The Evolution of Websites
Interesting set of screenshots showing how the design of some popular websites have evolved over the years:
The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (And Have Not) Changed
Tips to prevent large bills when using UK iPhone abroad
Using your iPhone abroad is expensive, so to keep costs down make sure you have Data Roaming turned off:
Settings -> General -> Network -> Data Roaming
Furthermore, make sure that auto-checking of email is disabled:
Settings -> Mail -> Auto-Check
Finally, turn off visual voicemail before you travel:
Dial 1760 to switch the divert to voicemail off and dial 1750 to switch on the divert to voicemail.
Travelling abroad with iPhone: usage and costs
Ridiculous SQL
I miss playing around with SQL. It can be fun, sometimes. Other times, however….
I need help on simplyfying this Update query!
The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem
A few weeks ago, we began talking about the new Yahoo! Search open platform. Today, we’re releasing more details about two important components of the initiative — the developer platform as well as our support of a number of semantic web standards.
Yahoo! Search Blog: The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem
links for 2008-03-12
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Useful guide to setting up your Mac as an NFS client: useful for working with UNIX development boxes.
links for 2008-03-11
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A new service that e-mails you your flickr photos from one year ago: nice for reminiscing!
Beatles songs set for iTunes downloads?
According to the Daily Telegraph, the downloads are set to appear on iTunes after the band settled earlier disputes with their label EMI over royalties and with iTunes owners Apple over the use of the name.
This is very exciting news as it means - finally - the Beatles back catalogue will be available in a newly digitally remastered form. Currently, only the Yellow Submarine Songtrack CD album from 1999 is fully remixed from the original multitrack tapes. The iTunes deal means that the every last song lot will sound sparkly and new… and I can’t wait to revisit them!
Beatles songs set for iTunes downloads? | News | NME.COM
Creator of ELIZA dies
Joe Weizenbaum, the creator of one of the earliest examples of Artificial Intelligence, has died. Weizenbaum created ELIZA, the “virtual therapist”, which I’ve played around with in various implementations over the years. It inspired me to investigate Lisp, so for that reason alone I hold Weizenbaum in high regard.
“A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind”
cyclotram: Joe Weizenbaum dead at 85. ELIZA in denial.
Yahoo announces Fire Eagle
Fire Eagle is the secure and stylish way to share your location with sites and services online while giving you unprecedented control over your data and privacy. We’re here to make the whole web respond to your location and help you to discover more about the world around you.
Essential third party Mac apps
So, I’m now in the process of getting my new MacBook up to speed in terms of applications. Here are the apps that I decided were essential and needed installing:
Bingo!