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Best iPod Clone
Gear: Rio Karma Review. Well they had to come, here’s an overview of various iPod competitors. Amazing variety from Dell, iRiver, Rio, etc.
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Social networks
a little ludwig goes a long way: Kevin’s comments on LinkedIn et al. Well, these social network things seem like the next hot thing, so I guess I have to start signing up for them. Talked with David Sze over at Greylock and he sure knows them all. So here I go, linkedin, friendster, etc.
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Terabyte in Your Pocket
a little ludwig goes a long way: Carrying around gigabytes. John’s right, there is going to be essentially unlimited storage sitting in your pocket. What would you do with it. Personally, I think the strongest point of these devices is that they are completely passive, so you don’t have to plug a screen in. If…
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Small Form Factor Overview
a little ludwig goes a long way: Small Form Factor Comparisons. I’m on my fourth small form factor PC buy right now. They are certainly the way to go. Small and inexpensive. Will be nice when the big boy decide to build them. This is a good guide, but I still think “Tom’s Hardware”:http://tomshardware.com does…
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Why Platforms succeed
Freedom to Tinker: Painters Buy White Canvases for a Reason. Great points by Ed Felton and hat tip to “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com about why the Internet succeeds as a platform. A great metaphor. Make it a very “stupid” network but make it flexible.
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File Sharing Applications
Hat tip to John, he’s been trolling for personal file sharing applications. Either just for photos or more generally. Here’s a short list of things to try: * a little ludwig goes a long way: Foldershare. This is a personal file sharing system done by the folks who did the Audiogalaxy PTP system. Has a…
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Snow Reports in the Pacific Northwest
It’s been an awesome ski season so far. Amazing how much snow there’s been. Here are the main resorts I look at and go to. Makes it easy to check conditions: * “Ski Washington”:http://skiwashington.com/conditions.php. A great site with an overview of latest snowfalls. A great powder report email that they send too. Subscribe for sure!…
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Dance and Theater in San Francisco
Well, tried to get tickets for Broadway in San Francisco. Arrgh. It is amazing that a site like Ticketmaster can be continously busy. Shows what monopolies are like I think. Does anyone know a way to actually access ticketmaster.com, seems busy day and night. In any case, tickets for Lion King are hard to come…
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Entourage and Exchange: It works sort of
Using Exchange Server with Entourage. I’ve been trying to get a Macintosh to work with our servers. Man, the Macintosh sure has gotten a lot more complicated since the good old days of the Mac Plus. Spent a day trying to get Exchange and Entourage, the new Mac client to cooperate. It sure is mysterious.…
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ebags: more bags
eBags – luggage, handbags, backpacks, bags and travel accessories. Ordered from them two years ago, but haven’t been there since. A nice job on the website particularly in selecting bags. The cool new things are the geek “bags”:http://www.ebags.com/travel_accessories/e_device_pouches/category_search/index.cfm?N=20010810 for holding electronic gadgets and also the “backpacks”:http://www.ebags.com/business_cases/laptop_cases/wheeled_cases/category_search/index.cfm?N=2006694 for laptops that are also wheelies. I use just…