atmaspheric | endeavors

Leaving a reference to a post on another site is not just a good idea, but in my mind is a requirement - like citing a reference in a book or research paper. I’ve been trying to not only cite the quote with a (CSS) style on my blog, but also lead you to [...]

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The Downhill Battle people are hosting a web-based script that searches the iTunes Music Store and allows you to interact with it as though you were using a copy of iTunes itself. The script is open-source, and they hope the script will be used for innovative functionality in other apps, like providing 30-second previews and [...]

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This is hilarious! I was waiting for Lisa to post the clip so I could blog it here…
This is a brilliant little piece by Rob Courddry that provides first hand commentary straight from one of the world’s large-scale spammers. [On Lisa Rein’s Radar: Daily Show On Spam - Rob Courddry Fights Back]
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This article should explain how to use the Feed on Feeds server-side RSS aggregator to create a page on a WordPress powered blog. [C A R T H I K . N E T]
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NYT has an interesting article running about movie directors wanting to get in on game direction. They cite the Wachowski brothers, Ridley Scott, John Woo and Peter Jackson all pushing what were previous career (and earning) limits.
The Wachowski brothers are the only ones who have produced a successful movie with matching game, though Peter [...]

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I’ve got an issue with this article from today’s MediaPost on a few levels…
Hespos says that XML Syndication currently faces a standardization problem. “There are plenty of readers but no killer apps.” Hespos notes that XML Syndication is still very much in the early adopter stage. “All I see is a lot of bickering in [...]

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Brought to you by the letters IE…
CNET News.com sleuth John Borland wanted to see what would happen to his PC if he loaded rogue spyware apps onto the machine. That’s when all hell broke loose. [CNET News.com]

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No avoiding the heat I guess…. social networking continues to draw interest from the Majors…
Yahoo on Wednesday dropped hints of growing interest in social networking services for search, coming after announcements of efforts from rivals Google and Microsoft.
o’s vice president for search, said the company sees a future in which people can share their Web [...]

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In my neighborhood, these graffiti tags are everywhere… I see them on the street, on walls and in random surprise locations as well. I’ve been wondering what the deal was for a long time and now I finally know… except of course who the guy really is…
For the past year and a half, a mischievous [...]

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So I’m back to Firefox (I know you care) after a few days of obsessively using WordPress which is ideally blogged from the browser. Sure you can use tools like NetNewsWire (which I do for article and link posting) or ecto (though there are some quirks with the current daily builds that should be [...]

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Portable video is coming it seems whether people feel there is a market or not… This time in the form of a hack to the Gameboy enabling video to play through for kids.
INEXPENSIVE ways to play video on hand-held devices have been promised for at least a couple of years, and there have been [...]

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Yes not exactly news or a new argument, but important nonetheless. We’ve had this BS since the VCR… Unfortunately I don’t think the consumer will win here unless some serious lobbying gets into play.
Hollywood wants to control the connections used in new high-definition TV sets. If it wins, home video recording may never [...]

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Other than browsers, my favorite type of application to switch around is my mail client. As essential as it is on a daily basis, I find I get frustrated with them after a while and forget long enough what the quirks were to try something I’ve tried before.
I’m sure if you search this site, [...]

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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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Reuters - Sales of Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT.O) Xbox video game console have more than doubled since a price cut last week, one financial analyst said on Wednesday, confirming industry beliefs that lower prices would boost sales sharply in the short term. [Yahoo! News - Microsoft]
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If you’ve been waiting…. it’s almost time.
Verizon’s own website now shows a small teaser that states the Treo 600 smartphone is “coming soon.” [PalmInfocenter]
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p>Jim Louderback gets some more detail (aka denial) on Intel reverse-engineering the AMD 64 bit tech…
I got an interesting email today from a guy who worked on the Intel 64-bit project, taking exception to our “clean room” reverse engineering story. [What’s New Now]
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If you’re like me you still have an AOL account, but rarely use it. Not sure this will have me signing in more, but it certainly gives another email address to use from within the IMAP capable client of you choice.
For this of you who didn’t know, as of today AOL has opened its [...]

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Works for both Mac and Windows…
“The Music Recommendation System is an automated system that provides music recommendations specifically tailored to each user to find new music that they might like. This system operates by taking ratings from your own iTunes playlists and comparing them against other users who have used the recommendation system.” [MacSlash]
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Walk or don’t walk? In New York, there is rarely a choice. Andrew Womack lays the ground rules for how you should maneuver the pavement, always showing your best side under special circumstances, and what to do when sidewalk rage hits. [The Morning News]
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