Did you know that Google has its own public DNS servers? And they’re free? And FAST!?
Just add these to your computer (and router):
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
More information: Using Google Public DNS
I don’t know about you, but I live in my web browser, day-in and day-out. My browser of choice is FireFox. They recently released an update from 3.0 to 3.5 and it’s great, except for one thing… and it’s bloody annoying.
Previously when you opened a new window, opened a few tabs and surfed around, then [...]
So what exactly is the discount logic here? Why would anyone pay for 10 years in advance?
Backups are one thing most people neglect, until it’s too late. I admit, I’ve been subject to drive failures in the past where I’ve lost important data that I could never get back. I even had two separate computers lose a drive on the same day. If only I was smarter about my backups.
These days [...]
Boston Dynamics has just released a brand new video of their DARPA-funded Big Dog robot.
This robot must be seen to believe… watch it all the way as it is kicked (and recovers), slips on ice (and recovers), jumps, climbs, and does all sorts of eerie things. It’s so cool!
If you have FireFox, oh boy do I have an add-on for you. Thanks to Tek for this tip… it’s such a great find I had to break my blogging drought and say something about it. It’s called PicLens and what it does it turns your desktop into a full 3D browser for [...]
Now that the iPhone and iPod Touch allow a user to save a WebClip bookmark to your site on their Home Screen, most web developers are wondering, “How do I customize this so it doesn’t look so horrible?” To specify a bookmark icon for all pages of a web site, place a PNG image named [...]
Since I switched over from Windows XP to Mac OS X Leopard this past November one of the more puzzling things has been how to add desktop shortcuts. This was real easy in Windows’ Internet Explorer. Just Right-click your desktop and select “Create Shortcut”. On a Mac (FireFox or Safari) this is not an option.
I [...]
One of the more amazing new technologies to come out of CES 2008, IMHO, is this 9mm plasma screen TV from Pioneer. Watch this video:
There are some photos at Gizmodo. If you think your current LCD/plasma TV was thin, this is what the future holds…
The latest WordPress, 2.3.2, frustrates me. It used to be where I could add any plug-in and it would work just fine. A few weeks ago after I upgraded to 2.3.2 I noticed that many of my more interesting plug-ins no longer worked, such as the comment preview plug-in, a few Flickr photo [...]
If you are a TiVo user and have a Mac, you are probably using Roxio Toast 8 Titanium. This is probably because there are no other solutions out there to transfer programs from your networked TiVo boxes to your Mac. It’s great software, but upon upgrading to the latest version of Toast 8.0.3, I [...]
Check these out, if you are a fan of “Office Space” (the movie) you’ll appreciate both of these.
http://www.glumbert.com/media/officespace
http://glumbert.com/media/baddayoffice
Apple’s home page today features a different kind of Mac vs. PC commercial… featuring ol’ St. Nick in classic stop animation like the old classic Christmas shows we’ve come to know and love from Rankin-Bass.
To view the high resolution version, visit the Apple Get a Mac page.
Are you looking to score an iPod Touch for the holidays but finding the $300-$400 price tag a bit hard to stomach? mp4nation.net is selling the Optimus Touch (how Transformers-sounding is that?) for a mere $109. So how does this differ from the iPod Touch?
Optimus Touch lacks WiFi, has a touch screen that is stylus-friendly [...]
This is one of the reasons I’ve switched from Windows to Mac:
As a web developer, it’s essential to be able to test a fresh page in as many browsers and environments as possible.
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