In the latest Simpsons episode, the family visits the new Mapple Store at the mall.
I don’t know how long the video will stay online, but it’s just great!
I had never visited an Apple Store before my trip to London at the beginning of the month, but I found it was really fun; it felt like visiting the HQ of the Church of Scientology for some reason :P
Anyway, enjoy the fist few minutes of perfect Simpsons sarcasm.
Sitepoint is giving away its book The Art & Science of CSS during a two-week “Twitaway” (5 days left as of the writing of this post).
The book looks pretty interesting from what I browsed when I got it a few minutes ago, so I actually recommend it at least as a quick reference for some pretty useful CSS techniques.
What do you have to do to get it? This is where it gets interesting:
I was really looking forward to it because I wasn’t fan of the “blades” at all, so I obviously logged on to Xbox LIVE last Wednesday to download the New Xbox Experience (NXE).
One of the new features of the NXE is the creation of avatars, which I was kind of forced to test even though I really, really needed to sleep. Avatars are not something new; we already had Miis on the Wii for example.
Yahoo! co-founder and Microsoft hero*, Jerry Yang is standing down from his position as CEO of one of the Internet’s biggest portals.
I know I have a résumé some around here… jobs@yahoo.com, you said? And the subject line? :P
* Microsoft offered $33/share a few months ago and Yang refused to sell. Today Yahoo! shares are so close to $10 that it’s hard not to cry (or quit).
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In spite of its bugs, I’ve been using Google Chrome as my main browser for a while now; mainly because it is generally fast and because it allows me to kill Flash whenever it bugs (often) without having to kill the whole browser.
I also use Windows Vista because I like it and it doesn’t feel slower than XP even on my computer.
Finally, I use twhirl to follow my Twitter friends.
This one comes straight from Wales, through the BBC.
It looks like an innocent street sign, and it is, in English. The problem is that in Wales all street signs must also be displayed in the local language and for that you need a translator. Unfortunately, when consulted for this sign, the translator was out of his office and his automatic reply was used as the actual translation. This is (more or less) what the sign actually says:
We’ve been waiting for it impatiently—or at least I have. It was initially rumored for October, but Microsoft officially announced yesterday at TGS 2008 that the new Xbox 360 Dashboard will be rolling out on November 19.
It will be available in 26 countries and localized in 19 languages. As you can see from the screenshot above (and more in this Joystiq gallery), not only are we getting a completely different user interface, but the experience will change too as this new version focuses strongly on bringing you and your friends closer to the Xbox by introducing avatars and allowing more interaction among friends.
A few weeks ago, I was followed around by a cameraman for a piece for France 24 (a French TV station). I knew that it would be broadcast on TV, their web site and on YouTube sometime during the summer and they told me that they’d let me know. But that’s not how things work nowadays…
Last Sunday, a regular Sunday morning, I woke up at around 1 p.m. and opened my computer.
Do you know the Sysinternals tools?
You probably do if you’re an IT pro or a developer. For those who don’t, it’s a series of free utilities written by Mark Russinovich that are essential to manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. I even need one of the Sysinternals tools for my classes: ZoomIt allows you to zoom and draw on the screen.
Microsoft acquired Sysinternals some time ago and since then the tools have been available, always for free of course, from the TechNet website.
