A better Alt Tab Task Switch
A better Alt Tab Task Switch - Upgrade your alt-tab experience with screenshots of what you are alt-tabbing into. Potentially great for those who do a lot of IM’ing.
A better Alt Tab Task Switch - Upgrade your alt-tab experience with screenshots of what you are alt-tabbing into. Potentially great for those who do a lot of IM’ing.
Pocket book reader - This uses eInk, which can be read under sunlight very easily and doesn’t use any battery power unless the screen’s display is changed. Perfect for book reader, and the resolution is really really really high. These are the future.
The Cretin bathroom has four toilets: 2 urinals and 2 stalls. In the years past, people doing urinal-type activities in the stalls was not a problem: people flushed. This year, however, has been different. I noticed an unusual change: somebody was following the “if it’s yellow, let it mellow” policy. While this can “reduce your total household water usage by 20 - 25% if moderately applied” (source: 7th Generation), I sincerely doubt that the mystery mellower came from some water-starved desert area. Regardless, today I found out who was perpetrating this moderately smelly and unpleasant act.
It’s the kid who lives next to me!
I had long suspected, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt for over a month. That is, until yesterday, when I was shaving. My neighbor went in a stall that I know had clear toilet water, and came out. No sound of flushing. No floosh of hygenic satisfaction. I investigated. THE TOILET WATER WAS NO LONGER CLEAR. Fotunately, though, I did discover that he follows the second part of the old adage. That is, later in the day I was in the bathroom cleaning a dish, and he left a closed stall with a book in hand. I investigated. It was brown, and he had flushed it down.
Do I put up a sign staying “Please flush all types” or something?
FileZilla FTP - The FTP client I should have been using this whole time (ie 5 years with an outdated copy of WS_FTP).
I found out what my scheduling slash time management problem is.
1.) I need to organize my to-do lists into discrete blocks of time. This will allow me to actually get everything done.
2.) In order to help with part one: I need to reduce perfectionism. My problem has been thinking “I can’t do this to the N’th degree of perfection, so I’ll do something lower on the priority list” … this leads to a rough cycle of anger at myself for not completing tasks, and further reduction in productivity.
Self analysis is difficult yet necessary.
White hat - A hacker who hacks for good and not evil. Interesting write up.
Hunter shoots big cat in Australia - Here’s the catch: big cats aren’t even supposed to exist in Australia.
8-Bit video game art - Some very very interesting and eclectic art with one them: 8-bit video games.
Quick hacker interview - The FBI sure seems worthless when it comes to computer related crimes - I hope they can get up to speed or at least outsource some experts.
Apple upcoming product speculation is mind-numbingly boring. Why am I interested, then, you ask? I am a perfectionist, and Apples are made by perfectionists. The fit and finish of the cases combined with the rendering of the text on the screen (literally 50% more readable than Windows XP’s text), is enough to sell the machines (for me). It is obvious that Apple is a company guided by people with ridiculously high expectations for the Apple Computer experience.
So, I present to you my first speculation about an Apple Media Event. Possibly because I’m just a media tool of their genius marketing scheme. Oh well.
Here’s my idea: Apple is going with eInk for an upcoming product. Just as they “created the market” for MP3 players by setting a standard in mobile audio for other companies to strive for, Apple is in a perfect position to “create” another market by employing eInk display technology and setting the standard in mobile electronic reading. Some more details on eInk:
Superior Look — Because it’s made from the same basic materials as regular ink and paper, electronic ink retains the superior viewing characteristics of paper, including high contrast, wide viewing angle, and bright paper-white background.
Versatile — Electronic ink can be printed on almost any surface, from plastic to metal to paper. And it can be coated over large areas cheaply.
Low Power — Electronic ink is a real power miser. It displays an image even when the power is turned off and it’s even legible in low light reducing the need for a backlight. This can significantly extend battery life for portable devices.
So what? Well. First, Apple licenses electronic versions of books (anybody think the Harry Potter iPod was a little random?) just as it licensed electronic music. Second, Apple delivers the perfect device on which to read this material. Finally, this device sells well, and companies scramble after Apple to pick up the technology.
This all fits in. The potential of miniature hard drives was widely recognized before the iPod and a few devices using the tech preceded the iPod … but the iPod was the simplicity people were searching for. So … a couple of devices are already out with eInk (notably, the Sony Librie), but they don’t provide that simple experience. Historically, this would be the prime time for Apple to jump out and say (brimming with marketing hyperbole, as always) “we invented this!” They haven’t invented it by any stretch, but Apple is the company that can make eInk truly useful. Bonus similarity: iPod and eInk both have initial lower case letters. Of course.
Who knows, maybe this prediction will be another Shuffle Phones.
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