If you’ve been noticing an increase in the number of smudgy fingerprints on your computer screen, it may be because your young children are spending more time online. With new services coming from companies like Lego and Disney that are aimed right at them, it might be wise to keep some glass cleaner nearby. — [...]
I’m just Mr. Software lately. Every morning my kids ask me about the weather so they can get dressed. This is my first attempt at building a simplified weather forecast page for them.
It’s the weather report for today and tomorrow in a kid-friendly format. Once you’ve got it bookmarked, your kids are just one-click away [...]
I’ve just rolled out an API for the Big Huge Thesaurus. Need synonyms? Give the free API a try.
I can see why people become podcasters. It’s the toys.
I bought some recording gear recently, my very first recording purchase, actually. I’d been trying to do some screencasts on another blog and just wasn’t satisfied at all with the sound quality. So I spent about $170 and bought a condenser microphone and a pre-amp/mixer combo [...]
The LA Times ran an unusual editorial yesterday. Here’s the first sentence:
Many publishers consider the Internet, and Google in particular, a greater threat to their livelihoods than Osama bin Laden. — It’s not journalism - Los Angeles Times
A greater threat than Osama bin Laden. But in the very next paragraph it says that Google News, [...]
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