I’m reading Wil Wheaton’s Just a Geek, for two reasons: because I’ve enjoyed his blog, and wanted to check out more of his writing. And because I’m hoping he can help.
If you don’t already know, Just a Geek is Wil’s book about his shift from being “That Guy Who Used to be on Star Trek” [...]
Me: Hey, iPad! Mind if I install this cool KoboBooks app I’ve heard so much about?
iPad: Sure thing! Just gimme your iTunes password.
Me: I don’t have an iTunes account.
iPad: No account, no software.
Me: Ok…Let’s just fire up mail.google.com, so I can check my email.
iPad: Nope.
Me: No?! I can’t check my email?
iPad: Sure thing! Just enter [...]
I’ve just been reminded why I left Mac for Linux.
Me (to store rep): “Can I install and play with some apps on this demo iPad so I can decide if I want to buy one?”
Rep: “Nope. Use just what’s installed.”
…and that’s when I left. If I can’t be allowed into the Walled Garden of Apple [...]
In Drupal, the Imagefield fieldtype comes with a built-in thumbnail generator. If you’d like to control the size of the thumbnail, just set the value of the imagefield_thumb_size variable, like so:
variable_set(’imagefield_thumb_size’, ‘200×200′);
That’ll set the imagefield thumbnail size to 200 x 200 pixels.
Everybody’s got ‘em. Here’s mine:
What Will Change Radically:
Ebooks. In 2009 they really started taking off. With the release of Apple’s Tablet, the Nook finally appearing in stores, and Borders launching their own reader/ebook service, the world of publishing will finally start lurching into the 21st century.
The OS Wars. With the release of Google’s Chrome OS [...]