While searching in Google Images, this picture caught my eye, but the link it leads to is currently offline. Notice how the iPod strangely resembles the 1980′s mouse. Does this mean that in 20 years time our .whatever player will look like a Mighty Mouse with a screen? Will the next iPod HiFi look like an ImageWriter?
Shocking isn’t it?
This is the climax of ‘Geek Chic’! The next time you’ve got a Black Tie occastion and you’re dying to show your friends how really geeky you can be, try to consider this. Ethernet cuffs.There’s a very good step by step on the site of how to make your own.
If you really want to make a statement, the second time round ditch the cuffs! When everyone starts asking you what happened to the UTP-plugs, just tell them that you went wireless now.
Pretty cool idea! But why do I get the feeling that I’m the only one here who might actually try this out sometime?
Ah, Flock. Haven’t heard about these guys lately. Well they browser (which I feel is a driving wedge in Mozilla’s grab on the throne) entered public beta (Whatever!). Yes, flock has a few bugs and it is not truly 100% compatable with FireFox extensions (Did I mention Flock is a driving wedge?). But that skin is ohhhhhhh so sweet! Now you can have the best of both worlds, the Flock look and feel with the power of FireFox! Not too shabby if you ask me. Now if we could only tame the memory usage :-)
This skin is updated from the old skin which had some bugs. So, now you can run a nearly bug free version of FloFox.
All you need to do is just click this link for the theme just click this UPDATED link for the theme version 0.2and drag the downloaded file to your themes window (after you unzip it of course). Good for any platform.
We all know you can get practically any Nintendo game ever made for an emulator at a price of $0.00. But due to an announcement from Nintendo regarding the Wii (aka revolution) you may be able to play the classics for about $10.00 a pop on their latest console. Sure you’re technically losing $10.. but to play the classics on the old floor model stored in your parents basement again may just be worth every dime!
Iwata (Nintendo President … I sooo want that title) revealed that games for Nintendo’s “virtual console” that will allow Wii owners to play old titles on their consoles [that] will be priced at Â¥500 and Â¥1,000, roughly US$4.50 to US$8.99.
Personally I love the idea because to this day I still can’t get my hands on a copy of Dig Dug II for NES that brings back the old days. As for me however I will continue to play my Super Mario Bros III on my vintage 1983 origional system… lets face it, it just won’t be the same without the square carple tunnel inducing controller… however as for me and every other 18 – 20 something this is awesome news in the vintage gaming market.
So put on your (origional) Ninja Turtles T-Shirt (snug fit now-a-days) make yourself a glass of Ovaltine and stay up WAY past your bed time defeating the many faces of Coopa… no warps allowed!
On July 7th Citizen is to release a new bluetooth watch called the i:VIRT. Apparently it can store up to 1000 contacts and records a list of the last 10 calls you received. All this information is downloaded after synching it with your bluetooth enabled phone. But that’s not all! If you happen to own a mobile phone which has bluetooth, but no vibration or doesn’t ring, this watch also alerts you when you have incoming calls by vibrating and flashing. If you happen to think that all this watch could do was this… well then you’d be right.
Projected to cost around $140, this appears to be pretty useless and unappealing, even for a gadget geek like me. Hopefully at the launch they’ll reveal more features, some of which might sound useful. At the very least the watch should sync its time with the phone, something most of us do manually twice a year due to daylight savings time. With the current specs, would any of you even consider this? What other features would you like to see on a watch with bluetooth?
If you are a web developer who uses LAMP this IS A MUST!
I was discussing portable apps with a french friend of mine [thank you sebastien] and he pointed out to me some french software called easyPHP. I told him he was crazy and to prove it… a PHP, Apache, mySQL server with phpMyAdmin… in your pocket, and portable to use where ever or whenever the need should arise… this CAN’T be!
Well… I was wrong, after a quick download of the 1.8 installation package I ran the install and pointed the directory to my USB drive… and it worked. In no time I was using calls to localhost and phpInfo().
Get your hands on a copy now… I will forever carry my server in my pocket from now on.
For other FireFox fans out there a Mr. Rafe Needleman (sounds pointy) has thrown together a short list of his favorite extensions. Maybe you have heard of them or maybe you haven’t… regardless, if you are a FireFox fan its worth giving a look.
All Web 2.0 sites have one thing in common: they need a Web browser. I use Firefox, and not just because it’s a more secure browser with better user interface features. I use it because it has a fantastic plug-in architecture and a whole community of people who are writing plug-ins for it.
It’s possible to go completely overboard with Firefox plug-ins, but realistically, most people will probably settle on just a few. I’ve picked out a few favorites that I use every day.
He mentions a few of his favorites then gives a breif run down of why he uses it and why he is so fond of it.
I’m a nerd and spend a lot of time doing more work designing the web than I do reading it and over the past couple years I have picked up a few extensions I can offically say I don’t think I could live without.
Web Developer
This one is a must have if you do web design in my book. It gives you access to features, consoles, out lining, blocking, positioning, sizing, link info, etc. This little guy is by far my most widely used and recommended extension.
ColorZilla
Another great tool for designers. This tool is a simple click away at all times and provides a nice color dropper to your browser window. Just click on the dropper then hover over and click on the color you want to use. It will provide a nice HEX format (#xxxxxx) and RGB (RGB(244,53,144)) as well.
GreaseMonkey
And last but not least the world famous GreaseMonkey. This one is a bit more advanced if you want to develop for it but easy to use if you’re okay with using other peoples scripts. Basically GreaseMonkey acts as a javascript interpreter for the users browser and can manipulate any web page after its loaded but before its displayed. You can find tons of scripts for it all over the net, whether its to hide specific content or add additional functionality (greasemonkey users have had a delete button in gmail for months.. no joke). If you are a decent or better JavaScript Developer you can even write your own scripts (I have a couple customs to call my own).
So there you have it…
Now I wanna know… what Extensions do you use… or like me, can’t live without?
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Personally, I use some flavor of LAMP (Linux.Apache.mySQL.PHP/Perl/Python) fairly heavily everyday.. literally. I have found it a very powerful, stable, cost affective, scalable, and reliable means of getting things done. Everything from CRON jobs to simple number crunching and data management.
This guy seems to think otherwise however.
I can’t speak for everyone, or for that matter, anyone but myself, but I’m good at doing that so here goes.
I’m quite opposed to using MySQL and PHP, and I’m none too fond of Apache. Anyone who knows me or happens into a conversation with me about development quickly learns of my distaste for these particular projects. To be fair, Apache is the least problematic of the three and if there were no alternatives, I’d use it without a lot of complaint.
Many everyday websites and services you use are based on 1 or more of these technologies (most commonly mySQL+Apache).
I’m kinda biased on this situation but I wanted to see what other people had to say?
