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• Free Wi-fi
  I'm not sure how I feel about the concept of free wi-fi in coffee shops and bars - sure, we all like “free”, and I'm always careful to order refills and tip the baristas copiously. But, it can be impossible to get a table, because of wi-fi squatters. This afternoon, I'm sitting at Fall Cafe in our new neighborhood, and looking around at the other tables - each with a laptop - and I see a lot of empty cups - these people have been sitting here for hours. As you can see from the new signage in the window...
• First Week in Carroll Gardens
  We arrived last Wednesday, and unpacking is an ongoing project. We sold, gave away, or threw out most of our “big stuff”, so this move is not only about a new space, but also a lot of new purchases. A lot of the stuff we got rid of was from our college days, and had also already made it through our fire. I'm most excited about our new sofa, which Lisa bought from Room & Board in SoHo. Thanks to Jason and Liz for tipping us off to this place - we loved everything we saw there. Their furniture manages...
• Free IKEA Sofa in Cambridge
  Hi - one big piece of furniture left before our move Wednesday. It's an IKEA sofa/couch: There is some cat damage: ...but it would clean up nice with a slipcover from IKEA. Free, but we need you to get it outta' here by Wednesday, preferably earlier. Let me know! nedward AT gmail DOT com...
• “No Reservations”
  Went to the Common today to see a total chick flick: No Reservations [NY Times Review], starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart. I figured, hey, I've got lots of expired AMC Theaters gift certificates sitting around that have to be accepted in Massachusetts by law, and I've got time... why not? This film is a quiet, understated emotional triumph. Sure, we all love to watch Mrs. Douglas mope around the screen in a cute Chef's outfit, and who doesn't like Aaron Eckhart every moment he's on screen? The dude made Thank You for Smoking watchable, so he has talent. But...
• Kittens
  To think that I feel guilty when our little ones' dishes are empty, and they meow at me: The single most effed up thing I've seen today....
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Is Is”
  The new Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP Is Is is out, and it kind of reminds me why they were worth listening to in the first place. From Pitchfork: Each aspect of her (Karen O's) stage identity finds equal expression on these songs, which only makes them sound more immediate and affecting. In fact, Is Is may be their most instantly accessible release, which is not a critical dig but just a way of saying it finds a good balance between alienating and inviting, between song and performance. It was produced by Australian Nick Launay (who recorded Gang of Four, Killing...
• Ravenclaw
  According to The Harry Potter Sorting Hat Personality Test, I'm a Ravenclaw - but just barely: Ravenclaw 75, Hufflepuff 73, Slytherin 68, Gryffindor 65 But, Lisa took the test for me, and is convinced that I'm quite Slytherin: Slytherin 85, Gryffindor 62, Ravenclaw 61, Hufflepuff 38 One of us has a perception problem, at least when it comes to me! What house are you?...

• Two New Free Downloads from Microsoft
  Two great new free downloads from the Microsoft Mac BU this week: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta)Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect to a Microsoft Windows-based computer and work with programs and files on that computer from your Macintosh computer. Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac (Beta)...convert Office Open XML files to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v. X for Mac. Just doing their part to promote Mac & Windows cohabitation....
• MTA Subway Map for iPhone
  Since I bought my iPhone on June 30, I've been looking for an easy, high-quality method for viewing the MTA Subway map. The phone's built-in Photo application “optimizes” all photos and images down to a dimension and resolution that doesn't work well for images with lots of small text and details. What I wanted, was the ability to view a PDF, or large PNG of the system map – and to be able to zoom in and drag it around easily. Bill at iSubwayMaps.com outlined one such solution, which involved setting up a Yahoo! mail account, since IMAP mail accounts...
• Good Deed of the Day
  I'm doing some coding (and drinking iced coffee) today at Darwin's, near Harvard Square - and I did the unthinkable. I found a Nikon D80 (with a nice lens) left behind by another customer, and I turned it in to the staff. Yea, I surprise myself sometimes....
• Puppy vs. Kitty
  We had our moving sale this weekend, on our front stoop - and we even put Katya (our five-year old kitty) in her harness and leash, to walk around the yard. So, today is cat day! May I present, “Puppy vs. Kitty”:...
• Moving Sale
  Lisa and I are packing up our Cambridge apartment in advance of our move to Brooklyn in early August. As such, we are getting rid of a lot of stuff - most of the big stuff is IKEA related. We're going to be doing the yard sale thing tomorrow morning, and maybe sunday as well. For more info, map, etc. check these out: Craigslist Ad, with photos Flickr Photoset...
• Smith Street Confronts the Corporate Takeover
  Ooh, Cobble Hill folks are worried that their neighborhood is losing its charm, as cookie-cutter shops are opening along Smith St. Good thing our new apartment is closer to the Gowanus and the BQE... Smith Street Confronts the Corporate Takeover - New York TimesDespite the neighborhood’s predilection for remaining under the radar, compared with more-famous borough destinations like Park Slope or Williamsburg, the cost of opening a store along this stretch of Smith Street can now be twice as high......
• Blogging for 7 years?
  I'm totally getting old! I just realized that I missed my "blogging" anniversary... On this past July 11, this site hit the 7 year mark. wow. FIrst Post? It was about that brick of a digital camera (point-n-shoot) that I bought that summer. My original weblog was on blogger, and then was migrated to a ned.suckahs.org, when we set up the suckahs domain in July 2001. (More on that here.) In February 2005, I decided to split it out into the domain I use today....
• “Designed Deterioration”, and the return of Links
  Now that I have 2 days left at my current job, and a big move to NYC coming, I'm going to attempt to post more often. A new design for the weblog is also in the works, but not sure when I'll get to it. In that spirit, I found myself reading and re-reading Khoi's recent post about how we value objects that deteriorate in a cool way. Khoi is far more eloquent than I can be, so just go there and read it: Subtraction: Designed DeteriorationUnused objects are ignorant; only the ones that have been put to use, that...
• Pownce
  Anybody got a Pownce invite? Pretty please? UPDATE: All set, thanks Rich!...

