After the hell day .. 21+ hours for an alleged day trip… I found myself in the car for about 6 1/2 hours Friday instead of what should have been about 3 1/2 to get to Saratoga. We had no idea what the deal was until pretty close to Albany when finally we saw not … Read moreonce more on my travel saga…
I’m currently up in Saratoga Springs for my sister-in-law’s wedding… Had to change hotels once and now happily at a brand new Marriot Courtyard which is kind enough to throw in free broadband — even wireless. The wireless is too weak in my room, but check out the ethernet connection… 2004-08-14 23:22:18 EST: 1224 / … Read morequick note…
The longest day I’ve had in a very long time and probably the most ridiculous travel ever is finally ending. While waiting to get picked up upon landing, I happened upon the crew from the flight and I had to ask about the weight issue from earlier. Apparently there is no way to tell the … Read moreHome again
so due to just hanging about the runway withe engine running — getting all 3 passengers off to deal with our weight issues — we need to refuel in order to actually leave now. unreal…
still sitting on the plane… as we were getting ready to taxi the pilot announced we were too heavy and had to head back to the gate!! unreal I know – as if they can’t check that before we push off. we are currently waiting for traffic to clear in order to get back to … Read moreWrote too quickly
Wake up at 4:30am to catch a 6:30 flight at LGA … leave and land late arriving late at IAD (Dulles) to scheduled 8am meeting arrive 2 hours early (after meetings) to return and discover 30 minutes before flight is scheduled to leave it is postponed 2 hours… 2 hours later it is cancelled. Thanks, … Read moreThe thrills of business travel
I was just thinking while cleaning up after dinner… Does either Satellite radio service have a built way to track listeners to get some actual (not Nielson or Arbitron BS) numbers? I would think there was a solid opportunity to build this in from the beginning, I just have no idea whether XM or Sirius … Read moreDoes Satellite Radio Track You?
This is a very cool addition especially for me as a recent convert (for now) to Bloglines. I’ve been wondering how the heck I might use the clip blog and now it seems there is a way. The trick I’d like to see is post to blog as well as just add to feed. Last … Read moreLink Splicer: New and Improved!
Nice write-up on the difference in personal and work blogs… 😉 So, I have a corporate blog now, in addition to %u201Cdive into mark,%u201D which will remain a personal blog. A corporate blog is just like a personal blog, except you don%u2019t get to use the word %u201Cmotherfucker.%u201D Also, you don%u2019t get control over your … Read moreCorporate blogging
Not yet officially but coming soon… they are talking about at least 4x speed on top of 802.11G…. nice! MIMO (pronounced MY-moh) stands for multiple input/multiple output and uses multiple antennas to break a single fast signal into several slower signals at the same time. The slower signals are sent using a different antenna using … Read moreWi-Fi Gets A Speed Boost
You might be interested in the popularity of keywords in Google for a variety of reasons — you might be doing research on a technology, or you might be trying to optimize your page and get a sense of how many other people are using the word you want to use. G-Metrics ( http://g-metrics.com/ ) … Read moreG-Metrics
It’s just a press release for now… but coming soon to a Brew and J2ME phone in your pocket… I had not seen much in the mobile advergaming space, but apparently Airborne has been doing it for a while… I could not tell you if Snapple drinkers really want this extenstion beyond the lunchtime 3 … Read moreSnapple takes it to the Mobile
I guess they just could not take it anymore… Nice to see they are lowering the price in the market for this as well as using their physical presence to their advantage. Blockbuster Inc. launched an online service allowing customers to rent up to three DVDs at a time that will be sent through the … Read moreBlockbuster Goes for NetFlix
This is theory at the moment, but could be a very nice standard way to show downloads, itunes status and new mail among others… For users, this means that all your apps, if Growl enabled, will display pretty notifications in the same, uniform way. You can also use growl to work with any scripts you … Read moreGrowl… you’ve got alerts
FARK.com and fun with Photoshop Tip to Joystiq
I’d been wondering what Sony planned to do with the PS2 chip in a TV, but image manipulation was not on my radar… TOKYO — Fighting to show that it still has its innovative edge, Sony Corp. unveiled technology that lets television viewers play with the images broadcast to their screens, letting them zoom into … Read moreSony’s New Interactive Television
This is a slick new app/site for catching Olympic fever while on the go… Presenting mOlympics.com Matt found me a bunch of Olympics-based feeds and now the aggregator is up and running online. You should be able to hit the site from your phone’s minibrowser (XHTML-MP/WAP 2.0) without problems and from the web. I’ve made … Read morePresenting mOlympics.com
According to eMarketer’s just released report, Ad Spending in the US, after the precipitous 15.8% drop in 2002 for US online ad spending, the path back has been more like Lance Armstrong cycling the Alps in the Tour de France %u2014 steep and rapidly upwards. With a 20%-plus growth rate last year, and the same … Read moreOnline Advertising Is on the Reboom!
Windows users…. America Online Inc. has released a beta version of AOL Instant Messenger that fixes a critical security hole that could open users to remote attack. [eWeek]
YouSendIt is a very cool way to share files that are normally considered too large for email. The service is essentially a web based drop box. You select a person’s email, choose a file on your desktop and then hit send. Your browser uploads the file and they send an email to your friend or … Read moreYouSendIt