Unhandled Perception

A complete list of the User Agent strings in use by Firefox. Why would you want a complete list? Who knows, but here it is – http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/Firefox/.

If you visit the site’s homepage your User Agent string will be displayed to you and broken down into its parts.

Link: http://www.useragentstring.com/

We feature hundreds of different downloads every year at Lifehacker. If all you want is the best of the best, look no further than our annual Lifehacker Pack: One download that installs only our favorite, must-have Windows applications in a few clicks.

As with last year’s Lifehacker Pack (and its much older predecessor), the Lifehacker Pack is intended as both an up-to-date compilation of our favorite Windows apps and utilities, and an actual bundle of software you can easily install.

Link: http://lifehacker.com/…

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee.

Link: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/..

The latest update to Skype on the iPhone, the 2.0 release, comes with an upgrade wanted by all, VoIP over the 3G network. The problem is the calls won’t be free.  Well they’ll be free, but only until the end of August.

From the source: Call using your 3G connection. Skype-to-Skype calls on 3G are free until the end of 2010, after which there will be a small monthly fee (operator charges for data will still apply).

I hope there’s a setting that lets you turn this new option off or many users will be incurring chnrges and not even know.

Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype/id304878510

With billions of photos processed each month, and 10′s of millions faces recognized to date, face.com is operating the largest face recognition platform on the cloud. We’re extending our services to the developers community to make it easy to integrate with your services. We offer our platform services both a free and premium licensing, depending on your needs. We offer services for detecting,  recognizing, and tagging faces in any photo, through our REST API.

Need more hours in the day as I have some ideas for a web application using this facial recognition platform.

Link: http://developers.face.com/

Stay tuned for more details about a new giveaway coming next week.

Become a fan of Veign on Facebook for details:
http://www.facebook.com/veignllc

facebook.com/username – Get your own vanity URL at Facebook like facebook.com/VeignLLC

facebook.com/twitter - Connect your pages to your twitter account

facebook.com/mobile – Want Facebook on your mobile device?  Then this is the page for you.

facebook.com/advertising – Access the advertising section on Facebook.  Quickly and easily gets your target ads in front of users.

facebook.com/careers – See what jobs are available at Facebook.

facebook.com/help – Probably the list visited, almost never used section on Facebook.  When was the last time you looked for help on a Facebook feature?

facebook.com/find-friends – Locate new ‘friends’ to connect with.

Do you have one that I missed?

Mention “secret menus” and many people think of hidden functions on Blackberries or Xbox games. Actually, secret menus refers to items you can special order at restaurants that aren’t mentioned on standard menus.

Some places, like Chipotle Mexican Grills, have a whole secret menu that’s limited only by your imagination. On the other hand, In-N-Out Burger’s secret menu” is so unsecret it’s posted on their Web site. Kind of takes the cool factor out of having the inside scoop, doesn’t it?

If you’re looking to impress a date or just like that feeling of “knowing the chef,” here are 24 restaurants that offer secret menus. Remember, not all may participate in the hidden menu. However, if you try to order something and the server looks at you with a blank look, don’t give up. Describe the dish and usually they’ll make it for you anyway

Link:
http://www.couponsherpa.com/…

Link:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm

Visa Buxx is not a credit card. It’s a prepaid card that enables you to load the card online or over the phone and monitor spending, so you can work with your teen to review their spending habits.

Basically, your kids use it but you control it.

Great idea if you’re going to give you kids a credit card which IMO teaches them poor money management.

Link:
http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/prepaid/visa_buxx.html

In the article 5 Reasons The Terminator Franchise Makes No Goddamn Sense you see why you shouldn’t over analyze a movie plot line, especially in a series. The article points out the holes and inconsistencies.

A little off topic for me but it was an interesting read.

Link:
http://www.cracked.com/…

Link:
http://www.chrisyates.net/…

See it all here:
http://www.vilain.com/web-design.html

Link:
http://www.sonnyradio.com/worldclock.htm