Stowe Boyd and Eric Rice have been taking about the problems of 37Signal’s Basecamp. I find Stowe’s the most interesting (verses Eric’s ‘nobody uses it anymore’). Stowe says Basecamp is great for small businesses, but it breaks down when small businesses collaborate – there’s no out-of-the-box way to connect accounts on a per-project basis. “if …
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A Memorial Day to Remember
Sounds like Dave had a dang good M-day weekend. I did as well. One of the best on record. Some highlights here, here, and here. Unlike Dave, I didn’t get everything checked off the to-do list. My apologies to Cayenne and Scott for missing what I can only imagine to be blowout BBQs.
Northern Exposure Series 3 Disc 4 – The Ones We’ve Waited For
According to Netflix, this particular disc of Northern Ex has been sitting our our shelf for a month. We’re a couple episodes into it, and it’s the best disc yet. Between the cow piano-flinging and mid-life crises, this is the series at it’s best.
Videos Tab in TiVo Desktop – Video Blogs Now Playing – Nearly.
There’s an Easter Egg in the version 1.9.3 of the TiVo Desktop software for Mac. Flipping the right switch in the Preference Pane’s preference shows a new ‘Videos’ tab. Restarting the server and scrolling to the bottom of ‘Now Playing’ shows my MacBook. I’m very pleased they put my videos in ‘Now Playing’ (even at …
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If It Weren’t For The Customers
“I believe media companies are afraid of interacting with their audiences, because they (mistakenly) believe that their audiences are made up of people just like them — resentful, mean spirited, backbiting, hostile egomaniacs with inferiority complexes who, if given the opportunity, will spout their opinions without regard or respect for anyone but themselves.” – Terry …
The Final 7 from the SXSW 2006 Showcasing Artists
Finally got through all the Showcasing Artists from this year’s SXSW. Found 39 songs Which means there’s 7 you don’t know about yet…. Red Hot by EllegardenThis is the same band as Blink 182, Sum 41, except of course – Ellegarden is from Tokyo. Rock on. Got Myself Arrested by GomezKari’s been a big fan …
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Why the Democrats Lose
Over the past 17 days I’ve received 19 calls from this same unknown number. No message, no nothing. Some where in there, I found out it was the DNC calling (presumably for money) and well, I don’t have time for that right now. They just kept calling, and calling, and I just kept hitting ‘Ignore’. …
The Most Annoying Spam Form Yet – Fake Forum Registration
Someone’s been hitting the Garrick Van Buren .com Forums with a spam robot. The robot seems to be registering as a forum member with the spammer’s target url as the username and a fake email address. I know this because the registration confirmation email bounces back with these crazy long member names like: urlhttpthisisaveryinterestingsiteandborrowmoneynowinfourl Not …
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Fun with Photo Booth
A Decent Lunch – The Unknown Ideal
Fountainhead Café, on West 10th Street in NYC. Yes. It is a Ayn Rand-themed vegetarian restaurant. Something about it feels as ironic and Rand’s softball team nicknaming themselves “The Collective.” Hopefully the cheese doesn’t ooze as thick as in the Fountainhead movie.