Shrinking Apple Expos... A Good Thing?

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Exhibitor on shrinking Apple expos: It's
a good thing!

Exhibitor on shrinking Apple expos: It's
a good thing! 07/30/2004 10:35 AM
Kevin Ford, MacWorld Boston exhibitor and CEO of Parliant (makers of the PhoneValet telephony solution) has written a good essay from the small vendor's perspective on why Apple's shrinking shows may actually be great for the Mac community.

Too much of a good thing

Too much of a good thing 07/16/2004 08:21 AM
Forget spam -- our real conundrum is the overload of legitimate e-mail. But help is coming.

Too much of a good thing?

Too much of a good thing? 01/01/2005 04:42 AM
globetechnology.com Jan 1 2005 7:04AM GMT

XML: Too much of a good thing?

XML: Too much of a good thing? 09/07/2004 06:38 AM
Explosion of special-interest XML dialects could mean the standard is a success or could be the start of a new headache.

Portability is a Good Thing (Again!)

Portability is a Good Thing (Again!) 08/05/2002 10:44 PM

Yahoo: Not Enough of a Good Thing

Yahoo: Not Enough of a Good Thing 07/07/2004 01:13 PM
Source: BusinessWeek - To maintain its lofty stock price, it must deliver earnings even more stellar than recent results -- while competition grows....

Microsoft Patches: Too Much Of A Good
Thing?

Microsoft Patches: Too Much Of A Good
Thing? 04/15/2004 01:09 AM
So what's the problem? Too many users hitting too few servers. The result? Problems connecting to Microsoft's Windows Update site, where the downloadable patches reside. By Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch (via MyAppleMenu)

Portability is a Good Thing (ADODB)

Portability is a Good Thing (ADODB) 07/25/2002 07:36 AM

More of a good Blue Hill thing

More of a good Blue Hill thing 07/09/2004 09:40 PM
New York has a review of the new Blue Hill at Stone Barns 30 miles north of New York City in Pocantico Hills, New York. I'm a big fan of Blue Hill in Greenwich Village, and when I first heard about the new spot, I added it to my list of restaurants to check out. Sounds delicious. Also if you're interested in Blue Hill, be sure and check out the article (not available online), "Back on the Farm" in the July 2004 Gourmet by Blue Hill chef Dan Barber. It's all about going to his family farm with his staff to plant and pick veggies. Sounds wonderful. And yummy!

Why Google News Is a *Good* Thing

Why Google News Is a *Good* Thing 09/30/2002 01:19 AM
8 Reasons Why Google News Is a *Good* Thing Dave writes how he's not impressed by Google News. Exact post: Google PR sends a message that they have a new News service. Maybe I'm slow this morning, or maybe I'm spoiled, but what's the big deal. I thought they already had this. My personal aggregator is better, it shows me what I'm interested in, it's not one size fits all. Help me figure this out. I'm sure there's something innovative here, I just don't see it. Permalink From a technical perspective I'm not sure that there is a lot that's new here. I still think this is huge though: My aggregator is just that mine -- I heavily tilt it in favor of tech / blogging / highly ecclectic stuff. I don't get general purpose "What's Going On" news -- and, sure, that's my fault. So what? A personal aggregator is always or at least often going to be this way. Google is giving me a much more balanced viewpoint. That's huge. Google is integrating foreign and U.S. feeds into one composite display. Given that there are differences in how U.S. media report stories versus foreign media, this makes it very apparent and that's good. The U.S. media is not always right. The user interface is highly functional -- I could easily see my Mom using Google News. I couldn't see her using a "traditional" aggregator be it Radio, AmphetaDesk, Drupal or another. The concept of aggregation is fundamentally important and one of the very real contributions that UserLand made to us all. Still aggregation doesn't mean squat beyond a small group of folks. Google News will introduce the concept very widely. Everything is very clearly time stamped i.e. "55 minutes ago". It's not going to get confused when someone re-edits a url they've already posted so the same thing shows up as new repeatedly. A Caveat. Google's reputation is such that I feel that they did a good job of picking the news sources which is particularly important for foreign information. When I caught the Indonesian bombing news this morning, I trusted the sources that Google chose to show me since they're from Google. Now that may be naive and perhaps it is but a lot of us will do that. They aren't relying on XML feeds so they aren't dependent on news sources that lack feeds like Voice of America. And while there are lots of ways to build these, it's generally non-trivial. Google News isn't going to replace my aggregator any time soon but it is a good tool that I can see myself using regularly. Visit Google News

Maybe e-mail addiction is a good thing

Maybe e-mail addiction is a good thing 06/05/2005 10:56 PM
Also: Are virus writers creating a super worm?

