Year: 2005
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Bought the Shuffle… now what?
Last week, I bought the cheapest Shuffle, with the idea of (a) listening to some podcasts and (b) learning what all the fuss is about, both with the iPod and podcasts. Despite coming in a very large box for such a tiny device, the Shuffle is all that I expected. That’s a good thing. However,…
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Academics on social bookmarking
The authors of Connotea, which I’ve never heard of, write an academic (peer-reviewed?) Social Bookmarking Tools (I) – A General Review. Useful, chock-full of links/examples, and not academic in the dry sense. In the same issue of D-Lib Magazine (also never heard of), the same authors give a more detailed exploration/explanation of their own service…
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If you need to rebuild it…
Chad Dickerson shares a Treo tip, which I appreciate. I haven’t been inconvenienced by a Treo 650 restart yet, but they are happening occasionally. But it’s a bit scary that Chad “rebuilt” his Treo, meaning (I expect) that he reinstalled all the software from the ground up. Progress is two steps forward, one step back…
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Writing in the browser kills you now and again
Just lost a medium-length post which will take a few minutes to re-create. Damn. And one of the recent posts I was reading was Tim Bray on blogging clients, where he hit the nail on the head: Unfortunately, at the moment, writing stuff in the browser mostly sucks. It’s primitive, it’s clumsy, and (mostly) doesn’t…
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Book: America (The book)
Hardly a straight-through read, America (The Book) is worth flipping through for a laugh. Video is a better format for Jon Stewart and crew.
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Swimming is boring
I put in a mile and a half in the pool yesterday, both because I needed to get some exercise in and because I wanted to prove to myself that I’ll be fine with the Alcatraz distance. OK on both counts, though I’ll still be happy to reach the shore and start racing then. But…
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Book: Sharpe’s Battle
Sharpe gets to drown his enemy in Sharpe’s Battle, a retelling of the battle of Fuentes de Onoro, on the Spain-Portugal border, in May, 1811. Maybe I read too many in a row, but this one was nothing special. I’ll have to wait for the library to find the next three, but I need a…
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Book: Sharpe’s Escape
Sharpe’s Escape simply gives Bernhard Cornwell a chance to write about the battle of Bussaco. There is a more personal vendetta, of course, which gives Sharpe a chance to mimic the Tim Robbins escape through a sewer from Shawshank Redemption. Sharpe is fortunate enough to have company, including a beautiful naked woman, but it’s still…
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Movie: Sideways
Got out for a mid-week movie to see Sideways. After all the hype, we felt like we were the last people to see the film, especially in San Francisco. Since there were three other people in the theater, I guess we weren’t the only slackers. Result? Mild enjoyment, but felt like a female buddy movie…
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Movie: House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog compels attention, but there’s no solace in this movie. Don’t watch it if you’re in the mood for a light-hearted escape. That which can go wrong, does. There are no winners here. Still, I might want to read the book from which the movie was made. The movie avoided simplicity,…