Dizzying but invisible depth

Dizzying but invisible depth Here is an inspirational Google+ post from the Google employee Jean-Baptiste Queru, on the subject of technological complexity.  It goes all the way from “What happens when you go to www.google.com?“, through the layers, through communication gap between technical and non-technical people, to the point of why people talked more about Steve … Continue reading Dizzying but invisible depth

PHPDoc to GitHub wiki

About a month ago I came across an interesting question over at StackOverflow.  Emanuele Minotto was asking if anybody knows of any easy way to integrate PHPDocumentor with GitHub’s wiki.  It seemed like a really good idea, so I dug around, but didn’t find anything ready made.  PHPDoc’s manual however suggests that things are possible. … Continue reading PHPDoc to GitHub wiki

spoon.net – run any desktop application on deman

spoon.net – run any desktop application on deman I haven’t tried it myself yet, but a few people mentioned to me that this is mighty useful for cross-browser testing during web development and design.

Human population on Mars

In the world where plenty of projections are done for today and project deadlines set for yesterday, it’s nice to once in a while read about someone who thinks a bit further than that. British billionaire Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic company is backing the development of SpaceShip Two, has told CBS News he is … Continue reading Human population on Mars

What are they thinking?

Cyprus Mail reports that Cyprus Airways expands its operations in Greece: “After the positive response from the Athens-Thessalonica-Athens route, the airline decided to start new regular flights to the country’s most important airports,” CY announced yesterday. Starting on October 28, there will be twice-daily flights between Athens and Heraklion, one from Athens to Rhodes and … Continue reading What are they thinking?