July 25, 2008
July 24, 2008
Silverback: guerrilla usability testing
Pretty damned nifty usability-testing app for OS X. With an *awesome* icon. Similar to (and considerably cheaper than) the Windows app Morae.
Fielding Has a Posse
New laptop sticker, swiped from Citizen Space. Seems appropriate since my role at Current is making things RESTful. (BTW, if anyone wants a Current TV sticker, ping me)
Could the next Twitterer please sign in…
No meetup with Laura will be complete without a list of attending Twitter usernames! (@sfordinarygirl @beaulebens @meryl333 @dlieberman @jjtoothman @rodbegbie @missrogue @jbumpas @microplace @moyalynne @creativesage)
July 22, 2008
This’ll make an AMAZING fort later
In Somerville, we had a three-floor house with basement. Now we have a one storey apartment. We used to have two offices and a spare room, now we have a combination office/spare room. Which will also hold my clothes, since we've got a smaller bedroom too.
In unrelated news, we'll be renting a storage locker shortly.
No Sleep ‘Til Hopen
New bed from Ikea assembled. I AM THE KING OF THE ALUM KEY!
July 21, 2008
Ophcrack
Windows password cracker. Has an interesting open-source business model: The cracker is GPL, and there are free (but limited) Rainbow tables. To get the full tables, you need to pay $99.
The Muppets Unleash More Viral Videos onto the Web
So great to see the Muppet company having fun with the medium of YouTube. Incredibly reminiscent of the old musical numbers on The Muppet Show.
July 20, 2008
Amazon.com - Universal Wish List Button
Bookmarklet that lets you add items from any online store to your Amazon.com wishlist.
July 19, 2008
A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats
Ah, the “ripple effect”. Inflating statistics since time immemorial. (The first comment is ace, too!)
Eddie Izzard, San Francisco, Jul 18, 2008
Aysys, Beesus, Seesus, Deesus, Eesus, Effsus, and Jesus.
July 18, 2008
Lobel: Manny fined — and wasn’t happy about it
Conjecture and rumours about Manny Ramirez — Are we seeing the start of a “Nomar is not a team player”-style whispering campaign by the Sox front office to appease fans before they don’t re-sign Manny for next year?
July 17, 2008
Safety first in Bangkok
Ever wondered what the international pictogram is for “girl on girl fisting”? It’s like xkcd porn.
July 16, 2008
Dr. Horrible’s Freeze Ray Will Stop the World
Summary of Joss Whedon’s new online musical miniseries. I plopped down the $4 for a “season pass” in iTunes, and loved the first episode. Looking forward to episode 2 arriving in iTunes tonight.
Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner
An information architect explains his reasons for running for state office in Kansas, in an xkcd stylee. Worth sending $8.34 to.
Phishy
One problem with OAuth and similar authentication systems -- When the browser is embedded in the application (as in this case with AirMe, but I also saw it in Exposure) with no URL visible, you have no idea if you're giving your username and password to Yahoo, or to some phisher.
Pasties, Pasties Everywhere - Freakonomics
The Economist replies in their characteristically classy manner when Stephen Dubner accuses them of misspelling “pastries”. (And now I find myself craving a Ginster’s…)
DEFENDER of the favicon
The classic arcade game Defender, implemented as a Firefox favicon! A bit of a silly hack, but the idea of updating favicons dynamically (to alert users when they’re looking at a different tab) has some milage.
July 15, 2008
Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops
Open-source app which logs your laptop’s network location (and optionally a snapshot from the webcam) to a DHT distributed database at irregular intervals.
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