September, 2012

  1. NFL Playoff Attrition, Round 2

    Last year I made some SWAGs about which NFL teams that made the playoffs in 2010 would miss in the 2011 season. Recapping those predictions here. Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Green Bay Indianapolis Kansas City New England New Orleans NY Jets Philadelphia Pittsburgh Seattle italic = predicted to miss the playoffs bold = did miss the…

  2. @dwiskus The only time I need voice and data at the same time is when I’m on a call in the car and still need Maps to work.

  3. A Couple of Quick Notes on Free Agency →

    There are more teams currently in playoff position in the bottom half of team payroll than in the top half. The top five teams in winning percentage all rank outside the top five in opening day spending, and only one of the top five by winning percentage even ranks in the top 15 of spending.

    So, yeah. This isn’t a normal year, and this probably isn’t the start of any kind of trend, but the data is pretty clear – you simply cannot make a judgment about a team’s ability to contend by looking at how much money they spend on their roster.

    Watching the evolution of how baseball teams build their rosters over the last ~15 years has been fascinating.

  4. Sunset (Pukka, Meerkat) →

    I’ve been a fan and user of Pukka, sorry to see it go. As far as I can tell, the best option out there for Pinboard users on the Mac is the bookmarklet and Pinboard website (which are both pretty solid).

  5. Lightning Adapter Pricing

    Adapter Pricing

    I don’t get this… how is the adapter $10 more than the cable itself? I’ve accumulated a ton of 30-pin cables; I can only assume that this adapter is intended more for devices like docks, etc. rather than for the cables themselves. Hopefully Monoprice will have good options on cables and/or adapters in the near…

  6. Fix for Nexus 7 Not Turning On

    This weekend my Nexus 7 went “dark” on me and wouldn’t come back. I assumed the battery had died and plugged it in – no joy. I tried holding down various buttons for 10-15 seconds, etc. – nada. This post has the solution: hold down the power button for 30 seconds. That did the trick.…

  7. Open webOS Beta →

    I used a webOS phone for about 6 months – it’s a great OS. I’m hopeful it will make a re-appearance on a viable device. If I were Facebook, I’d be considering it. I think it may also be an interesting choice/starting point for Android licensees that are tired of some of the fees and issues around that platform and want to have their “own” OS.

  8. Retina MacBook Pro External Monitors in HiDPI mode Fix →

    If you’ve had an unpleasant surprise when connecting your retina MacBook Pro to your 30″ display and finding it in “HiDPI” mode, the solution is outlined in the forum thread linked here: hold the Option key while selecting the “Scaled” setting and you’ll see the native 2560 x 1600 resolution listed there.

  9. Hiring: Web Application UI/UX Designer

    We’re still in the process of filling the three positions I posted about previously (technical project manager, front-end web developer and full-stack web developer), but we’ve just added another position that I’m really excited about. We are looking for someone to join our team specifically as a UI/UX lead for web applications. We do a…