I'm sick of doing things the hard way

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Tools for a sick Hard-drive

Tools for a sick Hard-drive 05/20/2004 04:03 PM
Knocking on wood here as I have not had any major hard-drive issues in several years but they always seem...

Some things are too hard to describe

Some things are too hard to describe 12/19/2004 02:59 PM

« M.A. Numminen. Imagine Tom Waits if he had done beat poetry, children's songs, looked vaguely like Colonel Sanders and spoke Finnish. »

We celebrated the Finnish Independence Day on Monday by going to a concert with friends. Neither they nor Jarkko could find the words to explain M.A. Numminen and, frankly, the description above is about as close as I can come to the truth. :) Any guy who can sing a song called "Talvisota [Winter War] Rock" with lyrics like "Go, Stalin, Go!" has a sense of irreverent humour I can enjoy. If only he would have had a smoke in one hand and a whisky in the other it would have completed the image. The performance was terrific and his band really knew how to swing, too. The second act was Matti Servo who I can try to describe as The Beach Boys get a Wurlitzer and go Las Vegas Lounge...in Finnish. :) It was a real Finnish cultural experience. I felt like a freak at work though when I mentioned how much fun I had at the show and either got a blank stare or a half-joking description of Numminen sounding like a rooster. Most great cultural icons and even not so great ones tend to generate strong like or dislike, don't they? :)

I also have to admit that I went to see the new Bridget Jones movie over the weekend and enjoyed it. :) The movie was a lot better than the book and Renée Zellweger really brings Bridget to life. I see so much of my own life in hers; the dinners with the smug marrieds when I was single, the talent for always saying too much or the wrong thing, feeling slightly pudgy, and otherwise feeling like an idiot or a 3-headed alien most of the time. Of course, there were two hours in which to enjoy Colin Firth who I wish someday would get a role that would really challenge his acting skill as well as light up the screen with a smile now and then.

Think hard 10 things Google's ethics
committee might discuss

Think hard 10 things Google's ethics
committee might discuss 05/20/2004 08:45 AM
BBC May 20 2004 1:18PM GMT

The trend lines are in the wrong
direction. I haven't seen anything in
any of the intelligence reports that
offers a hard and fast recipe for how to
turn things around

The trend lines are in the wrong
direction. I haven't seen anything in
any of the intelligence reports that
offers a hard and fast recipe for how to
turn things around 11/14/2003 08:03 AM
this intelligence report .. top secret CIA report .. pivot point .. Source

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Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive 12/25/2003 04:27 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 25 2003 3:36AM ET

When Things On Your Mac Do Cool Things
You Didn't Expect Them To... Or
Adventures In Mac-Based Audio

When Things On Your Mac Do Cool Things
You Didn't Expect Them To... Or
Adventures In Mac-Based Audio 01/03/2004 12:11 AM
If you play an instrument, write songs, sing, or wish you could do any or all of the above, take a look at DigiDesign's amazing little Mbox, a complete audio production system with many uses. By Bob LeVitus (Mac Observer via MyAppleMenu)

""I’m not the kind of artist who feels
that I have a mission of any kind
whatsoever. The 19th century was about
that. What right do I have? In many ways
it robs people of a lot of things. I’m
an average enough person to point to the
things that I’ve..."

""I’m not the kind of artist who feels
that I have a mission of any kind
whatsoever. The 19th century was about
that. What right do I have? In many ways
it robs people of a lot of things. I’m
an average enough person to point to the
things that I’ve..." 07/13/2004 03:21 AM

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening)

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening) 09/17/2004 02:39 PM

I just... I don't know what to say. There are a thousand reasons not to use the word 'suck' in your product name - especially if your product is, you know, a clock. "Suck bubble" isn't really any better, guys.

That's almost worse than the Bluetake Headsets. (Thanks, Allen!)

Read - Product Page [EC21]

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell 03/26/2005 01:14 PM
The Army's recruiters are being challenged with one of the hardest selling jobs the military has asked of them in the nation's history, and many say the demands are taking a toll.

43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things

43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things 04/17/2005 10:05 PM
43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things .. 43things adds web services API

43things.com/about/view/web_service_api
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Good things, bad things

Good things, bad things 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
Good thing: to have surge protection on your computer array.
Bad thing: kick accidentally the surge protection thingy so that the wall socket becomes loose, and have a big, catastrophic power failure.

