As I mentioned, last this week I had a database blow-out and lost about a month of posts. While certainly better than losing the several years that have accumulated, it still sucks. I knew Google had been generously running through my site for quite this whole time, so I’ve been actively looking through my logs … Read moreAll Hail the Mighty Google Cache!
Interesting compared to my own experiences… I’d have to recommend Notetaker and also mention that in the beta of WordPress 1.2 (out now) UTF-8 is supported. I had not messed with xPad… and it looks interesting, though I’ve got more than enough going on at the moment for notes. I planned to talk about note … Read moreDigital Colophon
I think it’s fair to say this would be a very popular service… I know I already want it! Now if only someone far more capable than me would just write a Firefox extension that will track and sync both my RSS history and my web page history, so that it will not only know … Read moreRSS Bandit remembers you
Sandro emailed this to me earlier in the week and I meant to post it here… Have to give it a shot when I get a moment. Mac OS X Hints: Record and playback high definition TV signals from cable. [Hack the Planet]
Folklore is a great site and this story is amazing… Andy Hertzfeld meets one on one with both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs while developing and selling the first application switcher — Switcher — for the Mac. I mentioned Andy Hertzfeld’s wonderful Folklore web site right after it debuted, and if you have any sense … Read moreSwitcher
Just imagine what might happen if Microsoft’s DRM gets adopted for movies, music and other media…. In addition to a lockout, Michael Gartenberg realized that the software was making unauthorized connections back to the mothership to keep itself up to date… You need Little Snitch, Michael — too bad it’s Mac only. I was going … Read moreWhen DRM goes wrong
I’ve had an HDTV for a longtime by HD standards… almost 4 years. I can’t say I watch more TV, in fact probably less (and even less now with a Baby) but not because of the programming, but rather how I choose to use my time. I got the set for the future, so we … Read moreAdvertisers disappointed in HD
Could be the solution for the web traffic issue reported by Wired… Decentralization is certainly the key. Newswire is a peer-to-peer, fully decentralized system that brings news to your desktop, within seconds after it is published. (My apologies if you already saw this one of the first ten times I posted it.) [Hack the Planet]
This is a very simple pref pane that makes life a bit easier when the mouse is elsewhere as you click. I’ve seen this feature in advanced mouse software, but not as a stand-alone piece. It’s nice to have even with the trackpad… LazyMouse is a Preference Pane that moves your cursor to the default … Read moreLazy Mouse
Phillip is the only person I can think of that has quite a collection like this… here is a video tour of some geek watches you can buy and use today: camera watches, walkie-talkie watches, usb memory storage watches, fitness watches…all here in this video. i can’t really wear a watch unless it “does something” … Read moregeek watches
It doesn’t yet exist, but if it did it would cover an urban area and stop the overzealous horns of cars. Too often, people honk to honk creating noise and unnecessary frustration for other drivers, pedestrians and apartment dwellers. The honk has evolved into a way to shout out the driver’s frustration, rather than warn … Read moreHorn Mute
Conspiracy theorists start your engines! http://www.google.com/blog/. [Ben Hammersley’s Dangerous Precedent]