Tag Archives: internets

Here is a prediction: in the next few years traditional POP+SMTP email setup will become virtually extinct. I’m basing this on several factors. For one, no one actually remembers what these things are anymore. My students think that POP is … Continue reading →

Here is a question for my IT/Sysadmin readers out there. When you get a user who has an apostrophe, or an unusual character in their last name, how do you go about setting up his or her email address? Do … Continue reading →

The internet is killing Microsoft these days. Ever since man climbed down from a tree, learned how to walk upright and figured out how to write AJAX apps, the number of chairs thrown at unsuspecting developers in Redmond has been … Continue reading →

The old hacker motto used to be “information wants to be free”. This was the driving philosophy of the 80’s and the 90’s when the Internet was going through it’s awkward onset of puberty, and turbulent teenage years. We currently … Continue reading →

I noticed a disturbing trend recently among many users. This includes my coworkers, students and family. See if you noticed it too. I can for example tell someone to go to some website – let’s say I want to point … Continue reading →

I came to accept HTML email as somewhat necessary evil. Or rather, I’m wiling to acknowledge that it has legitimate uses. For example HTML links are much nicer and convenient than those 5 mile long URL’s. Most email clients will … Continue reading →

If you read yesterday’s post, you know that at least one of my students thinks that the Internet is an operating system. It’s kinda funny, but it really got me thinking. I have been seeing these patterns emerging in the … Continue reading →

Ok, it’s time for a silly little game/competition once again! How do you participate? Figure out your external IP address (ie. the routable one you get from your ISP, not the NAT address you get from the router). Your IP … Continue reading →

I was talking about different email protocols in the class, and I noticed that the difference between POP, IMAP and SMTP is absolutely irrelevant to my students. I asked students in both of my classes if they ever actually used … Continue reading →

I approve of this project! I know it’s been on /. and on digg, and probably 16 other sites. I don’t care. I still want to talk about it, so deal with it. I’m sitting here wondering why I haven’t … Continue reading →

Dear Googel! Where is my fucking IMAP access? Seriously! I’ve been a loyal fanboi for years. I use Gmail, Gtalk, Google Desktop, Adsense Ads, Google Analytics, Google Docs and your search engine on a daily basis. Now that I think … Continue reading →

I love Google Reader. Especially now, after they added the long lost search feature and taught it to count to a thousand. It is awesomer (yes, awesomer is a word, and if you don’t like that GTFO) than ever, but … Continue reading →

As you may or may not know, Facebook removed it’s course tracking application at the beginning of August. Apparently this was done in order to make more room for home-grown facebook apps. I didn’t notice it until yesterday when I … Continue reading →

I uploaded some new images to Flickr today and I saw this: Apparently Flickr now only displays your most recent 200 images. The rest of them gets tossed into some sort of limbo, until you pay up. Did they always … Continue reading →

Here is my pet peeve: stupid emails signatures. How do you know if your emails signature is stupid? I will explain below. First of all, here is what a non-stupid, useful email signature should look like. For unprofessional email it … Continue reading →

What is your preferred mode of communication? Personally, I’m an email person. If you want to get in touch with me, the fastest way is probably via email because I always have it in front of me. I essentially don’t … Continue reading →

I hate Comcast! Those fuckers are really getting on my nerves. I mean what the hell is this supposed to be? WTF? I haven’t seen decreases speeds lately, but then again I don’t download that much. I was seeding files … Continue reading →

I’m not kidding! Do not click this link. Just don’t do it. I can’t emphasize this enough: This link, do not click it! Now, how many of you clicked it without reading the rest of the post? Fess up! LOL … Continue reading →

Dear Internets, Can we please put this flamebait to rest? It is not even amusing to argue about this anymore. I mean, it has come to the point that even Slashdot (of all places) feels apathetic towards this subject. This … Continue reading →

As you may or may not know, I’m on shared hosting. This means that the box located somewhere in the deep caverns of Dreamhost data center is not only home to this site, but also bunch of other sites. I … Continue reading →

I noticed today that all the Live Journal feeds I subscribe to via Bloglines have a red exclamation mark next to them. This essentially means that Bloglines can’t read the feed, and thus no updates will show up for it … Continue reading →

I joined Plazes. It is a nifty social Web 2.0 site that tracks your movements and puts them on a map. Essentially you either use their official client or a small python script, that sends them the MAC of your … Continue reading →

If you are not on Twitter, or if you are not following any of the top 10 people on the twitterholic list you probably haven’t heard about Jaiku. A good part of twitts in the past week dealt with bashing … Continue reading →

I hereby decree the Blogger’s Code of Conduct to be a fail. Those badges… They are hilarious. The idea of putting a “Civility Enforced” sheriff’s star on my blog to let people know I moderate comments just cracks me up … Continue reading →

People talk about groups, and other similar additions to Twitter. Personally, I don’t think these are necessary – and I’m not the only one. But here are few little tweaks that I would like to see: Always Show “In Reply … Continue reading →