From the monthly archives:

March 2005

((sigh))

March 31, 2005

Merrin's out of town and…it's really quiet around here. The good news is she'll be back tomorrow and then it's off to Mexico on Monday morning.
If you think the blogging has been sparse around here lately, you ain't seen nothing yet!

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Google goes Van Gogh

March 30, 2005

Google is celebrating Van Gogh's birthday today with a very special Van Google logo. It's linked to a search for Vincent, including an image search. Cool.

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links for 2005-03-30

March 30, 2005

Aeron Chair by Herman Miller®

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New bill would ban Texas teams from BCS

March 29, 2005

A new bill has been introduced in the Texas Senate that would ban Texas teams from participating in the BCS. More at Fanblogs.

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Fanblogs browser & newsreader stats

March 27, 2005

Every so often, the larger websites will break down their traffic to report on browser stats and newsreader stats. (Arts Technica has such an analysis today.) Most of the time, these are done by – let's be honest – sites that would be considered on the geekier side of Mom & Pop America.
So, I thought [...]

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links for 2005-03-27

March 27, 2005

TivoToGo on your PSP
(tags: tivo psp)

Arlington Pediatric Center (Arlington, VA)
a truly unfortunate choice of logo design

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Track any computer, anywhere on the net

March 26, 2005

Cindy linked to the outstanding post on using clock skew fingerprints to track any single computer anywhere on the internet. Such an amazingly simple, yet effective technique. [Insansely technical whitepaper here (pdf)]

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HDTV

March 26, 2005

I'm still giving thought to buying a plasma screen. I wonder what a 50 ton, 79 foot by 71 foot screen would go for. I'd have to rearrange some things around the house, but it would be worth it.

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Nextel answers, "Where the heck am I?"

March 26, 2005

Nextel and Mapquest have teamed up to bring Nextel users location based info when you want it by locking in on a Nextel GPS-enabled phone. The new service allows you to share your location (via the web) with trusted parties, get maps of your location, and find local area info like restaurants and shops. The [...]

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Myrrh, aloe and cassia

March 26, 2005

I'm 100% certain that Easter (much like Christmas) has gotten way, way, way too commercial. Case in point:
Jesus scented candles. Not scented candles with images of Jesus – no. These are "the fragrance of Christ", taken from "the formula…spelled out in Psalm 45", now yours for only $18.
I guess if you forgot to [...]

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Hyundai moves with another industry first

March 23, 2005

Need XM satellite radio standard in your next ride? Swing by your Hyundai dealer and pick up a 2006 model. From our perspective, no one has every been more satisfied with a car purchase than Merrin is with her Santa Fe. Looks like her next car will have XM radio standard, huh?
Update:
Since it's mentioned [...]

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Bye, bye (buy? buy?) Ultimate Electronics

March 23, 2005

Damn. Ultimate Electronics is pulling out of Texas. The good news is that they may have some big sales coming up – right before my birthday! Now I'm glad I didn't rush into that plasma screen purchase!

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Please…don't…do…that

March 23, 2005

Stop saying "ATM machine". It's an ATM, not an Automatic Teller Machine machine. OK?!

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The alarm clock for my wife

March 23, 2005

Pete blogged the details on the new alarm clock MIT created to make sure you get out of bed. After you snooze, it moves from the bedside table to another part of the room (!) and goes off again. It could use some work from a presentation standpoint (it's a tad too function over form), [...]

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Addison to become wi-fi hotspot

March 23, 2005

The entire city of Addison is about to become a wifi hotspot. According to the DMN, rates have not been set yet, but 1Mbit speed is probably going to be $30/month.

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