Scientists are proposing that whales who forage in polar waters and migrate to lower latitudes are doing it to maintain healthier skin. In a research paper in Marine Mammal Science, scientists propose that whales conserve body heat in colder waters by diverting blood flow away from their skin. This leaves the a layer of dead tissue….
Look Who’s Back, Back Again
In 2002 I started this blog and posted almost daily. As you can see from the content it was mostly just a mishmash of things I found interesting, thoughts, posts about being a new father and life along the way. After a while though my time got taken up by other things, I changed jobs,…
New Trojan Reportedly Infecting Millions of Macs
An OSX trojan has infected millions of computers according to an article published on ArsTechnica. According to Dr. Web (the Russian antivirus company claiming to have discovered the infections), 57 percent of the infected Macs are located in the US and 20 percent are in Canada. This latest variant of the Flashback trojan searches an…
Would I like an Intuos5? Yes, please.
I bought my Wacom Intuos tablet several years ago and even though it’s one of the dustiest things on my desk, it’s garnered a place in my heart. For editing photos it’s my tool of choice and I really couldn’t do the photo production work I do without it. Wacom has released a new version…
Zapping the PRAM-NVRAM in OSX
What’s in the PRAM? PRAM in OSX stores user specific system and device settings. The exact settings stored in your computer’s PRAM varies depending on the type of computer as well as the types of devices and drives connected to the computer. Some information stored in the PRAM includes: Display and video settings such as…
CodeKit – A Swiss Army Knife for Web Development on the Mac
Recently while investigating to see if using LESS could help the way I develop I stumbled across this really cool app for the Mac, CodeKit. CodeKit is a Mac only (sorry Windows guys) app that automatically compiles Less, Sass, Stylus, CoffeeScript & Haml files and combines, minifies and error-checks JavaScript files in real time. CodeKit…
Heavy Coffee Drinkers Run a Lower Risk of Developing Type II Diabetes
Coffee has been used as a medicinal treatment for centuries now scientists have discovered it may have another great side effect other than just waking you up in the morning or getting rid of that nasty hang over, it can help fend off Type II Diabetes. Ling Zheng, Kun Huang and colleagues explain that previous…
Participating in Leave GoDaddy Day? Park your domains here
If you’ve got a domain name hosted with GoDaddy.com today is Leave GoDaddy Day, your day to make a statement about GoDaddy’s seedy business practices and move your domain name. You can move your domain names to Never Boring. We’re an official OpenSRS-Tucows reseller. Here are some reasons to make the switch: Tucows (aka OpenSRS)…
Adobe tries to Edge into the HTML5 editor market
Is HTML5 and CSS3 really going to kill Flash? No one knows for sure but Adobe isn’t taking any chances and is working on an HTML5 motion graphics editor similar to Tumult’s Hype editor. Enter Adobe Edge. Still in beta release, Edge features a timeline based UI similar more to After Effects than Flash. Currently…
First a 404 then a 500 – One of the Best 404 Pages
John Gruber over at Daring Fireball posted a link to this 404 page from Nosh.me. The page has a video on it that’s nothing short of hilarious. Check it out here.