Monthly Archives: January 2010

Thanks Apple; my netbook was too durable and capable for me anyway.

January 30 10

Okay this is, at least in part, a blog about technology, so I have to address the iPad. I can sum it up pretty easily: I’m not sure who it’s for, but it’s not for me. That’s not to say I don’t think it’s a cool product or that it might have some very good [...]

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Pat Robertson is a jerk.

January 15 10

In the midst of the collective outpouring of grief and support throughout the world for the people of Haiti, struck this week by a mind-blowing magnitude 7 earthquake, there was one man who just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to babble hate-speech incoherently on the teeveebox. That man is Pat fucking Robertson, who I would [...]

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When you're not helping.

January 11 10

Designing usable forms is not easy. Forms have to be arranged in such a way the user will intuitively know what to enter where, with inputs labelled appropriately and, hopefully, some kind of validation that helps the user format their inputs correctly and helps minimize mistakes. Interactive form validation is a great thing and gives [...]

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2000 – 2010: the good, the bad, the ugly.

January 3 10

I grew up in the 80s and 90s—two decades that are probably still fighting with each other over which was the better future. In the 80s electronic music started to hit the mainstream in a huge way. Synthesizers replaced all else, and androgynous guys with badass haircuts rocked out on keytars. Also, there was a [...]

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