Koke’s

Pop-idol or buggy browser?

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 30, 2006

From time to time, I use to check my FeedBurner feeds, mostly to check the number of subscribers (a small ego boost).

This is what I’ve found today:

Well, either I’ve suddenly become a new Blog star (last day number was 22), or there’s something wrong here. I can understand a peak of visits, but this numbers are for feed subscribers.

Most curiously, almost any new subscriber was using Firefox Live Bookmarks. Too much coincidence.

Thinking about it… I’d also add a third option: FeedBurner problem.

Anyway if there are actually 300 of you reading, welcome to all!

UPDATE: It must be a bug, back to normal today

Converting Pi to binary: DON’T DO IT

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 30, 2006

Found at a worthy #1 at reddit:

WARNING: Do NOT calculate Pi in binary. It is conjectured that this number is normal, meaning that it contains ALL finite bit strings.

If you compute it, you will be guilty of:

• Copyright infringement (of all books, all short stories, all
  newspapers, all magazines, all web sites, all music, all movies,
  and all software, including the complete Windows source code)
• Trademark infringement
• Possession of child pornography
• …

Read more at: Converting Pi to binary: DON’T DO IT

Just LMAO!

PS: when did this blog turned into a repository of fun geeky stuff?

Maybe you don’t exist

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 29, 2006

I’ve seen a lot of funny “not found” errors, but Technorati is there fighting for #1:

Huh?

There are blogs, and then there’s whatever you just typed in. If it’s a blog, we don’t know about it. Maybe you made a typo. Or maybe it’s a blog that doesn’t exist. Maybe you don’t exist. (In which case, please ignore this.)

Fake ad, I presume

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 28, 2006

UPDATE: found through El Fary recomienda Ubuntu, but I guess you won’t get it unless you are Spanish.

UPDATE 2: Wikipedia to the rescue: El Fary

SmilePooling is here!

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 28, 2006

Later than we desired, but we are on the streets now. Just in case you have just forgotten what is SmilePooling, let’s remind:

What is this again?

SmilePooling is a new tool for sharing shipping costs in Amazon orders.

Here is how it works:

1. You add items to your wishlist
2. Set up a group with your local friends
3. Place and order and save on shipping costs

OK, we can’t promise huge savings, but you now it’s better if you do it with your friends

Signup now!

We are wating for you. Signup for free, you only need an email address. You don’t have to send us more data than we need.

Beta warning!

SmilePooling is still hot out of the oven, so if you find any problem, or have any suggestion, feel free to contact us

Inspirational art

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 20, 2006

Seen at the Tate Modern

Patents are bad for innovation

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 05, 2006

Patents are no good. I know this for some time now, but I’ve never found a better way to explain than this…

Myth #3: Someone will steal your idea if you don’t protect it.

Reality: No one gives a damn about your idea until you actually succeed and by then it’s too late. Even on the off chance that you do manage to stumble across someone who is as excited about your idea as you are, if they have any brains they will join you rather than try to beat you. (And if they don’t have any brains then it doesn’t matter what they do.)

Extracted from: Top ten geek business myths

Obsolete HTML fun

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 04, 2006

This is definitely the geekiest piece of humour I’ve found lately…

(Via: The HTML Hell Page)

Code beauty

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 03, 2006

Ben Hammersley about code beauty on his talk “Eames, Bach, Michelangelo, and the DOM”

If it’s not beautiful, it’s probably wrong

You can watch the rest of “Fundamentos Web 2006” talks at Fundamentos Web 2006 en directo. Talks are in English.

Check the schedule if you are interested. Notice that all times are GMT+2

Funny typo

Posted by Jorge Bernal October 02, 2006

Warning: geek joke

$ chmood 777 fu
-bash: chmood: command not found  

If it were so easy to change your mood…