Archive March 2006
The Pledge of Allegiance Gets Product Placement
iPod Allegra, Tootsie Fab, Fuji United Franco-American. Banana Republic, Ford Chicklets Vans, One Nathan's, Wonder Bod, Disney Vagisil, Wish Listerine, Ban Jergens Hormel. Can't take credit for this; it appeared in this month's MAD Magazine on p19 (yes, I'm a subscriber). If you don't understand it, read the words aloud to the cadence of the [...]
Paging Scoble, Israel, and Vogels
Forget Iraq – we've got a small battle brewing in the blogosphere, about the blogosphere: Naked Answers Thread on Memeorandum Much ado about blogging Amazon CTO Rips Blogging Authors a New One Amazon Bad Boy – Werner Vogel Amazon Vs. Microsoft – Blogger Edition Two of these suspects actually live in the Seattle area – [...]
411 Sucks
No, seriously. You gotta use 1-800-411-SAVE instead. I've got the 411 on 411: “You'll be given several options once the number has been located. You can listen to the number, repeat the number (ad infinitum), have the street address read aloud, get the number sent to your mobile device via text message, or leave feedback [...]
Heroes of Might and Magic V MP3s
Main Theme (6.2Mb) Academy Theme (5Mb) Haven Theme (6Mb) Sylvan Theme (2.8Mb)
EXCLUSIVE: Andre Vanier of 1-800-411-SAVE
If you use the 411 service tied to your landline or cell phone, the fees start racking up quickly to the point where you could easily spend an extra $10 or $20 per month for the convenience of public information. 1-800-411-SAVE offers an alternative. Free 411 service in exchange for listening to a brief commercial [...]
Captain 160
In less than a month, I've gone from ~175lbs down to 160. This brings me to the halfway point of my initial weight loss goal (145, if you do the math). I can't say that this lifestyle adjustment has been simple, but I will say that it's been far easier than previously anticipated. I'm using [...]
Not Necessarily the News
Dude. Why is “everybody” writing about Apple's announcement that they're now letting users limit the maximum volume in iPods? A popular devices gets a relatively minor feature upgrade. THIS IS NOT NEWS! I suppose I'm just as bad for bringing it up, too – but it's more of a commentary on the commentary rather than [...]
Cool Optool
Like most people, I have to flip back and forth between Firefox and IE (Maxthon, actually). There's no easy way to do it… unless you're running Optool. A longer right-click will invoke a menu that opens the current Web page in another browser! Easy as pie. Plus, you can resize the window, go to the [...]
T.A. McCann and Adam Loving on HelpShare
Finding the help you’re looking for online can be a challenge. Spammers pollute the search results and sometimes the top results don’t provide enough information or not exactly the answer for your particular situation. Enter HelpShare, an Question and Answer service connecting people with questions to qualified individuals capable of providing reliable answers for a [...]
Get the 411 on Marketsync Jobster and CTIA
If you’re in Las Vegas for CTIA Wireless April 4-7, be sure to join Jake Ludington of The Chris Pirillo Show in the Waggener Edstrom Blogger Lounge in the swanky Wynn hotel. The blogger lounge started at CES and will be open to bloggers and podcasters to use at CTIA. Drop on in to get [...]
Email 2.0
Quote – Get stock information HZQUOTE+symb.symb@hz.com Stock – Get detailed stock information HZSTOCK+symb.symb@hz.com HZJOKE@hz.com – Get a joke Weather – Get weather HZWEATHER+zip@hz.com TAFMETAR – Get TAF and METAR info HZTAFMETAR+ident@hz.com Nextflight – Next flight between airports HZNEXTFLIGHT+airport.airport@hz.com FlightInfo – Get current flight status info HZFLIGHTINFO+airline.flightnum@hz.com Address – Lookup address from phone number HZADDRESS@hz.com – [...]
Password Strength
According to the Microsoft Password checker, “A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, (eight characters or longer at a minimum). It should include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.” p00p is Weak, PassamaquoddY is Medium, H0m3rJSimps0n [...]
Thank Björn Friðgeir for i18n in Gada.be
We're emotional geeks. When something doesn't work right, we complain. Such was the comment in last night's Gada.be update. Björn Friðgeir discovered that we didn't yet support UTF-8 characters. He got pissed (and rightfully so, but in the American definition of “pissed” – not the European sense). Shayne doesn't like getting told that his baby's [...]
This Can't Be Real
I knew I loved Lenovo for a reason. If you can watch this video without saying “holy sh*t,” there's something wrong with you. I think I'll be a ThinkPad fan for life.
Search Engine for Forums
BoardTracker – awesome service, just added to the default set of results in Gada.be. This is a “must-have” search feed for your brand. Consider that BoardTracker is likely surfacing the information you're not finding through the blogosphere. That is to say, it's tracking forums from across the Internet. And yes, those communities are alive and [...]
