Recent articles (page 23 of 31)
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Mar 22, 2006
What is #46
The English language by word frequency, with a slick Flash UI. (via Pito)
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Mar 19, 2006
Flickr is starting to suck
I'll admit I haven't jumped whole hog into the whole Flickr thing. I do have a Pro account, and yet most of my photos are still in my private gallery. One of the main reasons, I think, is that, while I enjoy the whole idea of Flickr---a world of photographs naturally organized by keywords and shared (or not) between communities of like-minded people---a lot of the actual implementation kinda sucks. Oh sure, I was dazzled along with the rest when their AJAX-powered interface first came on the scene, with slick edit-in-place functionality and plenty of taggy goodness to explore. But whenever I actually want to do something with Flickr, the site quickly begins to get in my way.
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Mar 14, 2006
Heart Turds
I found a candy heart left over from Valentine's Day on the floor today. It used to say "HEART THROB", but the ravages of time have had their way.
How quickly true love turns to "HEART TURDS".
Photo by Tongue Tyed.
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Mar 13, 2006
Bush on Global Warming
From last November's Earth To America (and the bottom of my inbox—sorry Marty!), Will Ferrell does a hilarious send-up of George Bush.
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Mar 13, 2006
Free WiFi in Ottawa?
Just got off the phone with mom and dad, who have just bought their first post-retirement home in Ottawa. Mom happened to mention she was connected to the Internet via a free wireless Internet service that was apparently available to all Ottawa residents. My envy quickly turned to skepticism, however, when she mentioned the SSID (network name) of the service she was connecting to was "netgear2". NETGEAR is of course a well-known manufacturer of network hardware, including wireless routers. I suspect that neighbours of my parents' simply have their home network (and associated Internet connection) sitting wide open without any security. If that's their informed choice, then great. If not, well I hope it's an old router, because there's no reason current wireless networking hardware should allow inexperienced users to expose their networks like this. Mom, if you wanted to be a good neighbour, you could probably stroll around the block with your laptop and get a good idea of which house was hosting the network you are connecting to based on signal strength. A note in the mailbox advising the occupants to configure their network more securely would certainly qualify as your good turn for the day.