At least half of all writing involves just sitting and staring into space. Letting your brain out to hunt down ideas, bringing them back all warm and bloody between its teeth. - http://through.thebrier.net/post...
Love this nostalgia from Mark Pilgrim. With my memory so bad, it's a wonder to be reminded of the early days and how far (and not) we've come. Geez. I'm a frapping greybeard, aren't I?
- Chris Brierley
Huzzah! An SSL certificate authority that doesn't charge for class 1 certs that only provide electronically verifiable identity information. They are also included in Firefox, Safari, and now IE in Windows 7 and via patches to XP and Vista.
- Chris Brierley
Wow, what a great tip. If you're seeing periodic pauses in video playback in Firefox, tune the session state save interval to smooth it out.
- Chris Brierley
Interesting concept for a new multitouch input and windowing paradigm. I wish they'd blow off the physical keyboard and include a virtual one in the touchpad interface.
- Chris Brierley
@rayanderson Heck? Heck?! Heck is far too sedate an expletive for this accomplishment.
This looks terrific. A system wide version of various plugins and services that let you edit text in the editor of your choice. Requires an ODB compliant editor.
- Chris Brierley
"It's not Guillain-Barré" is the new "it's not lupus."
Sometimes an overextended dad needs a diversion guaranteed—guaranfreakingteed—to keep his kid occupied for a few minutes.
Play the music and stare into the enigmatic eye of the piranhamoose.
Works every time. Awesome. - http://through.thebrier.net/post...
This is a fantastic reference to the secret language of 18th century English thieves. Feast your glimms on it and whiddle some new lingo for your red rag.
- Chris Brierley