29 Apr
Hybrid Parking Only!
Originally uploaded by chezsmithy
This is Portland at its best. I took this shot at the new Wildlife Reserve area near Sherwood Oregon. Right at the front of the parking lot there are a few spots with these great signs noting Hybrid Vehicle Parking Only. Fantastic!
29 Apr
I noticed this interesting analysis of TV’s cost per hour of Fun today from WalletPop…
We watch a lot of TV, perhaps 90 hours a month (mostly baseball for me) and have about a billion channels on our cable package. Our monthly bill is around $90. The big-ass televsion set us back around $600, and should [...]
23 Apr
The Microsoft Mesh project is ambitious but in my mind also lacking the real desktop sha-bam that we expect from Microsoft. Where Ray Ozzie delivered an amazing P2P story with the groove platform, Mesh feels like yet another desktop to cloud file synchonization service.
What would have really knocked my socks off would have been a [...]
23 Apr
President Bush denied Tuesday that the United States’ economy is in recession, calling it instead a “slowdown.”
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George, shh, are you still there? There is an election going on.
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22 Apr
Guitar Hero IV to Feature Other Instruments
Guitar Hero IV to Feature Other Instruments news from 1UP.com
Ok, I want to see the Jazz version with a wireless saxophone. Look out Bill Clinton, I am going to rock our word in Sax Hero.
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22 Apr
I picked up the new Tristan Prettyman album from the iTunes music store this morning. Normally, this is not my cup of tea musically, but something about the vocals caught my interest. It might be the subtle combination of a bit of country with a bit of KT Tunstall. None the less I am enjoying [...]
18 Apr
The latest Apple TV update (2.0.2) has been installed on my box for a bit of time now and I must say I am impressed by the level of stability and responsiveness with the new version. Navigating menus and the iTunes movie selection screens is much better then the previous version. The new Flickr favorites [...]
18 Apr
Something has gone wrong with this build. The speed comparison between 3.1 and 3.1.1 is night and day. Slow page loads are frequent. Switching to the webkit nightly builds restores fast speed but I suspect the safari team needs to put some immediate attention to this problem.
Hopefully, this isn’t a prelude to apple’s security fix [...]
18 Apr
The Hype Machine: hypem.com
If you are interested in the latest happenings in music from around the internet the hype machine surfaces trends in blog postings about new music. Very good site to discover great new things to listen to.
Muxtape: muxtape.com
Like the best of 80’s mix tapes except from across the internet. I could spend hours [...]
