Anyone remember a little while ago when the U.S. was all happy with Lebanon for stopping the terrorists? Less than a month later, we’ve seen a week of war in the country and Bush is promising Israel another week to blast more stuff. I wonder what you need to do to get in their good books?
Month: July 2006
Drama vs. Information
Drama vs. Information offers a brief glimpse at the sensationalism that permeates American news.
The D.J. Auteur
Truth and the Net
Truth and the Net. Wikipedia gets it wrong all the time. So do bloggers. But then, so do newspapers, magazines, TV and radio. The interesting thing about systems isn’t how they perform when they’re working to specification, it’s what happens when they fail.
Pimp out the Newsfire dock icon
NewsFire has a slick, stripped-down interface — it’s one of the best looking mac apps out there. Too bad that the dock icon pales in comparison. That said, the internet always provides for your most whimsical fancies.
Enter Denis Radenkovic, who recognized the problem long ago and created a beautiful replacement icon that helps the program stand out in the dock. Visit his site to download the icon package.
There was also a comment offering a new badge colour — something more subtle than the bright green. I grabbed the four pngs out of the package and changed it to the blue. If you don’t feel like doing it yourself, download them from me. To install, just throw them into the package resource directory along with the replacement icon.
Beyond the program’s visual identity, it would be nice to have the ability to rename feeds after you add them. I’m also not a big fan of the floating sidebar behaviour, moving targets are bad. Everyone knows that the dock is a UI nightmare, we don’t need copycats. Other than that, I’ve been quite happy with Newsfire. It’s the first software RSS reader that I’ve stuck with for more than a day or two.
The Odd G8 Logo
National Film Board archives
The Pig and the Box
The Pig and the Box is a cute children’s story that explores copy protection issues. It’s available for download under a Creative Commons license. Lollipop Jones!
The Viele map
Beneath the streets of London
The hunt for the killer hairballs explores the lives of flushers that work the sewers of London. Not a pretty job, but someone needs to break up our fat icebergs.