Something wireless is brewing

There are any number of lists of caf?©s offering free WiFi in Vancouver. But one has just jumped to the front of the pack, combining the power of Google Maps and the brilliance of romeda: Vancouver Wifi Mug. Check it out (using something other than Internet Explorer,...

I Hate Huckabees

Jake at Community Guy has kindly extracted the top ten “I Hate (insert name of clod-like corporation here)” web sites from an article at Forbes. Here’s a little background, for the curious: Back in 2001, Canadian Tire tried to separate Mick McFadden...

More is Lessig

As promised, a link to how Lawrence Lessig’s decision to bail on restrictive academic publishers resonates close to home. In Otherwise Engaged, Alex writes: Refusing to publish under restrictive agreements is a good option for senior academics with tenured...

Sittin’ on the Dock

If you want to see a cute little implementation of Javascript, dynamic HTML and sheer voodoo, have a look at Google’s impersonation of the OS X Dock. In fact, drop by Google Labs every once in a while and check out what they have on the Bunsen...

Thinking of blogging? You are not alone.

David Sifry reports that Technorati is now tracking 7.8 million blogs… and that number has been doubling every five months. The ease of push-button publishing is almost certainly one of this trend’s drivers; so is the fact that skimming and reading blogs...
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