by Rob Cottingham | Mar 23, 2005 | Technology
There are any number of lists of caf?©s offering free WiFi in Vancouver. But one has just jumped to the front of the pack, combining the power of Google Maps and the brilliance of romeda: Vancouver Wifi Mug. Check it out (using something other than Internet Explorer,... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 23, 2005 | Technology
Switching to a Mac? Good on ya. Let me suggest that you buy three things to make your purchase complete: A multi-button mouse More RAM (bringing your total to at least 512MB) A subscription to MacFixIt.com. Okay, a fourth thing: this post by Derek Miller MacFixIt is... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 16, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Jake at Community Guy has kindly extracted the top ten “I Hate (insert name of clod-like corporation here)” web sites from an article at Forbes. Here’s a little background, for the curious: Back in 2001, Canadian Tire tried to separate Mick McFadden... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 16, 2005 | Media Mix, Technology
As promised, a link to how Lawrence Lessig’s decision to bail on restrictive academic publishers resonates close to home. In Otherwise Engaged, Alex writes: Refusing to publish under restrictive agreements is a good option for senior academics with tenured... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 16, 2005 | Technology
If you want to see a cute little implementation of Javascript, dynamic HTML and sheer voodoo, have a look at Google’s impersonation of the OS X Dock. In fact, drop by Google Labs every once in a while and check out what they have on the Bunsen... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 14, 2005 | Technology
David Sifry reports that Technorati is now tracking 7.8 million blogs… and that number has been doubling every five months. The ease of push-button publishing is almost certainly one of this trend’s drivers; so is the fact that skimming and reading blogs...