It’s been a while since we popped our heads out of the sand around here. It’s fair to say that Shiny New Toy has been in a bit of hibernation mode for almost a year. To say that we’ve folded our hands would be incorrect. To say that we’ve become increasingly self-aware and have evolved [...]
Author Archives: J.J.
Google Chrome OS May Breathe New Life Into That Old PC In the Back of Your Closet
July 8, 2009 – 4:44 pm
Chances are, you’re got an old PC sitting around. Most likely it’s stashed away in the back of a closet in your house. Behind that tennis racket you never pick up. And right next to your dusty rollerblades. You probably often think to yourself how you should get rid of all that stuff. Stick it [...]
Are High School and College Students Leaving Facebook for Email?
July 7, 2009 – 11:20 am
There’s a very interesting analysis about Facebook users reported by Marshall Kirkpatrick on Read Write Web: Just when all the grown ups started figuring out Facebook, college and high school users have declined in absolute number by 20% and 15% respectively in a mere six months, according to estimates Facebook provides to advertisers that were [...]
How I Ported Data from My Old Treo to My New iPhone 3GS
June 22, 2009 – 11:18 am
Yes, I have finally made the leap to an iPhone. I picked up my new iPhone 3GS on Friday and have been lost in its brillance ever since. In so doing, I left my Palm Treo 755p behind. And I’m now off the Palm platform for the first time in a decade. As you might [...]
Free Themes to Check Out For WordPress 2.8
June 11, 2009 – 1:59 pm
First, you should know that WordPress 2.8 was released last night. Upgrading has never been easier. I’ll be interested to see what the upgrade rate is with this release. And I just read a great post on 10 Free WordPress themes. There’s some really appealing options in that list. Despite the fact that we’ve been [...]
How I write blog posts
May 27, 2009 – 10:22 am
I would not claim to be a prolific blogger. Nor I would even attempt to label myself plainly as a blogger despite the fact that I manage and write for a few blogs about my personal life, the Red Sox, and here on Red Pill. Here’s I typically put together a post. Or at least [...]
Nice update to Twitter email notifications about new followers
May 7, 2009 – 3:31 pm
Sometime in the last day, email notifications to me about new followers of my Twitter account were accompanied with information about who the person is. The information in the email now includes the number of followers that user has, the number of people he/she follows and the number of Tweets from that person. [...]
BigDump – A very handy MySQL transfer utility
May 7, 2009 – 2:57 pm
Sometimes, you need to transfer a mysql data dump and the process is complicated because what PhpMyAdmin exports for you can not be easily imported into another MySQL database PhpMyAdmin over http because of the file upload limitations of the php web server. That’s where a utility like BigDump comes in handy. BigDump will help [...]
The Vader Project
April 24, 2009 – 1:44 pm
I try to avoid writing blog posts that are basically a hyperlink with a piece of text saying “go look at this now.” But every once and a while I find something on the web which is a perfect union of techonlogy, culture, and design. This is one of those times. I bring you The [...]