As I was walking to pick up dinner tonight I noticed a particularly blinged out black SUV (think it was a Suburban) but did not think much of it until I went inside and saw Russell Simmons slurping some soup and chatting via bluetooth on his Blackberry 7100t. He seemed to be traveling with [...]
Entries from March 2005
Russell Simmons
March 31st, 2005 · Comments · Food and Drink, gadgets and technology, music
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Sony’s Digital Film Store
March 31st, 2005 · Comments · marketing, movies
This sounds very cool… though I wonder how compatible it will be with the PSP which certainly supports “memory cards” as the Memory Stick supports DMR through Magic Gate. I think the challenge for Sony will be that Windows Media, the only video format that supports DRM, is not a supported format by the [...]
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Sony PSP
March 29th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology
Since the PSP launch last week, someone has already discovered how to redirect the built-in browser within Wipeout to load up a small portal page now to include mobile Bloglines. There are methods to convert Manga and eBooks to a picture format that looks surprising readable, and there have been many a tutorial posted [...]
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MSN Music, Messenger and Sprite
March 28th, 2005 · Comments · marketing, music
I just caught this post at Principius which reveals a very interesting brand integration through the MSN Music site.
MSN Music has a new setion called “The Scenario” which includes polls and music recommended by Miles Thirst and a number of featured artists and they have also created a new channel on MSN Radio called “Thirst [...]
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Norelco Promoting Distracted Driving?
March 24th, 2005 · Comments · Personal, marketing
In my search this morning for replacement razor blade heads I ran into an interesting product bundle at Norelco. They are actually throwing in a car adapter to keep your razor charged or active in the car!! Of course I ordered one right away, even though I don’t have a car. It’s [...]
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Firefox 1.0.2
March 23rd, 2005 · Comments · software
Firefox was just updated… Having been using Safari recently as my main browser I have to say it feels incredibly peppy! They have also finally added the one damn feature that was a killer for me previously…
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First Week with The Treo 650
March 23rd, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology
It’s been a week since the Treo 650 arrived and I have to say I generally really like the upgrade from the 600. I am however, incredibly frustrated by the memory issue and find myself bumping up against the limits frequently. The Treo updaters which are starting to roll out this week allegedly [...]
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UMD Rentals?
March 21st, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology, marketing
How long before we see UMD titles in Netflix and Blockbuster… or another service designed around games like Gamefly.
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It’s a good week to be in the photo business…
March 21st, 2005 · Comments · marketing, software
Flickr was just sold, and now it’s Snapfish’s turn. Hewlett-Packard today said it has signed a “definitive agreement” to purchase the online photo album and processing company Snapfish, according to the H-P press release. [Reiter's Camera Phone Report]
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Getting Things Done
March 21st, 2005 · Comments · reading
Getting Things Done is finally available as an eBook!
I have the audio and paperback versions.. may add this to my library as well. Always good to have around.
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The Drugs I Need
March 21st, 2005 · Comments · marketing, politics
via Jaffe Juice… The Drugs I Need an all too real parody of Prescription Drug Advertising. The movie was paid for by the Consumers Union and is designed to get letters written to congress if you choose.
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PSPCasting
March 21st, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology
PSPCasting via Om Malik …
Sajeeth Cherian, the wunderkid behind BitTorrent for dummies software, Videora, has come up with a unique new application, PSP Video 9. It will take any video and turn into a format that PSP can read. So now you can download videos using Videora, and then convert them to PSP friendly format [...]
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Blokus
March 20th, 2005 · Comments · fun stuff and good links
Last night I discovered Blokus.
Blokus is simple to understand, but very hard to master. I’ve actually only played a few games but immediately found the official version for Palm so I could play while on the go. There are online versions as well as board game versions. Boing Boing described it as [...]
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Two New Google Blogs
March 20th, 2005 · Comments · marketing, news
via TUGW… New CNET Google Blog
And I received an email today announcing a new Google blog called Google Tutor, which seems like a pretty good place to learn about the Google tools and services
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Lunch at Otto!
March 19th, 2005 · Comments · Food and Drink
We just had a great lunch at Otto. The food and service were excellent and it was one of the most kid-friendly places we’ve ever been. There were many kids there and in a only in New York way there were at least 4 Bugaboo strollers (including ours) parked inside. There are [...]
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AT&T Net phone disappoints
March 17th, 2005 · Comments · VOIP, marketing
That’s the headline at News.com… and something of an massive understatement when you read the report. Somehow, AT&T CallVantage has only attracted 53,000 customers yet they’ve spent millions of dollars on high powered mass media - remember the TV last fall?
I’m not sure why people are not choosing AT&T over say their cable [...]
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Chatter Goes POP!
March 17th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology, software
Today marks a serious achievement for Treo email as ChatterEmail now supports POP3! While actually still in beta, it’s running very well for me currently with 3 POP3 accounts and 2 IMAP accounts. I have Yahoo and GMail both running in POP and yes that means SSL is fully supported as well since [...]
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If a cat can puke anywhere…
March 17th, 2005 · Comments · Personal
then why not directly on the nice rug, rather than the hardwood floor 6 inches away. Never fails…
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Synfonic - mobile info via SMS
March 17th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology, software
Synfonic is a cool service I’ve just stumbled on which enables some handy info via SMS. After you configure your free account and setup your preferences you can easily get 411, Movies, Weather, Sports, Traffic (Bay Area only for now) and Stock info all with a simple SMS message. A great feature is [...]
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Go Behind the scenes on ChatterEmail
March 16th, 2005 · Comments · software
mytreo.net has a great interview with Marc Blank, the author of ChatterEmail. As I’ve mentioned quite a few times Chatter is simply the best email client for the Treo assuming you use IMAP and if your server supported the IDLE command to enable the push effect. Everything is about the change with a [...]
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