apple
iPhone 2.2 … really?
06.26.09 | Permalink | No Comments
Scrolling through the server logs, I ran across this:
Apple iPhone OS v2.2.1 CoreMedia v1.0.0.5H11
Really? There are really people who just haven't bothered to hit "update" on their phones yet? I guess I just don't understand people who don't install software updates. If only there were some way of punishing that ...
apple, google
Apple Mail, Gmail IMAP, play nicely!
06.04.09 | Permalink | No Comments
Every so often, my blissful rage against linux is interrupted by some obnoxious hassle in my apple/google world. Mail connects via IMAP to gmail? Check! But what's this? Mail automatically downloads all of my shitty spam from gmail? Cannot have! Do not want! Other syntax memes employed!
The solution is buried ...
tutorials, ubuntu
Jack That Shat!
05.11.09 | Permalink | No Comments
So you just wooted some awesome new desktop speakers for your Ubuntu desktop computer, you plug them into the headphone jack, and you behold the megawatt goodness of thumping 4-inch speakers. But what ho? What's this? The on-board sound card speaker is still pumping it's pathetic little pings and bleeps ...
bash, networking
I Spy, With My Little Bmon
So, it's been a little while. Rehab was great, then I did a little walk through the Colorado Mountains that lasted 9 months, now I'm back and more command line idiotic than ever I was.
I built a little rsync script that uploads all of the audio from my recording studio ...
CSS, design
Stack That Shat!
06.28.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments
Nathan Ford over at Unit Interactive wrote a great post about making better use of the CSS font-family stacks, to recover the use of fonts that many designers had neglected. The post is here:
Better CSS Font Stacks
I instantly became a true believer, like the bright-eyed stepchild of a country ...
humor, perspective, php, shared hosting
12 Signs That The Recession Has Hit The Internet
05.15.08 | Permalink | 32 Comments
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/12_Signs_that_the_Recession_Has_Hit_the_Internet';
The United States economy is in a funk. Food prices are up, oil is through the roof, real estate has collapsed, and credit is becoming scarce. Here are 12 signs to look for when the recession hits the Internet:
Digg.com moves their server over to ...
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