Flotsam & Jetsam

The NY Times has done a piece on why the US cellphone market is the way it is. Not too surprising actually, but interesting read on the details.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/business/15price.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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I don’t know about you, but I still have my old Palm 650. It’s a little big, and doesn’t have a wireless account anymore, but it’s great alarm clock and an easy way to take notes, so I keep it around. And, if I ever need a GSM phone, I just need to [...]

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Heard about Bittorrent, but don’t know how to use it? Know what it is, but not a master? Read this guide. It’s very informative.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/20_essential_tricks_and_skills_every_bittorrent_user_should_know?page=0%2C0
Check out their Firefox tweaks and tips article too:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/20_essential_tweaks_every_firefox_user_should_know

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Back in the day, everyone had access to a UNIX shell account at their internet service provider. With it, you could run batch files, scripts and access services that were only available from the command line. Unfortunately, shell access also allowed (some) people to hack and cause issues. Now-a-days with tons of [...]

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Cool little service. Allows you to post a private, secure web page that has a question / answer challenge.
https://norbt.com/

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We’ve been using an MVIX box for the past couple of years to watch downloaded movies and TV shows.  The biggest problem with it is how stuff gets transfered to the box.  It has a wireless connection, but it’s slow and requires a proprietary app to xfer software to it via wireless.  Instead, we connected [...]

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Searching about for tips on how to take better photos, I came across Moose Peterson’s site and was blown away by his pictures.  If I ever have the time and money, I’d love to attend one of his seminars.
http://moosepeterson.com/blog/

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