If you’re interested in trying out the other-other web browser (a.k.a. Opera), they are offering free registration of their ad-free browser today only as part of a promotion to celebrate their 10-year anniversary. From the download.com Opera download page:
For one day only, you can get an ad-free version of Opera. Simply e-mail registerme@opera.com to […]
I’ve been reading up on the Dvorak keyboard layout lately and I’ve always wondered whether there really is a true benefit of using Dvorak over Qwerty. The basic history in the development of these two keyboards would tend to suggest that Dvorak is the much more obvious choice. The Qwerty keyboard was designed […]
What was Jayson Stark thinking when he wrote this column? The main question that he addresses is whether Curt Schilling is going to successfully make the transition from “closer” to starter. Now, this is perhaps an interesting subject, but there are a couple things wrong with the way that he presents it. […]
Consider this scenario: You’re browsing a website (using Firefox) that has a listing of several links that you want to check out. Just by chance, this website is open in the leftmost tab of your browser window, with several other tabs open as well. Instead of leaving the website by directly clicking […]
It was only a matter of time before Apple’s announcement that they will be switching to Intel processors led to the inevitable leaks and hacks and cracks. For weeks now there have been reports of users installing and running OS X on regular old PC’s. Of course Apple isn’t even selling Intel-based machines […]
Just because I like them, here are a couple of random links that I found while browsing on digg.com:
List of fallacies: Probably one of my favorite logic-related classes that I took in college was one called Methods of Reasoning. In it we learned about many of the common flaws in human reasoning techniques. […]
Well the rumors were true. Google Talk has just been released and early signs are that it is exactly what was anticipated. It’s a Jabber-enabled client that allows you to connect to the system using your gmail account. However, you can also log into the system using any client that supports the […]
There are rumors that Google is going to release an IM client as soon as tomorrow. By itself this is interesting news, but not necessarily a breakthrough idea nor a high-impact event. We all know that AOL is king in the IM world and it is difficult to woo users over to a […]
In the second segment of my case against closers, I’d like to present a statistic called WPA or Win Probability Added. I first read about WPA in the book Curve Ball by Jim Albert and Jay Bennett. It struck me then as one of the most intriguing and most ingenious methods to quantitatively […]
I just came across a great article from SiliconBeat.com and I thought I’d post it here. Apparently, Matt Mullenweg, the lead developer for WordPress, is launching a free blogging service that runs Wordpress as its core platform. Wordpress.com will compete with the likes of Google’s blogger.com and Six Apart’s typepad.com to offer user […]
