FreeTheAirwaves.org
Google has a vested business interest in this project, but I am rooting for them anyway. Google wants to take that unused fuzzy space between TV channels and broadcast internet signals all over the country. They want EVERYTHING to be able to connect to the internet. I want internet in my car and I would love to see what happens to mobile phone pricing if they could use internet telephony effectively instead of just in wifi “hotspots” like today.
To support the cause go to Google’s campaign website.
Wordpress Hoodie
How weird is it that I am so in love with my new online content management system (CMS) that I am tempted to buy a hoodie emblazoned with the big “W” that stands for Wordpress?
Ok, so it is definitely weird.
How weird?
Two iPod Lessons Learned Today
My Nano bricked out last week and I had to reset the firmware. Whatever firmware update that occurred to my iPod Nano ruined something because it acts differently now than it did before. Specifically, when I have a podcast, it won’t just let me copy the file straight onto the iPod and use it like any other music file. It no longer shows up on the iPod. So, after playing with the “sync” features for a while, I got the iPod to sync my podcasts onto my iPod. They were still only available through the “podcast” menu within the iPod and wouldn’t show up in the regular music files.
I played around with the Podcast files themselves, added an “Album Artist” by selecting the song, right-clicking and editing the info. After warning me that I might not want to do that, it let me change it. After changing the “Album Artist” to be the same as the “Artist” field, I was able to copy the files onto the Nano AND see them and play them like they are just single songs. WHEW!
Why won’t the Nano let me see those files if they don’t have the “Album Artist” field filled in on the file’s data?
While I was playing with the file info, I noticed another option that will come in very handy. There is an option to select “Remember playback position.” While I am an XM subscriber, I record the Opie and Anthony and Ron and Fez shows to listen at my convenience on the iPod. Those end up being three hour long files. If I lost my place, or wanted to listen to something else for a while, I either had to remember where I was and fast forward to the spot, or I had to search through those giant audio files to find my place in a multiple hour show. Not any more. Click on “Remember playback position” before you copy it to the iPod and it will go straight to the point where you just were.
Sweet.
The Cost of Greed
The cost of greed might end up being an inability to sell Nintendo products for one retailer in Missouri/Illinois. Slackers, a chain of stores has been stockpiling all shipments of their Nintendo Wii Gaming systems and porting them straight to Ebay for $399. This price is WELL above the price set by Nintendo. <a href=”http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071220-exclusive-retail-chain-scalping-wii-allotment-on-ebay.html” target=”_blank”>As always, ArsTechnica has the analysis over on their page.</a>
This kind of greed easily rivals the practices of some of the nation’s worst retailers like Ticketmaster.
Here’s hoping the bad press smashes this store chain into oblivion.
Why Apple’s iPhone Will Fail
I don’t know that I agree with the author, but any article with a line like this is worth the read.
Tritium Batteries
Here is my geekiness coming out. . .
An iPod or cell phone that will never need to be charged before you get tired of it and replace it with something else. The notebook PC implications of a battery like this are intense.
Eff This Email Software
Seriously, if an “Out of Office” notification isn’t going to come until about 8 hours after I send an email, what good is it really? Should it really take a corporate email system 8 hours to send an auto-notification that someone is out of the office?
And just in case you don’t know what email service I am talking about, let’s play complete the sentence.
3M is the maker of those little yellow Post-It Brand … blank.
When you are sitting in class you should probably take … blank.
When you can’t get a &^%$ing out of office reply in a timely fashion you are probably dealing with an email server that is hosting … blank.
Vonage IPO a Total Bust
Wal-Mart to Sell Build Your Own PC Parts
“Wal-Mart currently offers only prepackaged bundles of personal computers and accessories in most of its stores. With the build-your-own-computer counters, shoppers can choose between several different components.”
If this lets me build a computer for Dell prices, I would be very happy. At this point, I can’t buy a bunch of components and beat Dell, so unless I can justify a premium price for a specialty machine, then I am better off waiting for one of their deals. That stinks.
500 DVD Server
I wonder how many “DVD’s” this guy actually purchased.
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