Logged into Gmail tonight and had a quick WTF moment when I saw this announcement, but quickly realized they must have updated the page early on the West Coast...
Gmail Paper
UPDATE:
Looks like we get two this year:
Google TISP
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The ePop Oops
Remember all those times you were talking about someone and accidentally ePopped them something you shouldn't have because they were on your mind?
Microsoft Accidentally Sends Secret File On Journalist, To That Journalist
Microsoft Accidentally Sends Secret File On Journalist, To That Journalist
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Useless?
I found this hard to believe, but it speaks a lot to perspective.
Many Americans see little point to Web
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday.
PS: I failed miserably at shutdown day, but mainly for work related reasons.
Many Americans see little point to Web
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday.
PS: I failed miserably at shutdown day, but mainly for work related reasons.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Once You Go Jack...
No, this isn't a 24 post.
Just a friendly announcement that everyone's favorite computer gameshow has returned in a new online beta.
You Don't Know Jack
Ahhh, memories....
Just a friendly announcement that everyone's favorite computer gameshow has returned in a new online beta.
You Don't Know Jack
Ahhh, memories....
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Google Maps Becomes Friendly to Local Businesses
I'm sure you guys will have seen this by the time you're reading.
Google is finally starting to do SiteSearch like things with Google Maps (photos, payment methods, websites, etc.)
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/photos-on-google-maps.html
And they've even added the ability for businesses to offer coupons directly in their business entries:
http://google.com/local/add/coupons?hl=en-US&gl=US
Google is finally starting to do SiteSearch like things with Google Maps (photos, payment methods, websites, etc.)
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/photos-on-google-maps.html
And they've even added the ability for businesses to offer coupons directly in their business entries:
http://google.com/local/add/coupons?hl=en-US&gl=US
Monday, February 26, 2007
TellMe: Is it true?
Reports say TellMe may have been purchased by Microsoft:
TellMe For Sale
Or maybe not:
TellMe not sold to Microsoft
Don't you love getting news by blog?
TellMe For Sale
Or maybe not:
TellMe not sold to Microsoft
Don't you love getting news by blog?
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Back to the Future vs. Bill and Ted
Couldn't resist two "versus" posts in a row:
BTTF vs. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
No argument here on the clear winner...
BTTF vs. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
No argument here on the clear winner...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Black Wednesday
Bah! The only good thing about V-Day is this site.
Be My Anti-Valentine
Some good new ones this year. The social networking one is great.
Be My Anti-Valentine
Some good new ones this year. The social networking one is great.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Precursor to Mr. Fusion?
Hey team!
I found something fascinating today. Researchers are developing a new generator that eats garbage and "poops" out energy. It is initially a military application for soldiers to produce energy and get rid of their garbage at the same time.
More here.
Awesome!
I found something fascinating today. Researchers are developing a new generator that eats garbage and "poops" out energy. It is initially a military application for soldiers to produce energy and get rid of their garbage at the same time.
More here.
Awesome!
Saturday, February 03, 2007
PDT meets Y2K
You already know about my daylight savings time pet peeve.
This year there are 4 more weeks for the PST idiots to be wrong.
At least this article is hilarious.
Clocks' Early Spring Forward May Bring About a Few Falls
Excerpts:
When few people were paying attention in August 2005, Congress lengthened daylight saving time by four weeks in the name of energy efficiency. The change takes effect this year -- on March 11 -- and it has angered airlines, delighted candy makers and sent thousands of technicians scrambling to make sure countless automated systems switch their clocks at the right moment. Unless changed by one method or another, many systems will remain programmed to read the calendar and start daylight saving time on its old date in April, not its new one in March.
"After building bunkers in the desert for Y2K, we're not even talking about this, and it's happening in less than two months," said Matthew Kozak, an information technology specialist at Rutgers University who monitors numerous sites and discussion groups.
Microsoft cautions that some of its older products -- including Windows XP SP1 and Windows NT4 -- will require manual updates. The company's Web site provides detailed instructions on how to update various products, although it is pushing against the deadline in some cases. Updates and tools "are being developed and tested," the Web site says, and some will "be released through early March 2007."
As a fallback, Microsoft urges customers to double-check meetings scheduled during the four weeks being added to daylight saving time this year.
