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First & 20

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:27:46 +0000

Collection of screenshots and descriptions of iPhone home screens for thought leaders. Simple, stupid, but interesting and useful.

Democrats stand up for gay rights, expand "hate crimes" definition

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:52:57 +0100

Democrats stand up for gay rights, expand "hate crimes" definition :

So I understand the U.S. LGB community feeling that the Democrats haven’t done enough to support gay rights. But claims that they haven’t done anything are wide of the mark. The passing of this expansion is key to ensuring that people can be open about their sexual orientation without fear of violence.

The Dangers of the Internet

Sat, 02 May 2009 20:34:08 +0100

The Internet is a scary, scary place and lots of bad things can happen to you online. This is the story of something that happened to.

There I was, happily reading Reddit. And a link comes up for “100 cover versions of Stairway to Heaven”. Long story short: I just listened to Dolly Parton singing “Stairway to Heaven”. Once it started, I was paralysed and couldn’t shut it down. Now, I’ve lost all belief in God. Remember kids, the Internet is a scary place.

Eyeglasses With a Digital Dimension - NYTimes.com

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:45:37 +0100

Eyeglasses With a Digital Dimension - NYTimes.com:

Ah, the long awaited return of Heads-Up Displays. Sounds like it would have too much trouble training users for the alternative interaction methods. Too intrusive if its useful, too useless if its not.

Hang this up in your time machine. [via Reddit]

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:56:27 +0100

Hang this up in your time machine. [via Reddit]

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:06:23 +0100

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

100 Terrific Web Design Cheat Sheets

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:51:33 +0000

100 Terrific Web Design Cheat Sheets:

Great list of cheat sheets for web developers. The truth though is that you should read this page once. Find the cheat sheets that work for you, and bookmark those. Having a 100 cheat sheets is more inefficient than having none.

A rogue CA? Now that's dangerous.

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:12:17 +0000

Well this is a new one for me. Rather than look for a short term phishing attack, I’m now getting spam that is targeting a nice long-term compromise of my machine:

"Beginning March 17, 2009, the Northern Trust Business Passport Center will use a new Certification Authority (CA) to issue end-user certificates. If no one in your organization has a digital certificate, you will need to download your primary digital certificate file. Installation is quick and simple.

Proceed for further information:"

Installing a new Certificate Authority is a great idea for a hostile. Opens up all sorts of attack vectors that would normally be protected by lots of browser warnings. I’m impressed, and a little bit scared.

Twilio

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:12:13 +0000

Twilio:

Twilio is probably the best “cloud” service I’ve seen so far. Yes, even better than AWS. Telephony is just really hard, and not worth doing yourself. That’s one thing thats not really true (ignoring scalability) for any of the popular AWS services. Great job.

My Wordle.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:20:03 +0000

My Wordle.

Thanks Sidestep. That’s a really useful itinerary! For...

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:51:23 +0000

Thanks Sidestep. That’s a really useful itinerary!

For those that can’t see it, apparently you can buy a Cathay Pacific flight from London to New York via Hong Kong and Vancouver. Now that’s one for the mileage junkies out there.

Amazon Exposes 1 Terabyte of Public Data to Developers

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:07:47 +0000

Amazon Exposes 1 Terabyte of Public Data to Developers:

Almost every time Amazon does something new for Amazon Web Services, its awesome. This is no exception.

$100 Linux plug-in device

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:12:43 +0000

$100 Linux plug-in device:

More geekiness. But this device sounds like a major step toward ubiquitous computing. The price point and capabilities combine well to create a really viable device. The next step is to see how Marvell gets people to build game-changing apps on it. As a platform it sounds great, but platforms don’t change the world on their own.

Explanations to common Java exceptions

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:28:37 +0000

Explanations to common Java exceptions:

Geek humor at its finest.

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:11:26 +0000

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

So I'm going to finally check out tumblr...

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:43:54 +0000