Archive for September, 2007
iTunes Scammer gets Scammed
In this article, someone who got spammed by scammers decides to fight back. This amusing story has been dugg over 2100 times by the time I first noticed it.
iTunes migration between PCs
Useful article for anyone else who had to go through what I just went through:
Another reason to dislike the people at Apple. They don’t make backing up or migrating your records from one PC to another. As Windows is inherently unstable, you’ll have to re-install eventually. And I for one do not wish to have [...]
Amazon non-DRM MP3 Store!
Gizmodo.com had an article a little while back about Amazon’s new online music store. This is something that I’ve been waiting for the music industry (and retailers) to do since I MP3d my first set of CDs something like 10 years ago.
So hats off to Amazon and cheers!
I celebrated this news by immediately purchasing the [...]
I’m broke (but I’m going to spend $250k to tell you so)
Lane County, Eugene, Oregon, USA (for those who might not know the location where this is taking place)
Need I say more?
LinkedIn Q&A / Funny Stories
Eileen Bonfiglio (someone I met virtually via LinkedIn) told me that I should blog some of these (now ancient) stories. In one of her questions, ”BestQuestion: What was it?“ I responded:
It’s a technical story. I work in the customer premise equipment telecom industry. The cards that are installed in the phone system have lights on them to indicate [...]
Democracy in the digital age
Nifty tool for keeping in touch with what your Senator or Congressional representative is doing;
http://www.opencongress.org/
Habeus Corpus?
Literally means, “[we command that] you have the body,” those crazy latin’s say things funny all the time. [Wikipedia definition | LectLaw definition] It’s one of those protections built in to our founding law. Specifically it is intended to provide a legal remedy against unlawful jailing. If someone is jailed without due process, or if [...]
Left 4 Dead
Using the physics engine of Half Life 2 by Valve, the developers of Left 4 Dead are working on a cooperative multiplayer in the style of the horror movie Dawn of the Dead (the reimagined 2004 version, not the original 1978 movie).
The developers proclaim that they will have a merit/demerit system that will intelligently track things [...]
San Francisco “411″
SFGate.com had an interesting article about the “411″ service that San Francisco recently launched using the 311 number. Dial 311 and ask any question. And apparently they get some interesting questions. One caller calls to report Graffitti 5-7 times a day.
San Francisco is offering an interesting and probably valuable service… but considering the cost of living, [...]
Four day weekend, take 2
My girlfriend and I are planning a full four days in Carmel this coming weekend. Today we’re finalizing our entertainment and dinner plans, making reservations. Later today, we plan to head out with some friends and do wine tasting at several wineries in the Southern San Francisco Bay Area, making a stop by my girlfriend’s [...]
