We are planning some remodelling and trying to exchange ideas with our designers. I know that the people who design websites for all the furniture industry mean well, and their sites look cool, but they are usability disasters. there is no way to send links back and forth to items we like because all the content is embedded deep in flash animations. KraftMaid Cabinetry, IKEA are great examples – we find a set of cabinets we like, and we have to tell our collaborators to go search for the item themselves. oh and of course there is no search function.

If searchable, linkable, plain old HTML is good enough for Amazon, the number one web retailer, how is it that it isn’t good enough for all the rest of these guys.

* Crapware: Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software – i didn’t know about cdburnerxp * Rsyncx on the mac – potential beyondcompare alternative * Passpack password manager. I am not ready to give some service all my credentials but man do i need this * Noiseware – I like this app, hugely helpful on my basketball gym shots * firmware replacement for canon cameras – huh.

CrunchGear » Archive » AT&T officially rolling out nationwide Wi-Fi service at Starbucks – but continuing to screw iPhone customers. I’ve got an unlimited data plan, i can’t give ATT any more money for my iPhone service, but they won’t let me use this connection. Sheesh

Plugging into your system’s vital signs - San Jose Mercury News – nice coverage on Fat Spaniel today

Dead Address Book Entries – I struggle with this too. My last grandparent, Cleo, passed on a while ago and I have been unable to delete his email address from my address book. I see it, and I remember him, and my other grandparents, and I just can’t remove it. I suppose some day my address book will be full of similar entries.

5 months into Kindle use and I had to reset it for the first time ever, it locked up this morning and was unresponsive to every button. To reset, you take the back cover off and there is a Reset hole to stick a paperclip in. A few minutes to reboot and good as new. I guess once every 5 months isn’t terrible.

Logitech > Remotes > Universal Remotes > Harmony® One Advanced Universal Remote – I’m pretty happy with this remote. I’ve used Harmonys in the past and they were easy to config but I found them to be finicky in actual use. This one tho seems to be much more reliable – when I tell it to turn on my Tivo, AVR, and monitor all at once, it does it quickly without a hiccup.

* Coghlan’s - Product Display – mini lantern and clipon headlamp. I’d actually use the headlamp * Easyroaster. Cool but I don’t really like hotdogs or smores. * Yaktrax traction control. I rarely try to hike on snow. * Mini Tissues. Just because I like the rehydration aspect. * Lightweight drybags. Maybe I should just pay Brett to outfit me. * Carbon fiber tripods. These claim to be lightweight but is this really the lightest possible?

Great recos from Raymond – The Old New Thing : Raymond’s reading list: The Mythical Man-Month, The Design of Everyday Things, and Systemantics – I’ve never read the last but need to get it. The Mythical Man Month is awesome and if Systemantics is as good, then well worth reading.

Pure Networks – Software for Wired and Wireless Networks – cool router reset gadget.

The Sports Network Football Bowl Subdivision – a starting lineman walks away from a full scholarship at Michigan, to pay his own way at Ohio State! Awesome. The Rodriguez Era continues full steam ahead.

* Featured Mac Download: Drag and Drop Upload Files to Google Docs with Gdocsuploader – Googledocs mounted on a mac. * Flickr mounted under Linux * Mount USB drives in a folder – to get around windows shell goofiness and to get around stupid arbitrary drive letters

Exhaust Air Jack » Coolest Gadgets – wow I would never get under a car using one of these, i prefer nice solid steel supporting my car, not a puncturable/leakable balloon.

Love maps, and love barbecue, so this is awesome – 246 - Southern Sauce Sources « Strange Maps