“to ascertain if the applicant is still living”

Whose Library Is It Anyway?: A Visit to the Lenox
[tags]library, libraries, humor, lennox library[/tags]

Developing and Testing Mobile Content

Read: A List Apart: Articles: Put Your Content in My Pocket and Part II.
Test/simulate: Opera Mini, Lynx, a variety of mobile phones, Internet Explorer (because even with Parallels, who really wants to infect their machine with windows?), and iPhone.
mobi, mobile, web development, mobile web, browser testing

MeeboMe + Pidgin = a match made in heaven

MeeboMe + Pidgin (formerly GAIM) = a match made in heaven. (Via.)
meebo, instant messaging, meebome, GAIM, pidgin

Color Blind Safe Web Design Check

Etre’s Colour Check.
color, color check, color blindness, color blind, web design, design

Mac + Cell Phone + Bluetooth + SMS

Old instructions that connect the Mac OS X Address Book app to a phone via Bluetooth from O’Reilly and SillyDog. Once paired, the Address Book can initiate dialing, notify the user of incoming calls, and send SMS texts.
Bluetooth Texter SMS Widget, message2net, and BluePhoneElite all offer further tools to interact with your Bluetooth-connected mobile phone. [...]

Calliope Gazetas Design

Calliope Gazetas works for The FontShop and freelances under the name 99 Monsters. One of her projects includes skinning the Burning Man environmental blog.
Calliope Gazetas, design, portfolio

Jason Brightman Design Portfolio

Jason Brightman’s work includes XXLmag.
Jason Brightman, design, portfolio

When you can’t say it in English…

When you can’t say it in English, say it in German.
language, german, common german words in english usage, phrases, expressions

The Rarin in Librarian

I’m going to violate my rule against linking to NYT (because) and give a shout out to this article. Not just because it quotes my friend Jessamyn, but for what it says: libraries are full of smart, hip people.
[tags]library 2.0, Jessamyn West, New York Times, libraries, hip, smart[/tags]

Retail Status Check

Does your Apple Store have iPhones?
iphone, apple store, anticipation

The Sky Is Falling

MySpace, Second Life, and Twitter Are Doomed.
myspace, second life, twitter, social software

Google Gears

Google Gears: create web apps that work offline
google, offline ajax, web development, ajax, offline, google gears

DeSoto report leaked.

DeSoto report leaked.
The highest ranking UN official in Israel has warned that American pressure has “pummelled into submission” the UN’s role as an impartial Middle East negotiator in a damning confidential report.
Echos abound.
desoto, DeSoto report, united nations, UN, leak, israel, middle east

Installing MySQL with YUM

how to install and configure MySQL database server
yum, mysql, linux, yellow dog updater modified

WordPress Blogging By Email

The built-in tools don’t support secure POP3, but Gmail requires SSL POP3. The fix? Postie.