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2010 Song of Summer

Posted on 2010/07/25 by Mark Doliner

I picked a Song of Summer for this summer: “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap. I actually had a hard time picking between the first three songs on their album Conditions: “Sweet Disposition,” “Love Lost” and “Fader.” They’re all really … Continue reading →

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Planned One Laptop Per Child Tablet

Posted on 2010/06/06 by Mark Doliner

I’ve mentioned the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project before. It’s very interesting to me. Originally the project set out to create a $100 laptop (that may have even been the original name of the project?). They did manage to … Continue reading →

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Good Weather

Posted on 2010/04/25 by Mark Doliner

The last few days have been busy! Thursday – Work then Conan O’Brien in San Francisco Friday – Work then climbing at the gym Saturday – Biking then Muir Beach for Ben’s birthday party Sunday – Running then Rivers of … Continue reading →

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Meebo Announces XAuth

Posted on 2010/04/20 by Mark Doliner

On Monday Meebo announced something called XAuth (not to be confused with the X Windows authorization program). What is it? It’s a small JavaScript library intended to be used by website developers to tailor a web page to a specific … Continue reading →

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AOL, AIM and Openness

Posted on 2010/04/02 by Mark Doliner

When I started working on Pidgin eight years ago (eight years‽ holy crap!) my main focus was the code used to connect to AIM and ICQ. The protocol is called ‘OSCAR,’ and it is a proprietary protocol created by AOL. … Continue reading →

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Google and China

Posted on 2010/03/25 by Mark Doliner

(This is probably old news for anyone who stays abreast of tech news, but for everyone else…) A while ago I complained about China’s draconian censorship laws. In 2006 Google launched google.cn, a China-based google.cn search page with censored results. … Continue reading →

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A Revised Table

Posted on 2010/03/14 by Mark Doliner

Two years ago I posted a list of movies involving Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, Johnny Depp and Belena Bonham Carter. Here’s a revised list with the new Alice In Wonderland included. Tim Burton Danny Elfman Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter … Continue reading →

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Flippin’ Around

Posted on 2010/02/24 by Mark Doliner

You know how at the end of Star Wars – Episode II, Attack of the Clones Yoda is attacking the evil Count Dooku, and he’s like flipping all over the place with his lightsaber and jumping around like crazy? Shaun … Continue reading →

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Mobile Phone Service Contracts

Posted on 2010/02/22 by Mark Doliner

I don’t like this whole business about “sign a contract for two years and we’ll give you a subsidized phone” (I touched on this a few months ago). It means the wireless carrier recoups the cost of your phone through … Continue reading →

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Checklist for Keeping User’s Passwords Safe

Posted on 2010/02/15 by Mark Doliner

I recently wrote a series of blog posts about how we handle users’ passwords at Meebo: post 1, post 2 and post 3. Here’s a collection of that same information, distilled into a set of do’s and dont’s written specifically … Continue reading →

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