Software
Cut Down on Internet Distractions with “Freedom”
Freedom is a Mac OS X app that temporarily cuts off your network access so you can get work done. It disables wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to three hours at a time, after which it re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal. The only way to circumvent Freedom during […]
Google Getting 50x More Search Requests from iPhones than Any Other Phone
According to AppleInsider, Google reports that they had been getting 50 times more search requests coming from Apple iPhones than any other mobile handset. This was so surprising that they originally suspected it had made an error in reading their own data, but it turned out to be true. It’s quite possible that in a […]
Facebook Developer Garage 3 Tonight!
The third Toronto edition of Facebook Developer Garage/FacebookCamp (it goes by both names) takes place tonight at MaRS Discovery District (101 College Street, just east of University Avenue) at 6:00 p.m. Read on for more details…
When “We Remove Vista” Becomes a Selling Point
Here’s a sign displayed in the window of A&D Computer in Milford, New Hampshire:
Grand Theft Auto IV Release Date: April 29, 2008!
Mark April 29, 2008 on your calendar: that’s the day when Grand Theft Auto IV hits the shelves!
Facebook Asked to Remove the “Scrabulous” Game by Scrabble’s Rights-Holders
The toy companies Hasbro (who own the rights to Scrabble in the U.S. and Canada) and Mattel (who own the rights to Scrabble for everywhere else in the world) have asked Facebook to remove the “Scrabulous” application as it infringes on their copyright for the game…
2008 is the “Year of RSS”…for the 5th Year in a Row
I think that “The Year of RSS” is turning into “The Rapture” — always imminent, but never actually coming to pass.
Netscape 0.9 on the Present-Day Web
In honour of Netscape’s passing, Perl & LWP author Sean M. Burke installed Netscape 0.9 and took it out for a spin, with amusing results.
Windows Vista Annoyances
I just got an announcement from the folks at O’Reilly about their new book, Windows Vista Annoyances. I thought to myself, “Well, that’s good for 500 pages of material”. Then I checked the page count: 664. Heh.
About Global Nerdy
Global Nerdy is Joey deVilla's technical blog. It covers all sorts of nerdy things, whether they have to do with life, work or play -- from a short blurb on the latest tech news to a book or game review to full-length articles on some aspect of programming that he finds interesting.
Joey is the Nerd Wrangler at b5media, a Toronto-based startup behind a global media network of 320 blogs which get a total of 10 million pageviews a month. He brings a combination of software development skills, blogging experience and rock and roll accordion to b5.
(The standard disclaimer applies: the opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of Joey deVilla and do not necessarily reflect those of b5media.)
He's an active participant in TorCamp, a community of people interested in building up Toronto as a creative high-tech city.
Joey's best-known extracurricular activities are playing rock and roll accordion and blogging at his personal weblog, The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.
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