• New Phone

    Connie’s 7230 finally gave up the ghost. Naturally two years later, so it is out of warranty, so time to buy a new phone. Naturally, T-Mobile makes it hard to do this and stay with T-Mobile. Both Cingular and AT&T Wireless are smarter. At the end of your commitment period,…

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  • Eggs Benedict

    Eggs Benedict New York: What Is Eggs Benedict?. An entire website dedicated to Egg Benedict. A delicious Sunday meal. Fast facts: * “Easy Eggs Benedict”:http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~jkarpf/eggs/recipes.html * “Food Network”:http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_8502,00.html. A classic recipe 2 English muffins, split, toasted and buttered 4 thick slices ham or Canadian bacon, warmed 4 poached eggs 1/2…

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  • ipod speakers

    Hat tip to “iPod Lounge”:http://ipodlounte.com. Here is the latest of gifts for Ipodders here’s a run down on the best speakers. As they say from ultra=portable, to portable to near portable to not portable * Macally Podwave. These are tiny little speakers that fit at the top of an iPod.…

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  • itunes addons

    iPodlounge | All Things iPod. Ipodlounge has some review of little software add-ons for itunes.

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  • Expired Domains

    DomainsBot – Daily Expired Domains. Was on the plane with an Internet online expert. He told me about all these sites that regularly sweep for expired domain names. You can then pick them up and many have traffic associated with them, so you can point to your own site. What…

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  • Had a chance to hang out in sunny San Diego to day. A few interesting notes: * BREW Today. Fun to visit with the our buddies at Qualcomm. They have a one pager site that gives BREW status. * “Flo”:http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2004/041101_mediaflo_700mhz.html. A very interesting thing they are doing to provide a…

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  • The UCDSchess.org domain, per school policy, is going away. It is a little confusing how to move domains, because you don’t actually send them, but someone has to request them. TransferInsider.pdf summarizes it pretty well if you need to do it. Here is how it works: # UCDS has to…

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  • iPod XM

    XM vs. the iPod – Will XM’s new portable satellite radio make the iPod obsolete? By Paul Boutin. Lots of iPod rumors floating around. One I heard from “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com is that the next Ipod will include an XM receiver. Very smart if true, then you have an easy way to…

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  • “Eric”:http://www.voyagercapital.com/team/erik.htm and “Jeff”:http://www.merrimancapital.com/about/jeffsbiography.html both got Sony VAIO T-140P/Ls and by all reports love them. Hat tip to both for the latest accessories that dress up that piece of hardware: * Wi-Fi Networking News: Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter Overview. This is a little digital thingy that lets you know what Wifi…

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