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YouTube – Microsoft .NET vs Java – trailer [HD]

Michael Zimmermann — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:17:23 +0000

I laughed, I cried… Java 4-ever.

YouTube – Microsoft .NET vs Java – trailer [HD].

50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers – Smashing Magazine

Michael Zimmermann — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:13:46 +0000

Anybody who is a developer will appreciate these great timesavers. There are many tools and sites listed that had me exclaiming out loud, “That’s exactly what I needed!”

Many of them seem to fill a gap that you’re usually too busy (or not technically able) to create, but accomplish something that you’ve been doing manually.

All-in-all, a great set of drudgery-removing web-apps for the modern web designer.

50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers – Smashing Magazine.

Sometimes, the ISPs get it right

Michael Zimmermann — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:34:48 +0000

With all the knee-jerk DMCA legal reactions to copyright infringement so popular in the States, it’s nice to see that some companies aren’t falling for it all the time. This story via Slashdot.org tells of an ISP standing up for their customer, in the face of Ralph Lauren, no less. Gasp.

via Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Photoshop Disaster Draws DMCA Notice For Boing Boing.

Google Street View goes live in Toronto

Michael Zimmermann — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:01:42 +0000

Google Street View goes live in Toronto – thestar.com.

A little bit scary to see my place front and center, with a view that can pan around and inspect the neighborhood.

Bell and Telus get together and confirm iPhone launch for Canada this November

Michael Zimmermann — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:34:12 +0000

Nice to see a bit of a stranglehold loosened here in Canada, even if it’s two other giants ganging up on third.

Bell, Telus confirm iPhone launches – The Globe and Mail.

Where No Mac Had Gone Before | Technologizer

Michael Zimmermann — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:08:18 +0000

Where No Mac Had Gone Before | Technologizer. Gene Roddenberry’s Mac 128 (later upgraded to a Mac Plus) is going up for auction. On one hand, it’s just an old computer, but on the other, think of the cross-inspiration between the two franchises — would we have the iPod if it weren’t for the Tricorder?

Google Lets You Custom-Print Millions of Public Domain Books | Epicenter | Wired.com

Michael Zimmermann — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:41:33 +0000

Google Lets You Custom-Print Millions of Public Domain Books | Epicenter | Wired.com.

This seems quite redundant, a little bit wasteful, and a bit of a surprising step back for Google. I’m sure they’ll do a great job of implementing it, but I’d have thought something along the lines of easier integration with e-ink readers would have been more their style.

Google plans to offer micropayments service to media owners

Michael Zimmermann — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:36:32 +0000

Google plans to offer micropayments service to media owners.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Video appears in paper magazines

Michael Zimmermann — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:10:07 +0000

BBC NEWS | Technology | Video appears in paper magazines.

Towel Day 2009

Michael Zimmermann — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:13:55 +0000

I’m a bad geek, but I’ll go out and find a towel later this afternoon. All hoopy froods should know where their towel’s at, to cope with life most non-floopily.

RIP, Douglas Adams.