Dr Wingnut

Category: Computer

  • State of the Web

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    I ran across this interesting graphic the other day and thought it was interesting enough to hold on to.  Five years from now, we’ll look back and; laugh…via email from ,

  • Lotus Symphony

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    Now they’ve really done it.  I’m so old that Lotus has reused as a product name for an entirely different product.Back in 1984, before Lotus was part of IBM, and after the wildly successful release of Lotus 1-2-3, the first really popular spreadsheet program, the company released a follow-on product called “Symphony” that was a…

  • IM to SMS bridge

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    I was reading the paper today, and there was an article about sending SMS text messages to cell phones from your email account by using the number@provider.com method which I have been using for years.It seemed stupid to me that there wasn’t some way just to use an IM client like Adium to send the…

  • Honesty

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    Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.Isaac Asimov

  • Hide-a-pod

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    I ran across the link to this site, Hide-a-Pod and thought that you needed to see it.

  • Collaboration

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    A lot of teams have problems with overcollaboration … too many cooks in the kitchen.Jason Fried, CEO, 37 Signals

  • Google maps

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    Today I noticed that you can change your route in Google maps dynamically.  Yipee!  No more having to add bogus waypoints to get the route you want.When you put your cursor over an existing route, a little box (handle) appears and you can use that to change the routing.  Sweet!