atmaspheric | endeavors

2004-07-31 10:36:54 EST: 1133 / 450
Your download speed : 1160888 bps, or 1133 kbps.
A 141.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 460839 bps, or 450 kbps.
2004-07-31 16:04:41 EST: 3705 / 479
Your download speed : 3794318 bps, or 3705 kbps.
A 463.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 490575 bps, or 479 kbps.
2004-07-31 23:16:49 EST: 4128 / [...]

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This week has been interesting for me on a variety of levels not the least of which is my switch to using Windows for work as I previously mentioned. As a result, I’ve been thinking about how to manage my digital bits across worlds and try to make things not only easy on [...]

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It’s been quite a few years since I drove to work, but I certainly recall the frustration of unexexpected and seemingly cause-less jams… seems we just suck at driving and that our cars will eventually handle the load for us through an adaptive cruise control.
A little more than a decade ago, scientists realized that [...]

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The cloud is coming…
City lampposts soon will light up cellphones and laptops as well as street corners.
Six telecommunications companies plan to fit about 18,000 lampposts around the city with cellular and high-speed Internet antennas as part of a franchise agreement worth up to $25 million a year to the city. [New York Post]

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I won’t have a chance to mess with this until I get back from SF as I am using me issued Thinkpad at the moment, but I am excited at the future of Mac sync for Palm. The old way has worked, but is pretty tired. This week I’ve been syncing on Windows [...]

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This is hardly a surprising move after Apple stiffed Real with the lack of unity on support for AAC, but amazing as well…
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple Computer Inc. said the company is “stunned” at a move by RealNetworks Inc. to distribute software that lets customers play music from Real’s song download store [...]

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This is most excellent news!! If truly available next month, it will mark a 3x (down) speed boost…
Time Warner Cable said on Monday that it will begin offering broadband connections at higher speeds–up to 6 megabits per second for downloads, and 512kbps upstream. Called Road Runner Premium, the cable Internet service will become [...]

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Nintendo has officially released the final images of the DS and it looks good – like something the big kids will want.
Nintendo DS, originally chosen as the code name, has been selected as the official product name. The Nintendo DS name evokes the idea of a portable system with “dual screens,” providing the rationale for [...]

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Today I officially started my new contract (aka Freelance) position and was issued an IBM T41 laptop… It’s been quite a few years since I switched to Mac and needless to say it’s taking some getting used to in order to adjust to some of the differences. The damn second mouse button keeps [...]

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I just watched a (seemingly) homeless guy steal about 5 pounds of coffee from Starbucks. It was casually done and did not appear to be the guy’s first time. Perhaps the store even knows? They restocked the missing inventory within a few minutes…
I did not say anything… just observered quietly. I [...]

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Nice piece on maintaining the dialogue… Six Apart and Microsoft are highlighted.
Companies are finding that small-scale Web publishing — blogging — reaps big benefits when it comes to customer feedback. Just ask Microsoft. [Wired News]

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I imagine this is only the beginning…
Starting next year, users of Apple Computer’s iTunes music service will be able to play songs on some Motorola cellphones. The new cellphones will ship with new Apple software, called iTunes Mobile Music.
For Apple, the deal could help it keep the lead in the online music market, [...]

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Gotta love how technology can help close the distance of travel…
As I’ve mentioned I am in San Francisco, and for the first time I am away from my family since Hannah was born. Through iChat with our cameras though we can still talk and see each other which is really a great thing! [...]

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Just got back from I, Robot at the Sony Metreon here in San Francisco…
While there seems to be some controversy in how closely the movie follows the philosophy of Asimov, I really enjoyed it. As I recently mentioned I had just read the book (eBook actually) and thought it was very cool. The [...]

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Just arrived in San Francisco…
Have a kick-off for a contract job I’ve accepted and will be working in the Bay Area this week. Feeling excited, tired (early, long and crowded flight) but pumped to start something new.
Been a while since I’ve been out here, feeling good about being back. I can see the [...]

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Great news! As I had written earlier today… having an eBook handy is great and this resource makes it easy to always have something for free.
The University of Virginia eBook Library sports 1,800 eBooks for slurping down and reading on your PDA. While mostly overlap with the great e-library of Project Gutenberg, the [...]

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I’ve been happily reading some eBooks lately on my Palm and just thought I’d share…
First, thinking about the movie release, I picked up a copy of I, Robot, which I really enjoyed. It’s a series of stories all involving Robots of different types with some character overlaps through time. The main focus is [...]

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Looks pretty interesting…
Photopeer helps make photo sharing seamless by allowing iPhoto-to-iPhoto and iPhoto-to-Windows sharing over the internet. Sharing digital photos no longer requires complicated steps, resizing of images, bounced emails, etc. Photopeer allows you to “simply share”. [Photopeer]

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StatTraq Beta 0.1 c: StatTraq for WordPress tracks public activity of WordPress and reports:

Hits
Number of Unique PHP sessions
Page Views
IP Addresses (includes link to ARIN Who Is?)
Browser
Referrer
Search Terms from major search engines
Bar graphs generated for some of the reports

[Weblog Tools Collection]
I just installed this… looks like a winner!

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Again… lowres phonecam will probably kill this shot, but this guy is wearing a blazer with Asteroids printed all over it. Dig the Atari retro…

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