Seriously trivial thoughts
CNet has an article entitled “Days numbered for tax-free Net sales” The article declares that online sales will all be subject to sales tax very soon. Well, people have been saying that since the days of catalog sales (ie pre-Internet) and I’ve been saying no way for as long. Writers that push this notion have …
According to this article, “scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious ‘colony collapse’ of bees.” Now this is terrible and all since bees are the primary pollinators of the world. So without them plants would die and so would all animal life. However, that catastrophe aside, I was thinking of the practical …
Check out my brand new scriptable FTP upload app. It’s great when you always upload the same file(s) all the time. Although you can use the built-in Windows ftp DOS app, that does not support passive mode and this does. It is freeware of course [:-)]
Well, I gave it a shot, but the Sandisk Sansa Connect just doesn’t work for me. WiFi is cool, but it only works with Yahoo Music. The player will work with Napster, my service of choice, but just in the normal sense. That is, you transfer the songs over the cable. It also doesn’t use …
USA Today is reporting that “daylight saving time switch hasn’t cut energy use“. My previous blog entitled Changing daylight savings was a bone-head move seems to be well justified, huh? Two things bother me about the article. One, it says, “That may come as no surprise to the Energy Department, which last year predicted modest …
I’ve been looking and waiting for a well thought-out UMPC that does full Windows and the HTC Shift might just be the one. Can’t wait to read some hands-on reviews. It was just announced so it will probably be a while. My Nokia N800 is awesome, but seems like I’m always waiting for this or …
Well until Nokia updates the Flash plug-in on the N800 and I can play songs on Napster, this will do quite nicely. They are giving a free 30-trial and my initial experience is quite good. I actually like the playlist saving better than Napster, particularly the ability to save the album in one action. It …
I suppose I should be pissed, but actually I’m quite excited to have stumbled across some serial numbers posted for one of my apps at http://www.coreserials.com/serials/pc/52799/spamevader-1.0.0.html It was a web-based spam filter called Spamevader which I no longer distribute. Never sold one copy =) It’s kinda of a weird validation. Having my app cracked makes …
I have been struggling trying to determine if the Bose sound system in my new ’07 350Z would work with the aux input module for the ’06 models. No one, including the dealer and sellers, know. Why the input isn’t standard on this car is beyond me, but it isn’t so that’s that. Anyways, I …
There is a precedent where a major technology push died and no format won: quadraphonic stereo. This was introduced in the 70s I think. Basically, it was four-channel stereo, but there were at least three different formats. You had to buy incompatible discs for each, plus special amps, tuner and of course extra speakers–sound familiar? …