Designer/developer Jon Hicks blogs about a new $22 OS X application, Color Decoder. Put simply, it converts on-screen colour (RGB, CMYK values) into easy to understand colour names.
It watches the color underneath the mouse pointer, displays the color’s name near the mouse pointer, optionally speaks its name using speech synthesis, and flashes areas where the [...]
Posted at 0:00 on November 21st 2007, filed under Mac, with one comment
I could be completely wrong with this, but when Facebook says prevents this application from retrieving any information about you, could that include the fact that you even exist? I say that because I’ve been getting three or four invitations for both "Human Pets" and "PetrolHeads" every day for the last few weeks now, and [...]
Posted at 20:54 on November 18th 2007, filed under Technology, with no comments yet
I’m liking the homepage for Warwick University quite a bit.
Posted at 14:34 on November 18th 2007, filed under Life, Technology, with one comment
Just another small feature in OS X that I noticed today – it might not be entirely new to Leopard, but the icon for a .ics event shows the event date, name and time.
Posted at 23:48 on November 16th 2007, filed under Mac, with no comments yet
Facebook’s adverts (banners down the left hand side) are now targeted at individuals based on their interaction with friends and other users on the site.
Ads should be getting more relevant and more meaningful to you.
That’s great, except I’m getting ads for clothing. Ugg boots, seriously? Is there something you’re trying to tell me about myself, [...]
Posted at 15:05 on November 8th 2007, filed under Technology, with 3 comments