Maybe teenage pregnancy is a good thing

Maybe teenage pregnancy is a good thing 07/18/2004 06:41 PM

Now that I'm 40 years old most of my friends are in their riper years.  The women who are trying to have children in their late 30s and early 40s are going through torture.  Hormones, needles, in-vitro fertilization, miscarriages, etc.  Maybe teenage pregnancy isn't such a bad idea after all.  I wonder if in pre-industrial societies it wasn't the case that the grandparents did most of the child-rearing that required judgement and experience.  The teenage girl did the child-bearing but was still living surrounded by extended family so that her 30-35-year-old mom and mother-in-law could provide adult guidance for the baby.  Perhaps we believe that teenage pregnancy is bad only because our family structures have been broken up.

Is a Do-Gooder Company a Good Thing?

Is a Do-Gooder Company a Good Thing? 05/01/2004 02:43 PM
Supporters and critics agree that the public would do well to scrutinize the effects of Google's influence, whether or not it adheres to its promises of trustworthiness.

Hammers in Trees Is Not a Good Thing
(Reuters)

Hammers in Trees Is Not a Good Thing
(Reuters) 08/11/2004 11:38 AM
Reuters - Former ballerina turned hammer-thrower Shirley Webb has slammed British Olympic training facilities in Cyprus after being reduced to throwing into a field from a road junction.

Linus Torvalds: Backporting Is A Good
Thing

Linus Torvalds: Backporting Is A Good
Thing 04/20/2004 10:06 PM

Government wifi in Philadephia is a good
thing

Government wifi in Philadephia is a good
thing 09/03/2004 12:45 AM

Philad elphia is considering investing $10M to blanket 135 square miles with wifi coverage.

I agree with David Weinberger that the wifi project in Philadelphia is a good thing. Like David, I hear and understand the arguments against government running things that businesses can do, but I think that in the case of some of the low cost basic infrastructure like this, I think municipal governments can often deploy and run it just fine. I think that we need to start thinking of parts of our network as assets like roads, which can and should be run by government.

I will add that in most cases I believe in free markets and competition for this sort of thing.

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Running Linux and BSD on the Mighty Mac
Mini is a good thing

Running Linux and BSD on the Mighty Mac
Mini is a good thing 04/11/2005 02:18 PM
NetBSD and Yellow Dog Linux have both begun to support the Mac Mini. This article looks at the open source operating system options on this new contender in the embedded PowerPC platform space. The article provides the current state of Linux and NetBSD support on the Mini. If you need a stable kernel, a C compiler, and network support, the code is high-quality and the price is unbeatable. This is part two in the series. Part One covered the potential use of the Mac mini as a high-end embedded development board.

A good thing Microsoft doesn't make car
door locks

A good thing Microsoft doesn't make car
door locks 12/30/2003 01:31 AM
Joe Wilcox: "I think Microsoft should push back more security responsibility to customers. Too often, Microsoft is dinged for security mishaps that result from customers not doing enough to protect their PCs. Remember, that Microsoft released a patch that could...

Scientists: Male nematode proves sex a
good thing

Scientists: Male nematode proves sex a
good thing 11/07/2003 04:23 AM
USA Today Nov 7 2003 3:25AM ET

Sony Ericsson P900 Layla: Good Thing
It's Just A Prototype

Sony Ericsson P900 Layla: Good Thing
It's Just A Prototype 05/06/2004 08:39 AM
Slashphone takes a look at the Sony Ericsson 'Layla' prototype--the one we all got a little too worked up about a few days ago--and decides, you know, maybe that flip down keyboard might not be too comfortable to use. I have to admit, as much as I am a keyboard...

