I love Apple, but I hate iCal.
Google Calendar is actually, for me, much more usable than the iCal application itself. Adding events is SO much easier, as is resizing the stupid window.
But, until now, iCal was my only choice if I wanted to sync to my iPhone (and I do). Or, at least it was my only choice when I checked into it about six months ago.
Today, I was able to get three Big Calendar Issues resolved:
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I resisted.
But now I have a Twitter account.
Even the new NASA robot on Mars has a Twitter account.
Edit: not anymore. I wasn’t updating it anyway.
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Aza came up with a cool use for a well-known browser trick.
I’ve adapted it to work without needing Javascript.
The trick used is that if you wrap an HTML anchor tag (link) inside another anchor, the inner link is the one that is followed, but the outer link is still rendered according to its own visited status. Example:
<style type="text/css"> a.testurl:link { display: none; } a.testurl:visited { display: block; } </style> <a class="
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I received my “service phone” today (the temporary replacement while they fix mine).
Replacing the SIM card and syncing back my contacts, etc. took about five minutes.
Even Apple’s RTM OOTB experience is great. The service box included a short letter expressing their regret that my phone wasn’t working, and they included not only the return shipping label (FexEx overnight), but also a clear instruction guide, enough packing tape to stick an elephant to a wall, and even a paper clip (in a little baggie) to get the SIM card out!
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Saw this link to a video about about Rove’s tactics, but don’t have time to watch it right now, saved for future use.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3954858769441262005
Side thought: someone really ought to come up with a “semi-bookmark” app for throwing random things you might want to read later, but don’t want to actually bookmark.
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Google did it!
Last year, I asked them to consider hosting AJAX libraries (so users benefit from multiple HTTP connections and strong cross-site caching).
Today, they did it! Web developers can include the libraries either via script tags, or via calls to a special loader function.
Ext JS and a few other libraries are not included, but CacheFile has more.
I’m off to change a few header/footer files…
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Sears (Kenmore)
Paid $800 for a stand-alone refrigerator a few weeks ago, and $200 for the extended warranty. Upon delivery, saw a large scuff on the stainless exterior.
Immediately called 1-800-4MYHOME, and spend upwards of FOUR HOURS getting them to answer the phone and deal with the issue. After several rescheduled deliveries, they showed up with a freezer. I was promised a call-back from the dispatch department, it was never received.
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I agree with this guy.
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The US Dollar is on the rocks.
No great mystery as to why: massive amounts of deficit spending.
Regardless who wins the election, I don’t expect an immediate turn-around.
So, to escape the falling value of the dollar, I’m wondering whether there is a benefit to storing our cash savings in a foreign bank in some other currency (such as Euros).
Anyone know how to go about doing such a thing, and whether there are special tax implications or potential headaches?
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Microsoft’s R&D budget is 10 times that of Google or Apple, and yet those companies seem to be running circles around Microsoft in terms of actual innovation.
Many people comment that Apple “just” makes things better, easier, more consumer-friendly, etc. They miss the point–innovation rarely involves pure invention.
Making existing things “easier” IS innovation.
Making existing things “better” IS innovation.
Microsoft Research has some really cool projects going on, but the bulk of their R&D seems to be going into useless buckets of failure like MSN Search, Surface, Vista’s UI, “Plays For Sure” and other DRM efforts, Office 2007’s toolbars, etc.
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