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Category Archives: Internet

Nebula

I don’t know who made it, where it came from, or what it’s used for; but you need it you dirty little junky. Nebula Plug-in for Firefox

Make Skype Portable

Through the magic of the Internet, this post, other people’s hard work, and l33t ninja haxor skills I bring you a portable skype install (for Windows). You could do this yourself pretty easily by following these directions. Download Skype Install Skype to a folder any folder, I prefer a folder called “skype” on the Desktop. [...]

GrandCentral Goes Mobile

I could make some sort of pun out of GrandCentral, cell phones, and terminals, but I’ll spare you the grief. Looks like GrandCentral now sports a mobile interface so you can check your in-box from your phone. If you don’t know what GrandCentral is David Pogue sums it all up pretty well here.

Economics King of the Hill

Between Mike (from Techdirt), Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame), and James Ledbetter (CNN Money’s Deputy Managing Editor) it’s a veritable game of King of the Hill. Who’s the reigning champ, for now, looks like it’s Mike. Which Mike we’re talking about here I have no clue. Scott starts us off, Mike pushes him off, Adams [...]

“Google me!” the Web site says

A prestigious law fellowship, a coveted federal appeals court clerkship and the graduation magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Camara, a native Filipino who grew up in Hawaii actually enrolled in Harvard Law School at the age of 16. Everything seemingly on track for a perfect carreer, but the results of a Google search [...]

Speed Up Motorola Q Browser?

After my really non-scientific tests with OpenDNS turned out so er… well I decided to OpenDNS on the Motorla Q. Of course, instructions for Palm OS and Win Mo 5 phones are already available. In order to do that you’ve got two options. First, the manual way involves a few steps: We’ll be editing your [...]

Open DNS

What is openDNS? “OpenDNS is a better DNS, free to all. OpenDNS uses its distributed network of DNS servers to speed up your Internet experience, increase reliability, improve security and make DNS smarter for users all over the world.” How do they stay in business? “OpenDNS makes money by offering clearly labeled advertisements alongside organic [...]

Microsoft Sued by Mozilla Foundation, April Fools?

I don’t speak, nor do I read German so I can’t tell if this is written with tongue-in-cheek. It appears that, in a not so open-source kinda’ way, the Mozilla foundation is suing Microsoft over tabbed browsing. Let’s hope this is an April fools gag and not an attempt to stifle innovation for the masses. [...]

MacFUSE

This can’t be considered the “latest” in technology, but it’s still worth noting. The great Google engineers have put together MacFUSE, a Mac OS X version of the popular FUSE (File System in User Space), originally created for Linux. FUSE makes it possible to produce a file system interface for different programs. My favorites are [...]

srchfor.com

Finding music online just got a little more appealing. srchfor.com, an online mp3 search engine just added an ajax front-end. Useful for things like; looking for that Fratellis – Flathead song.