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
It’s tough to use a different password on every site, but reusing passwords comes…
ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com
It’s tough to use a different password on every site, but reusing passwords comes with a risk. If someone gets your password from site A, and you use the same one on site B, your account has just been compromised on *both* sites.
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?
Unpacked a box of media tie-in novels. Would the hardcore fans be more upset at…
Unpacked a box of media tie-in novels. Would the hardcore fans be more upset at me putting the Star Wars and Star Trek on the same shelf, or the Star Trek and Babylon 5?
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.
DC only seems to have room for three main Flashes at a time
DC only seems to have room for three main Flashes at a time: Past, present and future. Sometimes that shakes out as Jay, Barry and Wally, sometimes as Jay, Wally and Bart, and most recently as Jay, Barry and Bart. They’ve got four major Flash characters to work from, and they want Barry in the “present” role…and now that they have a chance to rewrite history, they can get rid of the “extra” character.
That suggests two likely possibilities:
1. They erase Barry Allen’s grandson and reset his nephew to being Kid Flash.
2. They erase Barry Allen’s nephew and keep his grandson as Kid Flash.
I’m tired of reading stories *about* continuity
I’m tired of reading stories *about* continuity, instead of stories that, over time, *become* continuity.
Nice that they’re finally handing it over after letting it stagnate, but it seems…
Oracle proposes OpenOffice.org to Apache Incubator
Oracle bypasses The Document Foundation for OpenOffice.org handoff
Nice that they’re finally handing it over after letting it stagnate, but it seems like a waste that they ignored the group behind LibreOffice. Not a surprise by any means, but a wasted opportunity. Maybe in the future they can merge the projects again.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is playing on SyFy. At first I was curious because…
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is playing on SyFy. At first I was curious because it's been so long since I've seen it. Now I mostly want to watch The Wrath of Khan instead.
Dear Facebook: If I mark “Friends only” when uploading a photo, please do not place
Dear Facebook: If I mark “Friends only” when uploading a photo, please do not place it in an album that *everyone* can view.
We’ve basically gotten ONE Flash story that’s *just a Flash story* out of each run since 2005
I feel like I’m Charlie Brown, DC is Lucy, and the promise of a Flash series that actually gets off the ground and *goes* somewhere is the football.
We’ve basically gotten ONE Flash story that’s *just a Flash story* out of each run since 2005. Everything else has either been setup, wrap-up, or a side story for an outside event.
That two-parter with Bart vs. Mota. Tom Peyer’s “Fast Money.” Maybe Geoff Johns’ “The Dastardly Death of the Rogues.”
Long-form writing only works if you follow through on it. I love reading novels, but I’d much rather read 20 short stories than 10 first chapters and 10 last chapters.
Though they are encrypted, the frames that make up a Skype call contain clues
Chapel Hill Computational Linguists Crack Skype Calls
“What is surprising is that though they are encrypted, the frames that make up a Skype call contain clues about what phonemes are being spoken.”
Phone typo of the day: “granola bats”
Phone typo of the day: “granola bats”
“Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words ‘app store’ together denote
Apple rebuts Amazon’s stance that ‘app store’ is a generic term
“Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words ‘app store’ together denote a store for apps.” Um, good luck with that.
I’ve located the slides from the 1989 Discovery space shuttle landing (first mission after Challenger)…
I've located the slides from the 1989 Discovery space shuttle landing (first mission after Challenger) that I went to see with my mom, brother, and a family friend. Now I need to find a place that will scan them before the final shuttle flight.
95% of spamvertised products handled by just 3 credit card processors
95% of spamvertised products handled by just 3 credit card processors
Krebs’ 3 Basic Rules for Online Safety
My dream Flash writing team
My dream Flash writing team is Grant Morrison writing Barry, Mark Waid writing Wally, and Geoff Johns writing the Rogues.
Lessons of Blippy: Just adding a social element isn’t enough to make people want to use something. via @techcrunch
Lessons of Blippy: Just adding a social element isn’t enough to make people want to use something. via @techcrunch