• Movable Type 4 Beta
  Well that was fun - I tried to upgrade to the new Movable Type 4 Beta, and it completely hosed my MT database tables. Luckily for once, I backed up everything, prior to taking the leap - so we're back up running now. It might be a good time to finally switch over to WordPress?...
• Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience
  I’ve been listening to a few CDs on repeat a lot, these past few months – my chief obsession being The Knife’s two LPs, the earlier Deep Cuts, and last year’s Silent Shout. I’m not a big techno fan, but I am a confessed svensk-phile. I’m excited to hear from Pitchfork that The Knife are getting ready to release a deluxe edition of Silent Shout, “featuring a live disc and a DVD in addition to the original synth-rattled masterpiece.” I’m totally looking forward to the DVD [Pre-order with Amazon] – my favorite track “Heartbeats” was re-worked awesomely. Here’s a preview:...

• SXSW: Day 1
  4 restless hours of sleep, and 1 Jetblue direct flight from BOS to AUS, and I found myself in Austin. Checked into the hotel and met up with the EchoDitto folks, and other friends. There are like 4 Jasons, 2 Justins, a John (me) — so it gets confusing. 70 degrees here, 55 or so at night. This festival totally takes over the city. Met some cool people last night, and the first panel this morning was cool — i started in “why XSLT is sexy”, but bailed for “emerging social and technology trends”. Next up, “How to Bluff Your...

• SXSW '07
  Things have been so hectic with work lately, there’s been no time to update. I’ll be attending the SXSW Interactive Festival this year in Austin, TX. I just couldn’t let another year go by. I’m crashing with Jason and the EchoDitto crew at the Hyatt — can’t wait to meet everybody....

• links for 2007-01-20
  The BEAST 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2006 An alt weekly from my home town has some snarky observations....
• links for 2007-01-05
  Quinn: a nice Tetris version for OS X Free, and you can play on your local network, with Bonjour support! Chief Justice Rehnquist was on painkillers for 10 years A doctor was cited as saying that Rehnquist, an associate justice of the Supreme Court at the time, tried to escape the hospital in his pajamas and imagined that the CIA was plotting against him. YouTube - OUTSOURCED movie trailer Sounds familiar: After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement. Parallels Desktop for Mac Update Beta3 The best and fastest...

• Sabres as Oasis?
  We're heading home to Buffalo for the holiday, (and my 10-year High School reunion), which reminds me of how well the Sabres are playing. ESPN's John Buccigross compares the Sabres to the britpop Oasis of all things: At full strength, the Buffalo Sabres are unequivocally the best team in the NHL. Not only do they have the full complement of parts, but Buffalo has that confidence that Oasis had when they went head-to-head with Blur back in 1995 in a Britpop mano a mano, or more accurately called boyo-a-boyo. Noel Gallagher said he and Oasis' soul was more pure than...
• Indie Rock and Pot
  Sorry for not posting in a while, but Presley posted something too funny: Weed Makes You Listen to Indie Rock According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, smoking the wacky tabacky turns you into a poseur. Even worse: an indie rock poseur. Listen to this PSA. Just listen to it. And then just try to tell me it doesn’t make you want to put down the bong and start listening to rap music. [mp3]...

• links for 2006-10-18
  Some great Greasemonkey scripts for Gmail conversation preview bubbles, Label colors, & keyboard macros Smart Google Reader Subscribe Button Another cool Greasemonkey script, if you’re into Google apps. Alison from Project Runway Season 3 is getting her own line Kicked off way to early, (I don’t say this just because she was the cutest), it’s good to see her doing well. And, she’s a Cape Cod native....
• links for 2006-10-13
  It’s Windows Freeware day! AIM light Nice light-weight AOL Instant Messenger client. Taskbar Shuffle After installing and running Taskbar Shuffle, all you have to do is click-hold-drag the way you would if you were reordering anything in Windows....
• links for 2006-10-10
  The Good, The Bad And The Queen - “Herculean” Stereogum has an MP3 of the first single from TGTB&TQ… it’s more Gorillaz than vintage Blur, but haunting none the less. More info on TGTB&TQ here...

• Lad Lit in Song
  I always knew there was something wrong with Nick Hornby… now I have proof....
• BU Central
  Man, I’ve taken a long break from this site… a belated welcome back to all the college kids — I almost forgot about all of you. And since it’s the new school year, it’s also time for BU Central to start up. They host bands, comedians and other fun stuff that we never had during our years there. Rainer Maria It makes me laugh when they pop up on Sirius Left of Center, as “up-and-coming!!!”. Beirut I really don’t get what the buzz is about, but, I have to respect their live act. I’ve never seen a room of kids...

