Archive for April, 2008

Flash is the worst web technology ever

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

We are planning some remodelling and trying to exchange ideas with our designers. I know that the people who design websites for all the furniture industry mean well, and ... Read more..

AT&T officially rolling out nationwide Wi-Fi service at Starbucks

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

CrunchGear » Archive » AT&T officially rolling out nationwide Wi-Fi service at Starbucks — but continuing to screw iPhone customers. I’ve got an unlimited data plan, i can’t give ... Read more..

XunLight, Silicon Thin Film Solar Maker, Raises $22M

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

XunLight, Silicon Thin Film Solar Maker, Raises $22M | EcoGeek — Nice to see an Ohio company leading the way Read more..

Software notes — bloatware alternatives

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Crapware: Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software — i didn’t know about cdburnerxp Rsyncx on the mac — potential beyondcompare alternative Passpack password manager. I am not ready to give some ... Read more..

Dead Address Book Entries

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Dead Address Book Entries — I struggle with this too. My last grandparent, Cleo, passed on a while ago and I have been unable to delete his email address ... Read more..

Fat Spaniel Coverage in San Jose Mercury News

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Plugging into your system’s vital signs - San Jose Mercury News — nice coverage on Fat Spaniel today Read more..

Kindle reset

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

5 months into Kindle use and I had to reset it for the first time ever, it locked up this morning and was unresponsive to every button. To reset, ... Read more..

Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Logitech > Remotes > Universal Remotes > Harmony® One Advanced Universal Remote — I’m pretty happy with this remote. I’ve used Harmonys in the past and they were easy ... Read more..

Hell No to the Victors

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Sports Network Football Bowl Subdivision — a starting lineman walks away from a full scholarship at Michigan, to pay his own way at Ohio State! Awesome. The ... Read more..

Stuff I Want But Don’t Need — Outdoors Edition

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Coghlan’s - Product Display — mini lantern and clipon headlamp. I’d actually use the headlamp Easyroaster. Cool but I don’t really like hotdogs or smores. Yaktrax traction control. I ... Read more..

File System Mounting Tricks

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Featured Mac Download: Drag and Drop Upload Files to Google Docs with Gdocsuploader — Googledocs mounted on a mac. Flickr mounted under Linux Mount USB drives in a folder — to get ... Read more..

BBQ Sauce Map

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Love maps, and love barbecue, so this is awesome — 246 - Southern Sauce Sources « Strange Maps Read more..

Raymond’s reading list: The Mythical Man-Month, The Design of Everyday Things, and Systemantics

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Great recos from Raymond — The Old New Thing : Raymond’s reading list: The Mythical Man-Month, The Design of Everyday Things, and Systemantics — I’ve never read the last but ... Read more..

Exhaust Air Jack

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Exhaust Air Jack » Coolest Gadgets — wow I would never get under a car using one of these, i prefer nice solid steel supporting my car, not a puncturable/leakable ... Read more..

Pure Networks – Software for Wired and Wireless Networks

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Pure Networks – Software for Wired and Wireless Networks — cool router reset gadget. Read more..

Cutting things

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

What is Craft ROBO? :Craft ROBO-GRAPHTEC — cutting paper and other sheets. cool. Ponoko puzzles. love the idea of ponoko Book cutting. Huh. Didn’t know about this form ... Read more..

The NBA Jumps the Shark

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

From Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back: And the Association Sticks the Landing! - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back: How can you tell when ... Read more..

Home energy stuff

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Very interested in products that make us smarter about our energy use at home. Sean reports on his use of TED — the TED device lets you get finegrained ... Read more..

Beach Books — Camouflage, The Peshawar Lancers, Darkest Feat

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Camouflage by Joe Haldeman. Eh, not adding to the reputation of the haldeman name. Aliens secretly among us. Kind of silly and pointless and honestly not well ... Read more..

Fairmont Kea Lani - Maui Seaside Hotel at Polo Beach

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Maui Hotels: Fairmont Kea Lani - Maui Seaside Hotel at Polo Beach — okay this place is stupidly expensive and they nickel and dime you to deal (except of course ... Read more..

Recent Airplane Reads

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Been on planes a lot recently — first installment of reviews here — the Kindle is awesome while flying Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry. Period mystery set in Buckingham ... Read more..

Assign USB Drives to a Folder

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Assign USB Drives to a Folder — great tip Read more..

Stuff I Want But Do Not Need — Flamethrower edition

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Weed-A-Pocalyspe! — I think I’ve blogged this before, this one looks even more streamlined. I have to get one of these. Probably a ... Read more..

Where to Find Open Data on the Web

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Where to Find Open Data on the Web - ReadWriteWeb — useful stuff here Read more..

Luggage/parcels with Dry Ice

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Rules governing up at NWA, Hawaiian Air, UPS. Not that complicated as long as you stay under 2 kilos of dry ice. And you want some sort of ... Read more..