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Entries from February 2003

snow, snow and more snow…

February 17th, 2003 · Comments · fun stuff and good links

As I am sure you know, or do now, it is snowing once again in NYC and all across the East Coast. Here’s a shot (refreshes every 2 minutes) out my home office window… It’s ain’t purty, but it is a good reflection of what is happening out there.

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Review: Sony Ericsson P800

February 16th, 2003 · Comments · gadgets and technology

[InfoSync reviews the P800...]

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The Real SliMP3

February 16th, 2003 · Comments · music, software

Would you like to stream your music collection to yourself, regardless of where you happen to be, home, work, internet cafe? I know I would… and now I can. The best part is that it was free and easy to do.
There has been a lot of talk about different tools to control iTunes [...]

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Conversation With Marc Andreessen

February 15th, 2003 · Comments · reading

It’s been 10 years since Marc Andreessen and colleagues at the University of Illinois launched Mosaic, the first browser to navigate the World Wide Web.
But according to Andreessen, we’re still less than halfway through the generational cycle of adoption that will shape how we ultimately incorporate the Internet into our daily lives.
[Wired]

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Hip Hop plushies

February 15th, 2003 · Comments · fun stuff and good links, music

Matt sez, “a hip-hop video for DJ Format’s ‘We Know Something’ featuring plushies breakdancing. It’s the best thing ever.”Link [Boing Boing]
absolutely hilarious!

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New Universal Handsfree Device

February 15th, 2003 · Comments · fun stuff and good links, gadgets and technology

An ENYO exclusive!

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Mobile Multimedia Messaging: the Next Killer App in Wireless?

February 15th, 2003 · Comments · gadgets and technology

While Multimedia messaging (MMS) is being touted as the next killer app in wireless, and carriers are pinning their hopes for a telecom recovery on this service, there are still major hurdles to be overcome.
Carriers are hoping that MMS, a multimedia successor to SMS that allows consumers to send picture messages and audio clips [...]

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Sprint, Verizon race on ‘push to talk’

February 15th, 2003 · Comments · gadgets and technology

The two carriers both plan to have a copycat of Nextel’s walkie-talkie feature this year. But who’s going to win the race for No. 2? [CNET News.com Communications]
Who will beat the latency issue first is what this race is really about. Only Nextel has figured out how to keep PTT connection timings between handsets [...]

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Apple: New OS X 10.2.4 Feature - PDF Workflow

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · apple, software

“In Mac OS X it is easy to save a document as a PDF file by simply opening the Print dialog and clicking the Save As PDF button. With the release of Mac OS X version 10.2.4, you now have the option to process the saved PDF file with AppleScript scripts that can perform a [...]

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Does Your CEO have a Weblog?

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · marketing

Mine does! Our CEO, Alan Meckler has started a blog. You can check it out here. I’d love to see all CEOs doing this, documenting what they are doing and why.

[Michael Gartenberg]

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NYTimes.com gears ads to surfers’ habits

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · marketing

New York Times Digital, in a new test is letting advertisers reach visitors with demonstrated interests, in what could be a new dawn of personalized advertising on the Web. [CNET News.com Entertainment and Media]
You will now be able to be targeted by the personal information you’ve given the New York Times…

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OS X 10.2.4 improvements…

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · apple, software

I’m noticing immediate and significant performance improvements since the upgrade. I’m not sure whether it is from the Finder, or what, but so far this is great!

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Mocean Worker at Apple SoHo tonight

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · music

Adam Dorn AKA Mocean Worker will be doing a music demo tonight at the Apple SoHo Store
UPDATE - I am really glad that I made it out for this. Adam was great even through technical difficulties with the Apple store set up. It’s always nice to see an expert use tools that you have messed [...]

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Earphoria: Rendezvous music sharing for iTunes

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · music, software

A new app called Earphoria allows you to share your iTunes library over Rendezvous. It automatically discovers all the Earphoria users on your network and allows you to stream their MP3 collections.
Link
[Boing Boing]

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Subscribing to a site from within Safari

February 13th, 2003 · Comments · Safari, software

Works like a champ!
One of my favorite features of NetNewsWire is that it’s scriptable. There’s even a Scripts menu, so you can add your own commands as scripts.
Here’s a little two-line script that lets you subscribe in NetNewsWire to the frontmost window in Safari.
tell application “Safari” to set s to URL of document 1
tell application [...]

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Mail.app won’t hide?

February 12th, 2003 · Comments · software

Just wondering if anyone else ever has this problem…
I have noticed that Mail.app does not like to hide. Of course, it does not happen all the time, but when it does it is very frustrating. This seems to happen with both the key command shortcut as well as the menu. Has anyone else experienced [...]

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Scrobbler collaborative filtering for iTunes

February 12th, 2003 · Comments · music, software

iScrobbler is a MacOS X port of AudioScrobbler — the media-player plugin that collaboratively filters your playlists with other users. It’s still under development, but it looks like it’ll be available for download RSN.
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[Boing Boing]

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T-Mobile (Danger) Sidekick FREE!

February 12th, 2003 · Comments · gadgets and technology

The only thing keeping me from rushing to do this right now is that I only have one hand to use with it for the time being. It would be very difficult to do e-mail with only my left hand. Argh!
Color must right around the corner if this is finally free…

With Amazon and [...]

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Safari Beta 2-12-03

February 12th, 2003 · Comments · Safari

In case somehow you missed it…
The fastest and easiest-to-use web browser ever for the Mac. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads]

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A Baby Picture of the Universe Tell its Age

February 11th, 2003 · Comments · fun stuff and good links, news

Animation showing how the structure of the universe evolved from WMAP’s “baby picture” of the Big Bang. Matter clumps under the force of gravity, then the first stars ignite, and finally the structures of galaxies form. Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team /WMAP Science Team (5 Mb QuickTime file)
NASA today released the best “baby picture” of [...]

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