In the early 1980’s Jonathan Postel set forth the genesis of Internet domain classification by using the ISO 3166 standard, a global list of country names, as the basis for domain extensions. We’re also familiar with the dot-com and dot-net domains (such as bosslogic.com). Mr. Postel originally decided to use the ISO 3166 standard as [...]
Continue Reading...You could teach a whole marketing class from this short video. Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla on Tuesday confirmed with iPod Observer that his company initiated the creation of the iPod packaging parody video reported last month. “It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging [team] to humorously highlight the challenges we have faced [...]
Continue Reading...Here’s a little bit more good press for the Bush administration. Just a little more adding to the body of work here, and here, and here, and here, and here… But seriously, how can we not proceed?
“How are the same Republicans, who tried to impeach a president over whether he misled a nation about an [...]
Oh my god. It’s a gift wrapped head. Seriously though, you can waste a lot of time looking at the cute posts here. (But I should be more concerned as to why I found this via a reference from my brother-in-law…)
Update: And now he’s got his own mission posted on the site.
Dell is on top. Well, at least they’ve been on top, although some might argue they’re slipping a bit. Anyhow, Dell figured out how to sell into multiple markets and hold on to that market share. Sun, HP and others seem to have forgotten (or perhaps they never learned).
More than once though, the Sun people [...]
After noticing that VoodooPad achieved first place winner in O’Reilly’s Mac OS X Innovators Contest U.S. category, round two, I thought I’d take a quick look at it. After playing around for about ten minutes, I’ve got to say it’s a pretty impressive little application — great for building personal Wikis of notes and certainly [...]
Continue Reading...In a well-written post, Aaron Wright describes his transition from a long-time Windows user to Apple and OS/X user:
I know the world of Windows like the back of my hand, as I’ve been using Windows-operating PCs since Win 95. I think it’s fair to say that when someone who knows a system that well decides [...]
I don’t have anything in particular against the French people, but making a move like this seems as though it would be as embarrassing to them as George Bush is (and should be) to the American people. — Blog post, SilliconValley.com
The issue at hand is not grand legislation that would elect some viciously incompetent leader. [...]
NovaMind recently released version 3.0.17 of its flagship product, the best mind mapping software on the planet. The 3.0 release added several great new features to version 2. Export to KeyNote, new line formatting, improved zoom controls, great new context sensitive help, support for drawing using a pen and tablet and a new set of [...]
Continue Reading...Like many people the shipping broker Colin Nederkoorn would rather use OS/X, but wanted to run Windows XP on nice Apple hardware too. He started by offering a modest cash prize to the first person that could achieve it. Other people, equally interested in the solution, contributed to the prize.
Last Thursday, two software developers in [...]
We’ve all heard the stories of people vanishing in pre-collapse Soviet Russia or China, charged with vague crimes against the State. Saying a few words that criticize their government — something that we take for granted here in the United States — can land you in prison charged with treason. I’m glad we live in [...]
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