Archive for June, 2008



• Macbook Pro Install List

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Alex King has posted a list of the software he can't live without on his Macbook Air.  In response, here is my must-have list: Adium - Despite some issues with XMPP XEP-0045 (MUC) support, this is still my favorite IM client ever. Caffeine - Doing lots of presentations means that sometimes you ...

Guitar Hero World Tour

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Kotaku takes a look at Guitar Hero World Tour, and provides an in-depth report on the new controller.  The guitar controller is a step forward, and the drum kit seems pretty solid, but what matters is the songs.  As tough as the choice is between Guitar Hero and Rock Band, ...

Bar Diver

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Bar Diver is a entire site dedicated to finding good local bars.  That Jay Graves is a serious drunk.

AppleScript Exploit

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Yesterday, a story on Slashdot pointed out a vulnerability in ARDAgent (AppleScript) that allows a non-root user to execute code as root. Naturally, a trojan based on this flaw has already been released. Without attempting to downplay the severity of this security hole, it's worth pointing out that this is ...

Flightless Birds

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Fantastic commercial for the Washington Lottery.  That penguin just kills me.

Refresh Denver

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Alex King will be talking Addictomatic at tonight's Refresh Denver meeting.  If last month's meeting is any indication, hilarity will ensue.

Favorites

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Corey Gilmore, via Twitter: Tried to kill two birds with one stone by using the cat to pet the dog. It was a failure, but not as bad as one would expect.

Better Elevation

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Finally live.  That only took two years.