One step closer to the day we can order pizza online…and download it! https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/09/cornell-lab-prints-food-says-digital-cuisine-could-change-restaurants.html
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Mobile apps: if a message is important enough to notify me, it’s important enough to cache. I might be somewhere with spotty reception.
Mobile apps: if a message is important enough to notify me, it’s important enough to cache. I might be somewhere with spotty reception.
Graphic showing consolidation in the US telecommunications industry
Interesting timeline.
Consolidation in the Telecommunications Industry – Graphic
AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA would cap two decades of deal making that has left the U.S. telecom industry with just a handful of major players. Today’s AT&T…
The US government broke up the AT&T monopoly in the early 1980s, leaving the original AT&T doing little more than long-distance service. NYNEX, US West, Pac Bell and the rest were all separate companies until they started buying each other up again.
Looking back at it, what I find weird is that while Pacific Telesis ended up as part of AT&T, and MCI ended up as Verizon, their wireless divisions ended up owned by the opposite companies.
First thought on hearing that Google was buying Motorola: patent defense for Android phones.
First thought on hearing that Google was buying Motorola: patent defense for Android phones.
It’s tough to step out for some fresh air when you’re across the street from an airport.
It’s tough to step out for some fresh air when you’re across the street from an airport.
Discussion on Google+:
Wayne: All hogged by the airplanes. sheesh ;>
Stacy: Don’t you just love that smell? Evenings in Manhattan Beach in July…
Me: Yeah, you were close to the refinery, weren’t you? It’s actually pretty nice where we are (closer to Artesia Blvd), but my office is literally across the street from LAX. I can look out the window and watch planes on the runway.
Me: And hear them when they take off, even from inside the building.
Stacy: Redondo we got the airline fuel smell twice a year, when the wind seriously died down. Manhattan Beach it was the month of July, the breeze stopped blowing the airline fuel smell out to Dockweiler and it found us.
Me: Yecch.
Things to consider before a redesign
Things to consider before a redesign: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Will Confuse Your Users. (via ma.tt)
Also applies to logos, branding, fictional reboots, etc.
Useful if you still follow email mailing lists: How to filter on the List-Id header in various clients…even Outlook .
Useful if you still follow email mailing lists: How to filter on the List-Id header in various clients…even Outlook.
The proper response to “I tried X and it didn’t work” is not “You should try X.”
The proper response to “I tried X and it didn’t work” is not “You should try X.”
Called out someone for being rude & dismissive in the comments on my blog, and of course now *I’m* the bad guy. *eyeroll*
Called out someone for being rude & dismissive in the comments on my blog, and of course now *I’m* the bad guy. *eyeroll*
xkcd explains Google+
xkcd explains Google+ https://xkcd.com/918/
“The problem isn’t that people are idiots…The problem is that the OS trusts random USB sticks.” (via @slashdot)
“The problem isn’t that people are idiots…The problem is that the OS trusts random USB sticks.” Yet Another “People Plug in Strange USB Sticks” Story (via Slashdot)
The Robustness Principle Reconsidered….
The Robustness Principle Reconsidered. (via ma.tt) I remember a lot of discussions on this during my spamfighting days.
You know something’s wrong with your traffic engineering when 5 cars in a row make U-turns.
You know something’s wrong with your traffic engineering when 5 cars in a row make U-turns.
Very cool demo of gesture-based and multi-device computer UI “Mezzanine” from Oblong. via @techcrunch
Very cool demo of gesture-based and multi-device computer UI “Mezzanine” from Oblong. https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/23/oblong-mezzanine/ via @techcrunch
Is blogging dead? “Those links that appear on Twitter or Facebook rather than on linkblogs — to what are they linking?”
Is blogging dead? “Those links that appear on Twitter or Facebook rather than on linkblogs — to what are they linking?”
Wish I knew why Google Maps Navigation was convinced that I was in the middle of the ocean before rebooting this
Wish I knew why Google Maps Navigation was convinced that I was in the middle of the ocean before rebooting this
Gnome 3.0 is seriously going to take some getting used to.
Gnome 3.0 is seriously going to take some getting used to.
I want my damn minimize button back. And I want to be able to switch to another app with one click, not two. Have I got a broken install?
Wow. Gnome 3.0 hides the “Power off” menu item. You can get at it by pressing Alt. Which I’m sure anyone would think of, right?
This captcha has the letters pi and mu in it. I think that might be going a bit far.
This captcha has the letters pi and mu in it. I think that might be going a bit far.
Phone typo of the day: “granola bats”
Phone typo of the day: “granola bats”
95% of spamvertised products handled by just 3 credit card processors
95% of spamvertised products handled by just 3 credit card processors