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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Google cuts support for IE6

open Under the heading Modern browsers for modern applications, Google now only supports Internet Explorer 7 and up of the IE family. No word on supporting Opera for Google Wave, though. ;) Google cuts support for IE6 http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/modern-browsers-for-modern-applications.html

Crowd-guessing the Apple tablet

Several sites are playing the guessing game ahead of tomorrow’s Apple event where they’re expected to announce some sort of tablet. I particularily liked The Guardian one, which predicts an iPhone-black 10,3″ screen (or smaller) device. The votes also guess … Continue reading

HTML5 video is the new ActiveX

At least that’s the point of this post by Mozilla’s Robert O’Callahan: Most importantly, if we’d caved, the Web everywhere would look like it does in China and South Korea, but more so — dependent on ActiveX, and tied to … Continue reading

Mellotron demo

This demo of the Mellotron simply has to be seen: The Mellotron, of course, is a much used cult instrument that works by running a series of short tapes against tape heads when someone presses the keys. I know “much … Continue reading

HTML5 video tag gaining traction

With YouTube and Vimeo both offering HTML5 alternatives to Flash, the video tag seems to be gaining some traction. It’ll be interesting to see how much is left of Flash usage on sites once simple video players are a matter … Continue reading

Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion

Wow. Pat Metheny ups the ante on the orchestrion, the idea of the player piano taken to the next level. The whole project has a kind of mad scientist feel to it when I’m watching the video but it’s unmistakably … Continue reading

Happy new year!

My hopes for a happy new year to all! Also, my apologies for the blog silence lately, I’ve been busy with other projects. I’ll break the silence by offering you a glimpse of the coolest toy for grown ups I’ve … Continue reading