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Archive for February, 2007
A Reason to Switch to Mac? Mac Chick of the Month
BDTSP interview with Pat Phelan from AllFreeCalls.net
Pat Phelan talks to Drew Olanoff and he tells his side of the AT&T/AllFreeCalls.net war.
Will Drew go Mac?
Look, people. I realize that macs are “hot” and macs are “sexy”. Shit, everyone at Pluggd uses them. Why haven’t I turned over to the dark side? It’s mostly cost, but also a major fear of change. But Something happened yesterday that might change my mind. I checked out a programmer here using Parallels. The new version allows you to have windows umm windows open while in osx.
Holy shit it was smooth. I thought, well surely it must be jerky or slow. Nope, seamless. That might help me make the move.
Why are macs so damn expensive though? I don’t think the hardware is THAT superior. The operating system isn’t all that amazing, but I will admit that there’s definitely some nice life helping and time saving things built into it.
When will I take the mac plunge? I don’t know. I interviewed Adam from the MacCast podcast, and I think he shed some more light on why macs are great.
There’s almost some pride involved too. I’ve always supported PC and I’ve always liked Windows. Will the tech world look down on me for pulling a presidential-esque flop?
Stay tuned.
Google saves the ‘L’ for Love
As many of you may know, today is Valentine’s Day and for many love is in the air. For others loneliness. For many others lust. Whatever the case may be, Valentine’s day is a day inwhich a lot of ‘L’ words get tossed around.
But I’m not the only one who noticed this. Google did too. I’m sure the good people over at Google.com have made a fair share of revenue off of letters like ‘L’ and many others, and now they are giving back.
You see the internet is not just a series of tubes. It’s also made up of the numbers and letters that flow through these tubes. Google is aware of this as they are aware of the need for the letter ‘L’ on days like today. As a motion of community service, they have selflessly omitted the ‘L’ from Google in their holiday graphic in order to conserve the supply of L’s for the rest of us.
That is why I would like you and the many other netizens to join me in saying thanks to Google (or should we say ‘Googe’).
Google, Your quiet act of sacrifice has not gone unnoticed.
By Adam Plante
Best Damn Tech Show, Period 02.12.07
Leila checks in from the Opera headquarters, Flemo has the biffo, Plante knows whats up with Iris in the Virus, Drew has the skinny on WalMart and Rand.. well, Rand is just Rand….
BlueOrganizer Upgrades (3.2)
We’ve talked about AdaptiveBlue‘s BlueOrganizer for some time now. I caught them out at DEMOfall last year, and their Firefox/Flock extension is so full of features, it’s impossible to talk about them all here. You really have to give it a try.
At its simplest, BlueOrganizer allows you to bookmark/rate/share things online. Podcasts, Movies or CD’s on Amazon, or websites. Basically everything on the net becomes an item that you can organize and share. One great application is to create a wish list. When you add an item, you can say that you “want it”, and now with the new upgrade, you can easily create a flash widget to put on your MySpace or Blog and allow people to click them and such.
Seems pretty simple eh? Well there’s more to it. Right click on any link to bring up the “BlueMenu” which lets you dig further into a subject or item.
Seriously, you really just have to give it a try to see all of the features. Everything is gathered offline so you can track your stuff even when you have no interwebs.
Check it out and share your widgets with us:
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Dog Fashion in Pioneer Square
My boy Mike Demers (who did the editing and camerawork) and I meet a well-dressed dog. I had to jump on this interview opportunity when I had the chance.
This video was originally shared on blip.tv by mdd with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
The Wii Browser (powered by Opera Software)
So Nintendo released the Wii and so far it has been a great success! I had the privilege to try out the Wii when I went to Opera HQ last week. I played some games and used the Wii browser (powered by Opera Software). If I was honest, it took some getting used to! I’m not used to so much motion when playing a video game and I was quite concious of what an idiot I looked! It was obvious though that the people at the Opera offices had got used to the commotion as they didn’t seem to even notice.
Once I had worn myself out, I moved on to the browser. Now this I liked! It would be a lot easier if there was some kind of keyboard hardware as opposed to the on-screen keyboard though. I have never been a fan of on-screen keyboards on devices, however on gaming machines such as the DS Lite, there isn’t much choice and you do eventually get used to using them.
The Browser itself is surprisingly advanced. There isn’t a great deal that’s different from using a normal browser. It has an impressive zoom in, zoom out feature which I had a lot of fun with. The Wii browser also supports flash, Ajax and CSS.
You can currently use the free beta until the endof June 2007, the final version should be available at the end of March 2007. After June 2007, the price will be 500 Wii Points (about $5).
_Leila
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Robert Scoble Photowalks with Thomas Hawk
Photowalking is a new thing. A bunch of photo lovin’ geeks get together, walk around, talk, and shoot photos. I love it and I want to do one. Maybe I can get a Seattle Photowalk going. Until then, check out Scoble Show with Thomas Hawk.
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Best Damn Tech Show, Period 02.05.07
Drew is in via Skype! Paul talks about Bill Gates, Plante plays with vista and his Wii, Rand thinks sex offenders can’t be trusted and much, much more!
Say what?