Category Archives: General Geek

How Yahoo Killed Flickr

Mat Honan at Gizmodo: Do you remember Flickr’s tag line? It reads “almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.” It was an epic humble brag, a momentously tongue in cheek understatement. Because until three years ago, of course Flickr was the best photo sharing service in the world. Nothing [...]

Time Warner Cable CEO Doesn’t Know About AirPlay

And people wonder why cable companies are out of touch.

Droplr Pro

For $3/month, you get no ads, a custom URL and more storage. Sounds like a deal to me.

Toy Story 2 Almost Deleted

Holy cow.

Best Buy Chairman Steps Down

The Associated Press: Best Buy’s founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman after an investigation found that he knew that the chief executive officer was having a relationship with a female employee and did not alert the audit committee. Whoops.

Adobe Working to Patch CS5 After All?

According to the Verge, Adobe is working to patch the tif bug in CS5. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Adobe: Upgrade to Remain Secure

Adobe: Adobe released a security upgrade for Adobe Photoshop CS5 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh. This upgrade addresses vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious .TIF file must be opened in Photoshop CS5 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh by the [...]

How to Send Pocket Items to Pinboard

I’ve used Pinboard as my “catch-all” on the Internet for some time now. It collects links I tweet, blog posts, and things I save to Instapaper. With a pro account, I know I can always see these pages, even if the originals go away. (I view Pinboard as my personal weapon against link rot.) Recently, [...]

Shawn’s Selling Shirts

I bought mine yesterday; you should buy yours today.

The Ultimate Markdown Editor

I agree with Brett’s list 100 percent. I’d pay him for this client if he built it. That said, with some clever TextExpander snippets and Byword, I’m pretty happy with my setup as it stands today.