atmaspheric | endeavors

If this comes in at a competitive price, it could really push the envelope for the UIQ platform and get it to be more handy than the current model. I loved my SE phone pre-Treo and would consider another, especially loaded with Symbian and an integrated (useable) keyboard.
This is all a bit sketch, but [...]

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pzizz seems like a very cool piece of audio software to assist your napping. From the quick pass I took, it’s a combination of ambient sound with guided relaxation and was actually quite nice. The price is higher than I might like to see at $40 for a single user, but the ability [...]

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MSN launched a Remote Record feature for Media Center 2005 systems today. It’s a great feature addition which finally brings this capability to MCE. TitanTV has offered this for some time for quite a few computer DVR systems, though interestingly not Media Center. I guess Microsoft was planning to do it themselves…
Remote [...]

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Mark Cuban makes some excellent points in his latest post…
So if one of the networks threatens to pull their HD signal because of the broadcast flag… call their bluff.
The same applies to the Movie Industry. MPAA has been quoted as saying that “without the flag, high value content would migrate to [...]

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This is great news in my view and means more opportunities for Palm Devices… SyncML is great news.
Since the first Palm Pilot, handhelds running the Palm OS have communicated with desktop computers via HotSync. Today comes word that this will soon come to an end. [Brighthand]
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Still to be determined whether this will stick and change the Flag countdown for July, but good news for consumers for the moment….
“You crossed the line,” Judge Harry Edwards told a lawyer for the Federal Communications Commission during arguments before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Selling televisions is [...]

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All we need now is for someone to put all the pieces together. I’m going to wager that we’ll see a “total home audio” solution that integrates music from your home server, your car, and your (color) iPod - perhaps a multi-component setup at a package price. [The Unofficial Apple Weblog]
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I installed and started playing with Tor over the weekend. It’s a pretty cool P2P system for anonymizing your online tracks and includes a very ease to use proxy for your online traffic courtesy of the EFF. I’ve noticed things slow down a bit - though perhaps a small price to pay for [...]

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Even as a free channel, I just can’t see this being all that popular. The only time people actually look forward to commercials is during the Superbowl. I’d like to see more creative ways to integrate messaging within content - either as a story component (though perhaps less crass than the Apprentice) or [...]

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This is a great execution from SFR… a bit too much for the nipple-gate sensitive US, but still funny. Keep the personal, personal.
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SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Looking up at a "Gate"”, url: “http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2005/02/20/looking-up-at-a-gate” });

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Inessential: A cool thing at isbn.nu—RSS search feeds for books. Any search result that lists books can be subscribed to.
Totally cool way to keep tabs on books by subject, author key words and of course the ISBN. Great if you do research professionally or as a student.
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I was reading a post the other day at 43 Folders and it really got me thinking about how I manage my email.
I currently have just under 2000 messages sitting in my inbox - unfiltered and waiting action (file or delete!). I also had Mail checking each minute, sound on and Mail [...]

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If you’ve been trying to find a way to archive your collection for playback without the DVD, MacHTPC has the answer for you.
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The Official Preview is finally live…
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I’ve been pretty busy lately and have left a post hanging for a few days… I have had a chance to use with some good software and thought I’d at least share.
The team at Slashdata has been very busy.
SplashBlog is a great way to run a photo-blog from your Palm [...]

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Michael Gartenberg sums up a few thoughts I’ve also had over the past few years. While Tivo is cool it’s far from a success. Microsoft Media Center is very cool, but also still a niche product. Apple has the brand, the product design and software know-how to design and deliver a mass-oriented [...]

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Carlos Salcedo: Aspect ratios have nothing to do with black bars on your TV sets. They are about the need of a film maker to show his visual and artistic intention of his film. Would you crop Abe Lincoln from Mount Rushmore because you don’t want black bars on your TV set and he [...]

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For some reason, Time Warner Cable in NYC has decided it would be better to “personalize” the cable boxes they offer and remove access to both Firewire and DVI ports. I don’t have a DVI enabled HDTV, but if I did I’d be pissed I could not use it… I do have a [...]

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