It took a bit to sort it out, but once you know how turning on and using
Chinese input on Android 2.1 is very nice. Here is a quick movie
showing how to install, enable, and use Chinese input using the HTC
Desire (it should be the same for any Android 2.1 phone I would guess)
Well, it’s official. I am no longer using any Apple products. It’s not as dramatic as the title might lead you to believe though; I just couldn’t pass up the joke. I decided to write a post about why, and what it means for the Mac open source projects in which I [...]
My Macbook Pro got sick last week, and I think it’s down for the count. I’ve used it extensively for about five years (with a lot of travel). I think it has had a pretty decent run. I am pretty sure it’s dead.
While I am trying to decide what my next computer purchase [...]
I've been hearing and reading a bit about how online advertising is in trouble because of Ad Block, and I've had a few people ask me if there was a way around it. So I set out to find out how to subvert adblock.
It actually wasn't that hard, and this technique would make ad block (in it's current form) obsolete. Even the “sharing of blocked ads” wouldn't stop this from working. There are no browser plugins required for it to work either.
I am not sure if I want to put out how to do it, because I use ad block ;). I don't think anyone is doing this because I haven't seen any ads behave this way. Anyway here is a demo of it in action:
I'll tell you how it works for 5 million dollars :-D
Update: I've had some people tell me they didn't believe me that this works. Hey, yeah thanks for calling me a liar. At the risk of losing out on my 5 million dollar bounty, here is a demo. (Now we'll probably see a bunch of copy cat scripts – talking about how they figured it out, super.)