January 2009
12 posts
Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages:
One member of the White House new-media team came to work on Tuesday, right after the swearing-in ceremony, only to discover that it was impossible to know which programs could be updated, or even which computers could be used for which purposes. The team members, accustomed to working on Macintoshes, found computers outfitted with...
“Sleep = opt + cmd + eject
Restart = ctrl + cmd + eject
Shut Down = ctrl + opt...”
– TUAW Tip: shortcuts for Sleep, Restart and Shut Down - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
WatchStar Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo (via Joe Nicolosi)
Texas to reconsider $6M steriod testing in schools →
The results so far have found little to confirm fears that steroid use is a rampant problem. When the first 10,000 tests found only four positive results, critics declared the two-year program a waste of time and money.
The Texas legislator who sponsored the testing bill in 2007 calls it an “incredible success.” The point of testing was to act as a deterrent against steroid...
BadVista declares victory? →
… the campaign has nearly 7,000 registered supporters, the name Vista is synonymous in the public eye with failure, and we are declaring victory.
How much of an effect did the BadVista campaign actually have? Given the bad press Vista had (not to mention Apple’s TV adverts), did anyone actually care about the issues BadVista tried to raise?
New iPhoto has facial recognition for automatically tagging people in photos, with Facebook support. Fantastic. http://tr.im/315z
RT @valcato: Ruby on Rails now available to all customers: http://tinyurl.com/933lcw
DVD (rented from lovefilm) has a 5 minute video from UNICEF at the beginning that you can’t skip. Charity or not, that’s annoying.
WatchNew Year Dance-Off
“Astronomers all over planet Earth invite you to experience the night sky as part...”
– APOD: 2009 January 1 - Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy