Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Asymmetric Architecture

August 22, 2008

Down with squares and rectangles! Long live parallelograms!
Of course there are plenty of examples out there of plain shapes capturing the public imagination. The Empire State building was probably one of the first, but, I think, the most beautiful of the New York lot has to be the Chrysler Building.
Especially true when compared to some [...]

Shatner Remix

August 6, 2008

Achieve Nerdvana recently posted the DJ Spock segment. It’s a brilliant combination of old school mixing with old school Trek.
Now comes the new school mix by Shatner

How customers get screwed

August 4, 2008

Found courtesy of Nathan Fuller

There’s no such thing as an “Obsolete” OS

July 31, 2008

Or so say my OS stats.
What’s really surprising isn’t the fact that I get these hits, but it’s that if my little, insignificant, corer of the web gets these results, then imagine an ultra popular web page. Apparently “Obsolete” is just a term used by tech guys and marketing guys.
All you consumers out there are [...]

Cancelling troublesome accounts

July 30, 2008

I never understood why AOL would still be getting new customers, but many of those will decide they’ve made a terrible mistake. But cancelling once registered, for some people, would seem like climbing Everest.
Of course, a lot of people are already familiar with Vincent Ferrari’s horrific experience. While he’s done a great service to bring [...]