November 2007
29 posts
yubnub: a (social) command line for the web →
google translate is very cool →
try hovering your cursor over some of the text on the page…
so true...
The setting is at a tech-talk given by Dr. Gary McGraw, entitled "Exploiting Online Games."
Dr. Gary McGraw: "So how many of you play World of Warcraft?"
[ A few hands go up in the audience. ]
Dr. Gary McGraw: "Really. That's it...? What kinds of games do you guys play then?"
Random person in the audience: "Cornell."
systems software research is irrelevant →
rob pike, member of the original unix team at bell labs explains why he thinks systems software research is drying out. (thanks will)
wikipedia's most pointless edit wars →
the images section is especially intriguing, as is the lists section :D (thanks will).
quicksilver + tumblr →
amazon's kindle →
“This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere.” Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar’s Poker.
the unitarian jihad →
thanks will
shiftspace →
gonna have to play with this over the winter break… tres cool.
another leopard feature: paths.d →
upside-down-ternet →
AlertNow Message
“This is a test of the Cornell Emergency Notification System. This is only a test.” —- now why did my SMS get sent 3 hours later than cam’s? hopefully this is to facilitate testing and such a set-up isn’t to be used for time-sensitive emergencies. can you have a non time-sensitive emergency? global warming if you’re a republican perhaps.
now i can press F3 to say 'moron!'
hooray for quicksilver triggers and large type.
and leopard is up!
isync hack to allow motorola L7c phones to sync... →
talking popcorn →
very cool! sounds like something jofish would do…