Google is now offering SSL-enabled searching with the Google blog announcing it last Friday. SSL searching for Google is enabled by visiting the site with https:// in front of the usual www (note the 's'). Using SSL where possible allows you to communicate securely between your browser and the website, meaning that any ISPs, routers, governments, or other prying eyes between … [Read more...]
‘Lost’ Series Finale Leaked! Download it here!
After bugging a friend of mine inside "the Industry" for the past couple of weeks, he has finally given in and sent me a copy of the Lost series finale. It's a long video at 2 and a half hours but it was great to see things wrapped up from the last six years. Lost changed TV forever and while it's sad to see it go, it's so relieving to finally have resolution. The last episode … [Read more...]
Manufactoria – Making Turing Machines Fun Again!
Ah, who am I kidding? Turing Machines have always been fun. Manufactoria is a Flash-based puzzle game for those of us that like a good brain-scratcher. In reality, we're making a finite state machine which simulates computer logic. We look at a sequence of inputs and react based on the state we're seeing. In the game, we're building test machines to run through some robots' … [Read more...]
Splashup – Another In-Browser Image Editor
That silly, crazy-capable web has done it again. Here's Splashup, a Flash-powered, in-browser image editor. (Enough hyphens for you?) It has some great features that allow it to easily surpass the desktop application MS Paint you have installed on your computer. I've previously talked about SUMO Paint, a similar in-browser image editor, and Splashup is comparable to that. … [Read more...]
Where to Ask Your Tech Questions?
I hope you know that you can always visit 404 Tech Support and ask your technical questions in our forum. However, there may be an even better spot for your question where you can get an answer from a whole community of professionals and if you're a professional, maybe you should spend some web time hanging out in these communities to help other people learn and pick up a few … [Read more...]