Archive for March, 2008

The perfect steak - cheap and delicious

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Over six months have past since I read a post about grilling the perfect steak. It calls for liberally covering an inexpensive cut of meat in course salt and letting it sit for 30 minutes. Then rinse off the salt, pat dry and grill as normal. I knew the science behind it but not the […]

Are ghost writers “good business” or “misrepresentation” ?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

While it may have all been a joke, there is a question of ethics …
I read an interesting post via my feed reader this morning. The “author” of the blog fourhourworkweek writes that all of the posts for the past year were not written by him even though they all say “written by […]

Technology creates class discrimination

Monday, March 31st, 2008

There have been numerous papers written on the subject that “internet access” is the latest class discrimination factor. A good example is the suggestion of “internet voting”. It makes it even easier for affluent, connected, city/urban people to participate in the voting process and handicaps those who do not have access to a computer […]

Blackberry browser is so smart, it’s stupid

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

I can not figure out how to capture keyboard events on the Blackberry using JavaScript. If you know how, please post a comment !
I created a web app that lets you navigate around a map. The interface needed “north”, “south”, “east”, and “west” to move around. Using URL links was awkward so I […]

Not original but important

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

theSalmonFarm.org has blatantly ripped off an idea from Google - “switching the lights off”. When I launched Google search this morning, I was greeted to a predominantly black screen. I had to know why so I read the little disclaimer. They were promoting “Earth Hour“. Good thing they did as I nearly forgot about […]