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Posted at 9:22am on 17 Dec 2007

Three Columns of Idiocy

This is going to be unpopular, but the man has a point...

http://www.andyrutledge.com/bad-layout-conventions.php

Posted at 8:07pm on 15 Dec 2007

Defending the Indefensible

Many users and developers alike would like to see Microsoft improve its browser, or replace it with something better, but should this really be a legal matter? Is it right to force them to do this in a court of law?

Posted at 4:52pm on 14 Dec 2007

Infestation

Eww...

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/14/wii_attracts_cockroaches

Who'd have imagined that leaving wii on your carpet would be a health hazard?

Posted at 4:48pm on 14 Dec 2007

Fun with Windows

Here's some fun things that you can (or rather can't) do in Windows:

Try creating a folder called "con". Try it, anywhere on your desktop or inside any folder. You can't. Same goes for any of the following:

prn, aux, nul, com1, com2, com3, ... com9, lpt1

You can't make a folder with any of these names. Think that's strange? Try this:

Create a new text file and type "this app can break" in it without the quotes or any leading/trailing space.

Now open the file in Notepad (if you created it in Notepad, close it then open it again).

Weird huh?

Posted at 9:24am on 10 Dec 2007

Corporate Blogging

Airbag Industries discusses the new corporate blogging thinktank The Blog Council:

http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/airbag/fail.php

That's perfect! As long as you keep doing that, you'll always need your stupid councils to discuss why the cool kids think you're an idiot. Well played, asshats.

Ouch.

Posted at 9:15am on 10 Dec 2007

Jumpchart - Interactive wireframing tool

This seems pretty cool: http://www.jumpchart.com

An online tool for designing the structure and content of a web site without any messing around in Visio.

Once you're done, it exports a clean XHTML/CSS framework from which to begin building the site itself.

Posted at 11:59am on 07 Dec 2007

Google Optimised for iPhone

A look at Google's new iPhone portal

Looks pretty sweet, but doesn't appear to work on the iPod Touch yet.

Update: I stand corrected. In the UK you just have to go to http://www.google.com/m, otherwise it redirects you to google.co.uk, which doesn’t have the new interface (yet).

Posted at 8:16pm on 06 Dec 2007

An Analogue Lock

A nice slideshow illustrating both the illogicality of software licence agreements, and the terrifying implications of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act when applied to the real world.

Posted at 1:43pm on 05 Dec 2007

Flickrshop

Flickr adds photo editing tools:

http://blog.flickr.com/2007/12/05/edit-your-photos-on-flickr

Nice.

Posted at 12:11pm on 05 Dec 2007

Not Invented Here

Perl on Rails - why the BBC fails at the Internet

If the last 60-odd years of software engineering science have taught us anything, it's that software problems are hard enough to solve already without needing make extra work for yourself.

If a tool already exists that will solve your problem, use it. I'm sure Perl is great, but if you want to use Ruby on Rails then use it, don't rewrite it.