RSS to Twitter using PHP 5 now on GitHub
The PHP5 script that I use to send my mobile photos to Twitter that was bounced back and forth a few times back in December has now been officially moved to GitHub….
Some Earth quaking perspective
Here is a bit of perspective regarding the recent outbreak of earthquake news. The Earth quakes quite a bit. In fact, it could probably be said that somewhere on the Earth, at…