Tuesday, November 12, 2002

Open up one of your Calendar files in a text editor, and then you'll know just how happy I am to arrive at this. A major step towards iCal sync. Now, off to get me a sammich!
9:30:19 PM    comment []  

Trashy zine is all about "found stuff.".

FOUND magazine is an incredibly cool online and print publication that explores the beauty and funkiness and accidental poignance of found things. Trash. Discarded objects. Weird notes about random sex, like this one, that defy description. Love letters (like the one at left) pinned behind car windshield wipers that eventually dislodge themselves to float down the street, unread. Link Discuss

UPDATE: FOUND has plans to expand, according to this Chicago Trib story. Watch for an audio CD in '03, with found sound--think answering machine messages, discarded audio letters, and original songs inspired by found notes. (via Poynter.org).
[Boing Boing Blog]
5:44:37 PM    comment []  


I keep getting spam in my mailbox for products to remove pop-up ads. There's something ironic about using spam to advertise a product to eliminate spam.
5:12:28 PM    comment []  

Ballmer: "Dedicated" to court settlement. In his first public remarks, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will meet settlement guidelines set down by a federal court in the long-running antitrust case. If they're so dedicated to all that is fair and good and trustworthy, why are they buying their way into several universities' curriculums? This seems morally bankrupt and monopolistic for a company that's dedicated to the settlement. And what about the school site licenses that require schools to pay for a Windows license whether the computer is a Wintel machine or not? [CNET News.com]
12:05:10 PM    comment []  

This Modern World. The voters have spoken -- decisively! [Salon.com]
11:43:36 AM    comment []  

Democrats: Wrong in Iraq. The opposition party not only failed to articulate a good case against war -- it ducked the hard question of what to do about a dangerous dictator. This article makes a somewhat reasonable case for US aggression, although I still hope that we can somehow avoid becoming an agressor here. It enforces an image that the US is best to shake. [Salon.com]
11:41:40 AM    comment []  

Listening to DJ Jason G's promo CD from a couple of years ago. At that point I lived 10 minutes away from San Francisco (instead of 45 minutes, like now) and I went to raves, clubs, and parties all the time. At some point this CD showed up in my car, and I don't know whose it is... but I still enjoy it way too much to give it up. DJ Jason G is a nice guy too, which makes me enjoy the CD even more.
11:27:39 AM    comment []  

Study: PDAs Good for Education. A new report from SRI finds that handhelds can be effective tools in the classroom. Over 90 percent of teachers who used them with their classes say that handhelds can have a positive impact on learning. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
9:24:58 AM    comment []  

Movielink: Long Wait for Films. The major film studios' first foray into online video on demand, Movielink offers a compelling array of popular film titles. If you don't mind waiting hours to download them, that is. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
9:23:33 AM    comment []  

Napster Co-Founder's New Venture. Like Napster, Sean Parker's latest endeavor involves sharing. But this time it's personal information, not music, which isn't likely to rile the music industry. By Xeni Jardin. [Wired News]
9:20:58 AM    comment []  

Got some excellent advice and pointers on how to integrate with iCal from Dan Wood at Karelia. Version 6 of Watson integrates nicely with iCal, automatically adding events for upcoming movies and TV shows, so I thought I'd ask him how he did it. Thanks, Dan!
9:16:31 AM    comment []  

Why Palm will succeed, and Microsoft will fail - Palmsource CEO. Dave Nagel gives good demigod... Go Palm Go! [The Register]
9:14:27 AM    comment []  

For those who use Chimera, a page full of tips & tricks. If you haven't tried Chimera, you should. It's arguably the best Web browser for the Mac, even if it is prerelease software.
8:49:04 AM    comment []  

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