Category Archives: technology


On Chrome,Gears, and Wordpress

On using Google’s Chrome browser to make the last post, I noticed a “Turbo” mode referenced in the Dashboard banner in Wordpress. I had missed that Wordpress 2.6 now supports Google gears. If you want to work offline and don’t use something like MarsEdit, this is a great solution.

“People don’t play games online.”

Looks like I am not the only one that heard this line from AOL management.

Google Chrome Browser

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
I have not read through the whole comic book (!) yet, so unsure if it uses any Gecko code.
Edit: It’s based on Webkit - which you may recognize as the engine behind Safari and newer Symbian-based phones.

Ubiquity: game-changing Firefox plugin

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Firefox 3 and ICC support

Tzvi informed me today that Firefox 3 supported ICC v2 and v4. For someone who dabbles in photography, this is good news - photos should look the same across browsers and platforms. When checking the color.org site on ICC and browser support, however, I found that the images still did not display correctly. It turns [...]

LFM Techies, then GTG

We’re looking to hire a slew of people for the following roles. Drop me a line if you or someone you know is interested and wants more details.

Unix SysAdmins
Oracle DBAs
Perl/PHP/Web developers
Windows/Exchange admins
Unix/DNS admins
Unix/Weblogic admins

The road to hell….

Revision 3 servers go offline due to a DOS attack. Simple forensics points to a “anti-piracy” company. From there, it turns out that this company was using Rev3’s servers illegally and launched an illegal attack against Rev3. It makes for a great read. I hope MediaDefender has to pay Rev3 for damages.

Wordpress app for iPhone?

With yesterday’s news about the iPhone SDK several companies have immediately stepped forward to announce they are working on iPhone apps. Six Apart has announced their plans for an app to go along with their already solid iPhone-centric tools.
I use Wordpress and MobileAdmin works rather well. I still would like to see an iPhone/iPod [...]

Official Jabber support from AOL

Here’s how to connect to AOL’s Jabber (XMPP) servers. Anyone can now connect - not just “partners”.

Comcast: Day 3

No Internet access for 3 days now at home. The support personnel thought there were no issues, as she was able to ping my cable modem. I found that interesting as my cable modem was disconnected from power and cable at the time. Based on that “weird” issue, along with other neighbors not having access, [...]