Archive for February, 2010

19FebVarious religions in 140 characters or less

The following are a number of tweets I made on various religions.

Scientology: The alien overlord Xenu implanted you with parasites. Give us money so we can start your treatment immediately .
Mormonism: In the 1820s a man that heard voices said angels had given him golden plates in the woods. Please give us 10% of your income.
Islam: Back in the 600's a bazar merchant called Muhammad said "you're all wrong" after hearing voices. Now, woman, make me a sammich!
Christianity: God turned into a dude & killed himself for your wrong doings. Look, you'll just have to believe me, ok? Also, we need money.
Judaism: We're special. Also, our god gave us a country. Yup..Umm...Can we have some cash? We need bullets and stuff.
Jehovah's Witnesses: The world is ending in 1980 and we're sticking by that story. Also, it's snowing. Can we come in for some warm...water?
Hinduism: Hello, I am a god but you can call me guru. Ppl give me cash & in turn I give em silly tasks! Yeah, our education system sucketh.
Baha'i: We're a unification cult wanting to install a theocratic world government ruled by us! Dont tell anyone! You could freak people out.
Buddhism: Shave your head & sing our chant. We have magic rocks. You were once a rock. Bring peace to the world by taking us to the airport.
Hare Krishnas: Buddhists & Hinduists stole our ideas even though we're 16th century. We also would like a ride to the airport.
Seventh Day Adventists/Baptists/Evangelicals: The world will end soon, and if you let us pick the next president we'll prove it!
Creationism: 6000 years ago, 5 minutes after God created the Universe, dinosaurs roamed America. By saying this we prove Darwin was wrong.

06FebIs your website iPad ready?

If you’re wondering how your website will look like on the upcoming iPad, here’s a very easy way to find out if your layout will work on the 1024×768 / 768×1024 screen.

Fire up Safari and enter the following snippets in the address bar. You can also drag the bookmarklets below to your bookmark bar and click on them from there:

iPad in Landscape mode:
javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(1024,768); (Bookmarklet: 1024×768)
iPad in Portrait more:
javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(768,1024); (Bookmarklet: 768×1024)

Easy as Pi. Have fun.

(PS, code only works when Safari only has 1 tab open)


05FebThe look of Windows 7 on an iPad

In the not so distant future, you’ll be able to take control of your computer at home from your iPad anywhere in the world. This is basically thanks to a combination of WiFi/3G and RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) apps.

Obviously, to see what Windows 7 would look like on an Apple iPad I had to Photoshop the image below, but I did make sure it was proportionality correct. The screenshot was taken by setting my resolution to 1024×768 and rotating my screen to get the correct size and aspect ratio. The screen width in portrait mode was noticeably narrower than I was used to in Windows, but still workable.

Now, imagine what this could mean for you in your office. Citrix already has its Receiver ported to iPad meaning if your desk job involves using thin clients, this could be your independence from your desk.




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