Over-Exposéd

Over-Exposéd 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
Those aren't Post-Its. That's Simon Willison's Exposé setup. God bless OS X....

Apple is not the good guy

Apple is not the good guy 05/14/2004 01:49 PM
Arro gance + Insanity = iTunes Patent.

Apple has been granted a patent for its iTunes interface, marking the latest milestone in a path of preposterous interface patents that started with Amazon’s 1-click e-commerce feature. What is Apple protecting? Does the company have serious software rivals in the Mac universe? Is there a developer in the Windows universe that doesn’t consider iTunes to be an undeveloped weakling among desktop media players? Compared to iRiver’s Media Jukebox, MusicMatch, and even the wretched RealPlayer (which is not represented by any interface patents, despite being ten years old), iTunes is an inconsequential plaything.

But only one competitor matters, and this patent is no doubt shielding iTunes from the thieving designs of Microsoft, which, as every Neptunian knows, attained world domination the last time it raided Apple’s interface.

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Just remember who Apple is the next time you open up your PowerBook. This is not to say that Micrsoft aren't stone cold bastards either - but that doesn't make Apple the good guys.

Dial [fn] for Exposé

Dial [fn] for Exposé 12/11/2003 04:58 PM
I've just--on the advice of Mac-pal Duncan--remapped Exposé to the [fn] key instead of [f9]. This is just the next step in my logical progression towards an Exposé-driven life. I started out a "hider", hiding everything but the active app in an effort to reduce on-screen app clutter. Enter Exposé... I mapped all four screen corners to All Windows Exposé view. My multi-button optical mouse's thumb button does the same. And I've become pretty efficient at reaching across the keyboard to [f9] for action. Moving that to [fn] brings things closer to home (row).

My favourite hint on selecting apps with Exposé is to use the Exposé key or button both to spread app thumbnails across the desktop and to select the one I'm interested in rather than Exposé button > click, Exposé button > click.

Griffey Homers Twice, Reds Top Expos 6-5
(AP)

Griffey Homers Twice, Reds Top Expos 6-5
(AP) 06/06/2004 03:46 PM
AP - Ken Griffey Jr. homered twice to increase his career total to 498, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied with three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Montreal Expos 6-5 Sunday.

Note To Apple: Proprietary Is Good

Note To Apple: Proprietary Is Good 07/29/2004 06:29 PM
It's important to consider two multi-billion industries that have thrived despite their proprietary technologies: printer cartridges and videogames. By Lisa DiCarlo, Forbes (via MyAppleMenu)

'Pent-up demand' good for Apple

'Pent-up demand' good for Apple 08/27/2004 02:15 PM
As reported earlier today, shares of Apple rose to their highest level in nearly four years ahead of the launch of the HP-branded iPod and Apple's revamped iMac...

Apple Searches for a Few Good Clusters

Apple Searches for a Few Good Clusters 05/14/2004 09:11 AM
The Macintosh maker holds a contest to supply five scientific research projects with its hardware and software.

Owners Seek Best Ballpark Deal for Expos
(AP)

Owners Seek Best Ballpark Deal for Expos
(AP) 08/19/2004 07:30 AM
AP - Trying to get the best possible ballpark deal for the Montreal Expos, major league baseball instructed its lawyers to press ahead with negotiations involving four of the areas bidding for the team.

Florida Marlins Blank Montreal Expos 3-0
(AP)

Florida Marlins Blank Montreal Expos 3-0
(AP) 04/15/2004 06:22 PM
AP - The Florida Marlins extended their shutout streak to a team-record 30 innings, with Carl Pavano and a pair of relievers combining to blank the Montreal Expos 3-0 Thursday.

OS's Gone Wild: Windows XP
Exposéd

OS's Gone Wild: Windows XP
Exposéd 01/07/2004 04:40 PM

WinExposé
I didn't think it would take four months for someone to come up with a clone of Apple's Exposé feature for Windows.

Should we start a pool to bet on how long it takes before they get their first cease-and-desist letter?

