The Register has a great piece on Cuil’s launch, its impact on Google, and what the Web really is these days. While I don’t completely agree with the article’s point, thinking of the Web not as the culmination of linked documents but as The Index (i.e., search engine handling of the Web) is interesting and [...]
Tagged Cuil, Google, Internet, search, search engines, Tech, The RegisterA friend of ZS’s who I recently met just bought a car and was issued the license plate “404 WTF”. I love it!
Tagged Internet, license plate, Tech, ZSI am currently fiddling with an install of zenphoto, mainly to replace the incredibly slow, bloated, and annoying Gallery2 install I have for my photos (yes, my friends may stop clapping now). During the aforementioned fiddling, I received an error when trying to save Edits to a specific album. The error is this:
Error: The albums [...]
Tagged Administration, Gallery2, help, Internet, Tech, zenphotoI am catching up on last week’s Economist and came across a small article on Blue Nile, an online middle-man for jewelry sales (mostly engagement rings). I remember when Blue Nile launched in the late 1990s for a couple reasons, including the fact that it was crazy you could buy high-end jewelry online. Yes, I [...]
Tagged Blue Nile, economics, Economist, fashion, Internet, TechOne of the largest problems we face is a lack of organized lobbying on behalf of the everyday tech industry. The amount of ignorance–and not malicious intent–is stunning and contributing to dangerous trends. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the most recent mind-blowing examples of what I mean:
The US Air Force issues DMCA take [...]
Tagged Boing Boing, culture, law, Tech, WiredFrom the always excellent This Month In Grime by Martin Clark/Blackdown:
Flow Dan’s also been in the wars this month, in an exchange with former Roll Deep MC, Trim. The source of the beef isn’t clear, but how it’s being played out is more notable. Obviously there’s been some amiable clashing on pirate radio (, naturally) [...]
Tagged grime, Internet, Music, MySpace, Pitchfork Media, Velvet LoungeHere is a super good and super quick explanation of what the law is for music sharing and the consequences of RIAA victories and tactics. Ignore at your own peril.
Tagged Huffington Post, intellectual property, Internet, law, Music, RIAA, TechI love reading about how various cultures (e.g., local, youth, etc.) re-appropriate common practices and transform them into something that is essentially different. In this Reuters article about cell phone usage in Africa, missed calls are being transformed into something useful:
You beep someone when you call them up on their mobile phone — setting its [...]
As an iPhone owner, I try to keep up on iPhone developments, including hacks. The good news is that there is plenty of development on opening up the device. The bad news is that one of the leading iPhone-hacks Web sites, iphonehacks.com, is 100 percent terrible.
First, their writing is abysmal. Sure, the primary (and only?) [...]