Update: A build that fixes the Flash-related loading problems (see below) in Firefox has gone live. That build also fixed the loading issues with the game on iOS devices and added some (very) basic support for touch events (both iOS and IE10 / Windows 8). Play it at www.cuttherope.ie. Monday was a big day Pixel [...]

Of the many sincere and touching tributes to Steve Jobs yesterday, I found Bill Gates’ to be the best and most poignant: I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs’ death. Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work. Steve and I [...]

I’ve just finished a really great week at SXSW and I wanted to jot down some highlights before they get hazy. So, in no particular order: Ze Frank and the IE9 Launch First, we got lucky. Ze Frank did a soft launch of his new social giving/sharing platform star.me at the IE9 launch. We built [...]

The IE9 launch party tomorrow will be awesome. Why? First IE9 is a really great browser and Microsoft deserves our hats off for that. It matters. There are more people using IE in the world than any other browser so changes matter. And IE9 is a big change. It’s a streamlined UI, has great standards [...]

I’ve used all kinds of systems for tracking my time, but by far the most effective is a pen and paper. At the end of the week everything gets reviewed and inputted into the digital tool du jour (I really like Harvest), but for the day-to-day mechanics of keeping track of where I spend my [...]

This is really neat. It’s a very very early digital 3D rendered film (family lore is that it’s the first, ever). It looks old because it is. It was created in 1972 by Ed Catmull (the founder of Pixar) and Fred Parke with a little help from my dad. I also think that this is [...]

We did the Diet Coke + Mentos experiment for the kids over the weekend. Mentos made it awesome. Spiderman slippers made it awesomer!

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At least if everything goes as planned, you’re RSS reader should keep on getting regular updates without any work on your part. That’s if everything goes as planned, though, because big changes are afoot on the blogfront. I just “retired” notstatic.com in favor of the more comprehensive nerdplusart.com. Faithful readers may remember this as the [...]

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