20050630
Bloglines
Bloglines 375/825. Moved a stack of news over to Nearest Neighbor News Network but didn't unsub from them, yet.
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20050627
Poo-rer
Winnie the Pooh took a hit over the weekend ...
John Fiedler (Piglet)
2/3/1925-6/25/2005 (80)
Paul Winchell (Tigger)
12/21/1922-6/24/2005 (82)
I was going to write this up more, but, Dossy got there first ...
20050626
20050625
E-ink
Sony's e-Book reader, the LibriƩ, has a black and white ink-on-paper look, combined with a resolution of approximately 170 pixels per inch (PPI), gives an appearance similar to newspaper. Because the display uses power only when an image is changed, a user can read more than 10,000 pages before the four AAA Alkaline batteries need to be replaced. Some pix ...
Apparently "the combination of organic electronic backplanes and electrophoretic frontplanes could produce truly rollable, albeit monochrome, displays in the not-too-distant future." "this year you'll see real product prototypes. Then you'll see real products in volume within two years."
Finally!
LiveJournal tags
FAQ Question #229: "You can specify whether or not you want to allow your friends to tag your entries for you. By default, you are the only one who can edit your tags. If you want to let your friends tag your entries for you, you can change these settings"
Of couse, that ment biting the S2 bullet which has lead me in many circles this morning ...
RedTacton
RedTacton is a new Human Area Networking technology that uses the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed network transmission path. It induces fluctuations in the body's electric field. They claim a data rate of 10 megabits per second. As opposed to the Blueskin rates of 3.7 kilobits per second being squeezed out by Matsushita.
I had no idea that personal-area networks would be colored ...
Les Claypool
Les Claypool put on a fine show at the friendly neighborhood Independent. It was very sold out and the place was packed (so packed that it really heated up the old tin can). I was hoping for Buckethead, but, wasn't surprised to see Gabby La La, a percussionist, and a drummer. There was a sitar, a ukulele, lead xylophone, oh, my! There might still be tix for Gabby La La with Les Claypool on Sunday. The show was so good that I am mighty tempted.
20050624
20050623
Friendster
Friendster unclenched a little by letting the outside world see profiles. The TypePad blogs still seem bolted on (and I'm not sure why the controls are behind https). The blogs have both rss and notices mailed for friend blog updates.
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