Facebook Footer, What is the info displayed near the copyright notice?

What is the different bits of info that are displayed if you hover your mouse over Facebook Copyright statement in the Footer of the page?

It seems, that the values keep changing.

How-To: Web server on a business card (Part 1) - Hack a Day

How-To: Web server on a business card (Part 1) - Hack a Day

for years, microchip pic microcontrollers dominated; pic16f84 hacks and projects are everywhere. the 8-bit 16f and 18f lines are supported by several coding environments and easy-to-build serial port programmers. microchip?s 16-bit pic24f is cheaper, faster, and easier to work with, but largely absent from hacks and projects.

we recently used a microchip pic24f microcontroller in a mini web server project, but didn?t find many introductory references to link to. in this article we?ll cover some pic 24f basics: support circuitry and programming options. we?ll also talk about our favorite features, and how we figured them out. our next article will outline a web server on a business card based on the pic 24f.


the basic circuit

This is pretty cool, I would like to do something of this sort if I new how to sodder and such. Anyone want to get me a soldering gun, and some chips?

Paper Foldables: The Blog:

These are pretty cool, digging the Krang one from the TMNT! A possible use for making some cool business cards.

branding firefox / journal / hicksdesign

Shortly before Christmas, I had an email from a chap called Steven Garrity, who works for Silverorange, and runs a blog called ?Acts of Volition?, in which he publishes a radio show on regular basis. (really worth a listen BTW). He asked if I would like to join a recently created Mozilla branding team, with the immediate aim of producing a new logo identity for the Firebird browser, soon to be renamed firefox (Ben Goodger has written up the reasons and process for the name change). The branding team came into being after Steven wrote an article recommending changes to Mozilla?s existing branding. I jumped at the chance, and today Firefox 0.8 is finally released, and the work is no longer confidential.

Explanation of the origins of the Firefox logo.  I remember seeing other versions, when the browser was in early beta when they were still figuring out the name and all of the browser.

Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009 | Webdesigner Depot

A Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way.

Over the years a range of GUI?s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more.

A good overview of how GUI have progressed. Nothing like some old school Mac OS screenshots. I wish I could get OS X too look a little more old school. You can see how everyone was stealing everyone's ideas as the progression and representations of graphical elements evolved.

GUI, Design

Welcome to Ars Technica v5.0! - Ars Technica

Damn you Conde Neste !

Screwed up the Ars Technica website!

Too Wired-ish looking for me and to glossy.

Oh well I will have to spend some time getting use to the new navigation and funky drop  down menus.

Why can't you guys update the OpenForums at least?

JOHN DVORAK'S SECOND OPINION How Adobe can stop Microsoft Commentary: Attack with a Linux initiative

Adobe could port its Creative Suite, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design and other subsystems, to Linux as a shot across Redmond's bow. Then the company should embrace Linux in-house and develop a complete, optimized Linux OS designed to run a high-performance version of its Creative Suite on Linux optimized for Adobe products, to be sold as a bootable bundle for multicore-workstation hardware.

Are you joking? Adobe port their prized jumbled mess of a suite to Linux? Adobe products have been optimized to run on Windows for years now.(source needed, but it really seems that away) They can't even get it right in OS X, why in the hell would they port to Linux, an open source dominated platform? Everyone that runs a Linux box either writes their own programs or runs programs written by a community and contribute by either adding to that code, or providing feedback. Why would a group of people that like to tinker with their OS and programs would want to invite a closed source based program to their arena? Yes it would make productivity as a business standpoint that much more lucrative, but Linux doesn't have any other such app, that I'm aware of that is closed source and widely accepted and distributed with Linux. I understand that the article claims that Adobe should write and package their own Linux distro, but doesn't this go against what Adobe believes about software, and what the Linux crowd believes about software?
If Adobe wanted to take on Microsoft, and why it is even a battle? They should focus their efforts on Apple. Get Adobe running in OS X well, and with all the hype of Apple and their products, it seems as it would be a win win situation. I've noticed that Adobe has dumped on the Apple camp as of lately, and not sure why, since Apple based system is what got Adobe to where they are now.

10 Reasons To Stay Loyal To Nintendo | GamesRadar

10 Reasons To Stay Loyal To Nintendo | GamesRadar: "How do you feel about Nintendo at the moment? Probably not too great, we'll wager. It's okay. We understand. All of us who witnessed that now legendary E3 press conference share a pain which bonds us as brothers for life."

My self I can't wait to play the new Animal Crossing, and a full fledge Zelda game made for the Wii.  Wiiware Nintendo games would be great to, SNES style Mario and Zelda would be great!

Blanc Burgers & Bottles -- Kansas City, MO (Westport)

Blanc Burgers & Bottles a gourmet burger joint in Wesport, that just opened last Spring is an excellent place to go for a good burger.  Great food, Clean interior, with cool decor (I really like the wallpaper in the batheroom) and long beer list.
What else could you ask for?  Well if your looking for a excellent tasting burger, drive right past the yuppies at Power & Lame District and head right on over to the tried and true Wesport area of the city. 


What is on the menu?  Burgers, in various forms Beef, Pork, Fish, and Veggie.
I myself had the AU POIVRE Pepper-crusted burger, watercress, creamy green peppercorn sauce, grilled onions, salt + pepper brioche bun. and April had the CLASSIC aged NY white cheddar, tomato, homemade pickles, red onio made-from-scratch ketchup + mustard, sesame brioche bun.


Overall this place was a good experience.  Great friendly staff that is very proud of what is served at the restaurant. I've never had a waiter go over my menu for me at a burger joint.  The explanations were informative, and allowed me to narrow down my choice.  My only complaint would be the prices of beverages and the fact that most come bottles, even your every day Diet Coke.  So a single beverage purchase of $2.00+ for a single 8oz. beverage is a little much. I can understand for the specialty pops but not for everyday pops.  Also beer prices a tad high.  $4+ plus for a Boulevard, a tad much for my taste, I mean the stuff is just made down the street, and Boulevard is usually a tad cheaper at non franchise type of places.  I mean in L-Town you can grab a Boulevard for 2.50-3.50 from place to place.
But back to the good news, I highly recommend this place, the condiments served with the meal are worth the drive over to Westport, I'm serious, they are made in house!
Great job, nice atmosphere, minimalist with some mod style furniture, my kind of place.
Look forward to visiting again.
Check out what April thought of the place.

Twist an Urban Eatery Review

April and I had lunch today at Twist, a funky eatery downtown on the edge of the Crossroads district just down from the Sprint Center.
Not a bad little place, awesome decor. I would really love to have the orange couches that are at the front of the restaurant. The overall atmosphere of the restaurant is clean and moddish. (for some reason, I really liked the forks and knifes) It was entertaining to view the items around, and the plastic chairs that match the orange couches are awesome. The art on the other hand is a bit disappointing, and a little too Urban Outfitterish for my taste.


Anyways, onto the food April had Chicken Salad Sandwich with French Fries, which she really enjoyed though it could have had more of the mayonnaise mixture. I myself had Salmon Grilled Sandwich and Wasabi Mashers, which both were very good as well! The only complaint we shared was the grill marks on our sandwiches were a little too harsh on the burnt taste side of things.


Great place, and need to go back to sample some more of the food, and to see how their Martinis are. Props for great food, from such a young chief.


Menu
(can I redesign the logo & menu?)