January 2007
The Archives
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01.30.07Links for Tuesday, January 30th, 2007YouTube - Extreme Phone Burning - Sony Ericsson K800iThese kids have way too much time on their hands.... YouTube - Conan - iPhone CommercialIf you didn't see it on Conan, check it out, fantastic!
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01.26.07The Choice of Media Player in a MonopolyAn interesting thing that I would normally just pass over happened to me a couple of days ago: I was talking about Windows Media Player with a friend of mine, and when I told him he should upgrade to the new version 11, he did not know that Microsoft made it, and as such asked where he could download it. While this didn't strike me as odd at all for a start, in hindsight it really was quite interesting. This person, who is very computer literate and intelligent, took no notice that Windows Media Player came bundled with Windows XP, and ...
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01.23.07Links for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007The Only Gadget MacGyver Needs - GizmodoThe MacGruber videos at the end make the post funny, just skip to them Microsofter Heads HTML Working Group A day in a DRM-free worldOne day Ryan.... WordPress 2.1 “Ella� Released
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01.16.07[UPDATED] Sickness…Save for a couple of hours this morning, I've just emerged from bed for the first time today (it is getting late at night here) due to a nasty chest infection and head cold. Now my wonderful other half has hurt her back at work - seems there is no luck for us today. Consider this my formal apology to my editor for the lack of work today and more than likely tomorrow morning should this keep up. I promise I've got some stuff in the works. Update: To make matters worse, I've been dealing with Conjunctivitis in both eyes for ...
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01.10.07iPhone = Everything, Anything Else = Not iPhoneChecking the stats on MobileBurn, in the six hours that my Apple iPhone article has been up, it has received as many hits as any other release story from CES has received in the full 24 hour period after publishing. That's on track for four times the popularity of its nearest competing story, the Nokia N76, and that is amazing. This has been reflected on the stock market today as well, with Apple shares up over 8%, and Motorola down 1.83%, Nokia down 1.32%, and Research In Motion down an astonishing 7.68%. Talk about shake up the market. Anyway, it's back ...
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01.06.07Samsung at CESLooks like Samsung will be unveiling two new handsets for the US market at CES next week - on the 8th at 10:30am, to be exact. Both devices will feature stereo Bluetooth, a microSD memory card slot, a 2.0 megapixel camera, and will be slim devices (as is a regular occurrence with Samsung), though one will be tooled for video and one for music. I have a feeling that they will be a version of the SGH-F500 and SGH-F300 announced back at ITU Telecom World for the US market, but I'm not willing to place money on that. I also know ...
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01.05.07Links for Friday, January 05th, 2007How To Create A Black And White Photo While Keeping Some Color Video Top 10 Parent Hacks of 2006: Parent Hacks Cool Tool: Tips 22I love Cool Tools' tips articles, though sometimes you have to read the tip more than once to understand what they are going on about. eBay Motors: Replica/Kit Makes (item 190066672497 end time Jan-03-07 20:34:49 PST)Mazda Miata transformed into a BMW Z3 replica, and apart from the wheels and wing, it's quite a good job.
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01.05.07The Disappearence of Banks, and Why I Don’t MindI don't know how it is in other countries, but here in Australia there is a general uproar over the closure of a lot of bank branches, especially in rural areas. It is not limited to just one bank, either, all of the banks have come under fire for branch closures. While the case is probably very different in more remote areas, living in the city I don't actually have a problem with not having bank branches. Personally, I hardly ever have the need to go into a bank branch. The last time I found myself in a bank was to ...
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01.05.07Bah to CESI've seen some of the mobile technology related releases for CES, and I have to say that apart from one or two things, it is shaping up to be rather dull. There are probably going to be some nice things in other areas of the technology world, but for the areas that I cover I'm not all that excited. There is something nice coming on Monday though, so keep your eyes peeled...
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01.01.07Links for Monday, January 01st, 2007LiveLeak.com - Saddam execution leaked from cellphone videoI'm not 100% convinced, but this is the supposed video of Saddam Hussein being hanged. It has been picked up major news outlets, so there must be some basis of fact. HoHoHo! : Design : Brand Spanking NewBrandSpankingNew is giving away 113 10x10 greyscale icons in .gif format. Plain Language Humor: How to Write GoodA must read for writers - absolutely hilarious.