Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category
Help Save Our Net
I got pinged this morning by Steve from SaveOurNet.ca, who asked me to help spread the word about their Take Action campaign. This is of critical importance to all Canadians who use the Internet, which works out to being most of us (84% of the population according to the International Telecommunications Union).
SaveOurNet.ca is a coalition [...]
Hidden Data: Google Predicts Flu Epidemics
Google.org announces Flu Trends, part of their Predict and Prevent initiative.
Unexpected Use of Data: Plotting Regions Using Photos
Cool post on the Flickr Developer Blog about using the geocoded data in all of their photos (90m images worth as of now and growing rapidly as the world’s iPhone’s upload more and more geo-tagged photos) to calculate the shape of the region the photo was taken in.
There are a bunch of things that make [...]
RockYou Gets $17m from Softbank and SK Telecom Ventures
RockYou secures $17m in additional funding.
Blocking Images from One Domain
A quick way to block image requests from a specific domain.
Microsoft Office Word 2008 Insert Image Error
Microsoft Office Word 2008 has a nasty habit of popping up this error when trying to insert an image into a Word document:
You may have noticed that it only sometimes happens, and that you can even insert the same image into one doc but not into another. Think you’re losing your mind? Fear not! Try [...]
iPhone Posting
If you have a Wordpress blog, I highly recommend the shiny new Wordpress iPhone app. Writing HTML on the iPhone is an experience that leaves a lot to be desired, what with the constant keyboard mode toggling, but the ability to post from virtually anywhere certainly makes up for it!
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