Good thing: to be able to read your blogs while eating breakfast
Bad thing: to drop a bun in your cereal, and have milk splashed all across your laptop

Good thing: iTunes for Windows
Bad thing: Windows

Good thing: actually having sunlight in the mornings.
Bad thing: the mornings.

Good thing: upcoming go -tournament (http://takapotku.suomigo.net - feel free to come by and say hi!) next weekend.
Bad thing: not sleeping enough before the weekend.

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things 08/03/2004 07:46 PM
Tim Wu has rounded up some of the dumbest things that Jack Valenti said -- and he's found some real howlers, things that make Jack's infamous condemnation of the VCR ("the Boston Stranger of the American film industry") look like a walk in the park.

On the nascent cable industry, in 1974
"[Cable will become] a huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair."

On the dangers on media concentration, 1984 Op-Ed
"Will a democratic society allow just three corporate entities to wield unprecedented dominion over television, the most decisive voice in the land? There are now only three national networks .... There will never be more than three national networks."

On the public domain, 1995
"A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?"

Link (Thanks, Patricio!)

I'm Sick

I'm Sick 08/27/2004 01:48 PM

My insides are becoming my outsides. I'll try to get something going here in a bit.

Sick Car

Sick Car 06/22/2004 12:41 PM
My car is sick. However instead of waiting for it to explode and buy a new one I actually took it to a shop to...

sick day

sick day 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
I have a love/hate relationship. I love being home to nurture an illness, but I hate being home all day....

Sick!

Sick! 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
I just wrote a long story here, it disappeared, I am sick, Marius is sick (throwing up), and everything is...

PCs are sick, sick, sick

PCs are sick, sick, sick 06/24/2004 06:18 PM
Insanely Great Mac Jun 24 2004 9:52PM GMT

sick leave?

sick leave? 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
Tell me, WTF is up with ER not being on for two weeks? This is the one show that Kevin...

PCs out sick more than users

PCs out sick more than users 06/25/2004 08:37 AM
The average UK PC is rendered unusable for the equivalent of around nine working days every year because the owner is cleaning up spam or fighting viruses. This is two days a year more than the average UK worker takes off as sick leave, according to Yahoo. A survey of 2,500 UK e-mail users found that 70 percent of users had been infected by a virus in the past year and 42 percent say they found it less stressful fighting their way through rush-hour traffic than finding legitimate e-mails among the spam in their inboxes. Spam is a problem for all e-mail users but some companies are hit harder than others.

Sick and Sicker

Sick and Sicker 03/20/2003 05:31 PM
I've been sick this past week, but that hasn't stopped me from testing applications for Lockergnome. In between trips to the toilet, I stumbled upon Huminity. I'd point you directly to its site, but I don't want you to install it. In fact, I want you to tell everybody on the PLANET not to install it. Why? Because it just raped my address book. I guess I didn't take their privacy policy literally: 'Contacts are notified by a one-time e-mail notification about their inclusion in the Huminity network.' WTF?! Assume that when you install the program, the people in your contacts list will be notified with no further warning. Sick! Well, if you got a message from me telling you to join this network, let me use this space to WARN YOU to avoid this site / software at all cost....

Are you sick of Google yet?

Are you sick of Google yet? 08/18/2004 04:57 PM

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Are we sick of Google yet? Expect to get even sicker as the Google IPO becomes an exercise in futility for the company and the investment community at large. The reason why this has turned into a laughable fiasco is because the investment bankers, the brokers, and the middlemen have decided to queer this deal in any way they can. Nobody who got rich during the dot-com era wants to see the model for the…

YSM ICQ - You Sick Me - ICQ Client

YSM ICQ - You Sick Me - ICQ Client 05/01/2004 06:54 PM
ysm 2.9.5 is ready!

All kinds of Ick in my Sick

All kinds of Ick in my Sick 12/29/2003 04:20 PM
Not to a whole lot of fun going on here I'm sick of being sick, the rain looks more like...

So Damned Sick

So Damned Sick 12/02/2002 01:17 PM
I've been mentally and physically off-line for a couple days. A ton of people at work all seem to have gotten very sick as of Tuesday night. I'll spare the details, but suffice it to say that I've not been...

