Last night, I walked outside briefly to see if it was still raining. It had been raining most of the day and, because for that instant it seemed important to me to know if it was still raining or not, I went outside. I was surprised when I looked up and saw a dark, transparent sky filled with… Read More »
Have you ever noticed how distracting your mouse pointer can be, especially when you are typing? Don’t you wish there is a way for it to go away so you don’t have to stop every so often just to move the mouse? Here’s how to hide the mouse pointer to make it a little less distracting so you… Read More »
Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library has over 175,000 sounds (8000 hours-worth) from 9,000 different animals—mostly birds (hey! it’s an ornithology department. The library also contains almost 50,000 videos. Who doesn’t like birds and animals. The cow goes moo, the crow goes squawk, and so on. If you love animals and birds, and would like to explore the world of… Read More »
You know who Mark Zuckerberg is don’t you? He’s the founder of Facebook and a multi-billionaire. If you have a Facebook account, you can send a message to the Guru of Gossip for just $100. That’s right, for the tidy sum of just $100, you can send a message to Zuckerberg that he may read. At least your… Read More »
OK, you’re like me and you like things simple, right? Right! Here’s some scores you can sink your eyeballs into: Chrome 24 Firefox 18 Opera 12 Internet Explorer 10 Higher is better. But nothing seems to upset people more than having their favorite browser denigrated. So if your favorite browser is Firefox, you will say the test is… Read More »
Yahoo fixed an XSS flaw in its email application earlier this week but it apparently doesn’t repair the problem. If you use Yahoo Mail please read this article from Tech World.