Comments for Michael Wheeler http://michael-wheeler.org mmmm bacon. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Why tabbed browsers should die. by Jack Scott http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/05/26/tab/#comment-218 Jack Scott Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:13:32 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=919#comment-218 Also, the Windows taskbar is basically a tabbed experience, albeit not a very good one. Also, the Windows taskbar is basically a tabbed experience, albeit not a very good one.

]]> Comment on Why tabbed browsers should die. by Jack Scott http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/05/26/tab/#comment-217 Jack Scott Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:49:40 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=919#comment-217 While they are at it, all the application developers should stop writing their own GUI toolkits. If you're on Windows, use Windows Forms. If you're on Linux, use GTK+. If you're on OS X, use Carbon or whatever. Don't go creating a new slider just for the hell of creating a new slider! While they are at it, all the application developers should stop writing their own GUI toolkits. If you’re on Windows, use Windows Forms. If you’re on Linux, use GTK+. If you’re on OS X, use Carbon or whatever. Don’t go creating a new slider just for the hell of creating a new slider!

]]> Comment on Leaving the “cloud” by Rowan http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/29/leaving-the-cloud/#comment-216 Rowan Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:16:55 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=853#comment-216 Great post, sir! I've been meaning to pull away from Facebook and even Google for quite some time, I've just feared trying to find a replacement for Gmail and Google Reader, two services I really do depend on since I haven't found any even remotely good alternatives. Due to my current living situation I can't exactly set up a server to run all this stuff for me, especially due to Alaska's monopolistic ISPs that took away our unlimited bandwidth and charged us more. I think since I've got a Dreamhost account with "unlimited" data/bandwidth I'd actually feel safe hosting my own "cloud" via their servers. Not exactly hosting all your data yourself, but I trust Dreamhost more than the billion dollar corps selling my data to advertising agencies and who knows what else to who else. Keep posting on your mission and I'll keep reading (RSS feed powars) and getting ideas for doing the same. I'm totally down, the internet is not safe! I actually like the idea of throwing out FB and Twitter for a blog anyway, it's just a matter of sticking to that blog (for once.) Great post, sir! I’ve been meaning to pull away from Facebook and even Google for quite some time, I’ve just feared trying to find a replacement for Gmail and Google Reader, two services I really do depend on since I haven’t found any even remotely good alternatives.

Due to my current living situation I can’t exactly set up a server to run all this stuff for me, especially due to Alaska’s monopolistic ISPs that took away our unlimited bandwidth and charged us more. I think since I’ve got a Dreamhost account with “unlimited” data/bandwidth I’d actually feel safe hosting my own “cloud” via their servers. Not exactly hosting all your data yourself, but I trust Dreamhost more than the billion dollar corps selling my data to advertising agencies and who knows what else to who else.

Keep posting on your mission and I’ll keep reading (RSS feed powars) and getting ideas for doing the same. I’m totally down, the internet is not safe! I actually like the idea of throwing out FB and Twitter for a blog anyway, it’s just a matter of sticking to that blog (for once.)

]]> Comment on Leaving the “cloud” by Sarah Stokely http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/29/leaving-the-cloud/#comment-215 Sarah Stokely Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:14:45 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=853#comment-215 Hi Michael, You might want to check out Diaspora - www.joindiaspora.com - it's a decentralised, open source, Facebook alternative. You can actually host your own Diaspora, although it's in early beta and isn't feature rich (yet). :) Cheers! Hi Michael,
You might want to check out Diaspora – http://www.joindiaspora.com – it’s a decentralised, open source, Facebook alternative. You can actually host your own Diaspora, although it’s in early beta and isn’t feature rich (yet). :)

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Leaving the “cloud” by Jamie http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/29/leaving-the-cloud/#comment-214 Jamie Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:19:07 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=853#comment-214 http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_3_begins Give that a go for videos and pics http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_3_begins

Give that a go for videos and pics

]]> Comment on This is a blog post by Jamie http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/28/this-is-a-blog-post/#comment-213 Jamie Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:18:09 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=850#comment-213 http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_3_begins Give that a go for pictures and videos http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_3_begins

Give that a go for pictures and videos

]]> Comment on Leaving the “cloud” by Jack Scott http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/29/leaving-the-cloud/#comment-212 Jack Scott Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:01:07 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=853#comment-212 It's great to see more people leaving the big services and taking back control of their privacy, their information and their lives. I've personally deleted my twitter account in the last few days, and trimmed down my Facebook friends list as well. I've deleted my Google account (which served no purpose to me at all), and I've moved to hosting my own email years ago. The next step for me is to move all the stuff I currently host on a VPS onto my own home server, so that I know exactly where all my data is. I'm not going to do that until I have a very good Internet connection (bring on the NBN!) and a foolproof backup plan. Great work on this fantastic article! It’s great to see more people leaving the big services and taking back control of their privacy, their information and their lives.

I’ve personally deleted my twitter account in the last few days, and trimmed down my Facebook friends list as well. I’ve deleted my Google account (which served no purpose to me at all), and I’ve moved to hosting my own email years ago.

The next step for me is to move all the stuff I currently host on a VPS onto my own home server, so that I know exactly where all my data is. I’m not going to do that until I have a very good Internet connection (bring on the NBN!) and a foolproof backup plan.

Great work on this fantastic article!

]]> Comment on Leaving the “cloud” by Edward.H http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/29/leaving-the-cloud/#comment-211 Edward.H Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:23:56 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=853#comment-211 Thanks , it help . a link of this article was just added to www.linuxine.com in order to share it withi more linux fans Thanks , it help . a link of this article was just added to http://www.linuxine.com in order to share it withi more linux fans

]]> Comment on This is a blog post by mwheeler http://michael-wheeler.org/2011/01/28/this-is-a-blog-post/#comment-210 mwheeler Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:23:42 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=850#comment-210 Hello. Hello.

]]> Comment on 30 Days of Geek – Day 6 – Primary geek fuel (snacks/drinks) by Michael Wheeler http://michael-wheeler.org/2010/11/06/30-days-of-geek-day-6-primary-geek-fuel-snacksdrinks/#comment-208 Michael Wheeler Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:09:04 +0000 http://michael-wheeler.org/?p=827#comment-208 Haha true. Haha true.

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