November 2009
6 posts
Pandora music-selection algorithm explained
From xkcd:
Stanley tools FTW
Today I bought a Stanley ratchet screwdriver, to go with my tape measure. Cause Stanley is da best.
Now I feel more like a handy man.
Google Reader + Fluid = A pleasant surprise!
In an effort to reduce the amount of memory used by applications on my computer, I’ve slowly been replacing a lot of my desktop applications with web-based application running in an SSB (using Fluid).
The most recent one has been Google Reader (which replaced NetNewsWire - sorry guys!). I went through the usual process of creating an SSB with Fluid: finding a great high-resolution icon,...
Twitter spam: the beginning of the end?
I’ve just received my first real spam tweet. As soon as I received it, thoughts of the days of ICQ and Skype spam started rushing to the forefront of my mind. It’s easy for spam to ruin a good online service if the right strategies aren’t put in place to fight it.
So how is Twitter going to fight it?
There is already a “Report for spam” link. Traditionally...
An Education
I give it 3 out of 5. A warm story about a girl growing up. Based on the memoirs of Lynn Barber.
I couldn’t help feeling it seemed just that though - a storytelling dedicated to a book of memoirs. For me, the film didn’t really offer any deep thought-provoking ideas on the situations it depicted that hadn’t already been thrown at me before (which is what I like in a film).
At...