… in the words of Bart Simpson in Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington.
So yeah, onto the controversy… Google vs. Apple, war!
Ah, how I do love a bit of controversy, although there isn’t really much to go on at the moment.
So if war does break out, how can Google not win?
Who invented body odor?
0 comments so far. Published by Eli on Aug 2nd, 2009. Filed under Ramblings.A: Advertising men.
In the 1910s and particularly the 1920s, advertising agents focused their attention on identifying—and often inventing—personal anxieties that could be resolved by the purchase of specific products. “Advertising,†wrote one commentator in a trade publication, “helps to keep the masses dissatisfied with their mode of life, discontented with ugly things around them. Satisfied [...]
Hyperlinks Should be Underlined
0 comments so far. Published by Eli on Apr 14th, 2009. Filed under Ramblings.It’s considered common practice now that hyperlinks on websites should be underlined.
Well, not all links need to be underlined, just the ones that are amongst paragraph text, as they need to stand out for a user to find them. I found a problem exactly like this while reading this article from Gawker. My brother said [...]
“Sorry, but you can’t view this because you’re not from the U.S.”
4 comments so far. Published by Eli on Feb 19th, 2009. Filed under Ramblings.Ohhh how this hurts! It should just say “Sorry, but you cannot view this because you’re from a country outside of the real world.”
This will always happen when you (outside of the US) try to view a video on Hulu, so just search YouTube for an alternative video.
How Do You Pronounce “Linux”?
1 comment so far. Published by Eli on Jan 5th, 2009. Filed under Ramblings.It’s plagued me for a few days now since I heard that the word was meant to be pronounced as “line uks” rather than “linniks”. I’ve always pronounced it as linniks, and apparently that’s OK, according to this article over at Suse Root.
A good read, however, the accompanying video doesn’t actually work. I got what [...]
I’ve noticed a lot of these “Made on a Mac” notices at the bottom of websites, but no “Made on a PC” notices. I’m gonna change this though. Once I get around to it (not likely) I’m gonna add some notices to my sites, just for kicks
On another note, I’ve been very lazy [...]