• The Good, The Bad And The Queen
  photo by NME The Official Blur mailing list announced today that Damon Albarn’s new project The Good, The Bad And The Queen, will perform their first gig at a BBC festival in October. TGTBTQ is a collaboration between Albarn (Blur & Gorillaz), bassist Paul Simonon of The Clash, and guitarist Simon Tong of The Verve. Damon is already setting expectations high, according to the BBC: It was “a story” rather than a band, said Albarn, adding he was “very, very proud” of the work, which will be performed on 26 October at the Roundhouse. “It’s a very English record....
• �Security�
  Windows is driving me insane at work — all of these little security fixes that get in the way of productivity. Last Friday, I installed the latest Windows updates and rebooted at the end of the day. When I get to work and log in on Monday morning, I get this security warning every time I click on a zip file: Internet Explorer This page has an unspecified potential security risk. Would you like to continue? Um, yes, permanently. It only repros (so far) for ZIPs on network shares and mapped drives. I’ve got Win XP SP2 & IE7… any...
• The Beatings
  I went to see Reverse play at Bill’s Bar Friday night, and got to catch The Beatings for the first time. They’re a four-piece indie-rock act from Boston that’s been around for a couple of years, and they reminded me a lot of H�sker D� and the last Pixies album, Trompe le Monde. It’s a pretty raw sound, but always melodic and direct. And I liked that the two guitarists and bassist each took turns at the mic — (no doubt they also share in song writing).  Myspace : take a listen to some tracks eMusic : download albums...
• Windows Live Writer (Beta)
  I’m posting this from inside Windows Live Writer, a newly released “weblogging” application by Microsoft. It’s a slick little windows app, with support for publishing to Movable Type, Wordpress, as well as Live Spaces, by default. Paul Stamatiou has an extended review, but here are some of the features: WYSIWYG Authoring Spell Check Photo Publishing Map Publishing, (via Live Local) Compatibility with Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress (and many others) Also, like most good WYSIWYG editors, it allows you to toggle over to HTML code view � (taking a quick look at this post, I see that it writes pretty clean code). Note:...
• links for 2006-08-07
  Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black Hilarious spoof of the VH1 staple, with lots of interesting facts about a very familiar typeface. Helvetica: the Film A feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. Thank god for the Swiss. Johnny Marr Joins Modest Mouse Legendary Smiths’ guitarist had been writing and recording with the band, but is now “a full blown member”, according to front man Isaac Brock. OK GO - Here It Goes Again video Hilarious choreography, OK music. I will never look at a treadmill the same again. [via]...
• New Brain Bucket
  I decided to splurge a little on myself this weekend, and buy a new helmet for scootin’ — a Shoei RF-1000 in matte-black. My original helmet was a Korean HJC CL Max, with a flip-up chin bar — but it never quite fit me right, and it looked mildly retarded, all shiny and bubbly. Shoei’s designs are much more streamlined and fitted. I love the matte black — first my RAZR, next this helmet… the only thing left for me to buy is a Darth Book. photos: 1 | 2...
• ICA Boston
  IMG_2306, by droush16. It looks like the new ICA on the South Boston waterfront has to delay it's September opening: In interviews yesterday, ICA officials, architect Ricardo Scofidio, and construction company manager John Macomber said that the remaining work was not major. Among the pending tasks -- termed �minutiae� by one ICA trustee -- was the need to test the building's ticket counter and climate control system. [via]...

• Pitchfork Music Festival
  We didn't make it down to SXSW, but we are heading to Chicago for Pitchfork's festival. 96 degrees and humid... see you in hell, Chicago!...
• links for 2006-07-27
  Fix Keyword Assistant in newer iPhoto Thank god for this workaround - I’ve been stuck in “compatibility mode” since April. Smultron Mac Text Editor The “split window” feature looks sweet, especially for when you’re editing both a HTML and CSS file simultaneously. The Icon Factory’s Animated “Under Construction” Page I’ve enjoyed watching each installment — funny stuff for web geeks....
• Weekly Dig Redesign
  I look forward to picking up the new Dig every Wednesday morning while I’m in line for coffee at Herrell’s. It’s the only readable “alt” weekly I’ve ever come across - anywhere. And finally, the Dig has a new website to match their print offering. There is a daily blog, my favorite column Media Farm, a round-up of local events in the right column. Also, you may subscribe via a variety of RSS feeds....
• (Un)Happy Planet Index
  The Happy Planet Index is a fascinating examination of countries’ economic and ecological footprints. Like much of social science, I’m not convinced that it shows anything concretely useful at all, but it does satiate my need for rank-order and self-examination. Here is how they designed the study: The Index doesn�t reveal the �happiest� country in the world. It shows the relative efficiency with which nations convert the planet�s natural resources into long and happy lives for their citizens. The nations that top the Index aren�t the happiest places in the world, but the nations that score well show that achieving,...
• links for 2006-07-20
  �Sith Abandon Ship� T-Shirt I’m a sucker for these funny Star Wars T-shirts, especially when they’re printed on American Apparel. …features an awesome imagined scene of a Darth water rescue. Man, is he gonna be pissed. Fisher-Price MP3 player No, we’re not talking about Web 2.0 me-too design� this is an actual device for young children. (I can see Apple jumping in here with the iTot.) [via] CoComment launches new features Finally, it will track comments from all readers, not merely other CoComment members. Do yourself a favor and sign up!...
• links for 2006-07-19
  Dvorak is a f*cking idiot Hack piece on CSS, and its supposed deficiencies… maybe John should stick to a Blogspot template, or hire someone who understands the subject. [via] UPDATE: John Allsop picks apart Dvorak’s piece Forbes names Buffalo a �Bohemian Bargain� Don’t let Buffalo’s reputation as a frigid Lake Erie town fool you. There’s plenty of heat here�particularly in the arts. Part of their 150 Cheap Places to Live series....
• Rhode Island of Misfit Toys Rally
  This past weekend was the Rhode Island camping rally… we rented a truck to transport the bikes, drank sangria made from 4.5 bottles of wine & 1 bottle of brandy, and had a good time scooting around, (before the drinking began). I even got to DJ saturday night, with an improvised iPod/radio setup. Even the 90+ degree heat couldn’t keep us down - but I totally understand now the importance of shade, when you’re trying to snooze inside a tent. Rhode Island of Misfit Toys photoset. Presley’s photoset Video of Angie’s gymkhana crash on YouTube...
• links for 2006-07-14
  The Killer’s new song, When You Were Young They updated their web site, with the full version of the new single. Hear the Springsteen influence? The album due out in October. Last.fm update today? The site and service are on hold right now....
• Vox Upgrade
  Well, I finally have access to a blog on Vox… (the starter account is little more than an online profile). Seems like other people also complained: With this release, we are also responding to your feedback that the whole starter account thing wasn’t working and have decided to shelve that feature for now. Last week, we upgraded all starter accounts to standard accounts (yay!) and have turned that account level off. It seems pretty cool, but I don’t have any invites! So, I have no friends. If you’re on Vox, add me to your neighborhood....
• Scooting in the Times
  Presley sent me an article in the Sunday New York Times about scooting: Cheap, Chic and Sociable: The Buzz About Scooters. I give the journalist a lot of cred for accurately capturing the community, (at least in nyc). I especially found this passage funny: Scooter owners will tell you that drivers on four wheels are clumsy and often disrespectful. “They park by feel in New York City,” said Peter Lutjen, a book cover designer. “They back up until they bump into something, and if they bump into a scooter, it’s going down. So your option is, get knocked down...
• links for 2006-07-07
  Upcomingscrobbler Awesome mashup of your last.fm data, and Upcoming.org events in your area… it even provides an ATOM feed, (though the feed does not validate, and gives errors as of now). iCalendar support is coming in the future, which will keep you from ever missing a good show again!...

