Lots of folks ridiculed Steve Jobs for his stand on Flash on mobile devices, but eventually even Adobe admitted it wasn’t good enough. Now they’ve gone a step further and announced they won’t support Flash on Android 4.1. On top … Read More
If you use Google Earth, the Forest Service has a page for Fire Data in Google Earth with various KML files that allow you to track wildfires across the US. You can pick individual ones or grab a bundle containing … Read More
Think you understand how color and color vision works? You don’t.
Rands In Repose: Apple believes the future is invented by the people who don’t give a shit about the past.
This CNN story has a number of ways to help those directly affected by the wildfires. These are large, serious fires and there’s no sign the weather is going to be anything other than hot and dry for quite a … Read More
The Rochester area seems to have a perennial issue with not being recognized but now we can proudly boast that Lake Ontario Beach is one of the most polluted in the US. Just fills you with pride, doesn’t it?
Daniel Engber in Slate: The history of the remote control: Why are they so awful?. The short answer seems to be “cable television” since it suddenly created a dizzying array of channels where there were once only a handful. I … Read More
#209 I Got Feelin’s | Adventures of the Insider Box.
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