Still going after all these years.
iTunes 4.5 is out, with support for lossless imports (via Quicktime 6.5.1), WMA import on Windows, music videos…and shared playlists. You can click any playlist in iTunes and publish it to the iTunes Music Store. You can also click any song title, album title, or artist and jump to the appropriate content in the iTMS. … Continue reading “New playlist sharing in iTunes”
Thanks to George for this tip: On the random side of things… Jeff Bezos turns 40 today. Curious? Search Amazon.com for old fart. (Only works on 1/12/04)… [The Chang Journal] Since the item is going to disappear after midnight, I’ve taken the liberty of reposting the image and text: Happy 40th Birthday, Jeff Bezos January … Continue reading “Speaking of Easter eggs…”
Dave: Will the Republicans blog? Will George Bush make use of blogs? Matt: His message is already spinning out of control, he doesn’t need additional randomization. Eric: In 2000 the Republicans were really good about pumping out stuff to the fan base. They were way ahead of us. We’re writing to our base. Dave: What … Continue reading “Presidential blogs continued”
Lawrence points to a News.com story that sez Sobig is aptly named: the fastest spreading virus ever. Guesses as to what made it spread so quickly: a combination of good social engineering (randomly selected forged return addresses) and good spam-filter-busting capabilities (the rotating subject lines, the changing return addresses, the changing attachment name). No surprise: … Continue reading “SoBiggest”
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After a year’s hiatus, the Tin Man is back with guns blazing. I missed his return on Tuesday (I saw a referral from him, but since his blogroll was the only thing on his page for so long I assumed it was a random click. Ooops), but today he blogs about his customer review being … Continue reading “Return of the Tin Man”
Greg has started calling our group of connected blogs a keiretsu, after the Japanese cross-industrial conglomerate. I guess that’s the only way to describe that circle: a programming MBA deep in the software world (me), two Southern Democratic political bloggers, and a financial analyst and poet. It’s too bad the era of corporate megamergers gave … Continue reading “Catching up with the keiretsu”
The Julie/Julia Project may have its Spicy Thursdays; I have, at least while Lisa is on the road, Leftover Tuesdays. In this case, though, the leftovers were steaks from a beef tenderloin that had been roasted in an herbed salt crust (for the curious, you dispose of the caked salt—it just ensures consistent temperature distribution, … Continue reading “Leftovers night”
I almost forgot until I saw Anita’s post about the festivities last night. As we introduced ourselves, we talked a bit about ego surfing (Anita is the third Anita, Brent the second or third hit, Jerry the #4). I mentioned that I would always be the second Jarrett, at least as long as NASCAR remained … Continue reading “Meetup part 2: The Ancient Mariner”
Update 12:15 PM: I’m a little behind in pointing to this, but I was ahead in saying it was a bad idea. When I visited Intel in January 2001, a few of us asked why Intel was in the business of making consumer MP3 players. The answer we got? “Well, we’re a really large supplier … Continue reading “Speaking in Tongues and other stuff”
It’s a beautiful day here in Boston. What a pity that I have to do work. It’s interesting how people pick up certain habits about writing their blogs. I think Dave sometimes starts with an introductory “Good morning!” and some random thing that’s floating through his mind. For me it’s like a vocal warmup–stretches the … Continue reading “Food, Music, and Scripting”