Communicating in a networked world
How could Steve/Apple ever possibly have topped all the hype the preceded the announcement of the iPad? He was up against a real challenge. Well, in some ways, Apple did top it—for one, the price is really, really aggressive. In other areas, the … [Continue reading]
I have been reading ebooks for about 5 years now. Mostly I buy them from Fictionwise.com and most often I download their sci-fi short-story Nebula-award nominees series, which they publish once a year, for free. But, I’ve probably spent on the order … [Continue reading]
Is security dead on the Internet? Yeah, it probably is—as long as we rely on software other people have written[1]. Unless you’re capable of writing all of your own software, without any errors, and keeping it isolated from software written by anyone … [Continue reading]
I just realized (smack me in the face, huh!) that MyBlogLog.com, which I signed up for some months ago, is actually something I don’t want any part of! Duh. It’s a “service” that shows my little face photo on sites that subscribe to their service, … [Continue reading]
In searching for a solution to embed a particular font in one of my games[1] at YBCA, I spent dozens of hours experimenting with the @font-face cross-browser[2] CSS technology. It's a technique that allows your browser (like MSIE or Firefox, right?) … [Continue reading]