What a sick thing to do...

What a sick thing to do... 07/25/2004 04:03 PM
Bush administration seeks to block consumer drug suits. White House says injury claims undermine FDA.
Gee. I don't know wh y we might need some legal recourse against drug manufacturers?
Weasels!

sick graphics

sick graphics 08/29/2004 01:48 AM
TechTree Aug 29 2004 5:47AM GMT

Sycamore Sick No More?

Sycamore Sick No More? 05/11/2004 02:57 PM
Setting expectations for this onetime high flier.

Sun falls sick with same IPSec/SSH bug
as HP

Sun falls sick with same IPSec/SSH bug
as HP 01/22/2004 08:47 AM

Does E-Mail Make You Sick?

Does E-Mail Make You Sick? 12/16/2003 05:32 AM
Popular Mechanics Dec 16 2003 4:35AM ET

Whose Busienss Is It When CEOs Get Sick?

Whose Busienss Is It When CEOs Get Sick? 08/09/2004 08:23 PM
"You don't make a disclosure every time someone gets a gallbladder surgery. But cancer is a highly charged illness in our society." By Benjamin Pimentel, MacNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

How Many Sick Days Does Your Computer
Have?

How Many Sick Days Does Your Computer
Have? 06/23/2004 11:06 AM
A new study from Yahoo in the UK shows that the average British computer has nine "sick days", where the owner has to waste time fixing problems instead of being productive. Six of those nine days are due to dealing with spam, and the other three are from viruses. Once again, though, people are looking to their ISP to solve this problem, even if ISPs have been hesitant to do so. It's getting to the point, however, where ISPs that don't aggressively police their networks for spam, viruses and other malware may start losing customers to those that do.

Flick mosquitos or you could get sick
and die

Flick mosquitos or you could get sick
and die 07/19/2004 01:32 AM
If you catch a mosquito feeding on you, you should flick it away rather than squashing it, lest you drive its infectious guts into your body.

The issue is reviewed in an article published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine that focuses on a 57-year-old Pennsylvania woman who died in 2002 of a fungal infection in her muscles called Brachiola algerae.

Doctors were puzzled because the fungus was thought to be found only in mosquitoes and other insects. But it's not found in mosquito saliva like West Nile virus and malaria, so a simple mosquito bite could not have caused the infection.

The article's authors concluded that the woman must have smashed a mosquito on her skin, smearing its body parts into the bite.

Link (via Fark)

heal your sick house

heal your sick house 02/16/2004 09:24 PM
Geopathic Stress , otherwise known as negative earth energies, black streams or earth rays, have become acknowledged as a hazard to health.

Sick workers 'struggle on'

Sick workers 'struggle on' 01/23/2004 03:55 AM
West Midlands employees and white-collar workers are the most likely to struggle into work when they are ill.

Contractors sick of computers

Contractors sick of computers 06/26/2004 08:29 PM
Prosperity4 Jun 27 2004 0:40AM GMT

School made him sick

School made him sick 06/17/2005 03:35 PM
David Pescovitz: An Olathe, Kansas high school student was charged with battery against a school official for vomiting on his Spanish teacher. The boy's father said his son was just sickened by the stress of exams and didn't purposefully throw up on the teacher. An assistant district attorney said he has witnesses who say that's not the case. "I think a message is being sent by both the school district and the district attorney that this behavior will not be tolerated," the teacher told the Associated Press. Link

PCs Use More Sick Days Than People

PCs Use More Sick Days Than People 06/25/2004 02:10 PM

The Internet Is a Very Sick Place

The Internet Is a Very Sick Place 12/23/2003 07:15 AM
Viruses and worms ran rampant in 2003, but be prepared for worse, as the malware writers team up with the Net's other ne'er-do-wells, the spammers. By Michelle Delio.

