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  • Gmail as an RSS Feed

    Just noticed that when I went to my GMail account, the Firefox Radar Icon popped up.
    I dropped the link in FeedDemon. You can now get your new Gmail as an RSS Feed.
    Ummmm…wow. Looks like I may be one of the first to notice this…or I missed it completely the first time around.


    Yup, missed it the first time around. Can you see the giant “L” on my forehead (not brought to you by eBay).

  • Windows iPod Edition

    You have to Giggle at this.
    I wonder what BGates uses…Scoble?


    Scoble uses an iPod. Hey Robert, when you move on to a portable media player that is more cool, can I snag your used iPod?

  • Yahoo Starts Blogging Service…In Japan

    Yahoo has started a new free blogging service for the Japanese market. [here]
    Unusual to see Japan as a test market, but you have to think that someone at Yahoo Corporate is playing with the new Yahoo Blog Tool that will be released in the US.
    Any comments from Yahoo! Blogging Team?

  • Windows WinAmp Edition

    Dan Gillmor is asking the Internet Community to assist Microsoft Name its new version of XP, sans Media Player.
    My contribution is above.
    Joi Ito is looking for contributions as well. [here]
    Rob Enderle weighs in here.

  • Drop Testing a Toshiba Tablet

    Ouch!


    I have never dropped a laptop, but I have caught my eldest prying the keys off a Toshiba Tecra 8100. Ever had to put the keys back on a laptop? When you are ham-handed like I am…it was a two-hour curse-fest with the ZenWife laughing at me, scolding the boy and grimacing at my language — simultaneously.


    One of the shift keys was never quite the same.


    Then two years later, I found his younger brother doing the same thing to another Toshiba Tecra 8100.


    Ok, this story is better.

  • PC mini in a Mac mini case

    This is an abomination. But I am not sure which group, the Windows Regime or the Mac Mob, will consider it the greater heresy.

  • I can’t connect to rpc.technorati.com

    All of my posts for the last 12 hours or so have been hung up in the PING phase. Looks like the Technorati Ping Server (rpc.technorati.com) is down or unavailable. I can’t even open a TCP connection to it.

  • A Rant Against Lotus Notes

    I have never had the pleasure of working for an organization that uses Lotus Notes as its primary corporate e-mail program. And I never will work for one; this is one of the core beliefs that guide my life.

    • I will never work in a mill or plant
    • I will never work in a restaurant
    • I will never work in retail
    • I will never work for Google
    • I will never use Lotus Notes

    Lotus Notes is a long-lost relic of the early 1990s, when GUI design was in its infancy and the precepts were still being laid out. This site, categorizes 70 reasons for the loathing that this dinosaur evokes.
    Number #71: Lotus Notes still can’t receive HTML e-mail messages, 10 years on.
    Article link courtesy of Damien Katz.

  • Getting scanned from Comcast IP address — AGAIN

    This time, the IP (67.164.122.83) is definitely a client computer.
    It’s hitting me once every 15 minutes, like clockwork.
    Time to add another entry to the IPTABLES config. Done.