Asides – Page 14 – Factory Joe

Laptop thefts on the rise in SF

According to a report in the Guardian (ironic, no?), Strong-arm robberies of laptop computers are on the increase. Looks like it’s time to get a laptop lock for Mlle G4.

Flickr in Newsweek, 37Signals in BW

All our friends from the Web 2.0 Game Show are showing up in the MSM. First, 37Signals gracing the cover of Business Week and then Stewart and Caterina on Newsweek. Seen any yellow canaries lately?

37Signals release Basecamp API

I’ve been waiting on this one for some time and finally Basecamp has an API. I’m tremendously excited about this as the timing couldn’t be better as I migrate back to independent consulting.

Drupal Camp coming to the Bay Area

The first Drupal Camp is being organized for April 1-2 and will take place at Compumentor in San Francisco. Less a camp than a hands-on seminar, the event will cost $500 for each trainee and feature training by Jeff Robbins of Lullabot.

Robotize your Firefox

Ever need to execute repetitive tasks in Firefox? Now you don’t need to do it by hand — simply grab Selenium IDE. “It is implemented as a Firefox extension, and allows you to record, edit, and debug tests.” Take a look and then download it!

Superbrowser or superheadache?

Yes, this is kind of what we’re trying to avoid in Flock. I mean, take a look. While I’m sure a lot of functionality in there is pretty useful — that’s a user experience I would never want to impost on anyone!

I want a Tails topbar

Calvin Yu has done a great job with his Tails extension and I’d like to see something similar in Flock — but much fuller featured. How about a microformat vaccuum cleaner thingamahoogie that sucks up all the mFs it finds, indexes them with Lucene and then spits them back out in a Greasemonkey-created address book or calendar? Eh eh? Any takers?

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