November 2006

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• Computers & Technology

  Don't hate OS X, it loves you

  11.30.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Four of us were sitting at my friends house a about a week ago, when I brought up some interesting news stories I read about Apple’s OS X vs. Windows Vista. Now, when you’re sitting in a room full of avid Windows users, it’s interesting to see how instantly hostile they can get towards Apple, [...]

• Rogue Bytes

  Crazy Duck

  11.23.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  First of all, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This year we had a very small Thanksgiving, especially for a very large family. It was just my father, step-mother, step-sister, and me. It was nice, and the food was incredible, but without the rest of the family there, we had to entertain ourselves. Christina and I were sitting on [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  The Google OS

  11.22.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This is a really good article from read/write web, laying out the three most viable scenarios for the Google OS, and they predict we could see it within the next six months. Here’s the break down: A web based desktop (i.e. operating system) A full featured Linux distribution A lightweight Linux distro and/or BIOS Personally, [...]

• Life Unplugged

  Hello November, good to see you

  11.21.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  It was cold this morning; November finally showed up. It’s been a warm month up until today, too warm if you ask me. When I woke up this morning, frost covered every inch of the ground and I could see my breathe when I went outside. There’s nothing quite like breathing in the cold November [...]

• How To...

  Show hidden files in OS X

  11.18.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m blogging about this so I don’t forget how to do it, but some of you may find it useful too. I needed to edit my .htaccess file from my web server, but when I downloaded it to my desktop (OS X), the file magically disappeared. So I downloaded it again. This time it asked [...]

• Code & Design

  Why sites break in IE7

  11.17.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Three reasons sites break in Internet Explorer 7. This is a great write-up by Swedish blogger Roger Johansson. From my experiences over the last month, I would say he hit the hammer right on the head. This is what he had to say: Sites that have an XML declaration before the DOCTYPE, making IE 6 [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Jason Calacanis resigns

  11.17.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Jason Calacanis of AOL/Netscape has resigned. In case you don’t know who he is, let me refresh your memory. He is this guy. Though he may be despised by a good chunk of the digg community, he is still arguably one of the most respected business men in the internet world. This news will surely [...]

• Fun & Entertainment

  Stop motion musician

  11.15.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is incredible. It’s a stop motion video of a guy playing the drums and the piano. He claims he can’t play either, but by using stop motion photography (or rather, videography), he sounds like a pro. It’s pretty cool looking too, in a freaky sort of way.

• Cyberculture & the Net

  A sneak peek

  11.13.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Busy, busy, busy. So a few of us have been working on a new community site geared specifically towards geeks. The site is still being developed, but the forums are up and running and the official blog is only days away. Check it out at zengeeks.com. A bit of a warning though, this community is [...]

• Code & Design

  IE7 problem fixed

  11.01.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I finally fixed the IE7 problem that plagued this site, although it’s really only a temporary fix. It’s also a very ugly fix. I had to use a conditional comment in my code which detects Internet Explorer 7 browsers and then loads a separate CSS file. <!–[if IE 7]> <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”../wp-content/themes/skyecade/ie7_hacks.css” /> < [...]