Archive for August, 2004
Dead guitarist Bob Weir: “I’m not telling people who to vote for. I think they can figure it out. But I will say this: If every Deadhead in the state of Florida had voted in the last election, it’d be a very different world right now.” Has there always been this much opposition/support by members of [ READ MORE ]
Reuters: “Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf.” Just as the phrase “radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr” started to become part of my vernacular, he makes peace. Good news, none the [ READ MORE ]
I recently learned that with Gmail, you can add a ”+” and anything to your username and the email will still be delivered to you. So, for example, when signing up for junk on the interent, you give ‘you+junk@gmail.com’ and the mail would arrive in your inbox. You could also set up a filter in [ READ MORE ]
I picked up the new Graham Colton cd today and it was only $6.99 at Best Buy. What a deal. I’ve seen Graham a few times in concert and have his other cd. I think this album is their first major release. It has some songs from previous albums, but mostly new stuff. He is [ READ MORE ]
Does anyone know if the RSS 2.0 spec allows for multiple enclosures within one item? I ask because I think it could be interesting to include multiple versions of the same media in one item. For example, Apple could provide an RSS feed to its QuickTime movie trailers and provide three different enclosures – small, [ READ MORE ]
I had dinner tonight with Rachel at the new cafe next to Saigon 39. I can’t recall the name of it (I am sure Rachel can help me out), but it was very good. Like Saigon 39, this cafe served very good vietnamese food. I had a chicken breast and fried egg on rice and [ READ MORE ]
Rachel got me a new desk today from PB. I like it quite a bit, I finally have a place to all of my stuff. At first when we moved in, I was using the kitchen table to work on, but things just got out of hand. I took over the entire table leaving no [ READ MORE ]
Rachel and I went out for an early morning walk this morning around the neighborhood and I had a chance to talk to the foreman of the new Apple Store going in on The Plaza. He said that he had to be done with the build-out by September 17th and he thought it would take [ READ MORE ]
This is Rumor Control: “Senior intelligence sources in the U.S., as well as officials in the Middle East, claim that the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made a strategic decision to confront American forces in Iraq’s Shi’a heartland.” Looks like more heavy fighting is right around the corner. [ READ MORE ]
Here are the early specs on the new iMac G5’s. They sound pretty nice. [ READ MORE ]