Google’s New Reader Mess
It looks like Google has decided to screw up Reader with a new design: I guess they wanted it to have a more modern-looking design, and I suppose it looks nicer, but it’s kind of goofy from a usability standpoint. The biggest problem is that everything is, well, bigger. They’re following the modern web design [...]
The Only Known Requirement
There’s an animated video making its way around the legal blogosphere in which a cynical older lawyer tries to convince an idealistic prospective law student not to go to law school. As a non-lawyer, I’m probably missing half the jokes, but it’s still pretty funny. I was more fascinated, however, by the web site used [...]
Followup On Sony Vegas Problems
When I figured out that my Sony Vegas video editing software was crashing because of a bogus file date, I filed a detailed problem report with Sony Creative Software, and I emailed a short description of the problem to Premiumbeat, the suppliers of the music files—created by a guy names Styve—that had bad dates on them. I [...]
Why Software Testing Is Hard
Now that I’m experimenting with video for the blog, I’m learning how to use video editing software. Currently, I’m experimenting with Sony Vegas. I like it a lot, it seems intuitive and fairly powerful. One of the more interesting features of Vegas is a tool called Media Manager which helps you index and track your [...]
Google Earth Public Release
Wow! 5000 hits today! Although I’d love for you folks to stick around and check out my blog, I suspect you just want to download the latest release of Google Earth Plus—3.0.0336 (beta)—which you can get here: http://www.desktop.google.com/download/earth/GoogleEarthPlus.exe Enjoy! Update: Google has suspended downloads. Better check the official page: http://earth.google.com/
Google Earth, Second Beta
Update: Looking for the latest Google Earth beta? Go here. Google has released a new version of the Google Earth beta. This is version 3.0.0178, replacing bersion 3.0.0149. I described the first beta here. Also, Stephen DesRoches has a nice review. No new features, they say, but a few fixes: No more crashing on exit [...]
Google + Keyhole = Google Earth
Google just released the next version of their Keyhole software. It’s called Google Earth, and of course it’s a beta release. (Update: All I got was a message from a Google email address saying that they were making the beta available to current Keyhole subscribers, which I am. The message included a download URL that [...]