• Adobe Flash Player 9
  Product Manager Emmy Huang writes in the Adobe Development Center: As we looked at our goals for Flash Player 9, however, we realized that it would be too limiting to continue to evolve the existing engine. We wanted to create a watershed moment in the history of Flash Player, and to deliver it we needed to be able to innovate without constraint. As a result, ActionScript 3.0 is essentially a full rewrite of the ActionScript engine. ActionScript 3.0 executes in a new, highly-optimized virtual machine known as AVM2, which we built for efficiency and performance. Although AVM2 will be the...
• Outlook 2007 & Gcal
  I’m one of those stiffs who loves his Powerbook, but is forced by necessity (and Corporate IT) to work in Windows XP and Outlook all day. Meeting requests come in and tasks are assigned, all using Outlook. However, because I rely so much on Gmail in my personal life, I store personal events online with Google Calendar. Everything works seamlessly on my mac, as Apple’s iCal software allows subscriptions. But there is no way to get Outlook 2003 to sync or share data in the iCalendar format… in fact, I think that Outlook stores its information in some Microsoft proprietary...
• links for 2006-06-26
  Bicycle Drift Get that Fast & the Furious Tokyo Drift action with your bike [via] The Culture of Fugly DxF is back, arguing against those who argue “bad design is good design”… I love the redesign. Project Runway to return on July 12 I became a fan midway through season 2, so I can’t wait for the new crew. It’s a great reality show for creative-minded people. Slate redesigns More, more, more… and, huge-ass rollover menus....
• Asobi Seksu @ Great Scott
  We went to The Plan at Great Scott on Saturday night to see the Brooklyn band Asobi Seksu - I got some good shots of them and two of the opening bands. As I wrote earlier, the new record Citrus is an incredible step forward for them, and the live show succeeded in duplicating the wash of guitars and noise, without completely covering up Yuki’s voice. They’re nice people, too. The other great thing during the set were the lights and smoke effects… so cool. The Plan people are really showing up the old Cambridge clubs, because it was freaking...
• links for 2006-06-19
  Erik Spiekermann trashes the World Cup branding All designers like to talk shit, but I think he’s just jealous of the gig. [via] Colibri It’s like Quicksilver for Windows. [via]...
• Vox Invites
  Six Apart has Opened Up Invites for Vox Can I please have one? Thanks Matt! Now, anybody want to upgrade me to a Standard; account? ;-)...
• Diesel Sweeties
  I love Diesel Sweeties … I prefer to name my computers and devices after imaginary girls who would never go out with me....
• Glass Candy
  Nobuko and I went to see PDX’s Glass Candy play at Great Scott last night… wow, what a fun show. It’s a three piece band, made up of a drummer, guitarist, and a glammed up blonde singer named Ida No. They use a lot of loops and beats, which mix with some relentless drumming and No’s post-punk vocal stylings. She coos, she screams, and she meanders around the stage, barefoot. And most of all, she makes white boys like me dance. She’s Debbie Harry on meth. What’s not to like? My New York City friends can catch them tonight at...
• West Elm in the Fenway
  Apparently, West Elm is coming to the Fenway, in the new Trinity mixed-use complex under construction between Boylston & Brookline Aves. Our house is all IKEA, but if you have a bit more money to throw around, West Elm has some nice stuff....
• The Omen
  Rating: B+ So yea, I went to the movies on 6/6/06, to see the remake of The Omen. I was surprised to find the theater packed on a Tuesday night, but the full house added to the suspense. Here’s my quick review: ready? The story takes its time to develop, but its not “slow”. The production design was incredible, with on-location shooting in Italy, London, and Jerusalem. Julia Stiles is one of the better actresses of her generation, and it was interesting to see her play a wife and mother. Why is the Roman Catholic hierarchy always portrayed as evil?...
• links for 2006-06-07
  Google Calendar Notifier Firefox Extension Exactly what I needed — a little pop-up reminder for my gCal appointments. Google Spreadsheets Announced A limited trial for now, though I was granted access in less than 24 hours - sign up . Om wonders if it’s a waste of time and talent. Google AJAX Search API The possibilities are endless....
• Copyrights Pressure
  The New York Times discovered everybody’s favorite cut-rate Russian MP3 site… allofmp3.com. And apparently, the Moscow-based business is holding up Russia’s application to the WTO, (nevermind that it’s a totally legal service inside Russia). In other news, I found this BBC headline humorous: Website back after Swedish raids - almost conjures up visions of Viking mauraders… anyway, The Pirate Bay is up, and the Swedes are starting to take to the streets. Stay tuned…...
• 30 Rock
  NBC’s 30 Rock will be on in the fall Starring Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Rachel Dratch, & Alec Baldwin. It could be the funniest thing on NBC next year, (sorry Scrubs), if not for this horrible promotional copy: Welcome to the set of The Girly Show, a fictional television show that serves as the backdrop to Tina Fey�s new workplace comedy. Liz Lemon (Fey) is The Girly Show�s head writer and is being pushed to the edge of reason by the show�s two stars and a demanding network honcho. In order for Liz to keep her job, and her sanity,...
• links for 2006-06-02
  THANK YOU SABRES!!!!!!!! My new favorite hometown weblog Buffalo Rising pours its heart out for the black and red, (maybe soon to return to the blue and gold?) Was the 2004 Election Stolen? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assembles and analyzes the evidence - disturbing as it is, I don’t think it will stick. We gotta be ready for ‘08. Al Gore’s presentation in An Inconvenient Truth was designed and executed on Macs, using Keynote �One of the great things about Keynote,� [coproducer] Chilcott points out, �is that we could import and export video and images at extremely high resolution to...
• Links for 2006-06-01
  The Movie Binge From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Matt Jacobs and the Movie Binge team will watch every major movie released, and blog about it. Matt was also interviewed on WNYC [mp3]. Yahoo! launches its YouTube killer - Yahoo! Video TechCrunch has a nice roundup, but bemoans the decision not to fold this functionality into Flickr. I’d rather see the Flickr folks implement video sharing on their own - and design it more for their audience. Elsewares - Independent Art & Design A catalog of unique products from independent designers and entrepreneurs, (similar to Etsy)...
• New to You, New to Me
  A couple of music things to post about today - something new, and something new to me… Asobi Seksu, Citrus The New York City band released their 2nd album this week, and it’s very good. They always reminded me of My Bloody Valentine meets Pizzicato Five, only better… and I absolutely love Sean McCabe’s artwork. Check them out on Myspace, or peep my shots of lead singer Yuki dancing with Jenna. Tilly and the Wall, Wild Like Children I am so not into Bright Eyes, but I love this band… The album reminds me of 60’s folk music, as sung...

