Sunday, November 26, 2006

Silly ideas that actually work…

If the Million Dollar Homepage wasn't enough for you, then get Your Name on Toast.

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Apple’s iTV & The Case of the Missing DVR

I just stumbled upon this post about Apple's pre-announced iTV. It's from September, but still relevant since no new details have emerged about the product that isn't due to ship until sometime in Q1 07. Be sure to follow the rest of the series on iTV by clicking on to Apple’s iTV: Clues in USB and the subsequent entries.

He's also got some interesting things to say about Apple's possible iPhone product.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Installing the Zune... sucked

If Engadget says it, it must be true, right? This one goes out to the Juice.

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The art of defensive blogging

This is the best argument I've seen yet in favor of corporate blogs (or celebrity blogs, for that matter). Plus, it led to Machiavelli and Calacanis being mentioned in the same comment.

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iTunes’ “hidden” features

Well, if you thought that last tip for iTunes was cool, we've got the motherlode of AppleScript-based iTunes enhancements for you. Sorry Windows users, AppleScript is strictly a Mac experience. Maybe you need a new computer anyway.

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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Intelligent design of playlists

Get more from your iTunes playback.

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TX Active, a new pollution-eating cement for Europe

How cool is smog-eating cement? Too cool to be true, as the cement in question doesn't actually "eat" (or remove) the pollution, but instead provides a catalyst to reduce it to safer substances. Still, that's a pretty cool innovation.

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For Start-Ups, Web Success on the Cheap

Big money is out, sustainable revenue is in. If Meebo can start on credit cards, so can you.

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Welcome Web 3.0!

Web 2.0 is dead! Long live Web 2.0! The semantic web gets re-branded as it goes beta.

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I’d Buy That for a Dollar

John Gruber at Daring Fireball recaps "the big Zune news this week" about Microsoft’s deal with Universal Music Group that includes a per-unit royalty on each Zune player sold. His analysis is spot-on.

"What we’ve got here is a nice, warm, shit sandwich from Universal Music, and Microsoft concluded that they had no choice but to eat it."

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New Site Pays Bloggers For Reviews Of Advertisers' Products

Too bad no one actually reads my blog. Or that I don't actually write reviews. But there's money to be made if you do. At least until the VC money runs out.

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Zune MP3 player has a lot of catching up to do

"Apple has a Porsche design reference" Enderle said. "It appears Zune used a Scion for a reference - oddly utilitarian."

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