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May
19th
Wed
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Marshmallow inflatable conference room interior at Google IO.

Marshmallow inflatable conference room interior at Google IO.

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Marshmallow inflatable conference room exterior at Google IO.

Marshmallow inflatable conference room exterior at Google IO.

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http://venturehacks.tv/iPhone site has a clever feature: notice the nav arrows at top left for paging back and forth. Pity the video itself isn’t available on iPhone.

http://venturehacks.tv/iPhone site has a clever feature: notice the nav arrows at top left for paging back and forth. Pity the video itself isn’t available on iPhone.

Feb
27th
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Adobe Reader 9 install failishness

Just downloaded the Adobe Reader 9 installer, which came as a 47.1MB zipfile that decompresses to be a 47.4MB PKG file (yes, Apple’s installer files are already zipped). When launched, the installer window brags “decompressing powered by iNosso” (more compression?), then has a long “Recomposition” stage that I’ve never seen before (maybe that’s the decompression?). Once it’s finally installed, the first launch required my password, followed by a splash screen that said “Installing/fixing installation”.

Ever get the feeling parts of Adobe don’t talk to other parts of Adobe?

Nov
8th
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HTML has always been a conversation between browser makers, authors, standards wonks, and other people who just showed up and liked to talk about angle brackets.
Oct
19th
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Oh. Dear. Lord. I have mixed feelings about Psych, which can be hit-or-miss, but their musical Psych-Outs are ridiculously funny.

Oct
15th
Thu
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Oct
6th
Tue
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Larry Ellison on cloud computing. The money quote is at 3:55:

“Our industry is so bizarre. I mean, they just change a term and they think they’ve invented technology. You can’t just come up with, ‘Like, let’s call that cloud!’ and it sure beats innovation.”

Sep
14th
Mon
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