• Game 7, Thursday
  Danny Briere’s overtime goal sends series back to Carolina Thank God....
• links for 2005-05-30
  You too can be Karen O. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs want you to dress up like them, and video tape yourself performing “Cheated Hearts” GcalSync Freeware program GcalSync offers two-way synchronization between Gcal and your mobile device�s built-in calendar. Too bad Cingular charges me up-the-ass for bandwidth. Is there an effect of information addiction on the life of couples? A lot of interesting questions, which will hopefully be explored further in a future Wired piece: …a couple surfing on two wifi laptops are visiting different sites, having different experiences. They seem more apart than together. [via]...
• links for 2005-05-22
  Todd Dominey released SlideShowPro Director A slick, AJAX-enhanced UI for creating and maintaining SlideShowPro photo albums on your own Linux server. There is no demo, but a slickly produced video. Also, read Todd’s post. $20. Sabres win game 1 in the Eastern Conference Final 2 of 3 goals coming from defensemen. Game 2 is Monday 5/22 at 7:30pm, on OLN....
• California
  Things have been busy lately, so I’m still playing catch-up with Flickr and this weblog… but, I wanted to write up a short post on our trip to Southern California last month. Presley & I haven’t been to the west coast before, so we were really looking forward to spending a week in the sun. Here are some photos that we took: From the San Diego: Zoo set: tear, polar bear chewy, panda bear From the San Diego: City set: trolley, downtown San Diego From the Los Angeles set: pose, Presley & Milch in Jet Rag WeHo, Jeff & Jared’s...
• links for 2006-05-04
  "An Inconvenient Truth" trailer Al Gore's Global Warming presentation has been filmed in a new documentary. David Remnick calls the film, "a brilliantly lucid, often riveting attempt to warn Americans off our hellbent path to global suicide." (tags: movies politics Democrats) Outblush launches it's Uncrate, but for the ladies. (tags: weblogs women shopping)...
• links for 2006-05-03
  Koyono Slimmy Wallets Uncrate suggests ditching your George Castanza-like wallet, and go with this slim alternative. (tags: shopping weblogs)...
• links for 2006-05-02
  Habitual Flyers trying to catch up to new-age Sabres As we head into Game 6, I'm casting my vote for the new NHL. (tags: sports NHL Buffalo) 2006 Boston Zombie Walk What can I say? I like zombies. (tags: zombies boston photos) Yahoo! Tech I've already moved on from CNET to Gizmodo & Engadget... but it can't hurt to have another good tech review site (tags: yahoo tech)...

• links for 2006-04-27
  Who Is 'the Decider'? Funny NY Times piece on President Bush's latest verbal gaffe, and how it has spread into the popular lexicon. (tags: media politics)...
• links for 2006-04-26
  Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (for Windows XP) ships Improved CSS rendering, RSS functionality, and something called "quick tabs" [via] (tags: microsoft software web ie) Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006 Influential author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", dies aged 89. (tags: books canada cities)...
• Let's Go Sabres
  It’s playoff time for the NHL, (though you’d never know it here in Boston), and I am loving what I see in my Buffalo Sabres. They’re up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series with the Flyers, after a brilliant double-overtime win Saturday, and an 8-2 rout last night. Best moment thus far was Buffalo’s Brian Campbell’s clean hit of Philly’s RJ Umberger, in game 1: I do feel bad for the guy, and I’m not cheering for injury. But that is just great playoff hockey, and a big reason why Buffalo is up 2 games to none. And, Philly seems to...
• links for 2006-04-15
  SizzlingKeys for Mac OS X Control iTunes from the keyboard using global hot keys [via] (tags: apple osx itunes software) Panic Releases Stattoo 1.5 Because you can't really have enough widgets... these actually do what you need them to, without getting in the way (tags: apple osx software)...
• links for 2006-04-13
  Kiko Web Calendar Putting the pressure on 30boxes, Kiko launches new features, including - RSS & iCal feeds, sharing, and support for non-IE6 browsers! (tags: osx apple software)...
• links for 2006-04-12
  Corripio: Artwork Finder for iTunes The program takes stock of your entire library and determines which files have art and which ones don't. You can then sort the entire list by number of images per file. (tags: apple osx music software)...
• links for 2006-04-08
  stereogum's: Gorillaz, Live at the Apollo The show was billed as "Demon Days Live," and that's exactly what it was: the entire album, in proper order, performed by live musicians, not cartoons. (tags: music nyc) The Gospel of Judas An ancient early-Christian manuscript was found in Egypt, which casts Judas Iscariot into a new light. (tags: religion christianity media)...
• links for 2006-04-06
  Apple - Boot Camp Lets you install and run Windows XP on your Mac. Beta available now, but the next major release of OS X will come with it built-in. (tags: Apple Windows osx)...
• Time
  From Tabea: Today at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06. For Europeans, it will happen on the 4th of May… You’ll have to wait another 100 years to see that again. Watch the clock....
• The New NYTimes.com
  The New York Times launched a modest redesign over the weekend, and it does a great job of presenting large amounts of information in a coherent, organized way. Khoi has the details on his weblog: I think it�s a sterling piece of work, a great example of how to evolve a user experience rather than reinvent it: the best reaction it could receive from readers (those not among that vanishingly small subset of the general populace who can be called �design savvy�) would be something along the lines of �The new design looks just like the old design.� That...
• Blondes
  Jenna bleached her hair, and I can tell she’s having more fun already. (and yes, this is just a shameless excuse to sex up the blog a bit…)...
• Google Romance
  Hey, single people! Find your soul mate, with Google Romance: Google Romance is a place where you can post all types of romantic information and, using our Soulmate Search�, see search results that could, in theory, include the love of your life. Then we’ll send you both on a Contextual Date, which we’ll pay for while delivering to you relevant ads that we and our advertising partners think will help produce the dating results you’re looking for. Be sure to take the tour, and read the FAQ....

