A few months ago AT&T introduced an app for the iPhone to mark trouble spots for data and send the information back to the telecom provider. The first question I had was how could you send data to mark where there is no data, where there is no data. Where most people’s eyes would glaze like I just asked “What is the sound of one hand clapping,”...
Read MoreOne extra click, $150,000 gone
Double click on desktop folders and they open. Single click on Internet links and they open. Double click on the wrong button in stock trading software, your algorithm stifles Wall Street and your bank is out $150,000.
Read MoreUp, up, down down, etc. Palm Pre rooted
The Konami code is everywhere, even in the Palm Pre. No 30 lives though. You’re still stuck with the just the one you have.
Read MoreBackground so deep, the photographer is in the dark
I haven’t heard many stories about people whose lives get flipped around so quickly by literally being in the background of a project, but here’s one on the photographer who shot the background image for the iPad and didn’t know it.
Read MoreRule 34: There is porn of it, no exceptions.
There are many amazing things on the Internet to learn to do and to play with. Then there’s the dark side which I will simply describe by saying “Once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it.” Random searches online can find all sorts of unsettling images that’ll poison your mind for years to come. No amount of drinking or therapy can undo them. The rules of...
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