Archive for the 'Web Tech' Category
Posted: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 @ 4:45 pm in Google, Web Tech | Comments Off
(Update on 2008-07-10: It appears, with the latest update to Google Trends, the “bug” I describe below has been fixed)
In case you’re not familiar with Google Trends, it allows you to graph the popularity of the search terms that people enter into Google Search. You can graph up to five terms, separated by commas, [...]
Posted: Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 @ 4:29 pm in Apple, Google, Web Tech | Comments Off
Many have already speculated on the reasons why Apple released Safari for Windows, the most obvious purpose being for iPhone compatibility testing, so the only thing I’ll add is that Safari has one obscure feature which IE, Firefox, and Opera don’t offer and probably never will. Native TIFF support. The Tagged Image File [...]
Posted: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 @ 10:36 pm in Code, Google, Web Tech | Comments Off
I’ve written a javascript program (latest version) which finds the solution to Wei-Hwa’s Puzzle Challenge #3 (formerly the Da Vinci Code Quest module). You can add his puzzle module to your Google Homepage here: fusion.google.com/add… or if you don’t want to sign up to get a Personalized Google Homepage, the latest puzzle is being posted [...]
Posted: Sunday, May 21st, 2006 @ 9:54 pm in The Da Vinci Code, Web Tech | Comments Off
I must cleanse myself from the heresy that is The Da Vinci Code (buy it)… how about with a little Holy Water?(Actually, this post is just an excuse to test image posting using Flickr)
(”Holy Water Tower”: Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers Georgia, USA)
Posted: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 @ 10:47 pm in The Da Vinci Code, Web Tech | Comments Off
Although I’m one of the few people left on earth who hasn’t read The Da Vinci Code (buy it), I’ve been playing The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google anyway for the past 23 days. The daily puzzles are not too challenging but, as a former Google shareholder, I think it’s kind of slick [...]