• links for 2006-03-29
  Google Careers Google combines job listings from around the web, in a searchable, mappable, friendly Google interface (tags: Google jobs maps)...
• links for 2006-03-28
  Alaina B.'s photos of the Kottke & Megnut's Wedding very nice and simple (tags: jko kottke megnut wedding photos nyc) Jennifer Chung and Jay Wilkins, Married NY Times throws some love in Gothamist's direction (tags: nyc media weblogs) Stewart & Caterina of Flickr on Newsweek Cover Newsweek is officially on the Web 2.0 bandwagon... mark your calendars. (tags: flickr photos media)...
• Hosted Gmail
  This is fantastic - I’ve setup Hosted Gmail for our old domain, suckahs.org, and it’s working fantastic. I wish that I could use this at work, rather than Exchange/Outlook. There are some nice account manangement functions, and you can create 25 accounts for free. They even allow you to upload a custom logo in place of the standard Gmail logo. Go sign up....
• links for 2006-03-23
  "Locker" Dashboard Widget It has a very simple and limited usage: When you double click it, it will lock your computer. You will end up at login window, just as if you had used the fast user switching menu item. (tags: osx Apple software) MacBook Pro is Fastest Windows XP Notebook The MacBook Pro's score for Photoshop performance beats every currently shipping PC laptop running on the identical Intel CoreDuo chip (only an Acer came close) from PC Magazine's testing. (tags: Apple Windows weblogs) Stereogum has New Dresden Dolls "Sing" (the last track on sophomore release Yes, Virginia, out...
• Hockey East Champs
  My alma mater Boston University clinched the Hockey East Championship this past Saturday, winning in 2-1 OT against Boston College. Now, they’re off to the NCAA tournament, ranked #1 in the nation. They haven’t done that since 1997, when I was a sophomore, and had nothing better to do on Friday nights than go watch the games. And, if that wasn’t enough, a guy who played on that 1997 team, Chris Drury, is captaining my hometown Buffalo Sabres this season. They’re near the top of the conference standings, and one of the most exciting young teams to watch. We’ve...
• links for 2006-03-20
  Launchy A free application launcher for Windows... I've been using CandyLabs' AppRocket, but it seems to hog a lot of memory. So, I'm giving Launchy a try. [via] (tags: windows software free)...
• links for 2006-03-18
  Matisyahu fired his Managers Jacob Harris is a friend of ours from college - it sounds like he lost his star Talent... (tags: music nyc media) Snakes on a Plane trailer The best movie title of 2006... can't wait to see Sam Jackson whoop some snake-ass. [via] (tags: movies funny) Digitalmash: Rob Morris's portfolio I like the "mash of work" concept, and the photo treatments. It's hard to do something original with Portfolio sites, and Rob succeeds. (tags: design web) Two Die After Using Abortion Pill This certainly doesn't help - it gives undeserved credibility to the anti-choice yahoos.....
• No SXSW, but...
  OK, so I’m jealous of all of you SXSW‘ers out there… my Flickr Contacts feed has been full of SXSW antics… next year, I must go, (yea I’ve been saying that for years). Metric Meanwhile, back here in Boston, I’ve seen a couple of good shows. First up was Metric, at the Roxy, on March 7th. If you have the chance to see them on this tour, do yourself a favor and get a ticket. I’m not the only one who is impressed. They’ve got the best frontwoman in Rock n’ Roll right now, (step aside Karen O), and are...
• Back-Bay Apple Store, Part II
  Some details are finally starting to emerge surrounding Apple’s plans for the construction of a signature Flagship retail store in the Back Bay, Boston. IfoAppleStore reports that renderings of the proposed design have leaked (see left), and that the backward-looking Back Bay Architectural Commission has serious misgivings about the 3-story modern glass structure. This is a shame… our wonderfully acerbic alternative newspaper, The Weekly Dig, said it better than I can: Putting aside the mental gymnastics it takes to believe that one glass building would destroy the neighborhoody feeling of a three-lane boulevard that hosts a mall, a convention...
• links for 2006-03-16
  Voice123.com Seems like a straightforward resource for recruiting Voice Talents for various languages... the Talents pay a membership fee to the site, so there is no commission or fees for clients. And, many talents have access to their own studios, which is a nice ou (tags: l10n business) InteractiveVoices.com Another recruitment tool for Voice Talents... The free client membership only allows you to manage 1 job - the full membership costs $99/yr. (tags: l10n business)...
• Lockdown
  Thanks Zooomer & OpenID… I signed up for you this morning, and Google suspended my Gmail access: Lockdown in sector 4! Our system indicates unusual usage of your account. In order to protect Gmail users from potentially harmful use of Gmail, this account has been disabled for up to 24 hours. If you are using any third party software that interacts with your Gmail account, please disable it or adjust it so that its use complies with the Gmail Terms of Use. If you feel that you have been using your Gmail account according to the Terms of Use...
• links for 2006-03-15
  Cuisinart Wine Cellar I'm starting my X-mas wish list in March... (tags: home wine)...
• Yea, New York
  We had a nice weekend in NYC… thanks Jenna, Becca, Jason, Matt, & Sharon. Some observations: Saw Mill Parkway is still the best path into the City. I love driving by Readers Digest HQ. Bloody Marys are better when hand-made. I can’t recommend the food at 7A. Or the service. Don’t let your high school friends tackle you in the middle of Tompkins Square Park… your clothes will end up dirty. I could spend every day in the Lotus Lounge on Clinton St… Coffee, Beer, wi-fi. Starfoods has no other customers at 7:30pm on a saturday night… creepy. Jason...
• Spring?
  It’s a nice day out!...
• links for 2006-03-09
  Screenshots of Google Calendar "CL2 is closely, very closely, integrated with Gmail. It includes now-standard web 2.0 features - Ajax, subscription feeds for integration with iCal and other desktop calendars, event creation, search, sharing, notifications (including SMS) and more." (tags: google calendar tech weblogs) Live.com's new look & features I can't imagine actually ditching Google for a Microsoft search product, but I must say that I am impressed with the Image Search functionality - using AJAX, they mimic the iPhoto/Picasa thumbnail view. (tags: microsoft photos search weblogs)...
• links for 2006-03-07
  Metal Adium X Uses the Polished Window theme, matching iTunes 6 and iLife '06... (tags: apple osx chat design) Natalie Portman's Rap on SNL �I don't sleep motherf**ker off that yak and the bourbon, doin 120 getting head while i'm swervin� (tags: funny video tv)...
• (Re) Launches
  It’s the end of a week, so I thought that I’d note a few new things that I’ve seen this week. First, Anna just launched Door Sixteen, which will document the renovation and restoration of the late-1800�s brick rowhouse just bought in Newburgh, NY. I used to read her old blog, Absolutely Vile, every day, so I’m glad to see that she’s back. Veerle launched her redesigned blog this week, using Expression Engine and a whole lot of magic. A complete, beautiful piece of work, which makes my blog feel completely inadequate and irrelevant. Last and certainly not least, Todd,...

