Sirius Stuff

Not that it applies to this blog at all but Web 2.0: Buzz-Monitoring and Tracking | Smashing Magazine is a nice write-up of some solutions and I need to look at it more closely.
I’ve been trying to use Google notebook to track things but it’s not working so well for me.  The interface is kind […]

I installed Vista on my home desktop machine.  I say “installed” rather than upgraded because Microsoft’s installation routine refused to let me upgrade.  I spent a couple of hours on trying to figure out how to get around that and, in the end, decided that I’d rather install FireFox, Acrobat Reader, iTunes and the other […]

I’ve had this article on my hot list for a while.   In /Message: Human Scale, Neighborhoods, and MySpaceaphobia Stowe Boyd writes well about some of the issues with online sites like MySpace or Facebook and even proposes some solutions to the problems they have.
Human-oriented social contexts should allow users to control scale: how many people […]

I was impressed with the level of detail in What’s With the 712 Area Code? — Alec Saunders .LOG where he talks about why “free” international long distance services are based in Iowa and how they’re able to make money offering “free” service.
In short, the service splits the money with an Iowa telco who […]

In their article Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs - New York Times published today, the Times makes a number of good points.  Probably the best one is:
As some wags have said, the initials D.R.M. should really stand for “Digital Restrictions Management.”
One of the reasons I’m reluctant to switch to an Apple computer is because […]