atmaspheric | endeavors

Hannah is still young enough that we’ve been lucky to avoid things like Barney and Rafi… so not too worry dear reader this is not for either of them.
In fact kids of all ages (yes you!) will probably enjoy Dan Zanes & Friends. We picked up our first album yesterday which is Rocket Ship [...]

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On Friday, an American Airlines pilot on a flight between LAX & JFK asked all the Christians on the plane to raise their hands, then asked the non-Christians to speak to the others about religion. As that probably wasn’t offensive enough, he then called the non-Christians “crazy.” This may just be an interesting [...]

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Firebird is now Firefox… [Mozilla Dot Org]
Good luck getting a copy. The FTP server is totally overloaded. I think Speed Download redials… so hopefully at some point today I should be able to try it.

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For a company that has long flexed its muscles and built a reputation on being first, Sony is now in the awkward position of having to play catch-up. [New York Times: Technology]

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Interesting piece from the NYT Magazine…
Young people around the world spend their Saturday nights writing fiendishly contagious computer viruses and worms. Are they artists, pranksters or techno-saboteurs? [New York Times: Technology]

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David Galbraith has a bunch of great ideas for how a TiVo or other PVR box should work that turns all the existing business models on their heads. I especially like the attempt to create very personal one-on-one advertising that actually benefits people. Although I’m generally an opt-out kind of person, I welcome beneficial advertising [...]

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This looks like a winner… a 1+ MegaPixel camera and an expansion slot - at least rumored… I wonder when it will happen. The T630 is not even really here yet and this is a nice step beyond.
We’ve finally caught our first glimpse of what appears to be the rumored Sony Ericsson T650. [...]

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Nice commentary from Russ on Palm’s pending moves in the Smartphone space… [Russell Beattie Notebook]

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ArsLexis has released iNoah a 79kb Palm app which lets you do live lookups on connected Palm devices like the Treo 600. You could also go to dictionary.com, but this seems to be optimized for the Palm. Currently Free in beta mode… worth a look.

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The offices of two file-sharing firms in Australia have been searched by Music Industry Piracy Investigations
Music Industry Piracy Investigations this morning raided the offices of P2P companies Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, along with the homes of key executives and several ISPs. [ZDNet UK - News - Sharman offices raided by piracy investigators]

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I love stuff like this…
This is a quick note to invite curious people to check out Somniphobia, a web experiment I’ve been working on.
It implements some of the ideas I talked about earlier about combining blog and forum style viewing of messages. I’m interested to see how well that does (or doesn’t) work with [...]

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Google Guide: Interactive Tutorial Making Search Even Easier: A good tutorial on how to plumb the depths of Google. [Gadgetopia]

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And this time from SF Bay Guardian writer JH Tompkins. While it states the obvious, the juicy and laughable bit is at the very bottom of the story. “Rhapsody is so much better than iTune that they should scarcely be mentioned in the same breath,” Real.com staffer Matt Graves said. Good lord, what are these [...]

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I’ve wanted a bluetooth mouse since seeing the Apple device and getting a machine with bluetooth built-in, but the Apple mouse left me wanting more as it only has one button. I love the idea of a wireless mouse and have actually been using a Kensington PocketMouse Pro Wireless which uses a USB dongle [...]

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A third CEO title?
Former Disney board members Stanley Gold and Roy Disney think Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs would make a great choice to run Disney if CEO Michael Eisner were to be ousted later this year… [MacMinute]

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iChat AV v2.1 Public Beta adds support for video conferencing with the AOL Instant Messenger 5.5 for Microsoft Windows. [MacNN]
If you update your Bluetooth to 1.5 (also out today) you can use a bluetooth headset like my Jabra Freespeak as a mic for conversations!

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In a conference call with analysts to discuss Pixar’s financial earnings, Steve Jobs blasted Disney for being weak creatively and unwilling to compromise on a distribution agreement… [MacMinute]

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This time officially supporting Palm OS…
Good Technology has announced the next version of its GoodLink software and service. GoodLink 3.0 aims to extends enterprise data and applications to smartphones and connected PDAs. GoodLink 3.0 supports multiple devices, carriers and operating systems, all from a single server. [PalmInfocenter]

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“According to the Consumer Electronics Association, some 3.1 million prepackaged systems - five speakers, a subwoofer and an audio-video receiver - were sold last year, nearly triple the number sold in 2000.”… [Panbo]

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According to this article at PCPro, Sony is investing in G5s…. which is very interesting as it means that the Cell will not be their own concoction (but rather G5 PPC) of silicon. With Microsoft on board as well for the XBox I wonder what the future could hold for computers in general. [...]

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