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October 2004

101 posts

Doc Searls points us to some Podcasting Links

Yes folks I am kinda hooked on Podcasting right now I promise I will get it out of my system quickly but could not pass up linking you to this Doc Searls article. [Doc Searls]

Podcasting to save Radio?

I honestly didn't realize Radio needed saving. I listen to a variety of FM stations and spend a lot of time in the AM band listening to talk radio. I must admit I miss a lot of shows because of schedule conflicts, working etc. I do realize the power in podcasting but no matter what their are only so many

Busy Week

Light posting here this week as I have a very full schedule will try and get some highlights out as I can.

ISS turning into Junkyard in Space

With the shuttle fleet grounded an amazing amount of junk is piling up inside the ISS. They wish someone would stop buy with a dump truck so they could unload all the trash in the station. Apparently it has gotten pretty bad. With shuttle launches not scheduled to get going until next year the ISS will have to be re-designated

ABC NBC CBS News Broadcaster lash out at Weblogs

Editors Rant: You know that the major news outlets are scared when they lash out at webloggers and make ridiculous statements. The comments that Tom Brokaw made are going to get a lot of weblog press in the next couple of days and I just have to comment. "At a panel discussion sponsored by The New Yorker magazine on Saturday

Steve Ballmer says all iPod users are thiefs!

I think he should come over to my house and count the number of CD's I have in my music library then he can look at my credit card bill for the past year do some quick math and determine if I have about the right number of songs on my iPod. Ohh and he can go thru a directory

Spaceship One Wins XPrize

This is a great accomplishment for Scaled Composites and the sponsor Paul Allen. Soaring to 368,000 feet in a nearly flawless flight. [CNN] [XPrize]

Microsoft’s Search focus group Geek News Central was not able to attend

It is to bad my schedule was not flexible enough to allow me to go to Redmond. I was not able to accept the invitation that was offered to attend the "Search Champs" program. I hope that in the future we are extended the opportunity to attend another event. To those at Microsoft that thought we were worthy of a

Engadget has pictures of the Nokia 7710

Have you all noticed that some cell phone's are getting bigger? I have and the rouge pictures of the Nokia 7710 that Engadget found posted on a Chinese site indicates that the merge between PDA and Phone continues at a rapid pace. [Engadget]

USPS cancels photo stamps program

This is really to bad. I guess I better keep my stamps we made as they will more than likely be collectible some day. [Yahoo]

RIAA going after college students again!

Seems the RIAA doesn't have enough money to pay it's staff cost. So they once again are filing lawsuits against college students. For all of college students have you ever heard of sneaker net. Pick your laptops up and walk to a friends room and use a USB/Firewird/Lan cable and share your music privately. If you don't the RIAA will

Technology based Job transition research

Some of you know who I work for and a little about what I do. The majority of you do not. I do not write about my work nor do I every cover topics associated with my work. This is by design as I could find myself without a job or worse!. In a few short years I will be

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