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2008-07-17T16:36:00.001-04:00

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Wot!

2008-06-26T12:57:00.002-04:00

My buddy Lestat sent me the link to this YouTube of Captain Sensible's Wot! One of my favorite tunes!!!

Here's the Skinny:

Spacejock Software

2008-06-12T17:16:00.001-04:00

Simon Haynes is a very good SciFi writer who also happens to be an excellent programmer. Take a whirl at Spacejock Software for his many very well written and useful programs that he just gives away! While you're at it download his first book free! get Hal Spacejock 1 now!

iPhone me!

2008-06-12T08:39:00.002-04:00

It was fascinating "watching" the real time blogging going on at the Apple WWDC Jobs keynote on Monday. Macrumorslive.com used some Web 2.0 technology to continuously update their blog stream and no refreshing was necessary. It actually worked seamlessly and never crashed. I was very impressed.

As for the "keynote", typical Jobs and Apple. They still do it better than Microsoft. The 3G iPhone is as close as current technology is going to get to the do it all device we all long for. I'll be getting one. At $199 and $299 how can you not? Exchange support is a bonus.

The replacement of .MAC with MobileMe is a good move. Of course like all other big companies, they are wasting the me.com domain having it redirect back to apple.com. Here's hoping it's only temporary until the service goes live.

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

2008-05-28T16:59:00.002-04:00

It's the Kevin Bacon game for Wikipedia. Like searching for the center of the earth, find the center of Wikipedia!

Here's the skinny:

Six Degrees of Wikipedia: "The same idea could apply to the articles Wikipedia. Instead of taking 'in the same film' as the relation, you can take 'is linked to by'. We'll call the 'Kevin Bacon number' from one article to another the 'distance' between them. It's then possible to work out the 'closeness' of an article in Wikipedia as its average distance to any other article. I wanted to find the centre of wikipedia, that is, the article that is closest to all other articles (has minimum closeness)."

XO 2.0 Very close to a Star Trek pad

2008-05-28T12:21:00.004-04:00

Pictures of the XO 2.0 (the One Laptop Per Child OLPC) show a radical departure from "standard" laptop designs. The article says much like an e-Book. To me it's more of a foldable tablet or an oversided data pad from Star Trek the Next Generation.

Here's a pic:

Here's the skinny:

Emerging Technologies - Desktops and Notebooks - OLPC Provides First Look at the XO 2.0: "The XO 2.0 takes a radically different approach from the current version of the XO laptop. This version is designed more as a e-book reader than as a traditional laptop."

Google`s $500M WiMax Bet

2008-05-15T15:52:00.003-04:00

So google gets search and ads and android to Sprint. Clearwire gets money. We all get WiMax by 2010? Cool.

Here's the skinny:

"WiMax, which pipes data at up to 70M bps to an area that covers up to 30 miles, has been praised as a technology but has struggled to find widespread traction. Clearwire, with backing of Sprint Nextel, Google and others, plans to change that."

Google WiMax Play

iPhone a Desktop? Not so fast says Dvorak

2008-03-26T14:32:00.002-04:00

Our fav Tech commentator John C. Dvorak is much more "down to earth" about the iPhone replacing desktop/laptop/notebook PCs.

Here's the skinny:

The iPhone Is No Desktop - Columns by PC Magazine: "Everyone thinks that the iPhone is going to be the next major computing platform. Some even hope that it will replace the laptop as the primary PC platform. And what if it does? What are folks going to do when they spill coffee on their iPhones? They've already done a lot worse--they drop them into toilets over and over."

iPhone as the next all in one PC?

2008-03-26T14:30:00.004-04:00

With the Apple iPhone SDK and announced Exchange support will apps soon appear to entice us to give up our desktop/laptop/notebook pcs?

Here's the skinny:

Good-Bye Desktop PC, Hello iPhone - Columns by PC Magazine: "My generation's concept of what it means to compute is so quaint and firmly rooted in the 20th century. Young people and teens computing 10 or 20 years from now will look back and laugh at people like me (and, most likely, their own parents and grandparents) who sat down at desks and worked on 20-pound boxes."

Google listens

2008-02-12T13:48:00.000-05:00

I posted earlier that some browsers didn't work with Google's Gmail label colorizer. Well it looks like Google listened, (not that my post caused them to listen), I'm sure it was a cumulative thing. IE now works properly with Gmail labels.

No Skinny.

Lessons from a Yahoo Scrum Rollout

2008-02-05T10:19:00.000-05:00

Scrum is a part of Agile development. Looks like if Microsoft does buy Yahoo! they will also benefit from this practice.

