Following Earth Day, I wanted to post about Microsoft Hohm, a virtual community of energy-conscientious people. Whether you're going green to save the planet or save some cash, Hohm offers you custom energy-saving suggestions relevant to your location and your home. Whether through changing your home or changing your habits, Hohm can estimate how many pounds of carbon dioxide … [Read more...]
Streaming Netflix with your Wii
Update: Here are instructions on how to watch Netflix on your Wii without the disc: How To Install The Disc-less Netflix App On The Nintendo Wii. Last week Netflix announced and shipped out discs that enable its customers to view its streaming movie collection on their TVs through their Nintendo Wii consoles. All you have to do is pop the disc into your Wii and ta-dah! … [Read more...]
Google Search Gets a New Look
Just performing a routine Google search tonight and something seemed off as I looked through the results. The whole page seemed... brighter. It was different in other ways as well. A while ago (September 09) I read that Google was changing their site to make things a little bit bigger. I never really paid much attention to that and now a bigger, more noticeable change comes … [Read more...]
404 Page Not Found, but Kids Found
I randomly landed onto a page that presented a novel idea, making 404 Page Not Found errors more useful by showing information about missing children. Since I got distracted between opening the page and actually reading it, I had to sit for a while and think of how I got there or if it was a message from above. Once I divined that it was indeed a page that I had opened earlier, … [Read more...]
Hidden Easter Eggs in Software and The Security Implications
With Easter yesterday, it got me thinking about Easter Eggs. Are you aware that there could be hidden little gems in the software you use every day? Some applications, video games, DVDs, and others include little intentional tidbits of code that people might randomly stumble into that shows off some cool feature, display the credits, or are part of some inside joke by the … [Read more...]