Monthly Archives: September 2003

MailBucket: an email-to-RSS gateway

MailBucket: an email-to-RSS gateway: Today he wrote to announce something completely different: an email-to-RSS gateway called MailBucket. It couldn’t be simpler to use. Moments ago I sent an email to clever@mailbucket.org. Almost immediately, I was able to subscribe to http://www.mailbucket.org/clever.xml, … Continue reading

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Treo 600 Video on CNET

CNET’s Brian Cooley talks with Joni Blecher about the Handspring Treo 600, and they discuss the pros and cons of converged devices in general and the 600 in particular. Watch the video here. My goodness, that thing is small! [GearBits] … Continue reading

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bloogz.com

[I found this: http://www.bloogz.com/ in my referer list. A new search engine?]* [Archipelago] I caught that last night in mine as well and have noticed that they visit after each post I’ve made since they started tracking me.

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All the Metrosexual News you can handle…

All right here

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Verisign’s new Privacy Service

I can’t believe this is just launching… but now you can finally decide which Administrative or Technical contacts you want to appear in the public WHOIS database

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Higher Standards

A story in today’s Journal should bring tears to the eyes of online marketers and publishers. Nielsen Media is going to – woo hoo – double the size of its People Meter panel to, hold on, 10,000 households. It’s allegedly … Continue reading

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From the what were you thinking files…

A new AOL 9 ad shows Sting spamming random instant message users, foisting on them pieces of his new video. [MarketingWonk] As noted at the MW site, it seems as though AOL and Sting clearly authorize random and bulk spamming … Continue reading

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Spam Sieve working wonders…

I’ve been getting noticeably less spam since my main work accounts switched over to new domains, but I do still get a fair number of annoying messages daily on my personal accounts. I’ve looked for proxy options to handle IMAP … Continue reading

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Using Google to Search Your Personal Blogsphere

Adding a free ‘blogs I read’ search box to your own weblog provides your readers with an easy way to use Google to search the web, your site or just the blogs you read. [Search Engine Watch] An excellent tip … Continue reading

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The Lost Boys

The youthful ignorance and self-destructive behavior that centers the film “The Boys of 2nd Street Park” reflects the reality of an entire generation. [New York Times: Opinion]

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Quark Death Watch…

Adobe Systems announced Monday new versions of Photoshop and other key publishing and graphics products, but some of the biggest changes won’t be in the applications. The software maker’s new product combines Photoshop, the InDesign page layout application and the … Continue reading

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How to Find That Needle Hopelessly Lost in the Haystack

Tags equipped with microchips and tiny antennas should make it cheaper and more efficient to track goods. Now come the privacy issues. [New York Times: Business]

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Open Source Democracy

I’ve got a short book coming out next week in the UK called Open Source Democracy. It’s being released as a free publication, by a UK thinktank-network called Demos. You can download the PDF version of the book, here. Please … Continue reading

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All Politics Are Loco!!!

A great Michael Lewis piece in the NYT Magazine on the California Recall (Thanks for the pointer JD)

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.Mac benefits

I’ve been wondering whether or not to renew my .Mac membership, and I have to say that Apple seems to be working on making it worth the $99/year. The latest new benefits: free VersionTracker Plus subscription, free iBlog software, and … Continue reading

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Palm OS RSS News Reader Released

Stand Alone software today announced the release of Handheld Headlines/RSS, a dedicated news and RSS reader for the Palm OS of devices. [PalmInfocenter] I just downloaded and installed and it reflects the usual and expected high quality of Stand Alone … Continue reading

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Chip IDs Cat After 10 Years

Chip helps reunite cat with Calif. man after 10-year separation: Score one for scary, invasive, all-knowing, Big Brother-like, Biblical End Times-ish technology. “Call it Ted’s excellent adventure, with a high-tech twist: A cat with an ID microchip implanted under his … Continue reading

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Will The New Napster Matter?

The relaunch of Napster, which reinvented the music business, may come too late for the company to take part in the party it started. [RED HERRING]

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California spam law may face court challenge

A broadly worded ban on unsolicited commercial e-mail could prove vulnerable to challenges on interstate commerce and First Amendment grounds, legal experts say. [CNET News.com]

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Nokia’s got style!

The just announced 7600 is one of the coolest and most original phones I’ve ever seen. It’s a tiny and beautiful fashion phone that manages to house any feature you could possibly want. It’s coming in Q4…wonder if the US … Continue reading

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