Archive for June, 2005

  • S5: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System

    S5 is just one of those things that I come across and wish I had a use for, simply because it’s so freaking cool.

    Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
  • PC conspiracy to undermine Apple’s move to Intel

    I hate when article titles make big claims that aren’t at all substantiated by the article itself. I think all news publications, both on- and off-line, fall prey to this.
    The most recent and most popular example is an article entitled Security chip to limit OS X to Macs. Let’s investigate. First sentence of actual article: [...]

    Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
  • Freaking OW!

    I was sitting just playing with my skin, as I sometimes do, when I noticed that it was making a funny sound every time I pulled on my shoulder skin. So I thought, “This is weird,” and stuck my hand under my shirt.
    There’s something freaking crawling there! Okay, this is weirder. Just, you know, brush [...]

    Monday, June 13th, 2005
  • Essential Fonts For Designers

    For those uncool types who don’t read Mezzoblue, here is a collection of good, free TrueType fonts. It helped me procrastinate for a good half hour.

    Monday, June 13th, 2005
  • Lineup: Mac OS X guitar tuners

    I have a guitar. I have a PowerBook. I want guitar tuner. Solution? Use my computer! Here are the competitors: AWS Guitar Tuner, Chromatic Tuner, Guitar Shed, Guitar Tuner, and Perfect Guitar X.
    AWS Guitar Tuner: It’s a Flash application. That alone should turn people off of it. Beyond that, it’s pretty simple. It has a [...]

    Sunday, June 12th, 2005