Monthly Archives: January 2004
CBGB’s Photographic History
Nostalgia: In the mid-80′s the Sunday Matinees were sweaty, smelly, sometimes scumbag filled Slam Dance Fests, but man… were they fun!
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The Internet Never Forgets
The other day I was browsing through the Wayback Machine and discovered a number of four-year-old weblog entries I posted to my then homegrown blog tool. They weren’t earth shattering entries, but I figured I’d bring them back home. So, … Continue reading
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Mapping Google News
This is nifty: Google News Map: “Why not parse Google News, find the first name match and draw a map with the latest headlines on the coordinates of the countries.”
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My First Week with STeVo
Last week I finally completed building my Home Theater PC (HTPC) — aka PVR (personal video recorder), DVR (digital video recorder), homebrew-TiVo or what my wife Catherine lovingly calls STeVo ;-) On my Wiki I put together some of my … Continue reading
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Rich Client Ubiquity
Michael Sippey has a couple of good comments regarding Salesforce.com’s recently released “Office Edition,” which integrates its hosted SFA tightly with Microsoft Office: “The company that championed went overboard with their “no software” positioning is now touting their integration into … Continue reading
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Virtual Ass Sniffing
From the Dogster about page: “Why Dogster? We are dog freaks and computer geeks, unafraid to admit that when we see a dog, any dog, our heads turn and we howl with delight. Who wants a cookie? Who does? Well, … Continue reading
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MAGNET-URI Project
Kazaa is promoting a BitTorrent-like distributed P2P alternative that can be embedded in other P2P networks and web links, which they are calling Magnet links (via Anil Dash’s Links) More here… “Magnet links allows users to directly download large media … Continue reading
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Windows Services for Unix
Anil Dash put together a first-class summary of the *nix goodies found in Microsoft’s Windows Services for Unix, which was recently re-released as a free download (passport registration required). Even though I’m using Samba at home to connect my Windows … Continue reading
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Do you remember?
Bob Mould of Sugar and of course Hüsker Dü now has a weblog. Welcome Bob! I certainly do remember with many of your songs still cycling through my playlists.
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Dude, I don’t quite get it?
I was (and still am) fond of what the OpenCola guys created back in the P2P buzz days, but this recent spin-off, “Dude, check this out!” [DCTO?], started by a few of the OC founders and development managers, has me … Continue reading
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MovableType Posting Client and NewsGator Plugin
Matt Berther has released version 2.0.0.1 of his MovableType posting client/plugin MovablePoster, which integrates nicely with NewsGator in addition to being a stand-alone Windows client. (of course I’m testing MovablePoster via this post :-)
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MandrakeMove: Bootable Linux Distro
Looks like Mandrake has joined Knoppix in the bootable Linux CD distro trend… “The MandrakeMove Download Edition is a new product based on Mandrake Linux 9.2 which provides a complete personal desktop operating system on a bootable CD. With MandrakeMove, … Continue reading
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NewsGator Online Services
Wow! Greg has been busy! In addition to announcing NewsGator 2.0, there will also be NewsGator Online Services, which includes three [new] content reader editions: “Web Edition — NewsGator Online Services provides a web-based content reader, which allows users to … Continue reading
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Remove Hidden Data from Office 2003/XP Documents
I’m in training all week. So I’m a bit out of touch, but I just spotted this little Office “add-in” released by Microsoft that “can permanently remove hidden data and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft … Continue reading
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Understanding Open Source Software
This is a handy legal explination of Open Source Software by Red Hat’s Mark Webbink, Esq.: “Mark Webbink, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Red Hat, Inc., wrote this article for corporate attorneys, explaining free and open source software … Continue reading
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