01/05
[GEEKY] Eclipse 3.2.1, CVS and SourceForge.net on Mac OS X — If you need this tip, it will save you a lot of time. 99% likely though, you don’t need it and it will read as complete gibberish. But I feel compelled to share it because it’s totally obscure and I just spent 2 hours trying to figure it out. Problem: - Eclipse 3.2.1 just ceased to be able to gr...
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01/05
I love radio control model aircraft: this one totally takes the cake — [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_K7sgTYuDE] Technorati Tags: cool
01/05
DayLife: very nice new News Site — Notwithstanding the fact that Mike Arrington, an investor, doesn’t like DayLife too much, I just spend a few minutes looking, and I think it’s very very nice. I’d say it’s definitely worth a look. The other investors seem to like it better. Ironic state of affa...
01/04
FooPlot – looks quite cool! — Check out this post from Ajaxian: > "Dheera Venkatraman has released Fooplot, a new website that plots any function, and supports Google Maps-style panning around. Fooplot is currently usi...
01/03
Technie note: Ethernet vs. USB-2 External Hard Disk — I am enhancing the backup methodology here at BlogBridge Enterprises and was selecting a new 500Gb external hard disk. One choice I made was whether to get an Ethernet, i.e. network attached, hard disk or connect one directly to my Mac via USB-2 or FireWire. Admittedly being too lazy to...
01/02
Freakonomics Blog on stealing in supermarkets — Check out this post from Freakonomics Blog: ** There’s an interesting [news brief in today’s N.Y. Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/business/01drill.html?ex=1325307600&en=3b3245c625ca32b...
01/01
What planet is scoble living on? — Check out this post from Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger: > As a comparison, I have three PCs. Two of which have never crashed in their entire lifetimes. And I use my PCs nearly around the clock. I have two Macs too and haven’t seen this problem on those. (from: Apple rebooting problem hits us…) Huh? two PCs who haven’t crashed in their entire lifetimes? Must be something that happens only at Microsoft (yeah, I know he’s not there any more.) Or he got those two PCs for Christmas. 2006.
12/30
A Great Math Site: Understanding the Analemma — When I was a kid I remember reading about this pattern. I never knew it was called a, what, Analemma??? Anyway, Check out this post from Good Math, Bad Math: ** By way of the [a...
12/29
OMG: Lotus Notes still alive and kicking ? — A million years ago I used Lotus Notes … I think it was version 3 and 4. I believe that it ran on Mac even then so I am not sure what the big news is. But look at this screen shot. It looks more similar than different to the old Lotus Notes. And among the Mac congesenti there’s always a lot of...
12/28
Joel on Software on bribing and ethics — If you’re a blogger or read blogs you might have come across the debate, such as it is, about "pay per post." Frankly I’ve not paid much attention to it other than noting the links go by without my clicking on them. But Joel’s stuff is often good. Check out [this post](http://www.joelonsoft...
12/28
Cool underwater restaurant… — Check out this post from Crave RSS: >
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12/26
New search engine from Wikipedia-land — If you keep up, you may have heard abou this. A new search engine coming from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Check out this post from Mashable!for a pretty good update: > “Wikipedia foun...
12/23
In-depth analysis of Microsoft content syndication platform patent application — A bit of a debate is developing regarding Microsoft’s recent patent for (and here’s where the editorializing starts) "RSS". It’s only a slightly interesting question which is why I won’t pursue it, save to say that patents are very technical and narrow so it’s easy to jump to the wrong concl...
12/22
Blog tag, I’m it — I’ve been tagged in the new fangled blog tag game, and am now honor bound to reveal 5 things about me that you probably don’t know yet. - The “R” in R. Pito Salas stands for Ralph - My ancestors have been in Curaçao for over...
12/21
New del.icio.us toy — What do you think?
12/21
‘Daybreak’ canceled, episodes to stream online — This is too bad. Daybreak was one of the new shows I was enjoying (not ‘must-see-tv but still entertaining.) It was basically “Groundhog Day meets ’24’. Anyway, check out this post from Lost Remote: > The new A...
12/18
MacSanta: 20% off popular Mac Apps — Check out this post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): > Filed under: Software, Stocking Stuffers Almost a dozen companies are offering a 20% off sale until Christmas. Rogue Amoeba, Bare Bones, Potion Factory, Unsanity and more. You’ll find a full list of participating developers at the MacSanta site. (from: MacSanta: 20% off popular Mac Apps) For all you mac users out there 🙂
12/18
World’s Tallest Man Lends a Hand — I just thought this post was interesting and curious — thanks Dowbrigade News > FUSHUN, China — Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man, reaches in to retrieve objects from the sto...
12/18
TIME 2006 Person Of The Year: What a cop out! — Time Magazine news "You?" as the person of the year? What a cop-out! Check out this post from BAGnewsNotes: > You? TIME’s ’06 Person of the Year is You? I mean, Me? (from: TIME 2006 Person Of The Year: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (No?))
12/17
Holiday gift for the geek who has everything —
Everyone has a column or article these days of gift suggestions. Here’s mine for all of you who need to buy something for your favorite geek “who has everything.” I bet they would really like these sculptures. Check out the whole site, they start at about $80 for a pocket sized doohikee and go to like $300 for a larger one. Kind of pricey, I admit. Bathsheba Sculpture, via Kevin Kelley, Cool Tools
