Category Archives: Hyperlinks

There’s an interesting collection of links in this Metafilter thread ‘Spaces vs. Tabs’. I, naturally, use spaces when indenting code. Two of them, actually, so, I’m with JWZ: Tabs don’t belong in plain ASCII files. But skimming the replies in … Continue reading →

While I was away (as in doing other more important stuff), the following stories caught my attention, the very first moment I decided to log-in to this site: The Winer vs. Cadenhead issue: Cadenhead, formerly known as Winer’s secondante1 published … Continue reading →

A rhetorical question, more or less closer to a joke than to a question: If you were hired by Yahoo!, Google or MSN, would a free e-mail address (Yahoo/GMail/Hotmail) be part of the company’s benefits? Would you be demanding this? … Continue reading →

Hey! I can do that too! The cover reminded me of the game Nemesis. In this game, if you wasted your last ‘ship’, a dreaded message would appear asking if you wish to continue.

I cannot find the right answer to the following question: If you’re allowed to record fragments of a radio show on cassette-tape (being either any brand of C-60, C-90, C-120 cassettes1), why wouldn’t you be allowed to record the music … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, Alfons introduced me to the term ‘pimp your car’. I had never heard of it before, but after explanation, I understood it had something to do with adding fancy accessoiries to your car. Or rather, … Continue reading →

Everybody and the other was talking about ‘Google Pages’ today. Might just as well point you to the discussions at Metafilter, Slashdot and Digg. I’m not impressed with what it has to offer, but the technology behind it is pretty … Continue reading →

I noticed that Google Groups (formerly Deja News, Usenet as we called it in the back-days) now allows you to rate posts. A quick look in Google’s help, confirms this feature. You need to log in to GMail (or any … Continue reading →

I was reading comments about the Woodruff story (the ABC anchor who got injured in Iraq). Currently his name is associated with what Americans call ‘The Cronkite moment’: particulary, since more reporters have been questioning their own reporting about Iraq. … Continue reading →

I see that Microsoft released the second beta of IE 7, this time open for the public. Many others have commented on the release: some extremely pleased (‘RSS Platform’), others received the news with plenty of skepticism. I’m not impressed, … Continue reading →

There’s a cheer of happiness going on in the blogosphere: we have a president that supports science. Well, not really, but he is all for alternative energy like, uh: To change how we power our homes and offices, we will … Continue reading →