Apple unveils new “open” HTML 5 demos page, blocks all browsers except Safari.

Apple unveils new “open” HTML 5 demos page, blocks all browsers except Safari.

Oh the irony. Apple today took the wraps off of a new HTML 5 & Web Standards page, showing off to devs and end users alike what HTML 5 and other bleeding edge web standards are capable of. Only problem — this “openness” is limited (artificially) to only Apple’s Safari browser. Now I know for a fact the latest betas of Chrome and Firefox can do at least half the stuff in the demos. But I digress. For Safari users, head on over to the HTML 5...

Mario Candy the perfect gift for the geeky sweet tooth.

Mario Candy the perfect gift for the geeky sweet tooth.

If you could reach into your TV screen, pick up Mario and bite of his head, would you? Too graphic perhaps? What about one of those magical mushrooms always running around? I mean, a little trip via some organic fungus never hurt anyone too bad right? If such things ping your brain every night as you lie awake in bed, boy have I got a treat (literally) for you. Mario Candies. Thanks to Birthday Express (Mushroom and Gold Star candies) and BigBadToyStore (Question Mark Block...

As date of Tiananmen approaches, China’s Great Firewall cometh…and taketh

As date of Tiananmen approaches, China’s Great Firewall cometh…and taketh

The Chinese Government in the digital/computer age has over the last several years made headlines around the world as various sites, services, and news events have been blocked by their “Almighty Firewall”. In an age of free information transport, it really is a shame the Chinese government skews their peoples’ views on world issues and even internal ones. As the anniversary date of the Tiananmen Square Massacre approaches, the Almighty Firewall is being...