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They're Off to See the Wizards
They're Off to See the Wizards. Things are always buzzing at the Genius Bar, the walk-up technical support desk at Apple stores that offer the rarest of experiences for computer users: face-to-face help. By KATIE HAFNER. [NYT > Technology]
Porting Kubrick to Radio
Porting Kubrick to Radio. I'm working on porting Michael Heilemann's Kubrick WordPress theme to Radio. Watch my progress on my test weblog for fun. [house of warwick]
1-month snowfall a 113-year high
1-month snowfall a 113-year high. The dazzling oceanside setting that makes Cape Cod a tourist destination contributed yesterday to another furious onslaught of snow that fell from Falmouth to Provincetown, as Massachusetts endured a winter storm that helped set a record for the highest monthly snowfall in 113 years — and left everyone from public-works… Continue reading 1-month snowfall a 113-year high
A9: “Never been done before?”
A9: “Never been done before?”. My bullshit meter went off when I was watching the A9 video about how they added photos to their yellow pages search, and how something like this had “never been done before.” Uh, yeah. That's wrong. My old apartment in Madrid. That's from a yellow pages service called QDQ in… Continue reading A9: “Never been done before?”
It's the list!
It's the list!. By now, most marketers have realized that in the post-brand, post-tv world, permission (the privilege of marketing to the people who want to hear from you) matters more than just about anything. … [Seth's Blog]
Bill Lind
Bill Lind is working on a 4GW manual that he post online. Hope he puts it into a Wiki and uses weblogs for project teams. If he doesn't know how to do this, he should ask me. Once it gets close to final form, it should be packaged as a PDF for easy printing and… Continue reading Bill Lind
rapidBox Skype Router
rapidBox Skype Router. For as cool as $20 Skype USB handsets are, there's something a bit cluttered about having seperate handsets for both VoIP and regular phone calls. The rapidBox is a simple USB router with three RJ11 (phone plug) jacks that lets you use the handsets you already own to make calls over the… Continue reading rapidBox Skype Router
Driven
Driven. As I mentioned a few posts ago I picked up hosting with TextDrive. I'm rather pre-occupied with exams and work at the moment and haven't had much chance to do anything with my new account other than prove that it works and revel in how neat mod_vd is. One of the first things I… Continue reading Driven
Ruby on Rails is unbelievably good
‘Ruby on Rails is unbelievably good’. Daryl discovers Ruby on Rails: Ruby on Rails is unbelievably good. It’s too good to be true almost… Quite honestly, in an afternoon I built a completely working web application without the fancy css frills and such mind you, but completely usable that would have taken me the weekend… Continue reading Ruby on Rails is unbelievably good