A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.
26 December 2006
HD Sports Guide - HDTV Sports Listings & News – very useful
26 December 2006
* 20Q.net Inc. – exceeded expectations. cheap and fun. * Wii – exceeded expectations. The controller makes even simple games way fun. We just need more good games now – a good flying game would be fun. * Sony reader. Great promise. The display looks really nice. The PC software is not horrible. The visual artifacts on page flipping are really annoying. But a great first attempt.
12 December 2006
| it is hard to feel sympathy for the industry when they are actively working both ends of the revenue stream at once – whacking users to get us to pay more, and whacking artists to pay them less – [The Big Picture | RIAA: More full of S#@$ than ever before](http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2006/12/riaa_more_full_.html “The Big Picture | RIAA: More full of S#@$ than ever before”) |
12 December 2006
MAKE: Blog: Gifts for the INTELLIGENT DESIGNER – I want everything on this list just about.
12 December 2006
MoCo Loco: One of a Kind Show: Englerglass – These splash bowls are awesome
12 December 2006
11 December 2006
Boy UPS let us down this week. We had perishable food shipped Friday in their approved containers to us for Saturday delivery. Saturday came and went, no packages. The tracking site indicates the packages were left behind overnight for some reason. I called and UPS’s responses:
* “did you call us saturday during the day and raise an issue? Because we would have prioritized them.” What am I supposed to bird-dog all the packages I send? I didn’t realize this. * “oh you used a UPS store? you shouldn’t do that, they are unreliable, you should go straight to UPS facilities.” So maybe you don’t want to lend your brand to all those stores because as far as I am concerned, UPS now sucks.
I am waiting for email from UPS explaining all this.
10 December 2006
ESPN.com - NCF - Maisel: Smith earns Heisman on every level – certainly makes me proud of the OSU and its athletic programs when they can produce men like Troy.
10 December 2006
nice guides at JB – 2006 Holiday Shipping Guide Deals by Judy’s Book and return policies. Thanks guys!
05 December 2006
* Another great HDR photo from Bob – HDR effects on single image B&W - Bobsplanet. I have to play around with HDR sometime soon. When will we see our first automatic HDR camera? * Andy likes keyworddiscovery.com
05 December 2006
| * [eHomeUpgrade | Keyspan Ships TuneView Remote for Apple iPod](http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/3319/keyspan_ships_tuneview “eHomeUpgrade | Keyspan Ships TuneView Remote for Apple iPod”) * A bunch of audio gear * Mouse with builtin card reader * Cintiq Tablet |
29 November 2006
For my MEMS class – Fabry-Perot Interferometer – need to analyze a MEMS interferometer.
More:
* A paper on a particular MEMS Fabry-Perot interferometer * Wikipedia entry on Fabry-Perot interferometers * A good overview from Universitat Osnabruck * See also Kovacs section 4.4
28 November 2006
Berry411 wasn’t enough for him – now he is Announcing BerrySearch Beta: Info on the Go for the Blackberry ? Bogle’s Blog. Nice stuff.
28 November 2006
for an extended stay – need a kitchen in particular. Woodfin Suite Hotel, a premier all-suite hotel in Dublin, Ohio looks like a reasonable choice. Not that far from the Whole Foods in Columbus which is a plus.
26 November 2006
* Phil keeps cranking on berry411 – Urbanspoon integrated with Berry411 yellow page results ? Bogle’s Blog, turning berry411 into a platform * Judy’s Book continues evolution – their new Stores page is out * Andy talks about keeping Judy’s Book lean – good thoughts * andy also pointed me towards this great article on web advertising. Good stuff. I remember when a couple bright technical guys could be the founders of a software company – no more. The first people in have to be advertising savants, you have to understand how the business is evolving. * Bob on melodeo’s new mobile video offering