Archive for August, 2006

Push Email on Palm Treo 700p

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

If you think you need a Blackberry in order to get push email, think again. ChatterEmail on the Palm Treo (700p in my case) works like a charm.

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Tulumba for Turkish Food and More

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

A friend told me about Tulumba — “The World’s Turkish Megastore.”

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Sox and Sex

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Ron K. Jeffries is delighted to share this tip. It may improve your life in a powerful way.

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chumby — Low-cost, Hackable & WiFi enabled, Oh My!

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

Christine Herron reports about Bunnie Huang’s low-cost, open (and hackable) computer system called chumby.

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Second Life Critique

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Jonathan Cohen writes at Blognetwork Second Life: The Failed Experiment.

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Forbes: Don’t Marry Career Women

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

This is so fine, I feel compelled to share this summary (from Memeorandum) of a story by Michael Noer writing in Forbes.

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Babble of Chaos, Rhetoric of Defeat

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Richard Cohen writes in The Washington Post Civil War? What Civil War? It’s a strongly argued, well crafted story.

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KY Jelly: Not a Threat

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

From Dave Farber’s Interesting People list, we learn that KY Jelly is allowed on airlines. What a relief!

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Shark Alert!

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

If I only had one of these, my life would be complete.

Second Life: More Immersive than Real Life?

Monday, August 21st, 2006

A friend (not the same one…) says: “Fans are finding Second Life a “more immersive experience” than MySpace (and Real Life) …

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Cash? Guilty!

Monday, August 21st, 2006

A friend sent this link about a bizarre decision that basically says having cash is a presumption of guilt.

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The Shampoo Bombers

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Perry E. Metzger writes on Dave Farber’s Interesting People list On the implausibility of the explosives plot.

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