Damn, it’s been a really long time since I rocked out to some classic rock - if I can even call The Beatles classic rock since they still sound fresh and ahead of the curve.
blogged to The Beatles “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”#l[7:47]#l from Abbey Road (1969).
Entries from January 2003
Abbey Road
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · music
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Sprint PCS subscribers able to rate Superbowl Ads
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · marketing
Sprint is working with mobile developer Openwave, professional services firm Proteus and web hosting specialist FatCow to enable subscribers to rate Superbowl advertisements. The operator also worked with McKee Wallwork Henderson Advertising to create the ADBOWL system which will be used to track responses.
Users who sign-up to the service will be sent a text [...]
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safari multipage view mockup
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · Safari
Not the first time I have seen this idea… I think this is a bit cleaner and perhaps easier to deal with than the previous iteration which followed the look and feel of Preview. [anil dash's daily links]
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Apple Web site recognizes Safari users
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · Safari
A small Safari icon appears in the top-left corner of Apple.com with the message “Welcome Safari user” when visiting the site with Safari. The icon does not appear when viewing the site with any other browsers.
[MacMinute.com]
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Kung Tunes
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · music, software
I finally got the Kung Tunes kinks worked out thanks to some expert help from Adriaan Tijsseling, the developer.
Through the magic of email, we (actually just Adriaan) were able to troubleshoot the messy CSS I had running down the right side of the page. Now things look and work great! Thanks again Adriaan!
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ESPN going HDTV
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · gadgets and technology, tv
Thank to this tip from AudioRevolution I know that ESPN is going HDTV at the end of March 2003.
ESPN HD will include 100 live telecasts in its first year featuring Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and the National Hockey League — produced and distributed in high-definition HDTV.
The resolution on [...]
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Is Chimera Dead?
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · Safari
Is Chimera Dead? [MacSlash]
Also Is Phoenix Dead? [Mozillazine]
Seems that the impact of Safari on the Chimera project has been to cause an almost sudden death to the spurt of developmental energy which has been invested so far.
It’s too bad that the Phoenix team is also suffering a similar fate. Safari has [...]
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Report: AOL insiders sold $1.5B in stock
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · news
Report: AOL insiders sold $1.5B in stock
[Google Top Stories]
The Washington Post, quoting Thomson Financial’s examination of insider sales records, reports that outgoing company Chairman Steve Case leads the list with $697.4 million in stock sales during the period. Robert Pittman, who resigned as chief operating officer of the combined company, is second on the [...]
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Pop diva Celine Dion pitches
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · marketing
The Chrysler arm of DaimlerChrysler AG is hoping pop diva Celine Dion can convince people to actually fall in love with Chrysler cars. [Auto.com]
The idea that the cars are so great to drive and so beautifully designed that they inspire passion is behind Chrysler’s new brand slogan “Drive & Love,” which has changed slightly from [...]
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WSJ: Apple Reveals Its Latest Ace: Substance Behind Pretty Case
January 20th, 2003 · Comments · apple
This morning’s WSJ is running a great story on Page 1 of the Marketplace section entitled Apple is Now Showing some Real Substance behind the Pretty Case, which talks about the recent development of Safari and Keynote as well as assumung that there are apps to handle word processing and spreadsheets on the way. [...]
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
January 19th, 2003 · Comments · tv
Congratulations to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm for winning the Golden Globe! Certainly well deserved as many of you I’m sure would agree.
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Help with Plucker?
January 19th, 2003 · Comments · software
So many people have found my post on Plucker, it’s amazing! I’m glad the help I got to get this to work has been able to help so many others as well.
Thanks to Atmasphere.net, I now have a functional Plucker Desktop on my iBook. After a comment in one of my old posts, from [...]
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Heartbreaking and Disappointing…
January 19th, 2003 · Comments · Sports
Heartbreaking and Disappointing…
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Every time I post a comment on…
January 19th, 2003 · Comments · software
I could not agree more! I don’t want to see comments for every post on a blog in my newsreader either. It would nice to subscribe via email like the way you get comments on your own blog in MT.
Every time I post a comment on a weblog I have to remember to [...]
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Game Time!!
January 19th, 2003 · Comments · Sports
Let’s go EAGLES !!
Time to kick some Buccaneer booty!
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Latest on Teen Texting Subculture
January 19th, 2003 · Comments · marketing
The phenomenon has businesses that cater to teenagers scrambling to keep up.
At MTV Europe, a number of text-oriented programs have been added.
Some MTV shows allow viewers to send in text messages that crawl across the screen during music videos — what better way to send a note to a friend? — and others allow texters [...]
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A Star Is Born (If AOL Rebounds)
January 18th, 2003 · Comments · news
Don Logan’s genial ruthlessness in pursuit of dominion over America Online has been notable not just for its speed, but also for its effectiveness.
[New York Times: Technology]
But turning around America Online will not be easy for Mr. Logan and Jonathan F. Miller, the division’s chairman, whom Mr. Logan, Mr. Parsons and Mr. Case hired [...]
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CNN.com - Drivers license spam scam busted
January 18th, 2003 · Comments · spam
This is great news… I got this email quite a few times last week.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Several unscrupulous “spammers” have been shut down after bombarding Internet users with e-mail offers for allegedly bogus international drivers’ licenses, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.
[Daypop Top News Stories]
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The Eric Eldred Act FAQ
January 18th, 2003 · Comments · news
Trying to understand what it all means? A great overview by our fearless leader in law…
I’ve posted an Eric Eldred Act FAQ.
[Lessig Blog]
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Microsoft: Security fix due for phone OS
January 18th, 2003 · Comments · gadgets and technology
Yet another reason not to choose MS Smartphone as your platform of choice. I have not heard of any such issues with either Symbian or PalmOS.
The company plans to update its Smartphone 2002 operating system to fix flaws that make it possible to send rogue software programs to phones that use the OS.
[CNET [...]
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