June 2008
15 posts
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Forced participation
So I’m attending the University of Phoenix’s online program. Generally, pretty good. To keep everything lively and interpersonal, we usually have some sort of participation requirement. Something like 2 comments, 4 days a week. Given the online context, I’d say that’s reasonable, yes?
However, my current class has an additional requirement that each comment must be 200...
LastTab extension updated for Firefox 3 →
LastTab is probably one of my favorite extensions, in terms of how much I take it for granted. (Delicious comes close.)
I’ve been Ctrl+Tab’ing left and right for weeks since upgrading to Firefox 3. Maybe one of the only features I latched on to from my bygone days using Opera. (Alt+Tab switches applications based on most recent use; why wouldn’t you want the same from your...
Phoenix Mars Mission finds ice →
“Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.” (emphasis mine)
Netflix Community Blog: Profiles feature going... →
I’m not here to complain; there are enough (valid and mostly coherent) rants and raves in the comments on Netflix’s blog.
Here’s what gets me: the more you are using Netflix—rating movies, adding to your queue, the more profiles you have, etc.—the more this will impact you. It’s basically like pissing on your power users.
What's in your Awesomebar?
For those that have upgraded to Firefox 3, the Awesomebar shows both frequent and recent (“frecent”) sites that you have visited. At this moment, what’s in your top 10 if you click the drop-down arrow? Here are mine at work:
An internal website (Bomgar)
co.mments - Track your conversations
Twitter
Tumblr
Demonoid.com - Torrent list
Facebook | Home
Men :...
“God I hate trying to have a conversation through Twitter. It’s like IRC by...”
– Twıtter Blacklist
“Even the most adventurous Mozart symphony is still at least as structurally...”
– Matthew Guerrieri
“At 10 cents each, [texting costs $734] per MB - or about 4.4 times more...”
– Zach on the related issue of telecoms selling phones: “Can you imagine having to buy your faucet from the water company?”
(via New York Times Blog)
Coding Horror: Code Colorizing and Readability →
“In every color combination surveyed, the darker text on a lighter background was rated more readable than its inverse (e.g. blue text on white background ranked higher then white text on blue background).”
I’m surprised. I had thought that white on black (or gray) is better. In my own experience, I’ve found that a darker overall shade is much more pleasant when sitting at...
