Ever since Apple Software Update forced me to upgrade to the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, I’ve been using it a lot, seeing how it stacks up against Firefox. Here’s what I’ve found so far:
The Good:
Speed - Safari is smoking fast, especially on the very slow Java-heavy LMS site I have to [...]
Since the birth of our first child is drawing near, I’ve started getting my paperwork together for paternity leave, which gives me occasion to complain about the sad state of the same, here in the good ole USA (”where at least I know I’m free,” as Mr. Greenwood is fond of saying, for whoever is [...]
SciFi author John Scalzi’s writeup of his recent visit to the Creation Museum is as funny as it is sobering. In addition to the writeup, he also took a lot of pictures. And now he’s having a photo-caption context, inspired by the LOLcats! (which, itself, was total news to me and further evidence [...]
The college where I teach now finally has access to JSTOR, which is, far and away, my favorite literary research database. It’s a beautiful thing. In fact, it’s the only literary research database whose developers seem to care about presentation as well as functionality. It’s stylish. And the [...]
When you see this amount of effort in a gag, you really have to admire it: Accordion Hero II from Schadenfreude Interactive, makers of other great vaporware titles, like Grand Theft Ottoman.
I guess it was announced late Friday, but I didn’t realize until I opened my email this morning that former president Bill Clinton was going to be speaking today on campus. So I headed over and listened to his speech, in support of Hillary’s bid for the presidency. I’ve seen Bill speak before [...]
I’d given up hope on my 4th generation iPod. It had been my daily companion since I got it for Christmas a few years ago. A hard-drive issue sidelined it earlier this year, and I was too busy to deal with it. I did a little research, tried resetting it and restoring [...]
A few days back, my wife was ordering something from Amazon.com and needed
to bump the total up a few dollars to qualify for free shipping. So she
checked out my
wish list and added David Foster Wallace’s
Consider the Lobster. I had heard a lot about Wallace, but, prior to this,
I had read only [...]