"Users should view any appointments that fall into these date ranges as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees to make sure that the item shows up correctly on everyone's calendar both internally and externally," Microsoft says on its Web site.
If there is a sweet ending to the debate, it will occur Oct. 31. Candy manufacturers lobbied for years to stretch daylight saving time to encompass Halloween. Not only will children have more daylight hours to consume treats, they contend, but they will be safer zipping across streets in their costumes.
This year there are 4 more weeks for the PST idiots to be wrong.
At least this article is hilarious.
Clocks' Early Spring Forward May Bring About a Few Falls
Excerpts:
When few people were paying attention in August 2005, Congress lengthened daylight saving time by four weeks in the name of energy efficiency. The change takes effect this year -- on March 11 -- and it has angered airlines, delighted candy makers and sent thousands of technicians scrambling to make sure countless automated systems switch their clocks at the right moment. Unless changed by one method or another, many systems will remain programmed to read the calendar and start daylight saving time on its old date in April, not its new one in March.
"After building bunkers in the desert for Y2K, we're not even talking about this, and it's happening in less than two months," said Matthew Kozak, an information technology specialist at Rutgers University who monitors numerous sites and discussion groups.
Microsoft cautions that some of its older products -- including Windows XP SP1 and Windows NT4 -- will require manual updates. The company's Web site provides detailed instructions on how to update various products, although it is pushing against the deadline in some cases. Updates and tools "are being developed and tested," the Web site says, and some will "be released through early March 2007."
As a fallback, Microsoft urges customers to double-check meetings scheduled during the four weeks being added to daylight saving time this year.
"Users should view any appointments that fall into these date ranges as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees to make sure that the item shows up correctly on everyone's calendar both internally and externally," Microsoft says on its Web site.
If there is a sweet ending to the debate, it will occur Oct. 31. Candy manufacturers lobbied for years to stretch daylight saving time to encompass Halloween. Not only will children have more daylight hours to consume treats, they contend, but they will be safer zipping across streets in their costumes.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Billboards That Talk To You
I wasn't sure how to categorize this, so I'm giving it a new "marketing" tag.
I know we're going to see more of this localized, location-based, Minority Report stuff in the future. For some reason though this makes me uncomfortable. I wouldn't opt in for this type of marketing, but I'd love to see the fool next to me using it...
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/01/talking_billboa.html
"The enthusiastic guinea pigs for the Mini experiment will be more than a thousand Mini owners in New York, Miami, Chicago, and San Francisco who have signed up for what the company calls "an ever-changing array of unique, personal, playful, and unexpected messages."
The boards, which usually carry typical advertising, are programmed to identify approaching Mini drivers through a coded signal from a radio chip embedded in their key fob. The messages are personal, based on questionnaires that owners filled out: "Mary, moving at the speed of justice," if Mary is a lawyer, or "Mike, the special of the day is speed," if Mike is a chef."
I especially liked the 4th comment down.
I know we're going to see more of this localized, location-based, Minority Report stuff in the future. For some reason though this makes me uncomfortable. I wouldn't opt in for this type of marketing, but I'd love to see the fool next to me using it...
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/01/talking_billboa.html
"The enthusiastic guinea pigs for the Mini experiment will be more than a thousand Mini owners in New York, Miami, Chicago, and San Francisco who have signed up for what the company calls "an ever-changing array of unique, personal, playful, and unexpected messages."
The boards, which usually carry typical advertising, are programmed to identify approaching Mini drivers through a coded signal from a radio chip embedded in their key fob. The messages are personal, based on questionnaires that owners filled out: "Mary, moving at the speed of justice," if Mary is a lawyer, or "Mike, the special of the day is speed," if Mike is a chef."
I especially liked the 4th comment down.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Sincerest Form of Flattery
Bo showed us ChaCha back in this September post.
Small world, eh?
Tech guru’s ChaCha to have human touch
Tim Durham, one of the wealthy individuals Jones approached for investment in his new search engine, said ChaCha’s business model is similar to one he attempted himself half a decade ago with a company called iNetNow. Now defunct, it also employed teams of college students to surf the Net on behalf of others.
