Follow Friday
Sometimes I find Twitter accounts that are just too awesome to not share. Here are a few of my faves: You can’t please everyone all of the time. But you can beat the crap out of some people most of the time. — The Batman…
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FRIDAY, DEC. 27, 2013
FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 2013
How to add Spokesman.com to your mobile desktop
What's that? You got yourself a brand spankin' new phone for a gift? You'll probably be playing with it for the next 24-36 hours straight, without sleep, without showering, muttering "grph moar apps" under your breath like a downtown hobo grumbling about aluminum cans. Whilst…
Browser slowing down?
Take this as a warning kids, I'm a professional. If your computer is running slowly, and you're using Firefox, Chrome, Safari or that other one, the problem is probably in your computer's fleshware*, and I have a bugfix for you. But first, the problem. So…
THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 2013
A few of my favorite Spokesman things
The Spokesman-Review has been printing the local news for 130 years, but in the past few years we've been able to stretch out a bit on the web with cool features that you can only find online at spokesman.com. As the new guy here I'm…
FRIDAY, DEC. 6, 2013
Fonts.com Fontacular sale (last day)
You need to buy some of these fonts today from Fonts.com Fontacular Sale, which ends today. Some of them are darn good deals. I purchased Freight Display, because the Freight family is amazing and I need to start somewhere. This one is a headline font,…
Google autosuggest A to Z
For giggles, I decided to see what Google autosuggested for the phrase "is ." Here are the results: My thoughts: Must be chemistry finals? Does no one wonder about the women celebrities? The answer is to the question "Is 'vaping' safe" is: You…
THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 2013
Man of Steel vs Batman Comic Con reveal
I hadn't watched this until today, but if you're going to reveal to the world that Batman is going to be the, uh, villain? in the next Man of Steel movie, you couldn't do a better job than how Zach Snyder and Harry Lennix announced…
TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 2013
Nerd Wikis
So, one of the things about nerds is that they're sticklers for details. Let's take a simple quiz to gauge your ranking in the nerd herd: 1) Approximately how old is Yoda? (n00b nerd) 2) Gandalf was of what race? (well-qualified nerd) 3) What are…
SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 2013
A Journey Through Middle Earth
I know it's a promo piece for the new Hobbit movie (of which, I don't know why they split it up into multiple parts. It's not like it was a long book to begin with), and it's a glorified powerpoint presentation, but hey, it's still…
FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 2013
FTL: Advanced Edition
With all of the talk about the new PS4 and the Xbox One and all the next-gen games, there's really one one game I'm excited about. It's the new Advanced Edition of FTL: Faster Than Light. At just $10, you'll get more replay value out…
THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 2013
Cosmic Sans Neue Mono
Well, if that isn't disappointing. If you're going to name your font after the greatest of all fonts, the incredible and nuanced Comic Sans MS, then you had better deliver. A guy made a programming font called Cosmic Sans Neue Mono, which had everyone's heart…
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 2013
Google already knows you want this mug
In a bit of tongue-in-cheek jesting, Microsoft is selling a coffee mug that takes a jab at Google's propensity for "data aggregation," AKA, "Do no evil.*" I think it's a jab at Gmail, since I know that's one of their selling points for their email…
How the WSJ handles comments
Brian Boyer (@brianboyer) of NPR posted this interesting link about how the WSJ handles comments on one of their pages. Suuuuper clever way to do comments in this WSJ project. Scroll down, on the right. http://t.co/syb8mjPgCb — Brian Boyer (@brianboyer) November 20, 2013 Here's a…
TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 2013
How Minecraft was born
If you haven't seen it, Wired.com has a fantastic article on the history of Minecraft. It covers the origins of the idea, how it was inspired by other existing games, and how Notch was eventually able to bring it to the marketplace. As someone involved…
Pixelkit Bootstrap templates
If you're a web developer using Bootstrap, sometimes the base styles are a tad boring. (Bootstrap, btw, is a CSS framework that makes web development really easy. I used it for http://www.nwprepsnow.com, and odds are that it will be coming to www.spokesman.com too.) The base…
FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 2013
Un-boxing a Playstation 4
Remember, remember, the 15th of November... as Playstation 4 un-boxing day! After an exhaustive search through the box, we discovered to our delight that Sony has thrown in an HDMI cable, which they skimped out on when I un-boxed my old PS3. Of course, now…
THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2013
The Tech Deck Retro Desktop Wallpaper
Because everyone needs something as rad as this as their desktop wallpaper. (Click on the image to go to the large version) If you're interested in how I made it, I created it in Adobe Illustrator following the gist of this tutorial: Create a 1980s…
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 2013
Calvin and Hobbes available on iTunes!
This is some of the best news this year! Calvin and Hobbes is one of the best newspaper comics of all time, right up there with the Far Side in terms of influence and sheer awesomeness. And now for the first time, it's available in…
Burger King delivery followup
A fellow Burger King eating compadré of mine had this to say about Burger King's delivery service: They delivered in 20 mins when we ordered by phone. Wonder if there was a delay in getting the order from the website to the store. And that…
Testing out Burger King's delivery service
As a service to humanity, no need to thank me (unless you want to), I decided to test out Burger King's delivery service through their website. What's that? You didn't know that you can have a tasty cheeseburger delivered to your domicile or place of…
TUESDAY, NOV. 12, 2013
Doge meme Python shell script
Familiar with the doge meme? It's dumb. Sometimes funny, but always dumb. Programmers, of course, have to take memes to an n+1 level, so Github user "thiderman" has created a Python shell script to create a doge in your console, with lots beautiful text and…
MONDAY, NOV. 11, 2013
Star Wars .gifs
I'm going to start a new feature here on the Tech Deck. Every Monday I'll post my favorite Star Wars .gifs. Because the world needs someone to recognize some of the greatest pop art in the world. And because the world needs more of this:…
FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 2013
Yep.
Not much to explain, really. I actually remember this Sesame Street bit from when I was a wee little lad and computers were as mysterious to me as they were to the alien guys here. Yep.
THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 2013
Internet Explorer 11 released 2
Microsoft announced today that they were releasing Internet Explorer 11 into the wild for Windows 7 users and will be rolling it out in their auto updates across the world. If you're a Windows 7 user, this means you'll soon have a brand new baby…
Museum of Mario
I hate to talk too much about Mario since I'm not really much of a gamer anymore, but IGN recently put up a Museum of Mario HTML5 webpage that is a great use of newer web technology to create an interactive and entertaining experience. It's…
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