Archive for the ‘asides’ Category

Filter messages like this

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Why doesn’t Apple Mail have a “Filter messages like this” function like there is in GMail?

Copying and pasting email addresses manually feels so wrong.

Researchers Say Women Secretly Desire Hairy Geeks

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

“The Daily Mail has a story about a study looking into women’s preference for men. More specifically, about how women say they want one kind of man, but really want another. From the article: ‘Most women claim to be attracted to tall, dark and handsome men, but a new study has revealed that facial stubble and a geeky personality are their biggest secret turn-ons.’”

Slashdot Science Story | Researchers Say Women Secretly Desire Hairy Geeks

Hah! I knew it.

Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

“The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday granted Google the authority to buy and sell energy on a wholesale basis.”

Slashdot News Story | Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy

Slowly becoming the supplier for all our needs one small step at a time.

Official Gmail Blog: 5 Buzz tips

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Official Gmail Blog: 5 Buzz tips

Stopp/start-system spar löjligt lite bränsle

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

di.se – Stopp/start-system spar löjligt lite bränsle

Odd

Monday, January 18th, 2010

I wonder why the weekly Twitter Updates got posted twice last night…

I have now removed one of them.

The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

But most worrying of all, it points out that the safety analyses so far have all been done by CERN itself.

Slashdot Science Story | The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law

On the other hand maybe not that many others would be able to do such an examination.

Google Releases Chrome Version 3

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Google Releases Chrome Version 3

And I still haven’t tried it. Where is a stable version that runs on my mac?

Apple’s Rock & Roll Event

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Macworld | Live Update: Apple’s Rock & Roll Event

A nice way to read what happened for us who were not there.

Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes

People seem upset by this but I’m not sure if it is really such a bad thing after all.