Pito's WeblogSome stuff I just figured out...(Untitled)- December 24, 2003 Shel Israel: "Happy holidays, whichever you choose to observe, and may the New Year bring all of us closer to peace on earth." A beautiful little essay.http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/24.html#a130 (Untitled)- December 21, 2003 Two under-reported details about the Wal-Mart entry into the online music space. Yeah, it's pretty cool that we may have an even cheaper source for dowloadable music. But two facts may be worth noting that makes the competition with iTunes not quite as direct as it may at first appear. First, on iTunes, you can (usually) download a whole Album for $9.99. On Wal-Mart you can only download single songs, for $0.88. That's a pain if you want the whole album. Also, with CD's having more and..http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/20.html#a129 (Untitled)- December 19, 2003 Clay Shirkey compares RIAA lawsuits with prohibition. A thought provoking analogy and article (as usual). Today's court ruling is very relevant to Clay's argument.http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/19.html#a128 (Untitled)- December 18, 2003 LinkedIn did something useful for me. I read David Isenberg's comments and pointers to other comments about LinkedIn. I've been playing with LinkedIn for several months now, trying to understand if it was any more than a curiosity. In recent days I've gottent some real value out of it. I discovered a couple of people who I had known some years ago, and had totally lost track of. Turned out they were only 2 people away from me. It was a simple matter to get their email and reconnect....http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/17.html#a127 (Untitled)- December 15, 2003 Howard Dean reacts to Sadam's capture: (yes, its a joke, he didn't really say that.) "It's great that Saddam Hussein was caught, but we did it all wrong and he should be released immediately," said Mr. Dean, "This will allow him to be recaptured later by a true multilateral coalition led by the United Nations."http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/15.html#a126 (Untitled)- December 13, 2003 White on Orange XML Icon Dave Winer makes some good points about the White on Orange XML Icon, in response to Google's Jason Shellen' proposal. A good discussion, that I can relate to, as it was only a week or two ago that I found out, quite by accident, what the purpose of the White-on-orange Coffee Cup Icon was supposed to do. IMHO, that is the right idea, if we generalize it somewhat. Here's my reasoning. Yes, indeed, the XML button is obscure and techie. But so are URIs, Email addresses,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/13.html#a125 (Untitled)- December 13, 2003 A really good, detailed summary of Atom. Even if you aren't interested in the vageries of the RSS format battles, these slides are very instructive on the subtleties of defining a format or protocol.http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/12.html#a124 (Untitled)- December 12, 2003 Setting up a two-LCD display - techie FYI. I just reconfigured my 2-head setup. I did (a little) research, looking for a display adapter that would support two digital 1600x1200 pixel LCDs. I settled on a Matrox Parhelia. It meets my requirements. So far, very nice. One caveat which was a surprise, and I didn't think to ask: with this board at least, both digital outs have to be at the same resolution. If the two displays have different capabilities (like mine do) then you have to run it at the.http://radio.weblogs.com/0125664/2003/12/12.html#a120 |