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Free and legal songs on iTunes and eMusic
Many sites are now tuning for the iPhone and also TUAW does a good list of free “downloads”:http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/14/itunes-free-wednesday/ from iTunes. Many are from foreign countries, so what you have to do is to logon and then you have to buy a gift card and enter an address from that country. Unfortunately, these downloads are keyed…
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Learning to Program
Alex and Calvin are both learning to program. Here are some geat modern ways (as opposed to Basic that I learned): * “Alice”:http://alice.org. This is a 3D programming environment that is used to put people into the graphical world. EA is underwriting the development and will use Sims 2 characters for instance will be used…
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iPhone 1.1.2 is out and now Jailbroken too…
Well, “1.1.2”:http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/communications/mobile_phone/iphone-firmware-update-2 is out and that means hacking begins, the main feature for all us Chinese users is that it “finally” has Chinese input. Ryan tells me it is buggy though, so beware. In any case, 1.1.2 appears mainly to be a language release and of course it closes off the TIFF exploit used to…
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Blackberry 8120 and 8139
It’s been a year since the original Blackberry Pearl came out, so of course its time for an update. The new Blackberry 8120 and “8130”:http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/device-detail.jsp?navId=H0,C101,P625#tab_tab_features finally gives you a 2 megapixel camera that is on the Curve. Also there is the “8120”:http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/series-detail.jsp?navId=H0,C101 that is launching in the UK. The big changes seem to be that…
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Chicken of the Sea
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Election Endorsements
I sometimes really hate the initiative process. So many things to do, yet voting is also important and this is a big one given the big regional transportation bill (we have to get out of gridlock). It is amazingly hard to find endorsements or any definitives. I used to have the Seattle Weekly but since…
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Whistler Skiing
With the Canadian dollar actually above the US dollar, going to Whistler has gone from being really cheap to going to London. The fate of those with lots of American dollars I fear. One way to save is the “EDGE”:http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/winter/index.htm?crmcontact=4875060&crmevar=EM_CRM_WB_PFC_05_E3_071031 card which gives you some discount. The 1 day ski rate is a whopping $70…
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Light & Motion Stella 180-L Bike Light and Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flashers
Well, I’ve had three really powerful bike lights over the last couple of years. First the Light & Motion Cabeza which was lightweight but too dim really. Then after getting hit by a car, I went whole hog and got two HID (high intensity discharge) systems one for the handle bars and the other for…
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Leopard Reviews
“Engadget”:http://engadget.com points out that “Ars Technica”:http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/ has a great review of Leopard. I’m inclined to agree. Great analysis of the user interface and the move to gratuitous but highly demoable features like “transparency in Aero”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero and I hadn’t realized that Apple’s user interface guidelines were so out of date, there is actually a “wiki”:http://indieHIG.com which…
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Mac Freeware
Finally got around to going through clippings, here are some from Macworld: * “Imagewell”:http://xtralean.com is a nice photo resizer. A little faster than the 30 seconds it takes to boot up Photoshop CS2 đ Powered by ScribeFire.