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    Is there ANY Good News? started by rjeffries
    Video Progress Report started by rjeffries
    My $75 (used, on Craigslist) video camera works. I’ve shot a few (lame!) minutes of video, and have sucesffuly imported it into a computer via Firewire. That process was easy peasy.
    So far I’ve learned that Best Buy charges $33 for a simple Firewire 4-pin cable. But thanks to Amazon I bought a cable that works [...]
    Jaiku API Documentation started by rjeffries
    Jaiku has published their recently released (invented?) API. May a 1,000 Jaiku applications bloom.
    Richard Haass on the Middle East started by rjeffries
    Spiegel Online interviewed Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations
    [tease] (emphasis added)

    SPIEGEL: Almost five years ago Bush grouped Iraq, North Korea and Iran together in the now-notorious “Axis of Evil.” Now the US is faced with considerable crises in all three countries. What to do?

    Haass: We have allowed ourselves to get into three [...]
    Learning Videography started by rjeffries
    Last week I bought a JVC GR-DVM90 video camera. When it was introduced in 2001, the list price was $1,600. Thanks to the passing of time and the abundance of new and oh so shiny objects, I paid $75 for the complete kit. Thank you, Craigslist.
    This is a digital video camera which records on standard [...]
    Learning Videography started by rjeffries
    Last week I bought a JVC GR-DVM90 video camera. When it was introduced in 2001, the list price was $1,600. Thanks to the passing of time and the abundance of new and oh so shiny objects, I paid $75 for the complete kit. Thank you, Craigslist.
    This is a digital video camera which records on standard [...]
    Purpose, the Scarcest Resource started by rjeffries
    Michael Lewis writes books: The New New Thing, Liar’s Poker, Trail Fever, Moneyball (among others). A friend sent me he transcript of an interview with Mr. Lewis. I’m still chasing the source, but hare a couple of quotes while we wait:
    [tease] (emphasis added)
    As for happiness, it comes from thinking your job has a purpose. The [...]
    Pale, Icy Dione started by rjeffries
    This photograph (from the Cassini orbiter) of Dione, a satellite of Saturn, is stunningly beautiful. It makes me feel humble, and in awe. If you are on a broadband connection, click here.
    [via Cardboard Spaceship]
    PopURLs started by rjeffries
    Popurls is a mix of Digg, Slashdot, Reddit, Newsvine, Tailrank, and Flickr. It’s interesting, but I’ll have to live with it a while to see if it earns my attention as a daily, go-to destination resort.
    [via unmediated]
    Beading at the Beach started by rjeffries
    Should the craft of beading appeal to you, you’ll love Bobbi Kirk’s Beading at the Beach. You’ll also want to check on her studio page.
    Sarah Allen on What Web OS Means started by rjeffries
    Sarah Allen writes about what a web OS means. See also this description of the Laszlo Systems Webtop project.
    Sprint announces EV-DO Rev A started by rjeffries
    Sprint has announced the (much faster) EV-DO Rev A service. They call it a “mobile DSL experience.”
    A reader writes:

    Sadly, they [Sprint] do not describe how the existing installed base can

    upgrade to Rev A. In fact, they still list the AirCard and Merlin

    cards which are only Rev 0. That means the [existing] cards will [...]
    Your Lost (Blog Reading) Weekend started by rjeffries
    Here’s some help from the NY Times if you have no plans for your weekend. It’s a good medium length list of blogs, organized by category.
    If you zip through all of them, you can finish your task this weekend, but that will depend on how many hours of sleep you require. I find that eating [...]
    Strumpette: Mega PR Firm Releases ‘StoryMakerUpper 1.0′ started by rjeffries
    Strumpette, a.k.a. Amanda Chapel strikes again. If you need a good laugh, read her latest screed.
    “Only” 227 Cars Burn started by rjeffries
    Gigabit Ethernet to Your Home started by rjeffries
    DOCSIS 3.0 allows cable companies to bond multiple channels together. This allows them to deliver as much as 130Mbps Internet access downstream.
    But this is more about theory than practice. If a cable provider bonds (say) 6 channels together in order to offer fast Internet access, they forgo channels that could instead generate revenue by carrying [...]
    Glaser: Personalized News Services started by rjeffries
    Mark Glaser reviews (and assigns letter grades) to six personalized news services:
    My Yahoo [grade of "A"]

    Netvibes [A-]

    Topix.net [B+]

    Findory [B]

    Gixo [C]

    Personalized Google News[C-]

    In the comments, someone asks about reddit, one of my favorite sites (along with megite)
    Another change to my commenting scheme started by rjeffries
    I want to encourage comments here. So after taking a deep breath, I’ve removed the requirement that you be a registered subscriber in order to add comments. In Askimet I trust. My assumption: Askimet can prevent most comment SPAM. Fingers crossed.
    Adelphia; 16 Mbps Internet Downstream started by rjeffries
    The cable guys are upping the ante on “my broadband Internet access is faster than yours.” Adelphia has started offering 16 Mbps downstream 2 Mbps upstream..
    Cox is offering 15 Mbps in some markets. Telcos with DSL offerings will soon be forced to either raise their Internet access speeds, lower prices, or both. The problem [...]
    A Memeorandum Mistake started by rjeffries
    Tech.memeorandum and sister site memeorandum are useful resources. They help us get some sense of what the blog-o-world is chattering about. But the underlying approach to selecting “front page” articles on memeorandum displayed an obvious weakness today.
    Tech.memeorandum displayed this Doc Searles article about Tylenol on the front page.
    Rafe Needleman on Twitter and jaiku started by rjeffries
    Rafe Needleman explains how to make your Twitter stream appear on Jaiku as an RSS feed.
    Microsoft Discovers Widgets started by rjeffries
    The San Jose Mercury News article about Microsoft Vista, MS Office 12 and MS Internet Explorer 7 is worth a read.
    [tease]

    “One new feature Microsoft will add to the operating system is the ability to integrate applets, or very small applications, that can run as a sidebar to the operating system, and can be designed for [...]
    Sarah Allen: iPhone’s “Cinematic” User Interface started by rjeffries
    Sarah Allen writes about the user interface of the iPhone.
    Google Hits Home Run started by rjeffries
    Blogger Web Comments is a new Firefox extension from Google. When you view a web page, it displays a small pop-up in the lower right corner and offers up comments made about the site you are viewing by various bloggers.
    This feature is so good it boggles the mind. Assuming they can keep the spam idiots [...]
    Gaim Geekery started by rjeffries
    I am an enthusiastic instant messaging evangelist, starting with AOL Instant messenger (AIM) about five years ago, where I’m known as RonJeffriesAIM. As new sales and marketing folks joined the start-up where I work, I’ve generally been able to convince them to sign up with AIM.
    (Disclaimer: what I write here is totally independent [...]
    Refreshing started by rjeffries
    The New York Times has an interesting read today: “Kevin B. Rollins, Dell’s chief executive, has an unusual playbook for a C.E.O. When revenues were lower than predicted, he blamed himself.”
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