Phew. After what felt like 7-to-10 days without my laptop, I picked it up from the Roseville Apple Store this afternoon. It was a complete zoo there; line half-way to the door, people packed in the aisles, boxes of iPod Nano cases everywhere. Crazy. Anyway, the PowerBook is all shiny and clean, speakers work, mic …
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Sam’s a Genius – National Geographic Lullabies Before Bedtime
A couple weeks after Cooper was born, Sam sent over National Geographic Around the World Lullabies. Of course, it went straight into Cooper’s playlist on the iPod. Tonight Cooper was inconsolable. None of the usual settling down techniques were working and we were scratching our heads with what to do. Attempting to think strategically between …
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My Mom Reads This Blog
Just thought you (those of you that aren’t my mom) should know. I don’t know about my other blogs – so you should be safe commenting there. 😉 Aside from making me think I should stop posting some of the more technical topics, I’m happy for it. Blogging is shorthand – right. Those of you …
The Government is Really in the Attention Business
Hitting shuffle on the ‘unlistened podcast’ playlist this evening I hit Steve Gilmor’s conversation with Doc Searls on Attention back in November and the just published On the Media on the NSA eavesdropping on Americans for the last 4 years. Yes, in fact, I would like to see an AttentionTrust badge at nsa.gov (btw – …
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A Good Scale for Rating An Idea
“That’s not an idea that’ll make you a million dollars tomorrow, that’s an idea that’ll make you a billion dollars some day in the future” – Patrick Kuntz
What Dial-Up Doesn’t Mean
Calling up your sister with DSL and asking her check something online for you.
Pandora.com – The Good and the Annoying
Apologies for no Tuesday Triple Play this week. Perhaps a review of Pandora.com will make up for it. On a tip from Steve Borsch – I started a couple Pandora stations using two of my favorite bands as starting points (Too Much Joy Station, Transplants Station). On the plus side I’ve got nearly a solid …
I Wrote ‘Music Is Dead’ Back in 1999
While digging up the logo I shared with you yesterday, I uncovered this article I wrote back in June 1999 for an internet magazine lasting all of 2 issues. It was pre-blog, and every article was coded by hand. I know – Dark Ages. I found it an interesting read both for how much has …
eMac Is a Poor Replacement for a 17 inch Powerbook
The laptop is in the shop this week. Nothing as serious as Sam’s iBook problem, just a handful irritations I wanted to eliminated before the new year. That list: SuperDrive not accepting discs.Just made me realize how infrequently I actually use CD or DVDs. Internal speakers & microphone not working.This is a small irritant – …
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Ads vs Commercial Messages
I just noticed BMW.com isn’t running Google AdWords. Huh. Dave Winer talks about why (it’s his metaphor anyway) – same reason this blog isn’t either (or any of the blogs I contribute to).