The iTrip for your iPod
As you can see, this baby was designed for the iPod. A new transmitter that’ll let you listen to your iPod on any FM radio. The iTrip is powered by the iPod itself and comes out this Spring.Read [Gizmodo]
Month: January 2003
Apple snub stings Mozilla
As Apple computer chooses open-source competitor KHTML for its Safari browser, Mozilla critics say AOL Time Warner’s browser suffers from code bloat, among other problems. [CNET News.com]
Surgical Options…
Right now I am debating having surgery on my hand. It would be arthroscopic and minimally invasive, but still surgery and for me the possibility of returning to a cast looms. Since most people reading this don’t really know me so I will provide a brief background… Last March (almost 10 months ago!) I broke … Read moreSurgical Options…
The Nextel Advantage
While other carriers in the US are all talking the talk about adding Push to Talk to their service, Nextel has gone ahead and expanded their regional coverage. The service will now allow traveling parties to Direct Connect each other while in new markets as well as use Direct Connect to speak with anyone else … Read moreThe Nextel Advantage
NetNewsWire Pro 1.0b8
NNW just keeps getting better and better… This release focuses on the news reader. Changes include displaying the time for the next refresh, remembering column sizes, and fixing an OPML subscriptions importing bug. (See the change notes for more info.) [Ranchero]
Pop Goes the Weasel
But will they? Changing Advertising agencies and management shifts are signs that change is afoot. Now that Steve Case has finally stepped down as the figurehead of AOL-TimeWarner, the media empire is free to spin-off it’s Internet services division and become a good ol’ content provider, again. That is, if they can remember how. Case’s … Read morePop Goes the Weasel
Safari Aquafier 1.0
This program allows you to easily change Safari’s brushed metal interface into an Aqua interface.
Dish Network – HDTV PVR
My choice for satellite TV anytime would probably be DirecTV over Dish, but this box certainly ups the ante for consideration. TiVO certainly has their work cut out for them and hopefully time to answer this as I don’t recall seeing any specs yet on their pending HD PVR box. The DishPVR 921 satellite TV … Read moreDish Network – HDTV PVR
Jupiter Research Start Blogging
This is great stuff… Just added the feeds to NetNewsWire. Press Release: Jupiter Research Announces the Launch of Analyst Weblogs Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM – News) today announced that its Jupiter Research division will be the first research advisory firm to offer dedicated research analyst Weblogs. The new Web site at features Weblogs authored by … Read moreJupiter Research Start Blogging
Trent Latte: black coffee and steamed milk in separate but equal portions
Hilarious! Michael sez: “Kramerbooks, a bookstore/eatery just off Dupont Circle in Washington DC, is selling a new coffee drink, the Trent Lotte: A glass of black coffee, and a glass of steamed milk, in separate but equal portions.”LinkDiscuss (Thanks, Michael!) [Boing Boing]
SafariMasks 1.0
SafariMasks was made to customize the look of Safari – Apple’s new turbo web browser for Mac OS X. With SafariMasks you don’t have to settle with Apple’s navigation buttons. Simply choose a new theme from our list and click install. Within seconds you can have a brand new theme to use when surfing the … Read moreSafariMasks 1.0
Man disallowed to sell family on eBay
LOS ANGELES —Online auctioneer eBay has disallowed writer Steve Young to peddle his family on its Web site, saying it is against company policy to sell human beings. Young had offered invitations to family outings and said he and his wife would have changed their surnames. [USA Today: Nation]
The Big Heist: How AOL took Time Warner
I just finished watching this show on CNBC. I highly recommend it to anyone interesting in the media space. The program, CNBC’s first documentary is an excellent account of what and how the merger of these giants came to be. They have captured interviews with great business minds like Sumner Redstone, John Malone, Michael Eisner, … Read moreThe Big Heist: How AOL took Time Warner
Steve Case Resigns!
Major news from AOL… NEW YORK, Jan 12, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) — AOL Time Warner Inc. ( AOL ) today announced that Steve Case has decided to step down as Chairman effective at the Annual Shareholders Meeting in May. Case notified CEO Dick Parsons and the Board of Directors of his decision over the weekend. … Read moreSteve Case Resigns!
Insert Safari URLs 1.0.1
I don’t use Entourage, but I did request this feature for Safari. I miss the ease in which you are able to email a link from both Chimera and IE. Hopefully soon enough. Insert Safari URLs is a script that will take URLs selected from open windows in Apple’s “Safari” web browser and insert them … Read moreInsert Safari URLs 1.0.1
We rented a movie Friday night…
Watching this film was like unwrapping a pretty package to find a box filled with vomit.
Eagles defeat the Falcons 20-6
Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles defeated Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons tonight! The game was a tough one and only was secured in the fourth quarter when McNabb found Thrash who ran in for in for a 35yd touchdown. Duce Staley was a machine in the third and fourth quarters fighting through and … Read moreEagles defeat the Falcons 20-6
WebMonkey Reviews Safari
Surfin’ Safari – reviewed from a web designer’s perspective…
Safari Tip: Command Click the Title Bar
From Macintouch: You can command click on the title bar to go “up” directories in a url. This is very nice addition allowing the Safari window to function much like a window in the finder.
Navigating the Safari Browser
O’Reilly has published a nice overview of Safari: Navigating the Safari Browser, It’s lean, it’s mean, but is it for you?