Here’s a great article explaining what’s behind the “Daily Top 10″ spams going around. The basic bits of the article are that if you click on anything, it will try to load a fake Flash player. It is Windows-only, but will invade and “phone home” to install more malware from the originating server.
Massive faux-CNN spam [...]
What a weekend! For those of you watching at home, the iPhone 3G launched on Friday, and I thought I’d provide a little glimpse into my experience of acquiring one of these lovely beasts.
This is one of the most concise, insightful articles on web design theory that I’ve read in quite awhile. I know it’s always dangerous to speak in absolutes, but these are, for the most part, right on. Enjoy, and comment!
The Article
Momail has been around a little while in Europe, and is launching beta testing in other countries, including the US. Their free service is touted to provide spam filtering and virus protection, as well as aggregating all email accounts you have into an easy-to-access-on-phone system. I’ve applied for a beta account, and will be blogging [...]
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of illustrator-extrordinaire, Dave Clegg. Thanks for letting us share your creativity with others, Dave!
S.P.A.M. (Stupid People Are Many) ©2008 Dave Clegg
I booted my Mac for to check my e-mail.
When I clicked on the in-box it started to swell.
Must’ve been nine hundred messages deep,
And nary a one did I de-sire [...]
I had a fun experience last night. A friend of mine that runs a new-media firm was on a project crunch, and needed a sound bite for some animated DVD menus. He described the project to me, and it sounded like a fun little diversion.
Google, in their effort to index the universe, is currently experimenting with breaking past forms to get deeper content.
If you’re like me, half the time you’re on your Mac, you have one hand on the keyboard, and one on the mouse. When I realize that I need to flip to another Space (using Leopard), I’d rather be able to just mouse to something to move. Now, thanks to the brilliant Kent Sutherland, you [...]
AnyClient is a super-handy tool if your clients need to FTP files to you, but they don’t have an FTP program, or if you only need to FTP files occasionally. It’s Java-based, so it will work on Macs, PCs, and even some Java-enabled phones. The tool is certainly slower than a dedicated FTP client like [...]
Disclaimer: I haven’t used iWeb Buddy, just saw a review of it this morning, and it looks like a must-buy for anyone that uses iWeb.
While iWeb is a great way to design sites simply and quickly, there are a lot of limitations - managing multiple sites, managing RSS feeds, etc. If you’re needing a bit [...]