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Entries from March 2004

Rock and Roll Remotely

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments · marketing, music

I knew Regal Cinema was looking to get into expanding the pre-show entertainment at the movies, but this is a whole new take on what you can do at the theater. I caught myself thinking this would actually be a cool thing for someone in my situation (young baby makes getting to a concert [...]

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Call-in-One VOIP

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments · gadgets and technology

If you use VOIP or are thinking about it, this might be the product for you…
By plugging the Call-in-One to your ethernet IP network as well as your phone line, then plugging any old phone into the Call-in-One, regular phone calls are routed as normal, while dialing a ‘#’ before your call will place your [...]

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Bad American President

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments · fun stuff and good links, politics

Bad American President courtesy of Howard Stern

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Mark/Space email for Palm

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments · software

Mark/Space has a Palm email client, which Rael thinks is pretty nice. It does look good, but I am using VersaMail for IMAP for now, until Snappermail finally gets a major overhaul in 2.0 hopefully beta in a few weeks. I actually really like SnapperMail more, but it’s a pain to use both [...]

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Getting it done!

March 25th, 2004 · 7 Comments · software

Tasks has been a fantastic application for me. It’s a php/myql hierarchical Task Manager and about the best I have used. What this means is you can easily keep track of complex multi-step tasks or simply organize things into groups. I initially blogged this about the release of Tasks Pro about a [...]

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NewsJunkie

March 24th, 2004 · 1 Comment · software

Love the name and I consider myself a newsjunkie as it is… so a product that can make life easier… oh wait that’s NetNewsWire. Seriously though if the filtering works as rumored it will be very cool to use the site regularly.

Microsoft is readying its own entry in the news search game, according to [...]

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blogrolling down?

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · software

Is it? I am unable to ping or reach though the browser…
Update - Guess it’s back… no idea what happened.
JD says, their server crashed this afternoon…

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New layout…

March 24th, 2004 · 2 Comments · Personal

If you read this by RSS, you are missing a redesign in (serious) progress… Nothing too crazy but pretty good for my skillz. I honestly started working through the stylesheet and ideas I found within GigaOm so if if looks in anyway familiar that might be the case. My design is inspired [...]

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SoftSqueeze

March 24th, 2004 · 1 Comment · gadgets and technology, music

If you like your SliMp3 or Sqeezebox and have wanted to be able to sync the music with your computer’s MP3 player, now you can…
SoftSqueeze is a software implementation of the Squeezebox allowing your PC to stream the same music as your Squeezebox. SoftSqueeze has been implemented in Java, allowing it to work on Windows, [...]

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Sonys Electronic Ink Book

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · gadgets and technology

Looks like a very cool ebook reader. 500 Books!
Sony says that next month they’re going to come out with an e-book reader that uses Philips™ new electronic ink technology. The LIBRIe will have a resolution of 170 pixels per inch (more than twice that of most computer monitors), enough memory to hold up to 500 e-books, and its [...]

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Netgear Wireless Media Router

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · gadgets and technology

Wish it had FireWire instead of USB… but still very cool.
This was one of discoveries at CeBIT: The Netgear Wireless Media Router. What’s media in a router? Simple: The router has a Samba server and a USB 2.0 port. So you can hook up an external disk drive via the USB port. Voila, instant file [...]

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The Eudaemonic Pie

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · reading

I recall it being quite good as well. I was fortunate enough to have a class in college taught by the author as well as an extra bonus.
After reading my review of Bringing Down the House, Madpro pal Stefan Jones reminded me about a similar book called The Eudaemonic Pie, by Thomas A. Bass, [...]

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PalmSource Working to Make Palm OS Cobalt a Better Gaming Platform

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · gadgets and technology

More fun coming soon…
PalmSource has announced plans to build the OpenGL ES Application Program Interfaces (APIs) into a future version of Palm OS Cobalt. This will help developers create advanced 3D graphics and multimedia applications for Palm Powered handhelds and smart phones. [Brighthand]

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AOL Takes Down Spammers’ Offer Pages

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · spam

Amazing no one thought to do this earlier…Taking a page from the Chinese government’s playbook, AOL proved the first U.S. Internet provider to attack spam by taking down the websites of spammers. By denying access to the pages to which spam emails link, spammers have no commercial motive to keep sending the messages to annoyed [...]

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The 2004 Wired Rave Awards

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · reading

Wired magazine salutes 20 mavericks and dreamers reinventing film, business, politics, medicine and more. [Wired News]

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1GB SD Card coming soon…

March 24th, 2004 · No Comments · gadgets and technology

It will be 500 bucks… hope the read write times are fast enough.
The electronics maker plans to launch a 1GB Secure Digital card first in Japan in April, then worldwide in May. [CNET News.com - Personal Technology]

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Hiptop 2 Pictures

March 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · gadgets and technology

Enjoy the first leaked pics of the new Hiptop 2! [Gizmodo]

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iLife 84

March 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · apple

Tired of your screaming 2.4 Gigahertz Windows XP monstrosity? Take a chill pill with “iLife ‘84,” a 8Mhz, monochromatic adventure in “aaahhh” land. [The Daily Blog]

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RSS Everywhere

March 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · reading, software

So many blogs, so little time. If you want to stay at the top of the information food chain, you gotta read ‘em - lots of ‘em. And you have to do it every day. But as that list of must-read blogs grows, hunting and gathering the latest posts becomes a daily drain. You could [...]

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Guru Red Manifesto

March 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · marketing

Good and thought provoking material…
Mike Smock and Curt Sahakian now offer the Guru Red Manifesto online, proposing a 52-point plan to improve organizational agility, assertiveness, cohesiveness, and subtlety. [Fast Company Now]

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