An Argument For 60-Minute Movies
Movies are way too long. I have seen 43-minute episodes of Lost that are far better than the two or three times longer blockbusters of recent years. When I finally do go watch a long movie, I’ll sometimes be re-cutting it in my head, imagining scenes that could be trimmed or left out entirely. Imagine [...]
LG X110 Netbook Mini-Review
I recently acquired an LG X110 netbook. It’s basically a 10” mini notebook with everything1 that entails; full keyboard, trackpad, the lot. Because of the small form factor, the price is as low as it gets for a full-featured portable.
At 10” we’re really talking a small computer. If you cover it in a fine film, [...]
Just In: New Hicksdesign Website Is Gorgeous
Jon Hicks of mainly “the guy that designed the Firefox icon” fame has redesigned his journal, and the results are lovely. Look for a moth related joke in the source code.
Bit.ly Is The New Digg (And The New Delicious)
After having seen more and more URLs shortened using the service, just a few days ago I joined Bit.ly myself. Now I see why the service was able to raise 2M in funding and how they have the potential to outperform both Digg and Delicious.
Bit.ly is, at its core, a URL shortening service. You paste [...]
New Google Doc Bookmarklet
Google Docs has really grown on me. I use it for todo lists, vacation planning, notes to self and even invoices. Only, creating a new document requires you to first load Google Docs and then click “New Document”. That is, until you use one of these bookmarklets.
Drag one of these links to your bookmarks toolbar:
New [...]
10 Changes To Wordpress That Would Make It A Killer CMS
Since going freelance, I’ve supplied customers with a number of “Wordpress as a CMS” solutions. Not only because Wordpress is free and fairly userfriendly, but because for most websites Wordpress is more than enough and certainly more than solely a blog platform. So much, in fact, that I’ll bet you Wordpress is the next big [...]