Everyone who was into technology back then remembers Windows 98’s famous crash. But “live crashes” are not just a Microsoft thing. Macs have those too, and they’re pretty funny.
10 Classic Clueless-User Stories
ZDNet Australia posted 10 funny “classic” clueless-user stories. Some of them are really hilarious.
Funny Windows Vista Beta Image
Windows Vista, Microsoft’s next version of Windows, is currently in its beta stage. Apparently, a new feature of Vista is to tell the user which programs cause it to start slowly. Gizmodo reports that sometimes Vista identifies itself as the problem (with a very funny screenshot).
How to clean your keyboard
The Tech Zone published a step by step guide on how to clean your keyboard. Having that my keyboard is very cheap, I think I won’t follow this extensive cleaning method (which includes pulling the keys out) and just buy myself a new one.
Mashups
Mashups (Wikipedia definition) are a new kind of web applications, which combine multiple services into a new one by using existing APIs. Here are a few examples:
- Weather Bonk combines the Google Maps API with weather and webcams to create a live weather map.
- diggdot.us is a news mashup of Digg.com, Slashdot and del.icio.us.
- MusicMap finds albums which you might be inclined to listen to based on your own album list (click “new search” when the website appears).
You can always look in Mashup Feed to find other popular and new mashups.
If you’re interested in mashups as a developer, then MashupCamp is running these days. Another good place to look is Dion Hinchcliffe’s Enterprise Web 2.0 blog. But you can just look for “mashup” in Google.
Crime Deterrent Phone Ad
Can your mobile phone prevent crime? Sprint’s phone can.
Drempels
I generally don’t like screensavers. I just set my screensaver option to “none” and let the screen simply go black and then to sleep after a while. I just installed Drempels, though, which is not only a very cool screensaver but can also serve as an ever-morphing, colorful, swirling, hallucinogenic background for your Windows desktop.
Stunt City Ad Video
This is one cool ad.
Unusual Looking Buildings
Here’s a nice-to-look-at collection of unusual buildings around the world. Enjoy.
EDIT: Looks like the linked web page suffers from a “Digg effect” and is no longer available. You can try again later.
Recovering Scratched CDs with Toothpaste
Hardware Secrets has a short article on recovering scratched CDs with toothpaste. Good to know.