The Minority Report

It started with The Big Bang Theory, which led to an obsession with all things Kaley Cuoco.  But a byproduct of this was the fascination with Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spock, Lizard. I found this infographic today from flowingdata.com about how to always win Rock, Paper, Scissor (RPS) which does mention Spock as the ultimate move [...]

I admit it, I might have been wrong…but probably not. Microsoft Silverlight has had a topsy-turvy year. Apparently doomed or at least marginalized by HTML5, Silverlight found a foothold in Windows Phone and has more recently emerged as a key component of the Jupiter application framework and programming model for Windows 8. If Silverlight has [...]

Thank you for being one of our valued customers. We are writing to you today to make a very sad announcement. BeamItDown Software and the iFlow Reader will cease operations as of May 31, 2011. We absolutely do not want to do this, but Apple has made it completely impossible for anyone but Apple to [...]

Evidently this was posted on 4chan. I LOL’d.

Turns out there may be a major problem with burying Osama bin Ladin at sea.

Congressman Cliff Stearns thinks we need to make sure the 9/11 first responders aren’t actually terrorists posing as dying people seeking government handouts. Jon Stewart thinks Cliff Stearns is an asshole.Jon Stewart Isn’t Done Standing up for 9/11 First Responders [Video] | Death and Taxes You NEED to watch Jon Stewarts impassioned RIP on Congress, [...]

Michael Vick would have gotten in less trouble I think.

Here’s the setup: Since I’m about a month away from being done with University and entering the programmer workforce, I’ve taken to asking my classmates what type of starting salaries they’re getting at their first jobs. The Programmer Salary Taboo and…..the money shot: To put my money where my mouth is, here’s some information on [...]

This got me thinking. Google is not God. Google is a fixture and now must filter new search technology and roll it out slowly. The key is not to know Google, but to be there before Google is. Google follows the internet. Google follow internet technology. Google follows what people do. Google can’t do it [...]

Long time readers of this socially bookmarked blog, The Minority Report, know that I don’t shy away from controversy and once again the sparks are flying. Days ago, I posted an insightful and thought provoking piece on why it might not be in your best interest as a developer to be developing for the Myspace [...]

I don’t know why but I’m quite proud of my very tiny, insignificant involvement with the Open Share Icon Project. I found it, wrote a post about it but really wanted to help in some way. I have a love for the SVG file format and I created a SVG version of the icon years [...]

Defective Storage (from Chaz) A defective thumbdrive. It happens every now and then in the company, so I sent a new one to the user. A second defective thumbdrive. That’s pretty rare. Better make sure the user is actually plugging it in. Yep, it’s plugged in. Does the USB port work? Yep, the mouse works [...]

I don’t know why exactly I wanted to see the Google Trends today but the above gem showed upthe above gem showed up. I don’t remember exactly but I learned something in Psychology 101, Correlation does not imply causationW, but I don’t care I’m running with it, Easter causes gonorrhea. Why else would there be [...]

The Big Bang Theory’s Cuoco, 25, on the other hand, couldn’t wait to get her clothes off. ‘I was way more excited than I ever thought I would be,’ she says. ‘Which made me realize, I’m more comfortable in my own skin than I thought.’ High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale reveals naked ambition in Allure [...]

So how does one quickly turn their HTML application into a MySpace application without rewriting a ton of code? Enter Microsoft Silverlight and the RadHtmlPlaceHolder control from Telerik. MySpace supports Silverlight applications, just like Flash. And with an install base somewhere around 70% now, I decided Silverlight is absolutely a viable option for my app. [...]