BurningbirdIn reply to the IEBlog web post that is asking people to apply for the right to submit a bug: Why, on earth, when other browser developers provide open and easy to use bug systems, would Microsoft limit itself in this way? I have a bug in Webkit, five minutes can help me determine if someone had already […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Popular Mechanics has an excellent article of the dirty little secret of HDTV: that there are no true standards or specifications in place defining what exactly is “high definition TV”. Because of this, the article’s writer, Glenn Derene, writes, the quality of broadcast we get from providers, varies. Considerably. For instance, […]
Scott at Lazycoder writes on his recent job interview experiences. Certification and licensing should be about setting a base level of competency. You shouldn’t have to ask someone what the difference between a div and a span element is during a phone screen if they are a licensed web developer. You shouldn’t ask a C++ developer to […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The sparkling new Tor.com site has coverage of the Dr. Horrible panel at the SDCC (Comic-Con). All the cast members showed up, including “Penny” who spent the first part of the panel Twittering under the table—an event sure to follow her throughout her career. Whedon has hinted that there will be […]
In between accounts of the smog over Beijing, James Fallows at The Atlantic has been writing about his new Kindle and being able to use the device overseas. He also mentions a couple of free ebook download sites. I wanted to add to that list that the science fiction book publisher, Tor, is making several books available for free […]