Version Inflation
Major versions sure don’t go as far as they used to. Both Google and Mozilla have adopted rapid release schedules for their web browsers, aiming for four or more major releases per year. As a … Read more
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Starcraft Collective
Groups of animals get special collective nouns1, some of which are familiar (e.g., a pride of lions, a gaggle of geese) and others that are less known but equally evocative: a crash of rhinos, a … Read more
Icon Blues
I’m not the only one who’s noticed that blue icons seem to be totally overrepresented. But is it really this bad, or is the confirmation bias just acting up again? I decided to find out.
Pyramid Schemes
The other day, I was having breakfast and scouring the cereal box for reading material when I came across the new food pyramid. What had they done!
Save Icon
Earlier this week, David Friedman proposed a new save icon to replace the antiquated floppy disk. In the ensuing discussion, many noted that with automatic revision control à la Google Docs and Mac OS X … Read more