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Browser cache is confusing

Yesterday, I was working on a website and had two versions of the same file. When I was ready to put the new version up for testing, I deleted the old one and put in the new one. I refreshed my browser window. No change! I pressed Ctrl+F5. I was still seeing the old version!…Continue Reading…

iPhone with YouTube will be successful

Mark my words. Now that it’s been confirmed that YouTube will be on the iPhone, I’m certain of it. And the video quality looks even better than it does on the web! The iPhone is certainly the only phone I want. I can’t imagine wanting any other.

BSoD during Albatross18

I was on the third hole of Albatross18’s White Wiz course. Albatross18, for those unfamiliar, is an online multiplayer golf game. It’s a fun game to play with my sisters. I pressed the spacebar to begin my shot. Suddenly, I got the much-dreaded blue screen of death. This is not a common occurence. I use…Continue Reading…

Web Clips Aren’t New

Steve Jobs announced a web clips widget at Apple WWDC 2007. I feel like I’ve seen it, or something exactly like it, before. It’s not new, is it? What am I thinking of?

Cameras with face detection

Today I read three interesting articles in Popular Science. The first is about new cameras with face detection. The second, setting up your own cell phone tower for your home. And finally, making predictions profitable is the most accurate way to forecast the future. These are all interesting topics to me because they’re ideas I’ve…Continue Reading…

Hawaii Grows Coffee

According to the cap of the Snapple iced tea I’m drinking now, “Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.” It’s “Real Fact” #138, Snapple says, and you can get all of these facts at their website. I like coffee; don’t you? Where does most of our coffee come from, anyway?