March 2008
106 posts
I wish I had an iPhone so I could make the...
February 2008
80 posts
My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-28 →
park3: Changing my Twitter password <sigh> No one’s perfect, but still … http://tinyurl.com/3ywuv6
park3: for his birthday my 7 year-old would rather go to best buy than toys r us. time…
Blaggards - Drunken Sailor. More from SXSX,...
What the "X" in .docx Stands For
Microsoft Office 2007 saves documents by default in a new format called .docx. The format is, of course, not backwards compatible with prior versions of Word for PCs (at least without downloading a converter utility), or with any versions of Word for Mac that I am aware of. Which makes me believe that the “x” really stands for “mystery”, since it’s a virtual...
Footers - My Favorite Metadata Hiding Place
I wrote a post yesterday on metadata and not revealing confidential information by mistake. Just writing it made me focus even more closely on all the bits (heh heh) of information inside Word documents that are really hard to find, never mind eliminate. My current favorite is page footers. Almost every document I create has at least two “sections”, which generally means two...
My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-27 →
park3: New blog post: Do I Really Need a Metadata Scrubber? http://tinyurl.com/38ebdm
park3: just finished downloading the SXSW sample catalog- phew!
park3: @seeger check out hypem.com….
Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My...
Do I Really Need a Metadata Scrubber? →
The California Bar Journal, a monthly newspaper for attorneys, had a recent update on laws regarding metadata, how to avoid disclosing it inadvertently to opposing sides in litigation, and what to do if someone sends you a document containing inadvertent disclosures.
There are a couple of items in it that might be surprising. Among these is that the California Supreme Court recently opined that...
My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-26 →
park3: @parrishioner you must have cooked them too long ;-)
park3: @rafer 400 comments on fruit opinions! http://tinyurl.com/2tl5zs
park3: New blog post: Roll-my-own Tumblr Digest http://tinyurl.com/2tasfj
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Roll-my-own Tumblr Digest →
I use this blog mostly for business oriented posts, and Tumblr and Twitter for “lifestreaming”. What I have discovered, though, is that the line gets frequently blurred and there are things I would like to post in two or more places.
On my Tumblr page, I have added feed digests from Twitter and Last.fm. The former sends one daily update of my tweets, and the latter shows my weekly top artists.
I...
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts... →
Lee Byron makes really beautiful visualizations of data over time. Here’s a brilliant interactive one showing box office success for movies over the last 20 years, courtesy of the New York Times.
The Way a Free Trial Should Be
I signed up for Basecamp recently and got a 30 day free trial. I had to provide my credit card number so that when the trial ran out they could bill me for the paid service. My trial is almost up and I just got a reminder email saying “we will bill you soon. We’d love to have you stay with us, but if you don’t want to please cancel now”. I think a lot of services skip this...
My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-25 →
park3: Hellish weekend with a few bright spots, or was it the other way around?
park3: New tumblet: My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24): The Strokes Melody Nelson Po.. http://tinyurl.com/yryz8g
park3: Sufjan Stevens, Thao Nguyen and Jenny Lewis? Must be folk week
park3: Note to Amgen Tour of Calif organizers- next year order long sleeve leader’s jerseys
park3: @Seeger Anyone brave...
Plug-and-play music player?
I posted my wish for a “universal calendar language” here, so that my Zimbra calendar could share with my wife’s Yahoo and someone else’s Google. I also wished for an open web-music standard for favorites so I don’t have to re-enter my favorite groups on every new app I try. Sonicliving’s favorites page would do nicely. What I’ve realized I’d like...
Risk vs. Perception →
I’ve seen this graph in a couple of places on tumblr (esp. the Wallstrip crew). It apparently started with a piece by Susanna Hertrich. In general it’s probably close to correct, even though I have no idea what “electrosmog” means. However, I seriously doubt that “asteroid impact” is 10% as likely as “traffic accident” as the graph seems to...
Fugazi - Waiting Room. You’ve gotta love a...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24) →
The Strokes
Melody Nelson
Populous
Air
Amon Tobin
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-23 →
park3: New tumblet: My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-22: park3: New tumblet: Calfee to Sponsor Organic Athlet.. http://tinyurl.com/2zbxjl
park3: New tumblet: A good day of skiing http://tinyurl.com/3yfe6w
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My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-22 →
park3: New tumblet: Calfee to Sponsor Organic Athlete with Bamboo Bikes: Calfee Design will supply the.. http://tinyurl.com/2elocu
park3: New tumblet: Pink Martini channels Edith Piaf - Sympathique. From a compilation of Francophone.. http://tinyurl.com/2z6euy
park3: @skid It’s probably my tendency to load everything imaginable into memory all at once. Not going to fuss with it though.
