November 2006
Distributed Punch in the Face System
Posted by on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 in - 21 comments
Suggestion for a distributed open-source system to fight badness: • The system allows you to enter the name/location of a person who needs to be punched in the face, somewhere in the world (a known spammer, for example). • Then, you see if there is anyone near you that needs to be punched in …
The WebOS doesn’t need Windows
Posted by on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 6 comments
There has been lots of talk about a potential Google operating system lately. A web-based operating system is probably more of a convenient way to describe the way Google and the web in general is obsoleting traditional desktop applications and systems than an expression of any tangible product or …
Acts of Volition Radio: Session 26
Posted by on Friday, November 24, 2006 in - 10 comments
In keeping with my complete lack of a publishing schedule, here is the latest session of Acts of Volition Radio. If the commentary is lacking, I assure you that the songs are worth the wait. • Acts of Volition Radio: Session Twenty Six (45MB Ogg Vorbis) (or 50MB MP3) • A few pairs of great …
Wee planets - "360° panoramas projected to look like small planets."
Posted by on Thursday, November 23, 2006
Windows Vista: Right on the Button(s)
Posted by on Sunday, November 12, 2006 in - 9 comments
After experimenting briefly with a beta version, I have determined the best new feature of Windows Vista. • I complained back in 2001 about the rough edges on large form buttons in Internet Explorer. After installing Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP, this was one of the first things I tested. I …
Tango Theme for Firefox
Posted by on Thursday, November 9, 2006 in - 5 comments
Garrett LeSage and a group of other good people have completed a nice upgrade of the Tango theme for Firefox 2. The theme brings the icons from the Tango Desktop Project to Firefox along with many improvements in making Firefox look and feel more like a native application on Linux. • There are …
Design by Disaster on the CBC Website
Posted by on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in - 3 comments
The CBC.ca website has been down or running in a minimal state due to “technical difficulties” for the last two days. • The stripped-down version of the site they put up in the mean time looks better than the full working version: