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Category Archives: Software
Standards, Invalidation, and Missing the Point
• July 28, 2004 • Creating Websites, Software • 3 comments
First, read Darice’s post, then come back and finish this post. I agree and disagree — both concurrently. On one hand, I see people going overboard about making sure that absolutely everything is flawless code, or else they freak out. On the other hand, I see people who intentionally invalidate their code to try to [...]
RealNetworks and the FairPlay DRM
• July 26, 2004 • Apple, Software, Technology • No comments
Apparently, RealNetworks has reverse-engineered Apple’s FairPlay software. FairPlay is the name of Apple’s DRM (digital rights management) software. RealNetworks has been trying to get Apple to license their FairPlay software so that Real can sell iPod-ready music files from their online music store. Apple has consistently denied their requests. My biggest issue is just wanting [...]
Letting Go of Legacy Code
• July 24, 2004 • Browsers, Creating Websites, Software • 2 comments
Taking my own advice, I’ve updated my “crappy browser” messages to include Internet Explorer 5.5. IE 5.5 is now 5 years old (1999), and it’s time to encourage more and more people to move up. Since IE6 supports the correct CSS box model (in “almost standards” mode), I’m not going to bother with the CSS [...]
Good IM, RSS, and FTP Software
• July 23, 2004 • Apple, Software, Syndication, Technology • 5 comments
It’s almost 2am, so I really need to get to bed. Before that, however, I’d like to share some really good new software I’ve come across lately. The first is Gaim. Gaim is an IM client for Windows/Linux that can log into AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, and others. I know that a lot of [...]
Growwwwwl…
• June 28, 2004 • Apple, Browsers, Software, Technology • 1 comments
This year’s WWDC “Stevenote” is over. Among the more notable points: Tiger is a fully 64-bit OS… which is gonna allow the PowerMac G5′s to move so fast that they catch fire. “Expose for Widgets”, which is super similar to Konfabulator “Spotlight” which sounds an awful lot like the planned database-style search integration in Longhorn. [...]
OpenOffice.org, Mac OS X, and X11
• June 13, 2004 • Apple, Software • 2 comments
After realizing that the pre-installed copy of Microsoft Office was simply a 30-day trial, I had the wonderful experience of trying to get OpenOffice.org installed today. Because there hasn’t been a native “Aquification” release of OpenOffice, I started reading directions about installing XDarwin — an open source version of the X-Windows X11 windowing system. Time [...]
Kill “No Right Click” Scripts
• March 30, 2004 • Browsers, Software • 3 comments
I was being a nerd today, and was digging through the list of bugs for Mozilla 1.7b (and the latest Firefox). I came across this bug that I thought was very interesting. It allows you to kill scripts that attempt to block users from right-clicking on the page. Quoted from the bug report: Here’s the [...]
ALA Favelet
• March 5, 2004 • Software • 8 comments
I remember when I first came across A List Apart. It was a great e-zine that taught me a great deal about web design, web standards, and how to be an all-around better web guy. It was great. I also remember seeing the teaser for ALA 3.0. I couldn’t wait for the awesome design that [...]
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