Glossy screens suck
An interesting article at Ars Technica in reaction to the glossy screens now used in the new 13″ MacBooks. Basically: the new Apple laptops have glossy screens because Steve Jobs is an idiot.
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Firefox Breaks 10% Market Share
Firefox now has a 10.05% market share, compared with 84.7% for Internet Explorer, according to hitslink.com. Designers must stop designing for Internet Explorer only. Firefox is the way to go. Every webmaster must make his or her sites fully compatible with both browsers. This shouldn’t be too difficult. In third place is Apple’s Safari, which…Continue Reading…
2 times as fast, 2 times faster, or twofold?
This is a great article about using such phrasing as “x times faster” or “x times as fast.” It also brings in the notion of something “increasing twofold.” I was looking at how to calculate how much “quicker” something is for my computer science lab, so I did a Google search for calculating “times faster.”…Continue Reading…
1GB iPod Nano Released
Apple has just released a 1 GB iPod nano. I think this might be perfect for me. It’s four times the memory of my 256 MB Creative Muvo, but only a little more expensive than it was at the time I bought it. Admittedly, the iPod doesn’t have recording or FM radio, but the coolness…Continue Reading…
Macworld 2006 with Steve Jobs
I just watched the whole hour and a half of Steve Jobs’ presentation at Macworld 2006 (webcast). Some very exciting things going on there. Did you notice that Intel has changed their logo? I’ve known Intel’s old logo for as long as I can remember. And I must say, I liked the old one better….Continue Reading…
wininet.dll was not found
I went to my friend Steven’s house and fixed his computer. The problem was that a virus infected wininet.dll, and thus Norton Antivirus deleted it. Windows can’t work without it. Only the Task Manager would open, whether you tried a regular startup or Safe Mode. So I did some File -> Run’s and poked around…Continue Reading…