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Two Mac expos spotlighted in User Group
Report

Two Mac expos spotlighted in User Group
Report 06/07/2004 12:05 PM
Two Macintosh Expos, one regional and one international, are spotlighted in this week's edition of the User Group Report, the Internet radio show hosted by Chuck Joiner, editor of the MUG Center...

Washington Has a Deal to Lure Expos
(washingtonpost.com)

Washington Has a Deal to Lure Expos
(washingtonpost.com) 04/09/2004 09:08 PM
washingtonpost.com - Washington is calling baseball's bluff over the relocation of the Montreal Expos.

Group in Norfolk, Va. eyes Expos
purchase

Group in Norfolk, Va. eyes Expos
purchase 06/17/2004 02:37 PM

Phillies Beat Expos; Bell Hits for Cycle
(AP)

Phillies Beat Expos; Bell Hits for Cycle
(AP) 06/28/2004 11:10 PM
AP - David Bell hit for the cycle and drove in a career-high six runs, powering the Philadelphia Phillies to a 14-6 victory over the Montreal Expos on Monday night.

Grand Slam Puts Expos Over Cards in 12th
(AP)

Grand Slam Puts Expos Over Cards in 12th
(AP) 08/04/2004 01:00 AM
AP - Tony Batista is not likely to forget his 200th home run — or No. 199 for that matter.

Apple Update Has 'Em Standing In Line
For Good Reason

Apple Update Has 'Em Standing In Line
For Good Reason 10/29/2003 09:11 AM
Panther delivers considerable and assertive bang for the buck, tempting the sensible wheat side of you that wants new, useful features as well as the sugar-frosted side that wants everything to be fast, easy and cool. It's compelling; it will easily become the Mac's de facto OS by the end of the year. By Andy Ihnatko (Chicago Sun-Times via MyAppleMenu)

Apple III: one-click to buy = good; 20
clicks and 2 phone calls to return = bad

Apple III: one-click to buy = good; 20
clicks and 2 phone calls to return = bad 01/07/2004 02:42 PM
But alas, the story is not a completely happy one. For in addition to the iMac, I needed a router. At first bought a Belkin router from the Apple site. (By now, I had changed the one-click preferences to ship to my parents, so I was able to buy the Belkin router with one click.) But then seeing that I could get a Belkin wireless router elsewhere (of course, not on the site selling Airports), I tried to cancel the order from Apple. Yet when I went to return the Belkin router, life was not so simple. There was no link in the confirming email, and it took a good routing around on the Apple site till I found a web form to request the canceling of an order (it was too late to call, I discovered after calling). So literally 20 minutes after I placed the order, on Christmas Day, I sent a request to cancel it. Today, five days later, I received an email informing me that it was too late to cancel the order -- which I had discovered, since my Dad called to say the router had arrived. Twenty minutes on hold later, I received a RMA to return the router -- of course, we pay shipping. I wonder just what the thinking of the Apple Exec who set up this one-click-to-buy, a million-clicks-to-fail-to-cancel system was: "We'll make it really hard for them to cancel an order, and maybe they'll get so frustrated, they just won't cancel it!" Yes, that is brilliant. Oh well, here's to the Crazy Ones.

Shrinking Antennas

Shrinking Antennas 06/09/2004 11:57 PM
Sometimes you need someone who isn't an expert in a field to come up with a breakthrough in the technology. A technician in a university lab realized that he couldn't keep up his ham radio hobby at his girlfriend's (now wife's) house, because the antenna he needed was too big. So, he began messing around with different ideas on new antenna design - admitting that he basically knew nothing whatsoever about antennas. After trying a number of different experiments over the years, he eventually zeroed in on one possible solution, and believes he's created an antenna system that shrinks the antenna size without losing its efficiency. While some are still skeptical, and much more testing needs to be done, this might be yet another case of an "amateur" inventor forced to come up with something new out of necessity.

The Shrinking Frontiers

The Shrinking Frontiers 02/21/2003 03:42 PM
No doubt the testing site also got a boost when, to much surprise, China started blocking Google and later AltaVista in early September, at which point ...
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