January 2010
23 posts
Official Google Enterprise Blog: ​Modern browsers... →
Google is phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 on its web applications.
New World Computing →
I mostly agree with Steven Frank, although I think the car transmission metaphor that John Gruber offered, and which Frank echoes, isn’t really that apt. Choosing to drive a manual-shift car today is more like knowing how to use a command line. Everyone already drives automatic because command lines are fussy and archaic, but being more directly involved in your car or computer can lead...
Fixing Your crossdomain.xml File →
Dear Adobe: if you’re going to create some new bullshit specification for security, how about you give everyone a nice, easy template to copy, instead of asking us to read eye-watering specification manuals and go through 18 different examples.
Slate Magazine looks at the final season of Lost →
“For me, Lost is like the tanking stock you won’t sell because you can’t admit you’ve taken a financial hit.”
I loved the first season of Lost, but it’s been an up-and-down ride ever since. Season 4 got me interested again, but Season 5 veered way too far into late-Twin-Peaks-episode syndrome.
app.itize.us →
A “painstakingly curated presentation of the best produced and designed iPhone applications.” (via Subtraction)
2009 tied for 2nd-warmest year on Earth →
Tied with 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007. So if it didn’t feel especially hot, it’s only because it’s been like this for ten years. 2005 was the hottest year, and the ’00s were the hottest decade on record.
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How to get the right picture size when connecting...
I recently bought a cheap DVI-to-HDMI cable so I could plug my MacBook Pro into my TV, a Samsung flat-screen HDTV. This worked okay, and OS X even detects my TV’s supported resolutions, but the picture was cut-off on all sides, as if it were too large for the screen. Changing resolutions didn’t help. Turning off the Overscan setting in the Display options sort of fixed the problem, but...
Exclusive First Listen: Spoon's 'Transference' →
NPR is streaming Spoon’s new album a week before it’s released.
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In fact, get 11 daily and 25 community newspapers. Anyone want ‘em? No?
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Written In Reverse →
How did I miss this single from one of my favourite bands? Spoon’s new album Transference comes out January 19, 2010.
Looking for Above Normal Temperatures? They are... →
Now repeat after me: snow in the UK doesn’t mean global warming isn’t happening.
The Movie Club →
Film critics Dana Stevens, Roger Ebert, Dan Kois, Wesley Morris and Stephanie Zacharek discuss 2009’s best and worst movies.
From CSI to Mordecai Richler →
Somehow I missed the news that production started on a film version of Richler’s last and most excellent novel, Barney’s Version. Paul Giametti in the eponymous role sounds fantastic.
QuickCursor →
Ever wished you could edit text in a text field using your favourite text editor? I sure have. This is a nifty alternative to copy, paste, edit, copy, paste.
JavaScript Commodore Emulator →
A port of the Flash version
Letterheady →
Introducing the design sibling to the excellent Letters of Note
Vampire Weekend's new album "Contra" is streaming... →
I don’t love it. A few decent tracks but some really awful ones too — yes, “California English”, I’m talking to you.
Signaling Terrorists: Think Tank →
The New Yorker’s Steve Coll talks about how the language used by the U.S. government about terrorism “signals” the people responsible for it.
Airports intensify screening of [certain] airline... →
Let’s review the history of Anglo-American–related airplane terrorism since September 11, 2001, before the Christmas Day attempted bombing: an attempt by a British man, an attempt by a group of British men, and an attempt by a British man with the help of his Indian friend. Yep, it makes perfect sense to investigate only people from Nigeria, Yemen, Pakistan, Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.