Month: June 2003
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GeoURL working, now for GeoTags
Oddly enough, there didn’t seem to be a map interface to the info. There is for each individual site, but not in aggregate.
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Location, location, etc.
Working to add GeoURL information to the site. If that works, then I’ll do the GeoTags equivalent. Why? Why not!
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BOOK: Life of Pi
I’ve made it to the next book in my stack, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. I’m slowly getting into this book, which was passed on to me by my wife. Turns out it’s not just highly recommended, but (I learn from the website) a Booker Prize winner. I’m glad I didn’t know that when…
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A Sunday that felt like…
A run, a nap, and two games of chess (well, sort of) with Benjamin. And no work tomorrow. Not bad. Of course, little sleep coming tonight. Can’t have one without the other. I’m saving all sorts of interesting links for later perusal, but I don’t have time to spend in front of the computer to…
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Beautiful Saturday
Start with visiting the farmers market at the Ferry Building to start the day. Visit CompUSA (which I hate) to see a Tablet PC in person with my father. Only one Tablet PC available, and so anti-theft-proofed that it was impossible to really demo. Oh well… but wandering around, we found the Logitech Io digital…
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Backlash cycle moving ever faster
New ideas, products, and services grow in the public consciousness very quickly now, but what I find more interesting is how quickly the backlash against the hype sets in. The most recent example is WiFi. For the last year or so, it’s been the greatest thing since sliced bread. Now, the backlash begins, with a…
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Is the Tablet PC really a computer for my father?
I don’t know if my father, who’s supported my computer habit from an early age, will ever really use a computer. He’s just begun using email, with assistance. The hardest part (well, there are many hard parts) is the typing. Meaning, he doesn’t. Here’s someone who more eloquently describes the problem: There’s one milestone in…
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Choices
Run? (nope) Nap? (nope) Catch up on work? (a little) Play with son? (some) Watch days-old daughter so wife can have a life? (some) Put photos of new baby online? (not yet) Pay bills? (yes) Blog? (a little 😉 This is (sort of) my time off from work. If time == the only true currency,…
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Excitement != business opportunity (RSS)
I’m excited about how RSS has changed my reading habits, but the growing fervor hasn’t yet convinced me there is a new business opportunity here. Maybe if you’re an independent software developer (think Ranchero.com or Bradsoft.com), and you can move faster than Microsoft’s Outlook team. But… really something large here? We’ll see. I’m wondering whether…
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BOOK: The Hours
While at the hospital, I finally finished The Hours, by Michael Cunningham. More famous, I think, for being made into a movie than anything else, but that’s not fair to a Pulitzer Prize winner, I guess — even if Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Julianne Moore were the leads. I didn’t enjoy the book. It…