Dan Grossman | Stumbling

Amazon.com’s ESP

August 8, 2007

I’m pretty sure Amazon has hired some psychics and hooked them up to the internet. Today I followed a link to Beautiful Code, the website of a newly published book about how great modern programmers think. I decided it looked interesting, and clicked the link to O’Reilly’s store, where the book is $44.95. Wondering [...]

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Exposé for Windows Vista

July 13, 2007

ExposÃ© is an OS X feature that lets you see all open windows on screen at once, then quickly bring the one you need forward. Like Flip3D, this clone for Windows Vista uses Aero for beautiful transitions and live window screenshots, but unlike Flip3D, is actually useful. Try it out, it’s free and only [...]

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Dot-com 2.0: Attracting and retaining IT workers

July 4, 2007

It really does feel like the 90s again, and this time I’m old enough to be in the workforce. IT workers are in high demand while their numbers drop, leading companies to return to jeans and bean bag environments to keep us happy. My employer’s working hard on perks to keep morale up as [...]

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Safari for Windows

June 11, 2007

It crashed the first time I ran it. It has its own UI; no Aero title bar, menus, buttons or scroll bars. I can’t close it by double clicking in the upper left corner of my screen. It’s too thick with its font antialiasing. But it runs on Windows, which means I don’t need [...]

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I’m at a loss for words to describe this person

April 26, 2007

One of the stupidest opinions to ever be published in a newspaper.

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The Vista Suicide Note: Content Protection Gone Overboard

April 23, 2007

I somehow stumbled into a blog debate of Vista DRM today which led me to A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection, a lengthy but extremely interesting look into the world of Vista’s content protection measures. The author, security researcher Peter Gutmann, sums up the document as follows:
The Vista Content Protection specification could [...]

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2007 Guide to CSS Support in Email

April 20, 2007

Campaign Monitor’s released their 2007 Guide to CSS Support in Email, a comprehensive study of CSS support by both desktop and webmail clients. This guide is an essential for anyone sending HTML mails out, especially in wide distribution as part of a mailing list or e-mail marketing.

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Jack Thompson blames Bill Gates for shootings

April 19, 2007

Attorney and activist Jack Thompson yesterday wrote a letter to Bill Gates blaming him for the Virginia Tech shootings. Thompson claims that Cho Seung Hui was trained to enjoy violent killing by playing Counterstrike, which he claims Microsoft developed.
Mr. Gates, your company is potentially legally liable the harm done at Virginia Tech. Your game, [...]

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Fox News says the devil did it

April 19, 2007

This is why I don’t watch Fox News: Their reporting isn’t news. It’s below the level of a tabloid. They just make things up. They’re claiming, quoting several “experts”, that the Virginia Tech shooter may have been possessed by Satan.

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Utah Bans Keyword Advertising on Trademarks

April 18, 2007

I’m pretty sure Utah’s ban on keyword advertising is further down the stupidity list than that patent on doubly linked lists the patent office issued.