Cloudy Thinking

Not that long ago I announced my divorce from the online bookmark service del.icio.us. As of today, I’m seeking reconciliation.

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If (like me) you are more than a little confused by all the High Definition Television (HDTV) terms and related technologies, this article from HD Beat will unconfuse you. [via del.icio.us]

InquisitorX is a beta search engine that uses progressive disclosure for results. It’s quite cool. Try it. [via Fried Geek]

Time Canada has a fascinating cover story about Apple. Thou shalt follow the link.

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Kevin Kelly at Cool Tools has a great review of The Complete Guide to House Concerts (by Nyree Belleville) and House Concerts: They’re folk presenting (by Tom Neff).

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Go try this clever text to audible Morse code generator. It’s the sort of thing you’ll like if (like me…) you like this sort of thing. [via CuddleTech, Ben Rockwood]

Christopher Allen’s SynchroEdit is a browser-based simultaneous multiuser editor for “same-time” collaboration.

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The marketing wizards at my work use the Survey Monkey web service. It’s sweet. I helped build the email address list for a recent customer survey, and was amazed at the great response rate. Less than 24 hours after the mailing, we had a 15 percent response rate. That’s awesome.

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LifeHacker has this short article about four methodologies for making a difficult decision. [via Scott Berkun's Blog]

World-class security guru Bruce Schneier’s Password Safe utility is a simple, trustworthy (and FREE) utility for storing passwords. Just do it. Now!

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has a web site. This is a refreshing way to provide everyone equal access to documents, from the source.

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This Energy Crisis article by Robert X. Cringely will make you think about what all these “free” Web 2.0 services will consume in disk space and electricity. I can’t say whether his assumptions and match are correct, but his thesis is plausible. Can you spell Bubble 2.0?

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