Tuesday, October 14, 2003 Moblog No I didn't suddenly come in possession of a digital camera. I have a bunch of pictures that I want to post and I also need to get a camera and begin taking pictures again. Yes there is an RSS feed to which you can subscribe. 2:53:18 PM    comment [] Pay by cellphone in South Korea Demonstrating once again how embarassingly far behind the cellphone industry is here in the US, in South Korea banks, credit card companies, and the cellular carriers have teamed up to make it possible for people to easily make purchases with their cellphones:Instead of handing over credit or debit cards that get swiped, users type their passcode on the phone keypad, point the device at a special receiver on a checkout counter and press a key. It's as simple as operating a TV remote. The phone shoots the card data in an infrared beam or radio waves. No signature is necessary. For small payments at vending machines, the passcode isn't even required. Transmissions are encrypted and secure, and subscribers who lose their phones can get them disabled within seconds by informing the credit-card company. Phone owners can apply transactions to either credit or debit accounts.By the end of the year about... [Gizmodo] 1:06:49 PM    comment [] Handspring releases Treo 600 phone/PDA What's curious about this is the fact that the phone doesn't appear on Sprint's web site. Handspring today announced nationwide availability of the Treo 600 with wireless service from Sprin... [MacNN] 12:47:47 PM    comment [] First Impression "Innovation is not an event, a tool, or an application. It is an overall environment." -Monte Ford , SVP Information Technology and CIO, American Airlines [Fast Company] 8:40:32 AM    comment [] notepad I've been using the default too long and this caught my eye. Kewl new theme for Radio UserLand bloggers. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 8:28:41 AM    comment [] Dell cluster costs 30x more than Apple's Looking for a good ROI? MacNN reader Dave Shroeder writes: "The University of Texas just rolled out a $38M Dell/Linux cluste... [MacNN] 6:35:01 AM    comment [] Family Time We spent a couple of hours with my folks yesterday just visiting and catching up on stuff. Mom and Dad both look good and in looking at my Dad physically you can tell his back isn't right and this is why he needs yet another surgery. Mom looks tired and I'm sure it's a strain on her both mentally and physically, with now Dad's pending 5th back surgery. My folks are amazing people! 6:29:17 AM    comment []