Cloudy Thinking

Kent Newsome asks bloggers (now and then) to help him rebuild (freshen up?) his reading list by suggesting five of favorite blogs.

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I signed up for Google’s expanded beta of GrandCentral. It looks like cool stuff.

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I’ve joined a Facebook group focused on the repression of free speech in Myanmar. formerly known as Burma. The growth of this group over the past few days is impressive:

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Massimo gives a brief summary of various approaches to virtualization — VMware ESX, XEN and MS Viridian
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Richard Hart writes about Home Brew Mobile Phone Club. OpenMoko, the Neo 1973. Watch the video!Home Brew Mobile Phone Club

The Wall Street Journal says Facebook adds more than 200,000 new users a day.

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Pandora Radio enables you easily create a customized station with programming that reflects your musical taste. It’s uncanny how well Pandora does in selecting similar music once you rate a few songs.

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Last night I received a phone call originated by a Neo1973 mobile phone running TrollTech’s Qtopia Greenphone Linux. See also the official annoucement.

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I just installed a pair of ZyXel PowerLine Ethernet Adapters, model PLA-400. It was dead simple — the Ethernet link worked the first time. Sweet!

Jive is an elegant, powerful remote now in beta test by Logitech Streaming Media Systems, formerly SlimDevices.

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Chris Anderson’s DIY Drones site is a resource for amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

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A friend and Apple fanboy dropped by my cube yesterday to show off his new iPhone. He likes it. Except…

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