Franco Castalone: LawTechTechnology and legal practiceA better way to "blog"- December 26, 2003 One thing about weblogs that has always been somewhat of an annoyance to me is the persistent use of the narrative format for entries. Long and wordy narratives are well-suited to books by Charles Dickens; they don't work that well on web pages, particularly weblog pages. Many entries by How Appealing represent the quintessential example of this approach: entries which are quite often long paragraphs, chock-full of links to stories and other objets trouves,..http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/25.html#a507 My Way- December 24, 2003 The newest and bestest among the web portals: MyWay.com. Give it a try and see why: The pages load fast, the home page can be personalized, and there are no pop-up or banner ads. Plain text link ads only. Included on its "no's" page: No banners. No pop-up ads. No pop-under ads. No flash ads. No video ads. No audio ads. No email solicitation. No free-plus-shipping. No come-ons. No free trial offers. No 24-year-old CEO's. No foosball. No super bowl ads. No...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/24.html#a505 Major problem: scanning to Acrobat 6- December 14, 2003 Although there are a number of nifty new features available under version 6 of Adobe Acrobat, there is one glaring problem: Adobe's scanning plug-in no longer works. Scanning directly to Acrobat now crashes the program. Reviewing the Usenet and web-available discussion forums reveals that this has been a problem in the several months that version 6 has been out, but so far Adobe has done nothing to address this problem. There has already been one 15-MB patch file release, but..http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/14.html#a501 File types and viewers- December 13, 2003 Jeff Beard offers some important ideas on What to Do When You Get An Odd Electronic File -- with links to sites that identify the oddball and esoteric file formats, recommendations for nearly-universal file viewers (including my favorite, QuickView Plus, a product which has unfortunately drifted from seller to seller over the years), and links to a handful of manufacturer-provided viewers.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/13.html#a500 Disappointment: iTrip by Griffin- December 10, 2003 I ordered the Griffin iTrip for the iPod this last summer. It had been on backorder for months and finally came in this week. I am disappointed in this product. The two advantages that the iTrip offers over other similar devices like the iRock is that (1) the iTrip draws its power from the iPod and therefore needs no batteries and (2) the iTrip can be tuned to any vacant FM station rather than being limited to two or three choices. When I installed the software, however, the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/10.html#a498 If it quacks. . .- December 8, 2003 The I-Duck is a 16-MB flash memory device. (Source: Gizmodo) This rubber duck has a different purpose.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/08.html#a496 Sleek new scanner- December 8, 2003 One of the coolest-looking new devices available -- HP's ScanJet 4670.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/categories/myProfession/2003/12/07.html#a495 |