➠ September 8, 2007
drobo
Cool-looking external disk storage array. Smarter than RAID — you can mix disk sizes, and add/upgrade drives on the fly — so it could be just the thang for backups around these parts.
➠ September 7, 2007
Hueniverse: Explaining OAuth
Excellent summary of what “OAuth” is, who’s behind it, and why you should pay attention to it if you build webapps.
➠ September 6, 2007
Arctic Monkeys, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Stonking, *stonking* concert tonight. If you've only heard the Arctic Monkeys on record, you owe it to yourself to experience them live.
Apple - To all iPhone customers
$100 Apple Store credit for anyone who bought a pre-price-drop iPhone. There’ll still be whiners that think this isn’t enough, but from my perspective? Hey! Free copy of Leopard!
Kickass Cupcakes
New cupcakes bakery in Davis Square — Deep fried cupcakes? Be still my (clogged-and-barely) beating heart.
➠ September 5, 2007
necoランキング
An explanation for all those weird Japanese cat tweets I was seeing on Twitter’s public timeline. Appears to be some kind of virtual pet living in Twitter.
➠ September 4, 2007
Jing example screencast
Screencast captured by Jing of me creating that last blog entry.
Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.
Cool looking little screencast app from TechSmith — An easy way to grab images or video from your desktop, and share them quickly. Works in OS X and Windows.
Glass and a Half Full Productions
Best use of a Phil Collins soundtrack EVAR! Quality bit of viral advertising from Cadbury’s.
Steven Poole - Goodbye, cruel Word
“Many people agree that revision 5.1a, specifically, was the best version of Word that Microsoft has ever shipped, combining utility and minimalist elegance with reliability. Sadly for me … I “upgraded” to Word 98, and somehow the magic was gone.”
Magic number (sports) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What is this “magic number” of which I speak?
➠ September 3, 2007
User Generated Features
Adam Green: “What I’m seeing on Twitter, however, is true social construction of software features. Users are coming up the ideas, and implementing them through adoption.”
➠ September 2, 2007
NSTAR: NSTAR Green
Starting in January, our leccy company will be selling wind-generated electricity for $0.03 more per kWh — an approximately 15% premium. I’ll be signing up for that — makes more sense to me than carbon credits.
