Archive for November, 2004
MSN Desktop Search
Windows fan site Neowin leaks screenshots of the makeover of Lookout, the two man company that Microsoft recently purchased. The index, of course, only works across the browser cache in Internet Explorer. Here’s to hoping that Google goes for differentiation by configuring their Desktop search to index the Firefox cache.
That’s not so funny!
Tyler accused me of lying last night. He said I had deceived him when I was describing the funnybone in your elbow. Turns out he tested my theory when he took a spill and banged his elbow. It didn’t feel funny and he didn’t laugh. In fact, it hurt quite a bit!
The myths are falling [...]
Tivo Sells Out?
The LA Times reports that Tivo will now insert advertiser logos onto the screen when you fast forward through commercials. PVRBlog says:
Now, I haven’t seen any actual demos of it in action, and this comment
from earlier today claims to be from a TiVo employee and says it’ll be
tasteful and unobtrusive, but I have a feeling [...]
A picture is worth a thousand comments
We’ve all seen how the comments section of a blog can sometimes turn into a pile-on of epic proportions. In this thread, an innocent travel snapshot sparks a metaphysical debate over hidden political and social symbolism. Six days later, the original poster tunes back in and posts "
Have you all lost your minds?"
[...]
More details on Apple’s Spotlight
A technical document recently posted on Apple’s developer site details Spotlight, the new desktop search technology due in the next release of the Mac OS.
But more than a collection of individual technologies that work
together, Spotlight gives you the ability to plug your application into
the operating system and work with files in a totally new way. [...]
Guessing what you’re after
I just downloaded Firefox 1.0 this morning and with my Noia theme there’s a big blue lollipop thing right next to the address bar. Hover text says, "Type a location in the address field, then click Go"
It looks like it’s using the Google "I’m feeling Lucky" result which I stayed away from because of the [...]
Mothballs!
This photo is from a couple of weeks ago when we were still in the rental but it shows how we all feel these days - exhausted! It’s been a heroic few weeks as we unpacked boxes and slapped things into shape. Izumi did most of the work while the rest of us got distracted [...]
Playing with WYSIWYG
Having fun with the new TypePad interface that lets you create and edit posts using a new GUI Graphical User Interface. It’s really cool! You can read all about it here.
Naked Stowaway
I’ve never needed to catch a flight this badly.
