On a whim, I replaced my old mouse pad with a big old Wow!Pad last week. I’m pleased with it so far. For some reason it didn’t work at all with my Pocket Mouse when I tried it on the road (probably dying batteries), but it’s working like a champ with the Pilot Mouse. My…
January, 2005
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I spent darn near the whole day gathering my 2004 tax information up to send off to my accountant – whew! Not one of the more fun things about self-employment.
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I went ahead and ordered the Dell 700m as my PC laptop. They had some compelling configurations in the outlet, so I ended up getting one there. Here are the specs: 2.0 GHz Pentium M (Dothan) 256MB of RAM 80GB HD (5400rpm) DVD/CD-RW Combo drive 8 cell battery Windows XP Pro Then I went straight…
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Check out PunBB 1.2 – awesome new features and semantic XHTML! I had a chance to play with this in the early dev stages and I’ve been excitedly waiting for the release. I’ll be upgrading my forums shortly.
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Wired 13.01: The BitTorrent Effect Like many geeks in the ’90s, Cohen coded for a parade of dotcoms … “I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.” Include monitors in the frame Before and After the 2004 Tsunami Answers.com – looks interesting. The $500 Mac – would they really fly off the…
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Here are the small laptops I’m looking at, partly based on comments my previous post received. I’ve decided I want to go small instead of big. Sony S-series Screen: 1280-800 XBRITE Weight: 4.2 lbs Size: 12.3″ x 1.16″-1.39″ x 8.85″ Cost: ~$3200 Notes: Awesome screen, definitely best of the bunch. Supports DVI through a docking…
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NyQuill liquicaps at night + Tylenol Sinus Day during the day = feeling somewhat human.
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I finally need to purchase a Windows machine for a project and I still have the same questions I had a year ago. I’m also trying to decide between a 12-13″ model or a 17″ model, which makes comparisons difficult. Since I have the big PowerBook, having a smaller machine would be nice; but all…
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I guess I figured out why some people I know send their mailing list e-mails to a separate mailbox or folder. I reached the point this week where the constant new mail interruption was getting annoying. Side note: mail clients that support threading by subject are great since you can delete an entire thread you…
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I’ve released new versions of Tasks Pro™ and Tasks. These releases fix bugs in the previous release candidates. These changes were made in both versions: Escape single quotes in inline JavaScript strings (in the language files). Make historical years available in date drop downs on search screen. This change was made in Tasks Pro™: Show…
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Well, I’ve got my first year of self-employment under my belt now and I’m looking forward to year number two. 2004 was great. I worked my tail off at times, but was also able to go golfing in the morning on a Tuesday if I needed to get some sunshine. Of course, when you’re self-employed,…
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I Have TiVo … What NOW?! The Pop vs. Soda Page Pontiac Aztek goes quietly, without eulogies | The San Diego Union-Tribune iSVN – an OS X Subversion client to keep an eye on. Daring Fireball: Software Update Tips and Voodoo – Good advice, but who has the storage capacity to keep around dozens of…