Jul 08

Looks like the fail whale has a fat wallet … CNET is reporting that Twitter bought Summize. For those of you that cocked their heads to the side and said “whut?” reading that sentence, I will explain further.

Twitter is a neat microblogging service (140 character updates via the web, SMS and other methods). Twitter has the nickname “FAIL WHALE” because it shows this cute little graphic whenever it goes down … and it goes down a lot [insert Bill Clinton intern joke here]. Summize is one of the many Twitter-based services that have recently popped up to feed off of Twitter’s popularity … that is, when Twitter is actually working.

And yes, there is even a service to tell you if Twitter has … well … failed.

So when your service is associated with being unreliable (note: their IM service hasn’t worked for weeks), maybe you should spend venture capital on more reliable infrastructure instead of nifty features. Spending new money on shiny distractions instead of core infrastructure is the job of government, and we know how much they hate competition.

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Jun 24

We’ve been joking about it ever since the new Knight Rider show came out on NBC … a GPS that uses the voice of KITT. Well, it’s now a product.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/video-knight-rider-gps-asks-michael-where-do-you-want-to-go/

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Jun 03

http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/

This is very tempting, would be more tempting if it could also play media from my network drives.

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Apr 23

Report: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP (computerworld)

What? Begin ranting in 5, 4, 3 … Continue reading »

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Apr 15

Thanks to Rachel for pointing out the stupidity inherent in the AT&T “High Speed Internet and Dial Terms of Service” document. See section 8.2:

You agree to keep confidential all passwords, IP addresses, and computer names and are solely responsible for any liability or damages resulting from your failure to maintain that confidentiality. You are also solely and fully responsible and liable for all activities that occur under your password, Member ID or IP address.

That’s right kids, you have to keep your IP address a secret … that number your network router is broadcasting like a man standing on the Las Vegas strip with pamphlets for hookers. And it’s your fault when someone spoofs your IP. Brilliant.

So if I read this correctly, AT&T wants me to use an anonymous proxy when web surfing. I’ll just head over to their support page and look that up in the FAQ … I’m sure tech support will love that question.

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Mar 25

Today’s video remix is brought to you by George Hrab, his song “The Assumption” and my ability to fill up little bits of free time with video projects … full story after the break.

The non-flash version of the video is also available for download (Apple iPod/MP4).
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Mar 21

Whoops, almost forgot to tell you what my spouse got me for my birthday …

PONG!

Yes, that is an animated PONG t-shirt. I should totally wear this to the JoCo show tomorrow night :)

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