Just saw this when I logged into [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/). Maybe Mark Zuckberg did listen to the hisses at SXSW initially meant for him (before the audience turned on the journalist for being more annoying).
Check out the new [privacy page](http://www.facebook.com/privacy/) and also the options to block specific Facebook apps from accessing your data.
Thank you, Facebook.
Days ago, I was looking at a website powered by Textpattern (beta) – a Textism project. Today, I was reminded by Kristen about the Movable Type creators’ new venture into web publishing, Typepad – a tier-based system targetted at people who are less familiar with raw HTML code: ‘If you’re interested in a system where…
Funny how a US senator who’s been calling for computers with illegal software to be smoked, used unlicensed Javascript code for his official website’s dropdown menu (the code has since been registered). [Senator Orrin] Hatch on Tuesday surprised a Senate hearing on copyright issues with the suggestion that technology should be developed to remotely destroy…
Thanks to Kristen, who granted me one of my geek wishes by getting me a Gmail account! I’d shout “Yahoo!” except that it would be entirely inappropriate 🙂
I received an email today from Microsoft. At least, it looked like a Microsoft email, telling me to install a cumulative security patch for the month of September. But something looked dodgy. If it was from Microsoft, why was the sender’s email address julzsiqpkxb-zrtwmnhn@updates.com? Why would Microsoft send an exe file, when we usually download…
Call it perfect timing. After grappling with Actionscript at work today, I ended up in evening class learning the nature of computer languages from the first to sixth generations, and how Java (on which Flash Actionscript is based) operates: In three logical forms – Sequence (do this then this then that), Selection (If this, Else…
This afternoon, I installed Windows 2000 Professional with Kok Hong’s help. Actually, he did all the work – so a big thanks to him! Made it really early for my second jazz piano lesson. Fortunately, despite a few slips here and there, my playing was fine and Victor was really encouraging. He can scribble chords…