Categories
Fun Stuff Tech Posts

A “probability distribution”… What are the chances?

Categories
Tech Posts

Irritations with iOS5

Firstly, I realise that I’m about to complain. I also realise that I don’t dislike iOS 5 at all. I’ve been using iOS 5 for two days now. I am impressed with many of the new features. But at least two of them, discussed below, stop short of being brilliant. I’m not an iOS developer, […]

Categories
Fun Stuff Tech Posts

Why the internet will fail (from 1995) « Three Word Chant!

Just came across this article from Newsweek in 1995. It lists all the reasons the internet will fail. My two favorite parts: The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works. … Yet […]

Categories
Tech Posts

Doing the Microsoft Shuffle: Algorithm Fail in Browser Ballot

Introduction The story first hit in last week on the Slovakian tech site DSL.sk.  Since I am not linguistically equipped to follow the Slovakian tech scene, I didn%u2019t hear about the story until it was brought up in English on TechCrunch.  The gist of these reports is this: DSL.sk did a test of the %u201Cballot%u201D […]

Categories
Tech Posts

How to Suck at Facebook – The Oatmeal

via theoatmeal.com Lol: somewhat graphic, but these are things that everyone should know.