Last night, I was poking around Apple’s Dashboard Documentation and starting building a couple widgets. If you’ve upgraded to Tiger and interested in kicking the tires on them, drop me a line. Widget #1 released 18 May 2005: The ProjectMaker Dashboard Widget
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Review
Despite my earlier prediction, Jen and I went to the new Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy this weekend. Being a huge Hitchhiker addict since way back, I can confidently say it was: Good. The intro dolphin song was a wonderfully amusing touch that stuck in my head all the way through. The screenplay adaption was …
First Crack 42. Sam’s Cupping of the Malabar
Sam Buchanan follows up our home roasting with a cupping and tasting of the Indian Monsooned Malabar. He walks you through the cupping ritual and provides his impression of this unique coffee. Listen to Sam’s Cupping of the Malabar [11 min]
Setting up a Web Development Environment in Tiger
This message means the upgrade is complete. Last week I started the upgrade Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” around the house. To my pleasant surprise, it went extremely smoothly. The most tedious and frustrating part was waiting for my newly enclosed external hard drive to copy tens of gigs of files back and forth for …
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Even the Almost Perfect Customer Experience Takes 15 Years
I bought a car last week. We’ve been looking for another one for some time and not been real happy with what’s available (anything under 20 mpg just seems irresponsible). My father-in-law has a fantastic, nearly 15 year old relationship with a dealership. He’s purchased every car I’ve ever seen him drive there. When Jen …
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Another Minnesota Coffee Podcast added to PodcastMN.com
Looks like First Crack isn’t the only game in town. Coffee-n-Caffeine puts the PodcastMN count to 18.
Consumer Software is the New Enterprise Software
Recently, a colleague asked for a recommendation on an enterprise asset management system. Frankly, I’ve only had bad experiences with enterprise level software. My major complaints have been; Too hard to use Too expensive Doesn’t map to existing business culture and processes I ask what this system will be used for; sharing digital photos remotely. …
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First Crack 41. Home Roasting with Sam Buchanan
Sam Buchanan and I roast up a couple of batches in my garage and talk about home roasting and coffee tasting techniques. Oh, and I celebrate Uchenna and Joyce, the winners of CBS’s Amazing Race 7. Listen to Home Roasting with Sam Buchanan [9 min]
First Crack 40. Restaurant Reviews with Scott McGerik
Scott McGerik and I discuss the best and worst of Twin Cities dining. Including: The 3 places in the Twin Cities with Juicy Lucys How to get the best sushi A bad idea at Applebee’s Listen to Restaurant Reviews with Scott McGerik [25 min]
Back in the Pioneer Press
I’d like to thank Julio Ojeda-Zapata and Leslie Brooks Suzukamo for the PodcastMN article in the Saturday Pioneer Press. The article is right, a key challenge is to lure advertisers. I’m actually not confident the advertiser-publisher relationship we’re accustomed to in radio, televison, and newspapers will effectively migrate to podcasting. As PBCliberal mentions in his …