Cuil has received a lot of bad press over the past few months. Unfortunately, much of it deserved. I hadn’t used Cuil since it was launched but after it’s spider visited one of my websites (and proceeded to trigger a bunch of 404’s by looking for files that are long gone — a mistake that […]
The long saga that is Omnidrive appears to be over. For those of you who don’t know, Omndrive was an Australian startup that offered free online file storage and had some early success. I have been a registered user of Omndrive for around three years, although I haven’t actively used it in about two years. […]
I was excited when TechCrunch first unveiled TechCrunchIT, but not anymore. Steve Gillmor is obviously very passionate about his writing — but he doesn’t really cover the topics I imagined an IT Enterprise blog would cover. What’s more, every post is a mini-essay and he’s the only (active) writer. If the TechCrunch gang are serious about […]
Google SearchWiki is a bad idea. Google’s regular old search engine might not be perfect, but it’s a hell of a lot better than the competition and it’s a hell of a lot better than any human powered search engine could ever be. My hope is that Google isn’t serious about this and that it’s […]
A few weeks ago Microsoft unveiled a new little projected called Small Basic. The projects aim is to provide kids with a simplified environment where they can learn the basics of programming — and have some fun while doing it. Derived from the BASIC programming language, and based on the .Net platform, Small Basic has […]
I wish I had of read this article before I re-arranged my subversioned files/folders using the least efficient way imaginable. Next time, I will do this: To move files the right way using Tortoise, highlight the file(s) you want to move and drag and drop to the new location using the RIGHT mouse button. When you drop […]
I’m hooked on Google’s Chrome browser and have been using it every day since it was launched. In my mind, it provides a superior way of interacting with the web, compared to the old school browsers — and yes, that’s a completely subjective view. But one that I think has the backing of some pretty […]
My favorite Firefox add-on: Web Developer. It is highly useful for web dev work and has saved me an immeasurable amount of time.
ColorZilla is fast becoming one of my favorite Firefox add-ons: Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies. With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can Zoom the page you are viewing and measure distances between […]