Archive for March, 2007
Hate Speech
I haven’t seen anything quite so publicly – and intentionally so, apparently – vile in quite some time. I don’t know what to say beyond the obvious:
There’s no place for this in civilized discourse, and those responsible will very likely get to explain the threats in a court room:
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/as_i_type_this_.html
Tags: kathy sierra, hate speech
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Fix for Treo 650 Random Resets
Until yesterday, I had been experiencing multiple random power-offs and hard resets on my Treo 650. It would power-off the phone without warning, without any apparent pattern: while I was on a call, while I was using the browser, or while it was simply sitting on my desk. If I didn’t see it power-off, I would go for considerable periods with it off. Not good, and I began to hope that it would last long enough to get naturally replaced when I purchase (probably…) an iPhone in June.
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I love good news.
“We have our missing Boy Scout.”
As a parent, this absolutely thrills me. As a Scout leader in my area, I am relieved that this had a happy outcome for the Troop. Nice job by the Search & Rescue teams.
Missing Scout Found (from sfgate)
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Janis at 38,000 feet. Sweet.
I’m in 9C on a 757 this morning and was listening to some Boston (R.I.P. Brad Delp…) on my iPod when the young one behind me started crying… loudly. So I had to break out the Powerbook and fire up iTunes, which has a volume level sufficiently high enough to create a whole new zone.
There’s something about Janis Joplin’s voice and the raw, biting guitar of Big Brother that makes everything else seem, momentarily, unimportant.
Come on. Try just a little bit harder.
Tags: ipod, itunes, janis joplin, boston
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Tech Tip: Publishing iCal Calendar in Multiple Places
Recently I had a need to publish a calendar in more than one location. Simple, right? Just use Google calendar, Boxes, or one of the other free services. Not quite. I don’t want to manage any users, nor give anyone direct access to an account that is hosting the calendar. I want to publish, not provide direct access to, the calendar.
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Beer tossing fridge
Now this is an amazing use of techn^H^H^H^Mwaste of effort, and should be condemned:
When John Cornwell graduated from Duke University last year, he landed a job as software engineer in Atlanta but soon found himself longing for his college lifestyle. So the engineering graduate built himself a reminder of life on campus: a refrigerator that can toss a can of beer to his couch with the click of a remote control.
“I conceived it right after I got out,” said Cornwell, a May 2006 graduate from Huntington, N.Y. “I missed the college scene. It embodies the college spirit that I didn’t want to let go of.”
Read the full article here: http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/100121745/article.cgi
Tags: beer, duke, fridge, technology
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