Robert Accettura's Fun With WordageRobert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and TechRemote Controlled Door Lock- September 15, 2008 Lock maker Schlage announced it&8217;s new LiNK lock. Essentially you can control your lock via a website which communicates with your locks via wireless connection to a base station you keep in your home (included in the kit). One could say this is an extension of a garage door opener, but in many aspects it&8217;s ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/14/remote-controlled-door-lock/ Flight Attendants Ask American To Block Porn- September 15, 2008 Flight Attendants have asked American to block porn via internet access offered on board the aircraft. Of course this is pretty laughable if you really think about it. Anyone who is willing to view porn on a full airplane likely has enough on their hard drive, and several DVD&8217;s that will last the ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/14/flight-attendants-ask-american-to-block-porn/ Google Mail Fail- September 6, 2008 Found an interesting header when doing some tests with mail filtering: Received: from qb-out-1314.google.com (172.21.30.5) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id k29si2692710qba.7.2008.09.06.14.48.05; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning userexample.com does not designate 172.21.30.5 as permitted sender) client-IP=172.21.30.5; Authentication-Results: ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/06/google-mail-fail/ Firefox Has Located Your File- September 4, 2008 This one has potential for alternative captions. If your feeling creative, leave a comment. Hat Tip: I Can Has Cheezburgerhttp://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/04/firefox-has-located-your-file/ Google Chrome Promoted On Homepage- September 4, 2008 Google is now promoting Google Chrome on it&8217;s homepage. Just a few days after release. Previously Firefox 2.0 was promoted on the homepage, a privilege normally reserved for Google products. The text link is a bit more subtle though. Maybe that&8217;s because it&8217;s beta and not 2.0. It&8217;s being shown to Firefox ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/04/google-chrome-promoted-on-homepage/ about:internets- September 3, 2008 This is what you see when you visit about:internets. This is freaking awesome. Years ago there was an idea to include the kitchen sink in Mozilla (you can view it here, not sure if that works in IE). It was a good idea considering it had everything else at the time. I initially thought it ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/03/aboutinternets/ Initial Thoughts On Google Chrome- September 3, 2008 I figured I&8217;d blog my initial thoughts on Google chrome. Rather than a hard to read essay, I figured bullet points are easier to readscan, so that&8217;s what I&8217;ll do. Announcement Another One Bites the Dust - The classic Queen song was played both before and after the presentation. I can&8217;t help to think this ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/02/initial-thoughts-on-google-chrome/ Google Browser Is Now Google Chrome- September 1, 2008 I&8217;ve mentioned the long fabled Google browser for ages now &8220;googlefox&8221; as it began. Some more interesting news came today regarding &8220;Google Chrome&8220;. Some of the features touted by the comic include: faster - mentioned throughout via new js virtual machine (might be SquirrelFish) that&8217;s potentially embeddable into other applications and using WebKit. ...http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/01/google-browser-redux-ii/ STS-125 Preparations- September 1, 2008 The Big Picture Blog has a great series of photos for STS-125, the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. It&8217;s just a collection of NASA pictures, but the ones selected are really great.http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/09/01/sts-125-preparations/ |