PCs take nine sick days a year

PCs take nine sick days a year 06/24/2004 07:31 PM
Infomatics Jun 24 2004 11:14PM GMT
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The Fire Ant Gazette - A Midland, Texas
Blog Published Continuously Since '02 |
"USA Economy: Less Free than Before"

The Fire Ant Gazette - A Midland, Texas
Blog Published Continuously Since '02 |
"USA Economy: Less Free than Before" 01/05/2005 03:39 AM
The Fire Ant Gazette - A Midland, Texas Blog Published Continuously Since '02 "USA Economy: Less Free than Before"

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TomTom Navigator GPS review

TomTom Navigator GPS review 11/14/2003 12:38 PM
BargainPDA review of the TomTom Navigator GPS system for Pocket PCs, which is designed specifically for in-vehicle use and has an antenna which attaches to the roof of your car. Read...

GPRS Bluetooth hiccups with TomTom
Navigator 3

GPRS Bluetooth hiccups with TomTom
Navigator 3 12/31/2004 08:42 AM
All About Symbian Dec 31 2004 12:17PM GMT

Son of Road Trip - TomTom Navigator
Bluetooth GPS reviewed

Son of Road Trip - TomTom Navigator
Bluetooth GPS reviewed 08/23/2004 02:25 PM
Pocket PC Thoughts Aug 23 2004 6:12PM GMT

palmOne and TomTom Join to Provide
Bluetooth GPS Navigator (pics)

palmOne and TomTom Join to Provide
Bluetooth GPS Navigator (pics) 05/25/2004 02:16 AM
bargainPDA.com May 25 2004 5:59AM GMT

Device Server - Wireless Serial to
Ethernet Converter for RS232/422/485
Serial Devices

Device Server - Wireless Serial to
Ethernet Converter for RS232/422/485
Serial Devices 12/29/2004 05:50 AM
HelloDevice SS110 is a Wireless-enabled serial to ethernet converter for RS232/422/485 based serial devices. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004]

Bluetooth serial adapter ousts RS-232
serial cable

Bluetooth serial adapter ousts RS-232
serial cable 03/31/2005 02:28 PM
Electronics Talk Mar 31 2005 7:18PM GMT

TomTom GO 300 and 700

TomTom GO 300 and 700 03/17/2005 03:52 AM

There are two new models of TomTom GO GPS systems on the table, both of which appear to be fairly well-featured. The "700" and "300" follow suit of previous TomTom GO models, but the "700" eliminates the SD slot and adds an integrated 2.5GB hard drive as well as Bluetooth functionality. Hell, it even has an RF remote control now. The 300, on the other hand, remains with the SD slot and lacks Bluetooth and remote control. No word on price yet, but I'm pretty sure it is still cheaper to buy a road atlas.

CTIA: New TomTom GO 300 and 700 with Bluetooth [ChaitGear]

Update: David from ChaitGear qualifies:

Just to clarify, the TomTom GO 300 >does< have BT built in, but only usable for GPRS comms for the PLUS data service -- whereas the GO 700 has the full handsfree tech. Actually, the entire 2005 range has support for the PLUS service (as they're all BT based): TomTom GO 700, TomTom GO 500, TomTom GO 300, TomTom MOBILE 5, TomTom NAVIGATOR 5 and TomTom RIDER.

TomTom Wireless GPS

TomTom Wireless GPS 11/18/2003 11:34 AM
vnunet.com Nov 18 2003 10:29AM ET

TomTom on the Go (Ziff Davis)

TomTom on the Go (Ziff Davis) 07/09/2004 10:06 AM
Ziff Davis - The TomTom Go takes TomTom's personal navigation software and integrates it into a convenient, car navigation solution.

palmOne and TomTom Team Up for Bluetooth
GPS

palmOne and TomTom Team Up for Bluetooth
GPS 05/25/2004 02:47 PM
BrightHand May 25 2004 6:32PM GMT

WIDGET UK distributes TomTom and ROUTE
66 GPS for Smartphones

WIDGET UK distributes TomTom and ROUTE
66 GPS for Smartphones 09/15/2004 03:57 AM
Convenient door-to-door route planning software easy to use. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]

Widget UK Demonstrates the New Tomtom GO
at Technology Retail Show

Widget UK Demonstrates the New Tomtom GO
at Technology Retail Show 03/22/2005 04:25 PM
Hands-free functionality, connectivity and improved map coverage on stand TR 889 [PRWEB Mar 21, 2005]

Navigator for 2ch

Navigator for 2ch 05/05/2004 05:43 AM
Navi2ch 1.7.3 released

Navigator #1

Navigator #1 01/09/2004 09:53 PM
My Garmin 2610 GPS navigator arrived this afternoon, on time, from CompuPlus, a cheapie online merchant. But I had to help my son with his homework when all I wanted to do was play with my new toy. Damn homework! The unit seems smaller than I remember it from my friend's car. But such is the illusion of consumerism. The installation instructions are mediocre. The software installed pretty easily despite that, although I'm not sure that my registration went through. I got a mysterious error code. But the mapping software seems to be unlocked, so I'm proceeding. When you turn...

