Monthly Archives: March 2007
Google Notebook improved
I've been using Google Notebook off and on since last year, and it's been extremely handy. I logged in yesterday to write up a to-do list, and noticed that something seemed... different.
And then I started reading all over the place that Google Notebook has been upgraded and made multi-lingual to boot. If you haven't checked [...]
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A six month (re)review
I do a lot of reviewing products, hardware and software, and I try as best I can to put the products through the paces thoroughly before writing up a review.
But. Still.
There's only so much a few days or weeks of testing will really tell you. Readers want reviews of products more or less as [...]
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Best synchronization tools?
So, 2007 has been "the year of travel" for me. Usually, I spend 99.999% of my work time at home, with my "main" computer handy.
When I travel, I used to just rsync my home directory to my laptop, and go. Lately, though, I've been relying on online services like Gmail, del.icio.us, and whatnot to [...]
And I thought it was an odd choice for Johnny Cash
A YouTube clip of Kermit the Frog performing Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. How much more wrong could this be? None more wrong, that's how much...
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More Gmail woes
Gmail has been behaving exceptionally well the last few weeks, until today -- I've been getting "operation cannot be completed" errors for about 20 minutes. Anyone else seeing this?
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Here's something I don't understand...
I wonder if I'm the only person who does this: I collect background images for my computer like crazy. If I see a post on Lifehacker about computer backgrounds, I must click on it to see what sort of spiffy backgrounds there are, and I've downloaded zillions of them. I even pay for a subscription [...]
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