Monthly Archives: September 2005

Bad AIM beta defaults

Posted on 23 September 2005 by tychay

The opinions expressed here are the personal opinions of Terry Chay. Content published here is not read or approved by Plaxo before it is posted and does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Plaxo.
The AIM Beta a.k.a. “Triton” … Continue reading →

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Showing the rendered source

Posted on 23 September 2005 by tychay

When working with highly dynamic websites, one problem is the view-source doesn’t show the dynamic content that was generated. What you want is a snapshot of the DOM at the time.
I decided to whip one up into my AJAX debugging … Continue reading →

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Identity 2.0

Posted on 22 September 2005 by tychay

Identity 2.0, uploaded by tychay.

Joseph mentioned that Dick Hardt has posted his excellent Identity 2.0 presentation he gave as OSCON.
This is a great presentation with a excellent use of Lawrence Lessig simplicity combined with some of the new text effects … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart Emmy Speech

Posted on 22 September 2005 by tychay

John Stewart’s two things uploaded by tychay.

Dru pointed me to an excellent Jon Stewart presentation of an award at the Emmy’s.
It’s quintessential Daily Show. He definitely wouldn’t have gotten away with this on CBS two years ago.
Another interesting thing is … Continue reading →

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Just what the country needs right now: more tax cuts

Posted on 21 September 2005 by tychay

A bill for hurricane relief passed the house at 422 to 0. This is all well and good, but tax breaks aren’t an efficient way of distributing goods to the needy. Economically, the only difference between giving a tax break … Continue reading →

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Bad Design Kills

Posted on 20 September 2005 by tychay

bad design kills sticker from baddesignkills.com.

It makes sense that with business internet and insta-companies that people would looking to have instant original logos (and on the cheap).
That’s why it is so fascinating when BoingBoing pointed out a fascinating site that … Continue reading →

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Dell DJ Ditty

Posted on 20 September 2005 by tychay

Dell DJ Ditty, originally uploaded by tychay.

Dell is about to introduce the long-awaited (I’m sure) DJ Ditty (purchase).
An eyesore and an eight month turnaround to copy a device consisting of generic components. Is this what “player-hater”, Robert Enderle, meant when … Continue reading →

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Since when did being a geek mean being moron?

Posted on 19 September 2005 by tychay

A simulation of large-scale structure
formation, from University of Chicago Center for Cosmological Physics.

This Wired article is a wonderful example about how unpractical our country’s basic math education is.
The reporter wastes the first page on his idiot attempt to find … Continue reading →

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Talk Like A Pirate

Posted on 19 September 2005 by tychay

Talk Like a Pirate, originally from this download site.

Ahoy!
Just before I went ta check what crawled out of the bunghole, me buxom beauty has told me that, it be International Talk like a Pirate Day.
Almost everyone I mentioned it ta … Continue reading →