This is an interesting era. As participation in social networking becomes more and more compulsary for both individual and businesses, we find ourselves in another one of those weird beginning-of-the-learning-curve periods that makes many of us roll our eyes constantly, while others bang their heads in frustration. Those of us who have been doing this for a while become homocidal when our flow is interrupted by someone who might be a little wet behind the ears, while others try to figure out why they keep getting yelled at. It reminds me of the days when the early adopters had to... Continue reading

I received a comp yesterday for a mobile ad unit where the user would see some "frost" on their screen and underneath the frost is the ad content. The user would use their finger to "wipe away" the frost to reveal the content. I decided to use the Canvas element to accomplish this. With the use of canvas' composite operation, this actually turned out to be pretty easy (although it took me a long time to find it). First, take a look at this rudimentary demo in a mobile browser. Drag your finger around on the screen and you'll see... Continue reading

A lot of people have been buzzing about Siri, the super-robust voice command software that's on the new iPhone 4s. It's really slick how you can tell Siri to call someone, or send them a text, or write an email, or read stuff to you, etc.. Today, I got the chance to create a sick and retardedly awesome marriage of this killer technology with another monster - the Scala Rider G4 headset that my homie gave me. The headset installed in to my helmet fairly easily. The main unit clamps to the helmet on the left and the speakers wires... Continue reading

Green Mile Actor, 51, Marries 16-Year-Old Aspiring Country Singer; Says "True Love Can Be Ageless" - E! Online via www.eonline.com Eeewwwwwwwwwww. Continue reading

Wow. I can't believe that Sony's Playstation Network is still down! I guess they closed it after a hacker attack about three weeks ago. I'm an XBox, but I was visiting my friend Otis the day after it went down and he was already getting twitchy. Now it looks like they'll be down for another month, while they completely rebuild the system from scratch. This is never a good idea. It means they're going to push something out that was built in a hurry, and since the implication is that they're doing this to make sure it's hacker-proof, it's going... Continue reading

Ok, how does she not see this? It's happening like three feet away from her. The dog is LICKING the duck! So awesome. I sort of want to bust the little bastard, but I don't want to cause a huge scene. She's been working on that duck since yesterday. It's been a non-stop chore for her: basting, baking, stuffing, basting again, checking, adjusting, checking, rubbing, checking, checking, checking again.. It's like that duck is in Intensive Care and she's the nurse. You turn your back for five minutes, and that thing is as good as dead. Again. She loves it,... Continue reading