Here's the skinny:

Lessons from a Yahoo Scrum Rollout: "The easiest way to describe it is that [software is developed in] small groups, which means small cycles and incremental [changes], which means that you release pieces of software rather than the typical big bang. Agile is the web describing the commonality between these things, which is very values driven, and Scrum is one of the methods. Scrum is a very lightweight framework in which you can adapt--and it's not just confined to software."

The article is long but very thorough.

5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer

2008-02-04T12:52:00.000-05:00

Ya ya so Microsoft wants Yahoo! and Yahoo! doesn't want Microsoft. This will come to pass. Here's a simple slideshow of the pros and cons from eWeek. A bit over simple, but really boils it down.

Here's the Skinny:

5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer: "5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer"

What do you think?

Torchwood delivers

2008-02-03T08:02:00.000-05:00

It's been 3 Torchwood episodes and they are tighter. The are also a little less about Captain Jack, though his snogging with Ianto was pretty hot!

No skinny, BBC blocks non .uk surfers....

Primeval this weekend!

2008-01-11T12:03:00.000-05:00

Primeval new series 2 premieres this weekend on ITV. You Brits get all the good stuff first!!!

No Skinny as US surfers can't view the video!

Captain Jack is Back!

2008-01-11T11:18:00.000-05:00

Torchwood is back in the UK on January 19th! Here's Captain Jack (John Barrowman) Kissing Captain John (James Marsters). This is the most talked about clip probably since Madonna kissed Britney...

Here's the video skinny:

TDavid Live Mogulus Webcast

2008-01-03T18:26:00.000-05:00

Cool Free webcasting service that TDavid, the ole blogging pro is testing...

Here's the skinny:

How's that? Do you see the video?

Some new Gmail features don't work in IE or Opera

2008-01-03T10:34:00.000-05:00

I am an avid Gmail user. I also use three Browsers, Firefox, IE and most recently, Opera. A new feature in Gmail lets you colorize your labels. This can be really helpful when you have over 50 labels and almost 50 filters like I do.

The problem is.....

In Firefox the colorization of labels works perfectly. Put your mouse over the little color box next to the label the drop down arrow appears, you click, and you get the drop down with color selection.

In IE you see the color box, you put your mouse over it and the drop down arrow appears, but when you click it instead of the color selection box, the browser does a page down! No way to change the colors.

Then in Opera, there isn't even a color box next to the labels to even try to select a color!

So this begs the question... Is the code for colorizing the label W3C compliant? Firefox and Opera proport to be compliant, we all no IE really isn't. Who's right?

Glow in the dark cats!

2007-12-14T13:14:00.000-05:00

Yikes! They do look freaky in the light!

Here's the pic skinny:

This handout photo released in Seoul by the Ministry of Science ... - Yahoo! News Photos

Good for Holloween I guess.

DivX Connected Products

2007-12-13T16:34:00.000-05:00

I have a D-Link wireless router so this new D-Link product peeks my interest.

Here's the skinny:

DivX Connected Products: "D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected™ HD Media Player"

Only available in England and Europe, coming soon the US...

Google Android appearing in 2008!

2007-11-06T15:09:00.000-05:00

Google has announced "Android" an open source mobile operating system with all the bells and whistles... The Google Phone, can't be far behind.

Here's the skinny:

Google Programs
Android as Next Mobile Operating System

Trinity Wins!

2007-10-30T11:43:00.000-04:00

How impossible was this!

Watch the Skinny:

Nokia unveils Linux-powered N810 Internet Tablet

2007-10-23T16:31:00.000-04:00

I loved this tablet in it's first incarnation several years ago. This incarnation is very very close to the final real deal! Add WI-Max and it's there!

Here's the Skinny:

Nokia unveils Linux-powered N810 Internet Tablet: "Nokia has announced a new version of its Linux-based Internet tablet. The N810 is smaller, heavier, and faster than the older N800, with new features that include a slide-out hardware QWERTY thumb keyboard, GPS receiver, FM transmitter (for in-car listening), and a light-sensing screen dimmer."

Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video

2007-08-30T17:40:00.000-04:00

I was just looking at my Gmail inbox and noticed in red a "Watch Our Video" link. I clicked it and got this:

Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video

Entertaining....

Where have I been...

iPhone review - Engadget

2007-07-03T13:49:00.000-04:00

No need to do a first person review of the iPhone when Engadget has already done a spectacular job!

Here's the skinny:

iPhone review - Engadget

Interesting Google marketing

2007-04-19T15:46:00.000-04:00

I was reading my local University student newspaper and came across a half page add by Google. They are asking students to take a survey about email. This add basically seems to be saying whatever email system your school is using sucks and they should switch to Gmail!!! Pretty audacious considering they want University's to agree to have their library holdings all scanned!

Here's the skinny:
Google Student Email Survey