iSqueak for iPhone OS

iSqueak is a port of Squeak, a Smalltalk environment, to the iPhone OS. So as they usually say: Got the urge to write Smalltalk on the iPhone? There's an app for that!

There's a wealth of documentation at the Squeak for iPhone page located here.

Much Ado About Coffee

Laughing Squid has a recent article about the improving coffee situation in New York. At one point, it seemed that all coffee in NYC was going to be Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts or even McDonalds, but the advent of the small coffee shop is coming in full swing here.

As a recent Brooklynite, one coffee shop I have become a fan of is Coffee Den near Red Hook. It's a small place, family and friend owned, but they brew one hell of a cup of coffee! I can't imagine a Saturday passing by where I'm not there, having a mug of red eye or hot chocolate while I study. The relaxed atmosphere and local regulars make it a nice place to start a Saturday for me.

There are many other coffee shops like this one, which I love. These are the kinds of places that care about what kind of coffee they serve, the quality of their foods, and friendliness towards customers. It's the sort of coffee shop that's more popular in other parts of the US, but is becoming a big part of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Read the article about coffee shops via Laughing Squid.

Via Boing Boing: Golden-age computer manual encourages you to break DRM, rants against EULAs

I read this rather amusing post on Boing Boing today, and thought it funny that a computer manufacturer advocated breaking DRM and ranting on EULAs, both of which are two things I despise.

 

 This isn't quite a "rant about DRM and EULAs" post for me right now; I'll get to that later. In the meantime, you can read the original article here.

xkcd: Snow Tracking

Interview with David Byrne

David Byrne was at TED2010, and Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing managed to get an interview with him. The 10 minute audio interview is on Boing Boing's site, located at this page.

I'll be taking a further listen to it and will write a bit more about it in a future post.

Chrome for OS X now supports extensions

Google Chrome has started to win me over on Linux and Windows, where it's starting to displace Firefox as my browser of choice. Its lightweight architecture, fast rendering engine, and smaller memory footprint make Firefox feel bloated in comparison.

But the Mac version of Chrome was, for a long time, far behind the Windows and Linux versions in terms of certain features. One of these features were extensions, which, like in Firefox, allow you to customize the browser behavior to your own needs. On Firefox, for example, one of the first extensions I ever add to a new install is the AdBlock Plus extension. Since I first discovered that particular extension, I've been surfing in ad-free comfort for 5 years. Hell, I even forgot that there *were* ads on the web! :)

Now Chrome can finally allow me to surf in ad-free comfort on my Macs, and for that, I'm happy. My Hackintosh (which I'll be talking about later) can now finally have ad-free surfing!

Read more about the news at Techradar.

A name change? So soon!?

Well, yes! Now that I think about it, what else do you call a blog that's about technology and food?

Simple... you call it "More Blogs About Technology and Food". :)

And the name itself was also inspired by the Talking Heads album "More Songs About Buildings and Food", which in itself was about, yes, buildings and food.