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PC Buying Guide: December 2003
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Continue reading →: PC Buying Guide: December 2003A quick update on buying recommendations as I’m off to buy yet another machine for Connie’s Dad. The recommendations are particularly hard since between the Pentium IV and Athlon 64, things aren’t super clear: h4. High-end System ($1500 target) | Component | Price | Comment | | Shuttle SN85G4 |…
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Best iPod Clone
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Continue reading →: Best iPod CloneGear: 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
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Continue reading →: Social networksa 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…
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Terabyte in Your Pocket
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Continue reading →: Terabyte in Your Pocketa 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…
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Small Form Factor Overview
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Continue reading →: Small Form Factor Overviewa 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…
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Why Platforms succeed
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Continue reading →: Why Platforms succeedFreedom 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
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Continue reading →: File Sharing ApplicationsHat 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…
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Snow Reports in the Pacific Northwest
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Continue reading →: Snow Reports in the Pacific NorthwestIt’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…
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Dance and Theater in San Francisco
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Continue reading →: Dance and Theater in San FranciscoWell, 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…
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Entourage and Exchange: It works sort of
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Continue reading →: Entourage and Exchange: It works sort ofUsing 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…





