Year: 2005

Office 12

September 14, 2005 / Links / Leave a Comment

A 40-minute video preview of Office 12. I don’t normally watch videos this long. But it was worth it.

Office 12 has a REALLY different user interface (critique). It’s also supposed to have a lot of new features.

What struck me the most in the video is how Powerpoint creates diagrams. You type text, and Powerpoint can automatically convert that into value chains, org charts, etc. Julie mentions that a blind user was able to create graphics using this feature, and that this was the first time she has been able to create graphics in all her life!

Tech Crunch

September 13, 2005 / Links / Leave a Comment

TechCrunch. A weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing every newly launched web 2.0 business, product and service

Password on IRC

March 7, 2009 / Funny / Leave a Comment

A hilarious chat on IRC about passwords. More at QDB. via Dhar

<Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
<Cthon98> <AzureDiamond> *******
<Cthon98> thats what I see
<AzureDiamond> oh, really?
<Cthon98> Absolutely
<AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
<AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
<Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
<Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> awesome!
<AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
<Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
<AzureDiamond> oh, ok.

Tough Learning

September 9, 2005 / My best links / 2 Comments

Tough learning. Excellent article (speech, actually) by a physicist on how to learn. Very readable, and has a quote I won’t forget: “A change of perception is worth 80 IQ points.”

4664

September 3, 2005 / Links / 1 Comment

I just realised. Google Desktop Search is a HTTP server that works on port 4664. 4664 is what you need to type on a phone to spell “GOOG”. Incidentally, Google SMS requires you to send messages to GOOGL (46645).

Kiko

September 1, 2005 / Links / Leave a Comment

Kiko Calendar looks like a promising online calendar, offering “A powerful and flexible servlet API that allows third party developers to produce tools which enhance the value of your Kiko Calendar.”

Winamp 5.1

August 31, 2005 / Links / 1 Comment

WinAmp 5.1 leaked. Actually, the features were. The good part is, we will have 8X CD ripping in the free version, and ability to create WMA files. Wonder how the Predixis Smart Playlist Generator works. (It says “Mix your tracks based on what they sound like!”)