Archive for June, 2008
Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-06-30
“Its a beautiful day in this neighborhood” – Weatherfox reports 10 days of sunshine with one heat warning day – Its not Chicago #
Woot.com is selling a wireless USB remote 3D mouse for $39.99 which includes a 1Gb USB stick and antenna #
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June 30th, 2008 by alephnaught
where
I’ve been playing with where for two days now. Where is an application for smart phones, including the RIM Blackberry, that creates a widget environment for GPS location information. So, for example, there’s a GasBuddy widget, which shows you the prices of gasoline at nearby stations, including the distance to the station from [...]
June 29th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-06-29
Bought a bunch of uiseless stuff and a book on van Eyck #
http://tinyurl.com/5hfadw from Los Angeles, CA: testing out where for blackberry #
http://tinyurl.com/63q42j from Los Angeles, CA: GPS is working in where now – cool! #
Geolocation with twitter seems like a good idea for some applications #
Spain 1 – Russia nil – about [...]
June 29th, 2008 by alephnaught
Surak’s Soul (Star Trek Enterprise)
Title: Surak’s Soul (Star Trek Enterprise)
Author: J.M. Dillard
Mass Market Paperback: 218 pages
Publisher: Star Trek (March 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743462807
ISBN-13: 978-0743462808
Dilliard has written a number of Star Trek books. This one is worth reading.
The story revolves around the death of a peaceful civilization, the Oanis, and a sentient energy creature called Wanderer. While I [...]
June 28th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-06-28
Another shitty day in paradise – temps into the 90s, bright sunshine, I wonder how much of this goodness I can take #
Well, we are having lunch with Aviva’s 91 YO great aunt today at Marie Callendar’s (after last night’s Italian dinner, oh well) #
Just added some more widgets to my blog – Wordpress rocks! [...]
June 28th, 2008 by alephnaught
Wacko / Soap Plant Store
We decided to drive down to Wacko / Soap Plant, a cool store that I was turned onto by the guy that did my first tattoo.
Wacko / Soap Plant is located at 4633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, California, (323) 663-0122. They moved into the Hollywood Blvd. location in 2000.
Aviva in front of Wacko
A view [...]
June 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Dinner at Il Tiramisu in Sherman Oaks
We had a good week at the office (mostly things were quiet and so we made lots of progress on everything – very nice), so I left early and Aviva and I tried an Italian restaurant she wanted to check out.
Il Tiramisu (13705 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 – 818.986.2640) is located on Ventura [...]
June 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Whither Instant Messaging and Twitter?
Twitter’s IM feed has been down for ages. For me, this is a real problem for two reasons.
Since Twitter is all about what you’re doing / thinking / feeling at a given moment, access to tools while mobile is critical. I hate SMS. I love GoogleTalk on my RIM Blackberry. Using [...]
June 25th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-06-25
@jzwier Thanks, but I’ve got two TiVOs so an Apple TV seems redundant – but thanks for the idea! #
@jzwier I might have said AND because I think we’re saying the same thing #
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June 25th, 2008 by alephnaught
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
Title: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
Author: Garr Reynolds
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (January 4, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321525655
ISBN-13: 978-0321525659
A friend of mine suggested this book to me over a year ago and I finally got a chance to read it. And I’m glad I did.
Lately [...]
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June 30th, 2008 by alephnaught