Flashing the Windows Taskbar Button Forever
Raymond Chen explains in detail how to be a jerk.
Author Archives: Jonathan Tappan
Freedom in China vs the US
Elliotte Rusty Harold has just returned from China and posts this disturbing comment: Reflecting back on my recent trip to Beijing…one of the most striking things was the contrast between… Read more »
The FBI Wants to Monitor Your Web Browsing
Declan McCullagh has a detailed analysis of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s recent Congressional testimony in which he asked for greatly expanded surveillance powers. Currently the FBI has the technical ability… Read more »
Bruce Schneier’s Twisted Mind
SmartWater is a liquid with a unique identifier linked to a particular owner. “The idea is for me to paint this stuff on my valuables as proof of ownership,” I… Read more »
Stylesheet Changes
After testing the site with Safari for the first time I ended up making some massive, long-overdue changes to the stylesheet, which hopefully will allow things to display better in… Read more »
E-voting vendor blocks security audit with legal threats
Problem: the voting machines report numbers that don’t add up. Attempted solution: local authorites commision an independent audit of the machines to determine the source of the problem. Checkmate: the… Read more »
Grace Hopper’s “Bug”
“Robert X. Cringely” (Mark Stephens) repeats and debunks the story the Admiral Grace Hopper invented the term “bug” (refering to computer problems.) Actually I’m pretty sure that she never intended… Read more »
The Spitzer Scandal
Like most people I have been following the unfolding problems of New York governer Eliot Spitzer with a mixture of amusement and disdain. However one detail seems particularly striking: [Spitzer]… Read more »
GoDaddy Silences Police-Watchdog Site
GoDaddy’s continued willingness to shut down any site that draws complaints makes one thing clear: you should never register a domain with GoDaddy unless you are certain that your site… Read more »
Perils of New Technology
Michael Nygard provides an unexpected reason why you should probably avoid buying the latest and greatest technology: Steve Jobs made me miss my flight.