Archive Jan 19, 2005
Pachinko!
Tomorrow’s live broadcast, starting at 7PM PST (-08:00 GMT), will feature an interview with Mike Coleman – official spokesperson for Microsoft’s Windows Media Digital Rights Management. We went straight to the pachinko-addict for the answers, some of which will surprise you. What does DRM have to do with pachinko? Absolutely nothing, but we sure do [...]
Picasa 2
I still remember the first time I saw Picasa (I just don’t remember where it was). The photo management tool was still an Idealab product, still shareware, and only available for Windows. Even back then, I knew I could recommend Picasa to my Mom for her digital photo management needs and she’d be happy – [...]
Free File Manager
The Windows Explorer is old and crusty. Yuck! I'm starting to use ExplorerPlus as a file manager, myself… but one of our readers (James G.) suggested this one a few minutes ago: I'm surprised that in your January 2005 roundup of file managers, you missed this one: FileAnt. I downloaded this file explorer replacement and [...]
Creative Zen Micro
A few months ago, Ponzi inherited a Creative Zen Micro. I'm now starting to see Creative advertising these itsy-bitsy MP3 SOBs on billboards across town (at least, here in Seattle). The Zen Micro is definitely a great device – in theory. Methinks Creative needs a few more firmware upgrades to iron out problems that more [...]
Peet's Coffee!
It's been well over a year since I last sipped Peet's coffee. Well, they happen to have very accessible Peet's in the Seattle area (go figure). After a late lunch, Jakey and I hopped across the street to grab us a cup of Peet's coffee – and I was quite giddy. Still, I only got [...]
