It’s disturbing to read that a relatively obscure web design firm has gone and patented an invention involving rich media apps like AJAX. What’s also disturbing is how they were even awarded the patent in the first place. This would definitely hamper the development of more innovative web services.
This article is too important to plonk into my “Asides” column, so here it goes: Five Architectural Flaws in Windows Solved In Mac OS X. I’m not security expert so let me know if this makes sense.
[Update: Shaun’s fixed the bug. It was something I hadn’t configured properly. Mint is working fine now. As I’m typing I’m refreshing the lovely stats window and noticed that in 10 minutes, 3 unique visitors (not counting myself) have come to this site. Welcome.] Shaun Inman will be checking my server today, to help figure …
A couple of programming-related incidents happened today, but it also boils down to the mentality of ‘just enough is enough, I’m not doing any extra for you’. It’s disturbing because it’s a mentality I still notice in Singapore, and we have a lot to learn from counterparts in the US.
Another geek post, because I am in a geek mood. What’s your favourite project management software? I used PhpCollab sporadically, creating different accounts for different clients while I was freelancing. However I didn’t really end up using most of their features. Then I tried out Basecamp, which is good for basics but somehow I felt …
Just a little update about Mint. I decided I was OK with the licence and purchased a copy for my site. (Textism’s Refer has been rendered 99.9% useless due to referrer spam which I’ve given up trying to block manually.) However, after setting up the database, username and configuring the appropriate file, then uploading all …
I was looking for a new computer table for my studio. I Googled for pages in Singapore, but saw an intriguing-looking article by the Computer Times (now called Digital Life) on creating web pages. Dated February 2004, I was surprised and slightly perturbed at the statement, “When building a website, keep in mind that everything …
This is what futility looks like. I have tried to file my income tax several times on both my Macs, but to no avail. Before I reach the final page, it always lands with an error message. A few years ago, e-filing was ‘revolutionary’. However, with each passing year the online user base grows, and …
It’s now official. The whole company has been informed that on 1 Jan 2005, the new Copyright Law would come into effect, with criminal penalties for offenders. At the same time, the new company IT security policy would also be implemented. Mozilla Firefox was listed as one of the programs not allowed on our systems. …
I’m trying to switch back to using Thunderbird, but it seems that I am unable to import various .rge Entourage files (containing mails only / mails + contacts + settings). Thunderbird only seems to have options to import data from Eudora and Netscape. I seem to be having the same problems as this guy. Can …