Archive July 2006
Doing It Differently
Okay, I love what Gina and pt do – who doesn’t? Jake and I have been kicking an idea around for a while, and I think we’re ready to unleash it. Nothing revolutionary, mind you – just an idea that might (or might not) work. We’re Doing It – a DIY/GTD group blog that anybody [...]
Apollo UFO
The Science Channel aired “First on the Moon- The Untold Story” this afternoon, and it’s full of holes – according to the Bad Ass astronomer, Phil Plait, and his NASA nerd friend, David Morrison. I really wanted to believe that Apollo 11 astronauts saw a UFO, but according to David at NASA: I just talked [...]
Google to Google, Dust to Dust
Does anybody out there use Google’s Hello? Hello!? Yeah, Hello – the photo-sharing IM service that integrates seamlessly with Picasa and Google’s Blogger service. Here’s the problem I have with Hello: none of my friends use it. My real question is: why isn’t Picasa pushing people to use Google Talk, instead – and why isn’t [...]
Finally, the Office 2007 Ribbon Rocks!
I wasn’t sure if I’d be sold on the Office 2007 Ribbon interface. It’s different – almost too different. I know they said it was supposed to increase productivity, but to me it just increased screen clutter. Today, I heard that the Office 2007 Ribbon [is] To Be Tweaked: The Ribbon, a new top-of-the-window feature [...]
On BlogHer
No, I didn’t go to BlogHer – for a few good reasons. It has nothing to do with me being a “him,” though. Largely, I stayed at home for Ponzi’s benefit. I didn’t want to take away from her experience at the event, as the BlogHer conference is ultimately about women in blogging – and [...]
What Will Dave Winer Do?
Conspiracy theorists are atwitter with the news that Dave Winer will be stepping away from the blogosphere in a mere matter of months. Some groups claim that Dave wants to live out the REST of his days making SOAP in Montana, while others feel that Dave (himself) is an alien and will soon be flying [...]
Mike Davidson of Newsvine on Community News
News organizations tend to delivering information in a top down fashion. Someone on the editorial teams makes the executive decision about the days news, the news gets produced, and is ultimately sent out into the world. The Internet has quietly chipped away at this idea for over a decade, with blogging bringing incrementally faster change [...]
Eisenhower was a Republican!
From Eisenhower’s farewell speech… Throughout America’s adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogance, [...]
Windows Vista Voice Recognition
Oh, just press play… …yeah, I can’t wait.
Looking for a Reason to Believe
I remember watching this press conference a couple of years ago, but if you haven’t seen The Disclosure Project – I’d like to get your take. “This 2 hour video is a distillation of over 120 hours of video interviews made by Dr Greer. Dozens of highly credible military and government witnesses discuss UFO events [...]
Exclusive Registry Booster Coupon
I twisted Gordon’s arm to get it, but here’s an exclusive coupons to get Registry Booster for only $19.95: Registry Booster – $20 off RegistryBooster 2010, only $19.95 + Free System Tweaker (Posted on 4/27/09 and Expires on 12/31/15) Residual files, unused and undeleted drivers, and corrupt or bad entries in registry settings will quickly [...]
WTF is The Long Tail?
Long Tail important thing. Thag must grok idea to make idea work. It say that markets conversations. Wait, no – that cluetrain. Long Tail claim there new marketplace at end of rainbow. Blog believe rainbow exist, but nobody else care. Long ago, before Internet, Anderson man had long tail on body. Got tired of lug [...]
Chest-based Word Clouds Work
Put your word/prhase on Rent My Chest before it’s taken by somebody else. You gotta like testimonials like Linda’s: I’ve been waiting for someone to come up with a fun, unique spin on the “sell a word” craze… I just bought AFFILIATES… Checking out Alexa I already see a huge spike in traffic and the [...]
The PC De-Crapifier
Long overdue: an OEM’s worst nightmare. Jeff Jarvis oughta love it, but I doubt Dell will. Nothing illegal here: The PC De-Crapifier is designed to remove a specific list unwanted software in an unattended fashion. Before running, the user may select exactly what software should be removed. Currently, it is targeted for use on most [...]
Google: True or False?
“When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site’s importance.”
