Gmail adds themes
Well, they finally did it. Google finally added themes. And that’s about the only good news. The bad news is that the default theme is one of the ugliest themes around. Most of the others are equally ugly, since they don’t really integrate with the Labs widgets and such.
Themes - Help Center
Psystar’s anti-trust lawsuit dismissed
You don’t say? Really? *gasp*
Judge grants Apple’s motion to dismiss Psystar’s counterclaims (via) (via)
The Pogue-o-matic Product Finder
If you love David Pogue’s product reviews as much as I do, you’ll love the New York Times‘ newest feature: the Pogue-o-matic Product Finder. It’s a tad buggy, but hey, it’s David Pogue.
Thoughts on Chrome
The author of this piece just about sums up all of my problems with Chrome: it looks bad, tab layout is weird, and Firefox’s quicksearches aren’t there. I don’t love Firefox’s bloat (though 3.0 did get a lot better), but it’s better than the alternatives.
Etherpad - Awesome group collaboration (for text)
I really, really, really hate Google Docs. It just plain doesn’t work for collaboration. Formatting is wacked, no real-time collaboration, and it’s all around annoying. Etherpad is a really cool alternative. It’s text-based only (though it highlights JavaScript syntax), and you can’t create accounts or anything. But it’s got real-time collaboration, which is all I really need.
LoseThos, (to quote reddit) New 64-bit Free Open Source Operating System. Not a Unix, created from scratch
It has quite a ways to go before catching up to, say, Linux or Solaris. Still, admirable effort.
Theft of the Magi (xkcd)
xkcd is, without a doubt, my favorite comic of all time. This is just another reason why I love it.
Yang resigns
About time he did. Yang had more ego than he did brain. Replacements may include Jon Miller (AOL), who I have mixed feelings about (he is AOL), and in-house President Sue Decker.
Santa joins Twitter (@AskSanta)
Santa’s apparently joined the ranks of Twitterers with his new account, @AskSanta. Heh. Nice.
iPhone winning businessmen
Know why RIM is making such a big deal about the first touchscreen Blackberry (the Storm)? Apparently, they’re playing catchup to Apple. I’m not betting big on the Storm: no wifi, and the iPhone is still slicker. However, it does have the nice feature of not being tied to AT&T. Oh wait. It’s tied to Verizon. Well at least there’s the HTC G1. Oh wait. It’s tied to T-Mobile (though you can unlock it fairly easily).
