Monthly Archives: June 2005

iTunes, iPods and Apple do Podcasting software right!!!

Posted on June 30, 2005 | 2 comments

The Apple iTunes store has added Podcasts at the iTunes Music Store
icon (just click on “podcasts” from the main menu at the ITMS) and of course they are free. I know you’re thinking, “Who cares, I’ve already got podcasting software to download them and add them to my iPod?” But this doesn’t need software this builds it right in so your friends who you haven’t gotten to listen have no excuse now (the software is free and so are the downloads). Plus they updated the firmware on your iPod to offer several benefits (read on). And Apple started their own weekly new music podacast!

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Easy2Blog – review

Posted on June 30, 2005 | 2 comments

Easy3BlogSo I’ve got a new very easy place to recommend to blog, it’s called Easy2Blog. It’s got loads of options and it’s easy to configure. They’ll do ad exchanges for you, an about me section, a blogroll-type thing, counter, rss, sydication badges that automatically add your blog to others myYahoo/feedburner/etc., commenting, easy to add photos to posts, search, counters and an easy way to add blocks of html for other services like blogrolling or whatever you’d like (you can easily reorder them too).

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I got mentioned in Today’s Podcast!

Posted on June 28, 2005 | 4 comments

So not only is one of my favorite podcast’s back in business (he’s been busy for the past 5 weeks) but I got a mention for suggesting today’s word, “Voilà!”, be sure to listen to the the audio (it’s only 74 seconds). Scott does Today’s Podcast which is generally “A brief daily podcast of words and quotes”. He’s always looking for words to do and even has a phone number where you can leave comments or messages. Be sure to check it out…

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The coolest joystick ever – NextFest

Posted on June 27, 2005 | 2 comments

Horse JoystickCheck out this joystick! You can’t see it in the photo? It’s the horsey! The faster you rock the faster you go and you turn the head to go right or left. I’d have to assume this will be very intuitive for kids. You never know for sure but I’d think this would work for them. The “game” was pretty much a POV with you running around the landscape and it was very cool with the way the joystick worked.

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Gift – Question of the Day

Posted on June 27, 2005 | 2 comments
Someone has decided to give you a gift out of the blue. With no limitations on cost, or accessibility, what gift would you appreciate the most and why?
I’d want a baby. I’ve always wanted kids and it’s been on my mind lately. Also, I just had a discussion about adoption today so it’s a timely question… A wife who wants kids might make more sense but that’s probably harder for someone to shop for. I’ve got a lot more criteria for a wife, my only requirement for a baby is that it’s healthy, although if they can build/program to order I can probably come up with the specs for a wife.

This wasn’t what I planned to say when I started this answer but it did say “no limitations”. Other items that crossed my mind were time (but since you can’t put that in a bottle I might just need ca$h so I didn’t have to work which would result in time) or a trip across the solar system (ours or some other, I’m not too picky).

From Question of the Day.

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Look Ma, No Puck… – NextFest report

Posted on June 26, 2005 | 2 comments

VR air hockey photoSo this is a new twist on Air Hockey. It’s a blank table, with a camera above it and a projector above it. You just move your hand and it “assumes” you have paddle in it to hit the “puck” (which is really just a projection). The calculations are done and it bounces the ball back to the other side of the ice…

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Painted Rocks

Posted on June 26, 2005 | Leave a comment

To catch a butterfly once is blessed foreverSo this is one of the many rocks that are piled up around Lake Michigan around the campus at Northwestern. There were tens of thousands of rocks and I’m sure there were thousands with writing on them. Many were too faded to photograph but I captured some of the ones that I really liked. I’ve got a few more of these that I’ll be sharing with you later…

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It’s beautiful out!

Posted on June 25, 2005 | Leave a comment

I just went for a walk outside and it’s great outside, cool for the first time in days. Yahoo! says it’s 73 degrees which seems high, but since it did hit 97 a few days ago I guess 24 degrees less is a huge difference. I just felt like it’s more of a neighborhood (because it is) than my condo, even though if I walk a block I am in a neighborhood.

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