In a statement that was released by the Raskin family on Jef Raskin’s site:
Pacifica, CA February 27, 2005–Jef Raskin, a mathematician, orchestral soloist and composer, professor, bicycle racer, model airplane designer, and pioneer in the field of human-computer interactions, died peacefully on February 26th, 2005 surrounded by his family and loved ones. He had recently […]
Wordpress is certainly one of the best packages I’ve seen. As for a feature I recently discovered I find it to be a brilliant concept, simple, and it works well. Simply write a post, save as draft, bring the draft of the post up again and edit the timestamp to whatever date in […]
Slashdot recently reported that Peachpit Press has put out a new book on installing, managing, and maintaining an installation of OS X Server aptly titled Mac OS X Server 10.3 Panther : Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual Quickpro Guide) (link to Amazon). Mary Norbury-Glaser writes a review for Slashdot, viewable in full here, and quoted below:
PeachPit […]
Fifty Four Eleven is an interesting site I was passed on to via Cameron Moll’s blog post on the trials and tribulations of making money as a designer. Regardless, FiftyFourEleven.com’s article on applying optimization and bloat-removal of CSS, caught my attention; it’s definitely worth the read.
When you find solid work and solid knowledge, it […]
Apple on Tuesday released Security Update 2005-002. This update covers installations of Mac OS X that use Java 1.4.2. The update is available for download through the Software Update system preference pane, and is also available for download from Apple’s Web site.
According to information posted on Apple’s Web site, this update corrects an issue “where […]
FileMaker recentlyposted an article/story detailing an installation and upgrade of a FM 7 system for Cornell University. While I wish they would pass along screenshots of the solution, just out of curiousity, I understand why they don’t.
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There are a myriad of blogs to consume and tech magazines to read these days. Thankfully, I discovered InfoWorld, which is certainly worth reading/subscribing/browsing. Most of the outspoken writers such asTom Yager, Jon Udell, and Chad Dickerson are knowledgeable and articulate about software, the tech industry, and more. What makes their insight […]
The Internet Storm Watch Center at sans.org has a fascinating article following the trace of some bouncing malware. It’s interesting to see how these malware authors hide the code and links within Javascript that inevitably trace to reconfiguring a users settings in Internet Explorer. For the platform evangelists reading this, note that this […]
Does anyone else have this itch that they would love to write a book? Perhaps of a technical nature, simply because one feels they understand technology and could explain it better than others? I love using REALbasic; however, when it comes to getting great and in depth technical resources, the only up-to-date source […]
Gizmodo has posted an article on how the smarty-pants tactic of hedging your bet on a free song in a Pepsi bottle still works.
For those not in-the-know, Apple is re-running a promotion with Pepsi where 1 out of every 3 Pepsi bottles gets you a free song on iTunes
