Month: September 2011
Ars Technica – Google Wallet now available for a select group of users
I’m a fan of anything that possibly limit the amount of stuff I need to carry especially in my wallet.
ignoredByDinosaurs – The Great Lie: Lorem Ipsum
Having done this more than once in 100% agreement.
MSDN Blogs – Metro style browsing and plug-in free HTML5
Microsoft gets on the Flash is a dead end train.
Ars Technica – Newzbin2 builds block-averting measures into its software
Every time someone tries to prevent information from being reached on the Internet someone else finds a way around it.
The Atlantic – If a MacBook Air Were as Inefficient as a 1991 Computer, the Battery Would Last 2.5 Seconds
Moore’s law finds it way into another part of the computer industry.
GitHub – gimenete/iOS-boilerplate
This looks impressive for anyone building an iOS app.
Write for Your Life – Why the Amazon Kindle might be the new iPod
hat’s a key point and possibly the only reason why I might instead stick with buying the current Kindle as opposed to the new tablet Amazon is most likely going to introduce.
Freedom to Tinker – NJ election cover-up
Just plain scary a whole election result considered null and void, no idea what happened, who to blame or how to fix the problem.
Read Write Web – How’s Mozilla Doing with Do Not Track? Not So Good
Do Not Track, is a nice idea but not much more than that.
Fraser Speirs – A Supercomputer in Every Backpack
Same problem I’ve been thinking about for a long time, our education system is built for the jobs of the past not the jobs of the future.