January 2012
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A story of online banking #fail
Last week, I needed to check the opening time of a local bank branch, so I went to the “Branch Finder” section of their website, entered a postcode, and hit Search.
That wasn’t good - not only did I not get a map, but I didn’t get any text results either.
I raised a complaint with the bank, via their contact form, and pasted the text of the Google Maps error.
They...
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præclarum: A Two-year-old Bug Found by Microsoft →
praeclarum:
I submitted the Windows Phone 7 version of iCircuit to Microsoft a few days ago and was shocked (shocked!) that it failed certification by their testers.
I was in denial, how could this be? The engine is two years old, and, while it has issues, is very stable on a variety of platforms. Add to…
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A Nerd of Advice - Episode 1 - Small Talk
anerdofadvice:
Episode One is up! Download it here and enjoy!
one of the Kickstarter projects i backed last year.
“It’s very human to want to learn, and to want to explore, and to want to...”
– Jen Simmons, The Web Ahead episode 11
princesspolly:
I love how when you agree to attend an event on Facebook and then if you and look at the page with all your events on, the ones you’ve said yes to have ‘You’re going.’ next to them. It makes me think of a conversation with Facebook that would go something like this:
Me: Oh I might not go, I’m quite tir- Facebook: You’re going. Me: Hmm. I dun- Facebook: You’re going. Me: Bu-...
“@stoweboyd: ‘Social networks are intricate things of beauty.’ 1st line in...”
– January 12, 2012 at 05:42AM via http://bit.ly/w64Ga0 (via stoweboyd)
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dalts.net: Podcasting at Conferences →
dalts:
For podcast hosts out there that attend conferences, especially those that only do Face-to-Face interviews like us, I’d so recommend making the most of these moments.
You get to speak to people you wouldn’t normally come in contact with, plus you get to ride on the coat-tails of the buzz that the…
vim-pasta - smarter, context aware indented... →
thechangelog:
Marcin Kulik has released vim-pasta, a plugin for Vim that looks at the destination context to determine the indentation level for pasted text. Consider a paste with the cursor on line 1 of the following code block:
if i_were_president
<paste would land here>
<when you really wanted it here>
...
end
Vim-pasta drops the text at the correct indentation level, in...
Netflix launches in the UK →
nikf:
The catalogue is a little dated, but for £5.99 a month I’m not going to complain - especially if it ramps out with more over the coming months.
See you at Macworld? →
nikf:
I’m massively excited to be heading to Macworld in a couple of weeks time. We have a small booth in the OS X Zone (Booth 228), so if you’re in town be sure to stop by and say hello.
Oh, and if you’re still considering going to Macworld but haven’t registered yet, we’ve got 100 Exhibit Hall passes (normally $15) available. Just visit this link to claim your pass.
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Free Album Download
princesspolly:
Anyone who’s a music maker will know how hard it is to get their music out there, so give this album a listen.
http://bowleruk.bandcamp.com/
Free album download of experimental music, give it a listen, see what you think.
It would be much appreciated.
Thank you :)
“Remember these beauties?
—The original Macintosh can’t create a word...”
– Why Web OS Really Failed, and What it Means for the Rest of Us (via coteindustries)
Loneliness
I end each night alone
A cheap hotel room
Or a spare bedroom floor
December 2011
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