While updating the design of my site evandavis.org I noticed that some other sites had links to an icon that made reference to Apple: <link rel=”apple-touch-icon” href=”/custom_icon.png”> Looking into it I discovered that Apple uses them to generate chicklets on iPhone, iPad and Mac products. I also found a few other services that use them…
Year: 2009
Bing!
Microsoft is the king of second rate inventiveness. By throwing money at creating something inventive and new they quite often create something almost as good as some other genius with no money. Let’s look at some of the failures: Windows Whether it be 95, 98, ME, XP, NT or 2000, the Windows Operating System has…
Savvy?
Background: Safeway had a program to donate to schools. From September 10th to October 17th, 2009 schools can collect receipts from Safeway with Back to School written at the bottom. These can be redeemed at 10% of their gross value. So collect $3000 in receipts and Safeway will reimburse the school for $300. Woo Hoo!…
I like EVE online.
I’ve been playing an online game. I never saw the appeal of MMORPGs before. For one they were all first person shooters, third person shooters or text based. The major appeal for most people was that it was a game that included the social element that most computer games lacked. I, on the other hand,…
Monty Python Arguments
I love these guys. Way back when YouTube had just started people all over were posting their bits and humor without permission. Not that this has stopped most people on YouTube, but it got them to thinking. Why can’t they? Because these people do not have permission. “For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping…
Bergenost Cheese!
I was wandering through Cosco a couple of months ago and did something I rarely do. I accepted a sample. Normally I pass them up grumbling about the traffic problems they cause, but this time they had something that greatly appeals to me: cheese. There was a local Dairy displaying their line of cheeses and…