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Sat,
Apr 14,
2007
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10:21:59 AM in software
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John alerted me to the first public beta of IE7. The tabs support was overdue. It's pretty good overall though there is not much new compared to Firefox. Microsoft might have done an okay job conside...
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Tue,
Jan 31,
2006
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2:07:17 PM in software
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Here are the new keywords I've added since this post a while back, keyword search baby, faster than yo moma
f - flickr (tags)
i.e. f rothko → http://flickr.com/photos/tags/?q=rothko
which red...
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Mon,
Jan 16,
2006
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4:34:47 PM in software
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As AIM moves to largely replace any form of communication I have with the outside world (hermit style), I find myself wanting to "leave a message" for offline users a lot lately. This is all the more...
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Fri,
Nov 4,
2005
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9:48:17 AM in software
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I've actually uninstalled Flock a few days ago. Flock Off, basically. Nice knowin ya, so long
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Fri,
Nov 4,
2005
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12:31:55 AM in software
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1 Bloglines, productivity killa
2 Yahoo! Mail, my main email is webmail, thinkin hard about makin the switch to Gmail but waiting around for the new Oddpost features, it ain't workin out too much, ...
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Wed,
Oct 26,
2005
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10:31:47 PM in software
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Me and some friends were just talking about how AIM sucked and we should ditch it hard (Yahoo! or MSN Messenger, Google Talk, anything). Zach Klein has the heads up on the latest beta version of AIM ...
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Fri,
Oct 21,
2005
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3:00:08 PM in software
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Flock is a new "social" browser based on Firefox, meaning it integrates blogging and bookmarking (del.icio.us). There's a host of other features on top of the Firefox goodies. I like the idea of the ...
Posted
Fri,
Oct 21,
2005
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10:23:27 AM in blog / software
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I've been annoyed with a bad memory leak that would slow my computer down to a crawl a couple of days after a reboot.. it's been happening for a while, I haven't bothered too much investigating it bu...
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Sat,
Oct 15,
2005
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10:00:50 PM in google / software / suck
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Be it the operating system (Winblows) or hard disk failure (they're not built to last forever), I invariably have to reinstall Windows XP about once a year. In this case, a combination of crappy spywa...
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Wed,
Sep 14,
2005
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11:33:33 AM in software / suck
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Had to find something to redeem that Google Desktop debacle. The next release of Firefox will be 1.5, beta 1 is currently out
Neat-o
- Faster page load! In particular rendering page previously visite...
Posted
Fri,
Sep 9,
2005
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4:33:33 PM in software
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Featured on Lifehacker, they say
The latest version of Google Desktop offers significant improvements to desktop search, notably Outlook search, higher security and Quick Find document search and appl...
Posted
Fri,
Sep 9,
2005
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3:00:24 PM in google / software / suck
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The original Google Desktop was designed to index your computer files, I suppose it does an okay job, inclusion of desktop results within Googles is not bad, Windows search is crappy for sure
Version...
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Fri,
Aug 26,
2005
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1:07:17 AM in google / software
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Google Talk has been the talk of the town since talk.google.com went live Monday and this New York Times article. In a nutshell, Google does IM and VOIP
Bloglines was full of activity tonight, the fi...
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Tue,
Aug 23,
2005
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10:00:53 PM in google / software
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Pretty simple really, cuz I'm real lazy. I love them magnet links, they are a new kind link format that contain location information for files, especially useful for peer to peer applications where fi...
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Mon,
Aug 8,
2005
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1:20:26 PM in software / web
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Konfabulator is a neat program for "mod-heads" (I just made that up) who love to tweak their desktops with themes and spunky wallpapers. It manages Widgets, little floating configurable modules "inspi...
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Mon,
Jul 25,
2005
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3:49:40 PM in flickr / software
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Is there anything less Web 2.0 than installing a program? I don't know, but if you must, you might want to check out Google Earth.A few months after purchasing Keyhole, Google tweaked their sate...
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Thu,
Jul 14,
2005
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3:30:57 PM in google / software
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Just so I don't sound like a total ass about it, iTunes is great for:- Integration with Apple iPods (duhh)- Rating songs- Play counts- Smart PlaylistsWhy does it suck so bad?It runs like a slug on...
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Wed,
Jun 8,
2005
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9:47:14 AM in software
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Even hotter than the Firefox search plugin, start using Firefox Smart Keywords (or Keyword Search) by typing a keyword (imdb, amazon, google) in the location bar (shortcut F6) then your search term...
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Fri,
Jan 28,
2005
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9:13:38 AM in software / web
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I was reading about how some guy created his own Firefox search plugin for Engadget and thought it'd be kinda cool to make my own, took longer than I thought but I'm kinda retarded sometimes, anyways
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Wed,
Dec 8,
2004
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6:09:46 PM in software
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Power surfers (or online junkies) have always had to deal with bookmarks. How I've come to keep up with them has changed over time. From personal bookmarks on a single machine, I migrated to Yahoo! Bo...
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Wed,
Sep 15,
2004
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10:35:27 AM in blog / web / software / web
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never install that shit, ya herrrd! stick to ephpod (windows)
it's pretty sad but this was really my 3rd go at itunes. let's see, the first time around, i was already using ephpod instead of the musi...
Posted
Tue,
Jun 22,
2004
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9:19:49 PM in software
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Way cool stuff, Fontify will take your handwriting and turn it into a font. All that for a lowly $9.. sounds pretty coool! Of course this service used to be free haha.
Some softwares out there alread...
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Thu,
Apr 8,
2004
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10:54:22 AM in software
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This looks like a fun project, htpc stands for home theater pc.. they got a lotta people actively working on this free software, community baby. This makes a computer easily view and navigate music, p...
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Wed,
Feb 25,
2004
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10:25:47 AM in software
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Been usin the iPod for almost a month and finally got around to installin EphPod, a third party music management software for Windows. I'm bout to chuck stupid MusicMatch Jukebox (software provided wi...
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Sat,
Jun 7,
2003
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12:12:10 AM in software
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Phoenix is a new browser based on the Mozilla open source project.. now now, I know you'll think it's propaganda but this ain't bad at all, tabbed browsing is where it's at!
Pretty fast too, all in a...
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