Talk about a presumptive name

Obviously, the so-called “angels” behind a new Web site that promises to answer questions you send in online by paging your cell phone with the answer have a rather exalted opnion of themselves. Claiming “we know everything,” they call their operation “Ask God.”
Anybody want to guess whether this lamebrained-named site will be… ah…blesssed… by success?

Fly Safe

The anti-gun crowd won’t take kindly to it but the rest of us will chuckle over this spoof of flying safely. This is one you’ll pass on to your friends.

Widgets are wonderful

I’ve become throughly hooked on widgets, thanks to Dashboard ad Mac’s Tiger OS. But widgets are for all platforms, not just Macs. MIKE WENDLAND: Widgets are wonders in little windows

iPod to be upgraded for easier podcast listening

The podcasting phenomenon shows no signs of easing.
Now Apple’s Steve Jobs says his company will add easier support to those seeking to download podcasts. iTunes 4.9 adding support for podcasts. Look for the update within 60 days.

e-mail overload

I’m back from a week’s vacation and sorting through nearly 1,000 e-mails that made it past the spam filters while I was gone that need to be at least perused. And it wasn’t that I didn’t logon during my break. I did, several times a day, clearing out the obvious junk and leaving the rest.
But what a bunch of junk the rest turned out to be.
Every PR firm in the world, I’m convinced, sends me their pitches, mostly for obscure products and services I never look at. I’m also on the mailing list of too many government government agencies that flood me with announcements of appointments and meetings in places I don’t live, visit or cover about subjects I don’t report on my beat.
And then there’s the quasi-spam sent by people looking for free publicity or spouting off about some issue that has nothing to do with technology.
I’m sure a lot of this just comes with my job as a tech columnist.
But I bet it’s the same for many of you, too, with whatever work you do.
I see no way around at least two hours of work cleaning out my e-mail.
This is not a happy Monday.

Mom catches Internet predator

Here’s a Mom who deserves to be commended. Mom Helps Nab Alleged Internet Predator

On the road and taking some down time

There will be slow posting for a few days here… I’m on the road and taking a few down days.

Baseball, apple pie and blogs

Baseball and blogging go together. Here’s today’s column from the Free Press.

Video blog

Anyone know of a service like Flikr (on my right column below) that handles video posts?
I shot a short 3g2 clip with my Treo 650 this morning on my training ride for a cross-Michigan ride this summer and I’d like to do a video blog for it and other things I come across. But I can’t seem to convert that 3g2 format from Sprint.

Online news audience grows - but blogs over-hyped

There’s a new study that provides more evidence that online news is winning out over traditional media in drawing an audience…but Howard Finburg at Poynter Online notes the full report says blogs just may be more hype than happening.

Forget podcasts… it’s godcasts that are hot

As we keep experimenting to see if there really is an audience for podcasts, search provider Lycos reports that search requests relating to podcasting are up 1,000 percent. In addition, Lycos is calling godcasts the “Hottest Trend In Podcasting”… Podcasting News: Search Interest in Podcasting Jumps 1,000 Percent
There’s even a GodCast Network.

Gates: iPod not “sustainable”

Sounds like a little wishful thinking on the part of Mr. Gates, doesn’t it? Gates predicts demise of the iPod.

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