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Archive for May, 2005

Talk about a presumptive name

Friday, May 27th, 2005

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

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

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

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

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

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

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

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

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 […]

Mom catches Internet predator

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

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

On the road and taking some down time

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

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

Monday, May 16th, 2005

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

Video blog

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

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 […]

Online news audience grows - but blogs over-hyped

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

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

Friday, May 13th, 2005

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”

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

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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