• iPod Packaging Parody
  What if Microsoft re-designed Apple’s iPod packaging? So true, and so good. [via]...
• links for 2006-02-27
  Logahead - Just blog. A great slim blogging app that leverages some excellent open source goodies, such as Scriptaculous, Behaviour, and FamFamFam icons. He's on to something here! (tags: weblogs software free) Dr. Gervais's Frankenstein Karl Pilkington, the breakout star of "The Ricky Gervais Show," has become the object of a global Internet cult and the unlikely harbinger of a technological revolution. (tags: podcasts funny uk)...
• links for 2006-02-24
  Hotkeys Great free application launcher for Windows [via] (tags: Windows software free)...
• links for 2006-02-23
  30 Boxes API Can't wait to see what people can do (tags: software ajax api) Google Page Creator Google Page Creator is a free online tool thatmakes it easy for anyone to create and publish web pages. Designers everywhere are getting fired. (tags: google design) Apple announcing "fun new products" next Tuesday So, what'll it be? The touchscreen video iPod? Intel-powered iBooks? (tags: apple weblogs) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion video This won't win them any new fans, but I love it. (tags: music video)...
• Saab Troubles Continue
  What can I say? Last month, I had to get a new short block put into my 9-3, which is basically most of the engine. $6200 worth of parts and labor, gleefully covered under my extended warranty. But, this Tuesday, I decided to venture out of the office for lunch, (this is suburbia, impossible to get anywhere by foot)… and on the way back, my car just quit on me in the middle of an on-ramp. So, there I am, blocking traffic, waving cars along, and attempting to push the car out of the way, simultaneously steering the wheel. I...
• links for 2006-02-22
  Kottke is done with �full-time� blogging It sounds like the one-year experiment is over - he managed to raise $39,900 from micropatrons. (tags: kottke weblogs) Stalkr - Find your contacts on flickr Great little online app that will take an exported CSV address book, and find your friends' accounts on Flickr (tags: photos flickr) Technorati Weblog: Got Favorites? For those of you without a RSS reader/service (tags: rss weblogs)...
• RAZR v3
  After knocking over a cup of wine onto my Siemens s66, I knew the LCD screen would never be the same. So, after scouring eBay and Craigslist, I decided to get the RAZR v3 Black. Everyone kept telling me that the Motorola UI is horrible, but I find it simple and intuitive compared to the mess that is Siemens. The camera size (VGA) seems like a step down from the Siemen’s 1.3 MP, but I think the quality will be better. The lens is easier to clean, and the RAZR seems to adjust to changes in light better. But,...
• links for 2006-02-17
  RIAA says that CD ripping isn't fair use? The RIAA has filed comments with a federal agency in which they claim that ripping a CD isn't fair use. (tags: music weblogs politics)...
• links for 2006-02-15
  mentos + diet pepsi = crazy fun apparently the two are not compatible. (tags: video candy food) Hunt quail with Dick Cheney oops, I missed. Sorry about your face. [via] (tags: politics Republicans weblogs) "Office Pirates" is coming WSJ on Time Warner's imminent launch of new Web site that intends to �tap into a dynamic that once allowed Wall Street's bawdy and frat-boy humor to spread quickly among financial institutions� (tags: media nyc)...
• Camino 1.0
  Camino is out of beta today! Talk about a great Valentine’s Day gift. I use Camino as my primary browser, since it renders Gmail and Google Reader much faster than Safari/Saft. It doesn’t allow for all of the extensions that Firefox features, but it’s quicker, and just feels more like an OS X application. Here are some links today: John Hicks does a way better job singing Camino’s praises, (love the heart logo!) Om Malik has an interview with the Camino team. Scott from Wishingline suggests CamiTools, a Camino add-on....
• Happy Valentine's day!
  Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day - I hope you all enjoy it. I used fd’s Flickr Toys to create a heart with all of my Flickr contacts [via]. Now, all I need for tomorrow’s big day, is a Teddy Bear Holding a Heart… Available literally almost everywhere! UPDATE: Go ahead, and find yourself!...
• links for 2006-02-13
  Get your 30boxes calendar into Outlook A little bit of software that enables iCal subscriptions in Outlook (tags: 30boxes ical outlook) Dick Cheney Shot His Hunting Companion in the Face Vice President Cheney accidentally sprayed a companion... injuring the man in the face, neck and chest. (tags: Republicans politics guns) Two Feet of Winter White Covers Midtown Manhattan Rion's timeless black & white snaps from yesterday... we got about 12-15" here in Boston. (tags: nyc photos weblogs)...
• Snow Infographics
  Aw crap… there goes our weekend in NYC....
• Beer Logos in Vector Format
  I love this site, which offers tons of beer logos for download, in EPS format [via]. For some reason, this amuses me. What didn’t amuse me, was the 20 minutes of frustration last night, trying to get a freakin’ Boddingtons at The Burren in Davis Square. I had to order twice, from the same woman, (as she must’ve forgot the first one)… and finally I grabbed a second bartender to go check on things. And, HE was the one who brought me my freakin’ beer. I realize that a lot of bartenders double-pour Boddy’s, (much like Guinness), but you’re...
• links for 2006-02-09
  Dave Chappelle�s Block Party Brooklyn! (tags: movies video music)...
• Apple to Build 4-story Store in the Back Bay?
  Bostonist links to rumors that Apple will finally open a flagship store in the heart of Boston. Looprumors reports: Apple is poised to announce a major retail store directly across from the Prudential Center on Boylston Street in Downtown Boston. The store is said to be Apple’s most state-of-the-art store to date with 4 stories and a front made entirely of a glass. Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to announce plans for the store in the coming week. They couldn’t have picked a better spot. photo is of the new San Francisco store, uploaded to Flickr by iPhil...
• links for 2006-02-07
  Stop Paying for Ring Tones nice little overview by Wired, on DIY Ring Tones. (tags: media mobile ringtones music)...
• links for 2006-02-06
  Keyword Assistant 1.9 released Now fully compatible with iPhoto 6. (yay!) (tags: apple iPhoto Software osx) The New Yorker reviews The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new album The entire record seems hopeful. It is rife with cheery catchphrases��we�re just another part of you,� �good things happen in bad towns��and tremulous guitar parts. (tags: music media nyc)...
• links for 2006-02-04
  A Quick Intro To phpFlickr a nice little tutorial from Scott of Wishingline (tags: flickr api)...
• Pink
  I revamped the CSS and a couple of graphics to be more festive… why should Valentine’s Day be for 1-day only? Enjoy, while it lasts… ;-)...
• Jenna's Visit
  God, it’s good when Jenna visits… photo set....
• links for 2006-02-02
  Google Reader makes labels much easier to use with a nice little drop menu, and keyboard shortcuts. (tags: Google Reader RSS ajax) Cindy Sheehan Arrested Before State of the Union The first ammendment is dead, if you can't wear an anti-war t-shirt in the House of Representatives. Even if you're the guest of a member of Congress. (tags: politics freespeech war)...

