Monthly Archives: May 2012
HyperCard – 25 years later
ArsTechnica offers a nice “25 years later” article on Hypercard. I still love that program/environment and wonder why no one will revive a decent similar product. No, for those of you who keep sending me “similar” products, I have not … Continue reading
Public Photography
The issue of what and whom you can photograph has always been somewhat unclear to me. Here is a LifeHacker post on this topic. I must admit that this analysis seems to avoid the topic that I wonder about – … Continue reading
Chrome Box
I am a fan of the Chromebook and Chrome in general. It appears that Google has another idea – the Chrome Box. Looks very much like a Mac mini (lowest cost approx. $600), but the price is $329. You add … Continue reading
OpenDNS and Flashback Trojan
If you are concerned about the flashback trojan on the Mac, the use of OpenDNS now offers protection (TidBITS). OpenDNS is a service you use in place of a default domain name server to screen for inappropriate content, and now, … Continue reading
Faster, but limited
I do not understand the cell phone providers. Actually I do, but my constitution refuses to accept the logic used to justify the profit motive. Today, Verizon, my provider, announces that their commitment to 4G will mean that those of … Continue reading
Browsing may make you stupid
A couple years ago Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid; The Shallows, proposed that heavy use of the Internet was leading to shallow thinking. This BBC piece points to a study investigating the brain activity of “Internet addicts”. Sure … Continue reading
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