I've grown up with webcomics. Since about freshman year of high school I've dutifully checked different webcomics daily. The best part was when you found a new webcomic and could read through the archives, one after another, until you caught up; MegaTokyo took a while to get caught up and 8-Bit Theater was a fun story. (Thank goodness RSS feeds came along or I don't think I'd … [Read more...]
I Called It – Netflix Announces Price Increase and Offers New Streaming-Only Plan
Update July 2011: Netflix has increased the price again and split DVDs from Instant Streaming. Read more. A little over a month ago, I snapped some screenshots of the Netflix website that revealed a price change was coming. An Instant Streaming-only plan would be offered at $7.99 and the cheapest price to get a DVD by mail would be $2 more, or $9.99 per month. Today, Netflix … [Read more...]
Package Tracking 2.0: Two Sites That Improve The Experience – Just In Time For The Holidays
With the holidays right around the corner, I imagine ordering online will be increasing and the deadlines inch closer for when those packages have to arrive. This time of year makes online package tracking more important than ever. Is a gift going to make it in time or do you need to run out and grab a card to explain the delay? On Friday I ordered a package from Amazon and … [Read more...]
Today is National UnFriend Day
Jimmy Kimmel of late-night talk show fame (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) has been running a bit of a campaign in the past few weeks that culminates today. His plan states that he wants to make today a new holiday titled "National UnFriend Day". He wants people to sign onto Facebook and review their friends and remove anybody that they don't really know. National UnFriend Day might be a … [Read more...]
Mozilla Wants To Secure All Browsers With Plugin Check
Mozilla offers an expanded version of the Adobe Flash Player check that you might see after a Mozilla Firefox update but this site covers a number of other plugins and works for more browsers than just Firefox. The Plugin Check site checks at least Adobe Flash, Java, QuickTime, Silverlight, Adobe Acrobat, and many other plugins. It will report the version if it's running the … [Read more...]