Navigator #2

Navigator #2 01/09/2004 09:53 PM
Off on a 1.5 hour trip tomorrow with the new Garmin GPS navigator. Part one takes me 20 miles away to Halley's place; I've never been in that neighborhood and it sounds like it's a bit tricky to find. Then it's on to Portsmouth, with Halley and Jackson, to a Dean meeting. So, this should be a good test. I'm having trouble with the UI for requesting routes. When I do a text search for an address, three times out of three it's told me that it doesn't exist, although if I use the map zoomed in all the way,...

LIRC Navigator 0.0.2

LIRC Navigator 0.0.2 08/19/2004 10:27 PM
A file navigator with remote control support from LIRC.

Number Navigator

Number Navigator 11/05/2003 01:15 PM
Help!!!!!!!!!

New: Time Navigator

New: Time Navigator 05/06/2004 10:07 AM
Atempo announced support for Mac OS X 10.3 Server in its Time Navigator software for enterprise data protection.

Netscape desktop navigator

Netscape desktop navigator 04/15/2004 09:08 AM

palmOne's Bluetooth GPS Navigator

palmOne's Bluetooth GPS Navigator 05/27/2004 03:20 AM
Engadget May 27 2004 6:17AM GMT

Microsoft Voice Navigator me

Microsoft Voice Navigator me 01/06/2005 04:59 PM
iPAQ News Jan 6 2005 8:12PM GMT

FBI will not be bugging your on-board
navigator

FBI will not be bugging your on-board
navigator 12/02/2003 12:45 AM
Security Focus is reporting: "An appeals court this week put the brakes on an FBI surveillance technique that turns an...

Apple's Knowledge Navigator revisited

Apple's Knowledge Navigator revisited 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
During my session at BloggerCon I referred to Apple's famous Knowledge Navigator concept video. I first saw that video in 1988. Today I tracked down a copy and watched it again. It stands the test of time rather well! Certain elements of that vision are now routine -- for example, Google found me the video and WiFi delivered it to a PowerBook which, when equipped with its iSight camera, bears a family resemblance to the Dynabook-like talking computer featured in the video. Other aspects are still far out of reach, especially the conversational interface based on deep understanding of natural language. ...

Blog Navigator 0.90 Beta Released

Blog Navigator 0.90 Beta Released 05/05/2004 02:07 PM

Time Navigator ready for Panther

Time Navigator ready for Panther 05/05/2004 11:01 AM
Atempo, a company that specializes in data protection software solutions for enterprise environments, has announced the support of Mac OS X Server 10.3 (Panther) for its flagship Time Navigator software...

Navman GPS 4400 Bluetooth navigator

Navman GPS 4400 Bluetooth navigator 12/12/2003 08:08 AM
Reg Review Are we there yet, dad?

Is There Still Life Left in Netscape
Navigator?

Is There Still Life Left in Netscape
Navigator? 05/27/2004 09:13 AM
Microsoft's Internet Explore, which was once a standalone browser, and now an inextricably integrated piece of Windows, has cornered about 94 percent of the Web browser market. But America Online still isn't throwing in the towel. There's a 7.2 release of Netscape Navigator due out this summer.

Logitech Cordless Navigator Duo @
CoolTechZone

Logitech Cordless Navigator Duo @
CoolTechZone 02/16/2004 06:42 PM

Charity Navigator Site Evaluates 3,400+
Charities

Charity Navigator Site Evaluates 3,400+
Charities 12/22/2004 01:07 AM
CharityNavigator.org gives you information you can trust and utilize in making giving decisions. Charity Navigator evaluates the financial health of over thirty-four hundred of America's largest charities so that people interested in donating to those charities can be assured that their dollars are being spent wisely and efficiently.

I'm sick of doing things the hard way

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