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My Twitter Digest: 2008-2-21 →
park3: New tumblet: Air - La Femme d’Argent. A trip-hop classic. http://tinyurl.com/yvvmas
park3: New blog post: The First Rule of Holes http://tinyurl.com/3b6yv7
park3: New tumblet: The First Rule of Holes: I’m sure I am the last person to hear this term, but it’s.. http://tinyurl.com/38ms4q
park3: can’t figure out the best way to get Wordpress, Twitter and Tumblr content all playing...
Pink Martini channels Edith Piaf - Sympathique. ...
Calfee to Sponsor Organic Athlete with Bamboo... →
Calfee Design will supply the all-vegan cycling team with bamboo race bikes. But of *course* they will.
Clean Profile Facebook App is Like Wiping the...
I just found the Clean Profile Facebook app. It lets users view friends’ Facebook profile pages without ads or applications installed. Pretty cool.
The First Rule of Holes →
I’m sure I am the last person to hear this term, but it’s a gem.
The First Rule of Holes is that if you find yourself in one, stop digging. It sounds so simple- I think the hard part may be understanding that you are actually in one, or maybe the urge to tunnel away from problems is just irresistible.
Either way, the term is going into my lexicon.
Air - La Femme d’Argent. A trip-hop...
Slow Steps Into the Digital Age at the IRS →
For those who have never filed form 1099 before, one copy (red) goes to the IRS and another (black) goes to the independent contractor who provided services to a business. Apparently the reason for this is that the IRS’s computers scan the filings, and they can only read forms printed with red ink.
One can’t download the fileable form, because the shade of red must be very specific and a normal...
Live bike racing on the web, if you can stand the...
The Tour of California is available from start to finish in a live streaming format. This is great. Actually getting the feed without constant bandwidth stutters is a different matter, though. It is basically impossible to follow the commentary when it is broken up continually. I’m not sure whether the problem is on the sending end or my receiving end. Maybe I just need my own...
The Strokes - When It Started. Catchy tune, great...
ITunes Receipts Take a Long Time to Show Up
When every single online retailer manages to send a payment receipt immediately after I complete a transaction, and iTunes itself downloads purchased songs instantly, why is it that the receipts for music I buy show up a week later?
Lucinda Williams - Out of Touch. I like her...
Microsoft gets more hostile towards Yahoo, seeks... →
File this under “that would never happen to us”. Microsoft may try to replace Yahoo’s entire Board, which is possible because the Board is elected all at once instead of in yearly increments. Even 6 months ago it may have seemed like a remote chance to the Yahoo Board that someone could attempt a hostile takeover. Bet they wish now they’d planned long ago for the worst...
Charles Mingus and RZA - II B.S. (RZA’s...
The Modem Diaries
My DSL modem went down for good early this morning. It took me 7 hours to find a store that was open, answering their phones and with a replacement in stock. Once home, it took 3 minutes (really!) to plug it in, get my Apple router to talk to it and get back on the Internet. Thank you Apple.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-17) →
Saccani, Rico; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Maria Dragoni; Kristjan Johannsson
The Hives
Menuhin, Yehudi; Bath Symphony Orchestra
NPR
Nirvana
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
DJ Zebra - Processed Ring. This represents the...
Dear Mr. Microsoft- What the heck is .docx?
Someone just sent me a Word document in .docx format. Apparently Word 2007 has its own brand new format? My Mac thought it was a compressed file and got stuck on it. Microsoft has kindly provided a converter utility for pre-2007 versions of Word http://tinyurl.com/2zpc5q, but only if they are on Windows. Argh. Another incompatible format. Wonderful.
park3: I need to find a linguistically correct way... →
Back Porch Vipers - When I Get Low I Get High. ...
New blog post: A Letter of Intent Can be a Dangerous Thing http://tinyurl.com/3cglfo
Dangerdoom - Space Hoes. Danger Mouse can do no...
Go News Corp! Save my Zimbra! http://tinyurl.com/23csgu
Blackberry on Zimbra: I Never Knew How Good I Had...
I just switched from Treo to Blackberry on Zimbra- my provider upgraded to Zimbra 5.0 and it seems not to play well with Palm-based Treos everywhere. Zimbra doesn’t support Blackberry Enterprise Server and the workaround is a 3rd party program called NotifyLink. I’m still working with it, but it seems clear that I had true “push” using the Chatteremail client for Palm,...
Modest Moust - Dark Center of the Universe. The...