Archive for the ‘web’ Category
RFC 2324
February 12th, 2011
RFC 2324 defines the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol. HTCPCP is built on top of HTTP, implementing a range of new headers and errors (418 I’M A TEAPOT) that enable the intercommunication of networked coffee pots. Manufacturers, take note — standards-compliance grows the market.
Tower
January 4th, 2011
I’m not sure that there’s really a big market for a graphical Git client, but if there is, Tower might fill it. The UI’s lovely, and it’s free to try out while the project’s in beta.1
This would probably redundant for developers, who most likely already have a terminal open and know the guts of git, but a drop-dead simple VCS interface might be really handy for a lot of designers, writers, and other media/creative types who regularly revise files. There’ve been some stirrings from that community lately regarding git, so I think there’s potential there. Tower and other extant GUIs might be overkill for most people, though, despite their comparatively lovely interfaces. There could be a market for a non-technical VCS, something with a sufficiently-well-chosen sub-set of git’s functionality and the UI of Time Machine. Someone who knows Cocoa should go build that. =)
1 Providing free shilling for a for-profit feels a little uncomfortable, so for balance let me also point out the open-source GitX.
3G on Everest
October 30th, 2010
You can now get cell phone reception on the top of Mount Everest. I think this is the point at which the world becomes too small.
Social Networking Groups
July 12th, 2010
Google researcher Paul Adams posted a thoughtful presentation critiquing how social networking sites currently model relationships and groups. Executive-summary-summary: poorly.
Readability
May 14th, 2010
Readability is a script/bookmark that cleans up online content. It’s very convenient if you regularly read blocks of text online. I’ve been using it for a few months now, and I’ll testify that it makes reading on a screen much more pleasant.
EDIT: Added link. Hurr, durr.
Wikipedia In Print
May 8th, 2010
A new feature of Wikipedia allows users to compile articles into books, arrange them, and have them printed, bound, and shipped. This video demonstrates.
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Hatetris
April 11th, 2010
Hatetris: Like Tetris, but the game will always give you the worst possible piece. So, exactly like Tetris.
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
March 12th, 2010
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich exemplifies the kind of surreal and hyper-focused content I’ve come to expect from tumblr blogs.
There are a bunch of blogs like this. It’s as if the people creating them passed through that stage of ironic, postmodern self-commentary and just started writing haikus about Godzilla because it’s intrinsically an awesome thing to do. I feel like there should be some cultural-theoretical term for this kind of content (“ADD-fuel” doesn’t count).
Drawing Blog
February 5th, 2010
I’m not very good at drawing, so I started a draw-something-every-day-until-I-get-better blog. It’s pretty new, but it’s got a few doodles and wallpapers.