Category Archive: technology

Mac Office 2008 spellcheck – blog isn’t in the dictionary?

Having just switched to a Mac full time at work, I got a trusty new copy of Mac Office 2008. While I fully expected to have to “re-train” Word’s spellcheck on some terms, names, and phrases (Right Click -> Add gets old…), I... Read more...

Meta is the new crack

Some banter between two subscribers (Brian and Marco) in Steve Rubel’s Friendfeed, who is twittering about how is trying to step back from FF for a week: Brian on Friendfeed: “All my other time is pretty much spent here inhaling meta from... Read more...

Wait…no one is being sued? Holy s**t!

The NY Times has a nice article up about how Dan Walsh, a technology manager from Dublin, has in effect re-imagined the Garfield comic strip by removing all the other characters to isolate Jon. The effect renders Jon melancholy, introspective, even... Read more...

Two great quotes from Hugh MacLeod

Dateline Alpine, TX where Hugh seems to have escaped to. From his Twitter stream: ... Read more...

Facebook’s new referral code is downright spooky

I popped into my favorite excuse for wasting a few minutes online, and noticed the "People you may know" sidebar combined with the "Updated: XYZ just joined Facebook – Based on your information, it seems that you might know them... Read more...