http://trainque.com/blog Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:49:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had my first really bad Google search experience. I searched for "Silson Realty" and Google insisted I was looking for "Wilson Realty." Unfortunately, Google offers to way to turn off this feature. It's insulting, and for the first time ever, I was moved to use another search engine. Lo-and-behold: Yahoo tries ... http://trainque.com/blog/2008/09/24/when-googles-spellcheck-fails-google-fails/ I was experimenting with Javascript and put together this simple bookmarklet. It opens up YouTube videos in fullscreen mode. Once open, you can send fullscreen video URLs to your friends. To use it, drag the following link to your toolbar. YouTubeFullScreen When viewing any page on youtube, click it to go ... http://trainque.com/blog/2008/07/25/bookmarklet-view-youtube-in-fullscreen-mode/ I was walking around the city listening to music when I came up with the following idea for an iPod accessory. It doesn't currently exist, but maybe if I put my idea out there, someone will make it. **Problem:** I have too much music on my iPod. I collect music faster ... http://trainque.com/blog/2008/07/05/an-ipod-accessory-id-like-to-see-ipod-dj/ Last year I received one of those page-a-day desktop calendars for a comic strip called Non Sequitur. Most of the daily comics were pretty standard, consisting of commentary on life, politics, etc. But every once in a while there'd be a comic that blasted religion and/or intelligent design, which I ... http://trainque.com/blog/2008/05/31/atheist-themes-in-a-comic-non-sequitur/ (Okay, truthfully, I don't know how to solve a Rubik's cube. This is a hoax. See if you can figure out how it was done.) http://trainque.com/blog/2008/05/03/solving-a-rubiks-cube/ AT&T is giving away free wifi to iPhone users. Don't have an iPhone yet? No worries. The geniuses at AT&T have set this system up so that authentication is done using HTTP headers. Specifically, free net access is given to any **user-agent** that identifies itself as **Mobile Safari**. Fortunately, User-agent ... http://trainque.com/blog/2008/05/02/how-to-get-free-wifi-at-starbucks-courtesy-att/ Just arrived at roflcon 2008 at MIT. So far, met a few cool people/web celebs. Stay tuned for notes, pics, etc... http://trainque.com/blog/2008/04/25/roflcon-2008-notes/ Most OSX users know they can change their desktop background.But many are surprised to find that OSX ships with only 11 solid color options. There's a couple of shades of grey and blue, an ugly shade of green and pink, and an "invisible" white option. There's really not much to choose ... http://trainque.com/blog/2007/09/15/more-solid-color-options-for-osx-desktop-background/ I came across the [post today](http://lasterjames.blogspot.com/2007/09/stupid-bitch-kills-children.html), with the provocative title "Stupid Bitch Kills Children". The post contains a link to [this CNN video of a woman attempting to outrun a train](http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/09/07/pkg.mom.train.cnn), and not succeeding. Two of her children were killed. [Watch video](http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/09/07/pkg.mom.train.cnn) The resulting comment thread ranges from name-calling to discussions about ... http://trainque.com/blog/2007/09/08/tragic-incident-should-remind-us-of-the-responsibility-we-share-when-driving/ I picked up my old Canon Powershot for the first time in months today, and was saddened to learn that it has stopped functioning properly. Instead of taking recognizable photos, it is now only capable of producing abstract blobs of color and digital artifacts. Here are a handful of examples: (Click ... http://trainque.com/blog/2007/09/03/broken-digital-camera-art/