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We’re only so smart… so we need filters to simplify stuff in the world.
The nightly news filters all the stuff coming from Iraq and elsewhere. (If you don’t know what is happening in Darfur, then your news filter may be clogged)
Radio stations filter the universe of music and give us tunes (presumably) we want […]

I am very pleased with my new 4th generation Ipod Photo. The screen is brilliant and the battery life is phenomenal. I simply never run out of juice.

Avoid-Automatic-Pause Tip:
There is a great feature in the new Ipods that pauses playback if the headphones become unplugged. Say you are listening to an audiobook and you […]

Yesterday, I had my first taste of Apple-Fanaticism: The Release of the new Mac Operating System (OS), Tiger. It seems the release of a new OS is a very big deal in Apple circles and yesterday was no exception. It was to go on sale at 6pm. My friend Stu, who always keeps me […]

Looks like we can now buy stuff in Boston with our mobile phones.
Of course this means that we are going to get hammered with advertising on our phones.
I’m still on the fence about the dastardliness of corporate america and their aim to do this. Do I want to find out that there is a […]

One of the great things about del.icio.us is the places it helps you stumble upon. Not only is it a great place to store your own links, but you can see the community that is linking the same things that you are. Then you start stumbling upon interesting places on the internet. For […]

Have you cataloged your del.icio.us links?
I have.

Check it out, Yahoo has got a way to search the Creative Commons. And I thought Google was doing all the cool stuff.

Mobog and I just were not getting along. The place is a little creepy and I didn’t like creepy people commenting on my photos. So I decided to rehost my “Stream of Consciousness” sidebar on flickr.com. Flickr is a class act and has some good features that any nerd would like. For the […]