atmaspheric | endeavors

So I am currently in sunny Florida for the holidays, but the weather is not exactly the heat we were looking for. It is certainly warmer than NYC, which is great and we can get some sun while outside whether reading or boating so all is well.
I did want to catalogue my adventurous flight [...]

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Yahoo’s buyout of search technology company Inktomi is meant to fend off the growing competitive threat from Google. But analysts say it may be too little, too late. [CNET News.com]

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ZDNet: Story: What’s ahead in 2003? Here’s what I think
Number 5…
2003 will be a pivotal year for Apple. If Steve can pull another iMac from his hat, things will be better for the company. But the real issues are erosion of the education market, due to Windows predation, and increasingly soft sales of Power Macs [...]

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Certainly seems like it was only a matter of time based on the whole premise of the guy’s thinking…

“Mr. Schneider has set up offshore banks for years, but offshore banks have both legal purposes and illegal purposes,” he said. “Mr. Schneider’s position is that he has told people you cannot use them for tax evasion.”
A [...]

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I noticed on Friday that our Cable lineup has changed pretty substantially. When we first got our HDTV converter box, we could choose between HBO, Showtime, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS and PBS. The networks did not broadcast fulltime HD, but the movie stations and PBS delivered 100%. We also have Movies on [...]

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Just in from the OSAF mail list…

We’re working towards our goal of making preliminary code available in a public CVS repository, and we’d like to let everyone know what to expect from this very skeletal release, as well as what not to expect. In the spirit of getting the community on board as soon as [...]

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Lionel Letizi just wanted to play a friendly game of Scrabble. Instead, the Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper apparently won’t be playing anything for a while. Source:Daypop Top News Stories]

In the report, it’s just the latest in a string of bizarre injuries among international goalkeepers:

Spain’s Santiago Canizares missed this year’s World Cup after dropping a bottle [...]

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The only modification I had to make from the auto-discovery was to add my blog ID (in my case, 2) which fixed NNW Pro from crashing on Post. Now all is good with this fantastic app!
Brent Simmons: “That‘s why RSD is nice. It means you can be up-and-running quickly, rather than having to first [...]

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Been having trouble posting from an existing news item, but this is my first new post…

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ScriptBuilders News: “To coincide with the beta release of NetNewsWire Pro, I’ve uploaded NetNewsWire Search Scripts 1.0b1 to ScriptBuilders. This set of four scripts allows users to quickly search articles downloaded by NetNewsWire Pro and then view a report, with articles and links, in a browser.” Source: AppleScript Info
UPDATE - The link to download these [...]

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Notepad tips: “Another new NetNewsWire Pro page: Notepad tips.” Source: inessential.com

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Not something I can do, but certainly worth pointing out…
Developers: “I just added a page to the NetNewsWire site with links for developers.
It points to things like a description of NetNewsWire’s AppleScript support, a description of the RSS clipboard formats used, a list of XML-RPC APIs and methods used, and so on.” Source: inessential.com

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Just downloading now… stay tuned for more on this one!
NetNewsWire Pro public beta: “The NetNewsWire Pro public beta is up.
I so wanted to get this posted before Christmas, and I’m glad I did. It’s kind of an early present to myself—and to you too, if you like it. Which I hope you do.” Source: [...]

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It’s not a “secret” anymore, but it’s not quite for sale yet… looks like a killer.
Smartphone vs. smartphone: “Things are going to get confusing. There’s Smartphone, Microsoft’s new operating system for cellphones. And then there’s smartphone, which is a generic term that seems to encompass just about any cellphone that can can surf the [...]

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MSNBC — The Year in Pictures 2002

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PalmInfocenter.com: AvantGo Aquired by Sybase for $38M
Sybase, a enterprise infrastructure and integration company, and AvantGo, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Sybase to acquire AvantGo in a cash merger valued at approximately $38 million. Sybase intends to operate AvantGo under its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary. The acquisition is expected to be completed [...]

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When Ad Agencies get you… In this most excellent scan courtesy of MacNN.com, you can clearly see a Powerbook G4 in an ad for Gateway Computer. So sorry… I guess the art director got carried away with this one.

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Year in review: Gadgets, go home - Tech News - CNET.com
Gadget makers spent the year trying to get into your house.
While consumers kept a tight hold on their wallets, device creators devoted much of the year to the future of the digital home, where gadget lovers will be able to access all their digital content [...]

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HDTV Gets Clearer: “HDTV Gets Clearer: “Cable operators and TV manufacturers agree to a single standard for digital television receivers.”” Source: Archipelago

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Coming attraction on DVDs: PC content - Tech News - CNET.com
Sonicblue’s DVD player will be able to connect to networks via an Ethernet connection. Consumers will be able to purchase 802.11b PC cards to connect the player to a PC using wireless networking. 802.11b, also known as Wi-Fi, is a technology that allows the creation [...]

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