For the second time this week, basketball is in the technology news. This time it is the NBA putting every minute of every game into a searchable archive online. So, how long until free (ad supported) live game coverage and full archives are available for all of the major sports? I hope the other jump on the NBA and NCAA’s recent ideas.
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The new Google Transit is pretty cool. It will be great once they have data for the rest of the country (and beyond). What will really be awesome is when they begin to provide mass transit, driving directions, airline flights, and local info all in one place. And maybe they can add traffic data (like Yahoo Maps), too. In other Google news, AppleInsider is reporting that they are developing Google Earth for Mac OS X. I would like that.
CBS will be offering free NCAA basketball coverage over the internet. It will be supported by advertising, just like normal TV. This is a good step in the right direction, but they really need to offer hockey this way. Too bad Comcast has the rights to the NHL and won’t let non-subscribers stream games. If only Altitude would do this, then I could see my Avalanche play.
SBC’s merger with AT&T was approved today, so I am now an employee of “The New AT&T.” The new corporate logo will be revealed on Monday. See the press release for more info.
Preface: I most often do not read chain emails, and I do not pass them on for numerous reasons.
Last night I received a chain email by the title of Jimmy Crack Corn… And I Don’t Care (read it here). I know this email reflects the feelings of many Americans, but it is appalling to me both as an American and as a Christian.
As an American I care because:
As a Christian I care because:
Back in the days of Mac OS X 10.0, setting up a dynamic webserver was an ordeal. I was new to Unix at the time and installing PHP and MySQL required compiling both from source and recompiling Apache as well. Not only that, but MySQL’s build kept failing until I fdiscovered (thank you Google) that two lines of code had to be changed in one of the source files. Since that time things have gotten much simpler. I have installed PHP/MySQL numerous times and it gets easier every time.
Entropy.ch has PHP in a Mac OS X package - just download it and run the installer. MySQL also has packages for Mac OS X (also linked to from entropy.ch). MySQL now has a Preference Pane for System Preferences included in the Mac download! Don’t forget to download the ImageMagick package if you want to manipulate images in PHP (or use things like Typo3 or Gallery). Last night I set up a dynamic webserver in about 10 minutes.
On Thursday night I went to see Mutemath and Mae in concert at Mississippi Nights. Mutemath was amazing. They played some new songs (from their upcoming full length album) as well as familiar songs from their debut EP. It is hard to convey the energy present in the show. Paul Meany (lead vocals and synths) jumped on top of his Rhodes for a while and then climbed into the rafters and hung there for a while. Darren King (drums) duct taped his headphones on…and much of it came off by the end. Unlike most bands, the front of the stage is shared by the drums and synths, while the guitar and bass are placed off to the side and rear. They have a live video of Reset up on mutemath.com.
Edit: Mutemath has started a video blog which includes highlights of the St. Louis show.
Not too long ago the big debate among web designers was whether splash pages were good or bad. Of course the answer is that it depends on the website. Lately though, I have been noticing an increasing number of sites showing a large ad before letting you enter their site. I don’t mind ads within a webpage - they help keep the content free, but do they really want me to leave before I even get to their content?
I played around with an installation of Gallery 2.0 today. Back when I was designing the current version of my site Singapore seemed to fit my needs perfectly. Now Gallery 2 is out and Singapore’s development is progressing slowly. The amount of control available over the galleries is far better than anything else I have seen. I haven’t messed with themes yet, but if it isn’t too much work I will be replacing Singapore pretty soon.