Moving to Vista

posted on 02/05/07 at 11:49:32 pm by Joel Ross

The weekend before Vista's official launch, I decided to take the plunge and install Vista. My old XP installation was giving me some issues (for example, a process would randomly shoot to 100% CPU utilization until I killed it for no reason) and it was… more »

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Back From Vacation...

posted on 08/28/06 at 02:22:29 pm by Joel Ross

No, I wasn't on vacation for a month - I just have been too lazy since I got back to post - or too busy. Depends on who you ask, but bottom line, I am still alive, and will resume posting regularly hopefully pretty soon. Obviously I have to start posting… more »

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Achieving Calendar Utopia

posted on 07/28/06 at 12:07:35 am by Joel Ross

For a long time, I've wanted to be able to have my calendar up to date, no matter what device I'm currently using - my laptop, someone else's computer, my Pocket PC, or my phone. That's been hard to do - but I think I am almost there! I would be there, b… more »

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Google Code: Now They're Taking Down SourceForge

posted on 07/27/06 at 10:31:22 pm by Joel Ross

What's the Slashdot crowd going to do now? Everyone's favorite Microsoft Killer (Google) is going after everyone's favorite Microsoft Killer (SourceForge - the home of Open Source Software)! What am I talking about? Google Code - where Google will host y… more »

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Newsome.org Web 2.0 Wars Winner Announced

posted on 07/24/06 at 11:00:00 pm by Joel Ross

Kent Newsome has been doing the Web 2.0 Wars for a while now - he's reviewed 200 applications thus far - and he's finally crowned the winner - YouTube. Which is ironicly fitting, considering the recent talks around YouTube's future - no real revenue (yea… more »

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Voltroning Up

posted on 07/20/06 at 09:56:00 pm by Joel Ross

I was listening to session 12 of BloggerCon IV (Video Blogging) the other day, and someone mentioned the term "Voltroning Up." I don't know who. Maybe Dave can answer that one. Being a child of the '80s, I liked the term. If you're not familiar, Voltron… more »

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Interesting iPod Uses

posted on 05/10/06 at 11:29:05 pm by Joel Ross

I'm definitely not what you would call a baseball fan, but this is a pretty cool use of technology. I was listening to an ESPN podcast, and Dan Patrick was interviewing Todd Hilton, and they started talking about his iPod, and how he uses it. Here's wha… more »

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Share Your OPML

posted on 05/08/06 at 08:51:03 am by Joel Ross

Dave Winer has (re)launched his OPML sharing website, albeit at a new URL, and is asking everyone to contribute their feed lists. I did, and there's a lot of good information there. At the time I'm writing this, I'm #6 on the list of "Most Prolific Subs… more »

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No Links?

posted on 05/05/06 at 03:49:24 pm by Joel Ross

Every now and then you listen to Steve Gillmor and just shake your head. Somethings I think he's semi-right-on. But his whole "linking is dead" meme is just off-base. How do you do a blog without linking? He says it forces you to explain what you're talk… more »

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Gmail Gone!

posted on 05/04/06 at 04:55:37 pm by Joel Ross

This can't be good: Technorati Tags: gmail | google more »

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