“The difference is, we had a call center and you had to man that call center day and night. That was the bulk of your cost,” said Durham, CEO of Indianapolis-based Obsidian Enterprises Inc. “Scott’s unique approach is to have college students be his call center all around the country.”
Durham said he considered investing up to $500,000 in Jones’ company, but ultimately passed because his money was tied up elsewhere. He said ChaCha would likely be most useful to cell phone users, who could connect with it when they wanted rapid answers to questions like where to find the nearest Italian restaurant or men’s clothing store.
“I think the concept is a great one. Now, whether or not it becomes economically profitable is another issue,” he said. “There’s a lot of things that are neat ideas that don’t make money. I couldn’t get it to make money, but his model is different.”
Small world, eh?
Tech guru’s ChaCha to have human touch
Tim Durham, one of the wealthy individuals Jones approached for investment in his new search engine, said ChaCha’s business model is similar to one he attempted himself half a decade ago with a company called iNetNow. Now defunct, it also employed teams of college students to surf the Net on behalf of others.
“The difference is, we had a call center and you had to man that call center day and night. That was the bulk of your cost,” said Durham, CEO of Indianapolis-based Obsidian Enterprises Inc. “Scott’s unique approach is to have college students be his call center all around the country.”
Durham said he considered investing up to $500,000 in Jones’ company, but ultimately passed because his money was tied up elsewhere. He said ChaCha would likely be most useful to cell phone users, who could connect with it when they wanted rapid answers to questions like where to find the nearest Italian restaurant or men’s clothing store.
“I think the concept is a great one. Now, whether or not it becomes economically profitable is another issue,” he said. “There’s a lot of things that are neat ideas that don’t make money. I couldn’t get it to make money, but his model is different.”
Thursday, January 25, 2007
SMS: The Novel
Kinda steals my idea of telling the story of iNetNow only in emails...
Text message novel published in Finland
"The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels throughout Europe and India, keeping in touch with his friends and relatives only through text messages.
His messages, and the replies — roughly 1,000 altogether — are listed in chronological order in the 332-page novel written by Finnish author Hannu Luntiala. The texts are rife with grammatical errors and abbreviations commonly used in regular SMS traffic.
Text message novel published in Finland
"The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels throughout Europe and India, keeping in touch with his friends and relatives only through text messages.
His messages, and the replies — roughly 1,000 altogether — are listed in chronological order in the 332-page novel written by Finnish author Hannu Luntiala. The texts are rife with grammatical errors and abbreviations commonly used in regular SMS traffic.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
She Came In Through the iTunes Window
Neat NPR story about meeting a wi-fi freeloading neighbor via the shared iTunes folder they left behind.
How I met my neighbor on iTunes
(Click the "listen" link near the top.)
via TUAW
How I met my neighbor on iTunes
(Click the "listen" link near the top.)
via TUAW
Thursday, January 11, 2007
iPhone and the Blind
Couldn't resist...
Does the iPhone shaft the blind?
Comments are an especially fun read, running the full gamut from honest to troll to politically incorrect.
Does the iPhone shaft the blind?
Comments are an especially fun read, running the full gamut from honest to troll to politically incorrect.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Stock Prices
Here's my obligatory iPhone post:
Check out the hourly stock price comparison for Apple, RIM, and Palm.
Wonder what happened midday today? ;)
Also interesting and amusing:
Note the difference in presentation between the Apple and Cingular websites.
Intended for different audiences maybe, but feels like different planets.
Check out the hourly stock price comparison for Apple, RIM, and Palm.
Wonder what happened midday today? ;)
Also interesting and amusing:
Note the difference in presentation between the Apple and Cingular websites.
Intended for different audiences maybe, but feels like different planets.
Monday, January 08, 2007
The Expert Mind
As you can guess, I tend to read Scientific American religiously.
It's a very interesting read on how experts process large amounts of information to come to their conclusions.
It talks about "innate talent" vs. "intensive training", and may give hopes to those of us who want to improve our mental abilities in a particular area.
http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00010347-101C-14C1-8F9E83414B7F4945
It's a very interesting read on how experts process large amounts of information to come to their conclusions.
It talks about "innate talent" vs. "intensive training", and may give hopes to those of us who want to improve our mental abilities in a particular area.
http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00010347-101C-14C1-8F9E83414B7F4945
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