How It Is - Half-Elf on Tech

16 June, 2011How It Is

The Redistribution of Apps

Some thoughts on the cloudification of the home network.

9 May, 201121 December, 2011How It Is

On the EU Cookie Law

As of May 25th, UK companies will need to be transparent about any and all third-party cookies that come from their sites. Are we going after the wrong end of the rope?

1 May, 20111 May, 2011How It Is

Learning From Failure

We only learn what too far is by going there.

28 March, 20115 August, 2015How It Is, How It Works

Software Freedoms

GPL does not, cannot, and will not protect the developer who writes the original code. But that’s not why we use it.

28 March, 201128 March, 2011How It Is

Obfuscation Obtuseness

The New York Times erected a paywall, to prevent freebie theft of their articles. Within hours, a workaround had been found. This stuff doesn’t work.

28 February, 201128 February, 2011How It Is

Do Pretty URLs Still Matter?

Is the ‘new web’ way of using hashbang bringing us to the end of pretty URLs?