Coldplay's new CD has rules: No MP3s, no DVD players, no car stereos
Coldplay's new CD comes with an insert that discloses all the rules enforced by the DRM they included on the disc. Of course, these rules are only visible after you've paid for the CD and brought it ...
The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint
I suffer from something called Ménière's disease—don't worry, you cannot get it from reading my blog. The symptoms of Ménière's include hearing loss, tinnitus (a constant ringing sound), and vertigo.
The Rembrandt Code
You Never Forget Your First Web Server
It was nearly 10 years ago (mid 1996) that I first put my own web server on the Internet. Back in college, I managed to convince one of the staff to give my personal computer a static IP address so t...
ACTIVEWORDS OVERVIEW
Now that Buzz has essentially made activewords free to all tablet users (link), now's the time to check it out. I also figured that there would be a lot of new activeword users, and I wanted to help ...
Own The Last 1,000 Pixels on MillionDollarHomepage.com
Hi folks! — Welcome to my eBay auction for the last 1,000 pixels of advertising space on my world-famous site, MillionDollarHomepage.com — You may have seen some of the international media coverag...
Cory quit his day-job
For the first time in my life, I am a full-time writer. Effective today, I'm no longer an employee — effective today, I'm a full-time, freelance word-maker. It's something I've dreamt of since I was...
Industry Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google
Just five years ago, Microsoft Corp. was considered the Big Bad Wolf of the media business. — Armed with a stockpile of cash and the Windows operating system that dominates office computing, Bill Ga...
The anti-RSS hype
Over on Slashdot it's useful to read all the anti-RSS comments on this post that revealed a survey that Yahoo and Ipsos did that found only 4% of users are using RSS. — Heh, I LOVE this thinking. L...
2006 Web 2.0 Predictions
Requested by up to one million people, maybe more, here's Randy Charles Morin's 10 Web 2.0 predictions for the year 2006. — Let's start with some easy ones. Somebody will buy YouTube for $millions....
Cory quit his day-job
For the first time in my life, I am a full-time writer. Effective today, I'm no longer an employee — effective today, I'm a full-time, freelance word-maker. It's something I've dreamt of since I was...
Coldplay's new CD has rules: No MP3s, no DVD players, no car stereos
Coldplay's new CD comes with an insert that discloses all the rules enforced by the DRM they included on the disc. Of course, these rules are only visible after you've paid for the CD and brought it ...
Credit Cards With Rewards Are Worth a Look
If it seems like you are getting a lot of credit card solicitations, you are. Credit card companies sent out about six billion letters in the last year. — But if you opened any, you may have notice...
Times Square live etc.; 'Blog trip around the world for New Year's Eve'
It's snowing. — New Year's Eve TV programming. WaPo. — Times Square. — More links to where it's already 2006. — EarthCam's New Year's Eve Webcast. More live NYC. — 10:58 p.m. Friday
A year of Google blogging
This is the 201st post to be published on the Google Blog in 2005. In closing out the first full year of our company-wide effort to share news and views, we thought you might be interested in a few f...
Ilfak to the rescue!
Here's an alternative way to fix the WMF vulnerability. — Ilfak Guilfanov has published a temporary fix which does not remove any functionality from the system (all pictures and thumbnails continue ...
The 10 most popular AdFreak stories of 2005
Who said bloggers don't like lists? With a few hours left in the year, we are pleased to present the 10 most popular AdFreak stories of 2005, based on number of reader comments. We're not quite sure...
Microsoft teams up with the sumo of Japanese VoIP
On Wednesday, Microsoft and Softbank BB reached an agreement that will bring VoIP, instant messaging, Internet access, e-mail, groupware, presence and desktop services to Japanese businesses. The sui...
Bad, bad Coldplay
Virgin Records deserves a spanking. I'll do what I want with the content I pay for, thank you very much. When will they realize that if it's in bits and bytes, nothing's ever secure? — Un. F**kin...
New exploit
On New Year's eve the defenders got a 'nice' present from the full disclosure community. — The source code claims to be made by the folks at metasploit and xfocus, together with an anonymous source....