• Microsoft Live Betas
  I was just sorting through the 500 spam messages in my Hotmail inbox, and noticed that I received both a Mail Beta and a Messenger Beta invitation. Mail looks nice and simple, and the drag-and-drop functionality is showy. But, it only works in IE6/PC, and it’s sluggish as hell. I wasn’t able to select & delete more than 10-15 spam messages at a time without it timing-out. SIGN UP HERE Messenger got a face lift, and they added some VOIP functionality. The “Shared Folder” feature sounds interesting, but I don’t know anybody else with the Beta, so I haven’t...
• FeedLounge
  Casey was talking about FeedLounge a while back, so when the beta finally launched, I plunked down $5 for a month subscription, mostly out of curiosity. They seem to promise you the world, but I’ve found FL delivers what it promises - a hosted, Ajaxed-up RSS reader, complete with Google Reader-esque keyboard shortcuts. Incidentally, I’m a big fan of Google Reader, because it facilitates speedy consumption of a lot information… learn a couple of keyboard shortcuts, and you can quickly read through your favorite websites on your lunch-hour. However, it’s nearly impossible to manage subscriptions once you’ve imported that...
• Waitin' Tables
  Can’t help but pass along this Remainder from Jason Kottke - NY Times food critic Frank Bruni spends a week “undercover” as a waiter at a [Cambridge] restaurant. In the end, he realizes the hell that is being a waiter: trying to be fluent in the menu and the food, calm in the face of chaos, patient in the presence of rudeness, available when diners want that, invisible when they don’t. It’s a lot, and I should remember that. Does this realization dampen his dining expectations? Nope: I’d still like frequent water refills. And a martini from hell. Straight up....
• 9 years
  The years are just flying by, I can’t believe it… on monday, the girl and I celebrated 9 years together, in the best way we know how: sharing a tasty meal. And what better place to have a nice dinner, than a 4-star restaurant in a converted Burger King? Seriously. Rendezvous just opened up in Central Square, in the old Burger King, and it is really really good. The Phoenix loves it. So does the Globe. And we do, too....
• Birthdays
  A couple of January birthdays help continue my trend of posting to Flickr only photos of my friends drinking… Stef’s 31st Birthday Nobuko’s 33rd Birthday...
• links for 2006-01-20
  This Is Broken A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it. (tags: funny design business) Matt's iPhoto 6 mini review I agree that the thumbnail scrolling is 100x better... and I'm excited to try out his suggestion of Flickr feeds and Photocasts. (tags: apple osx iPhoto weblogs) ted: torrent episode downloader I've been doing this with Azureus and its RSS plugin... but now Windows users have an easier option. (tags: bittorrent tv software windows)...
• Pre-mature Upgrades
  Damn… I’ve got a bunch of photos of somebody’s birthday celebration, but no way of exporting them easily to Flickr. I upgraded to iPhoto 6, before I realized that Frasier Spiers hasn’t yet made his indispensible Flickr Export plugin compatible with the new version. Oops. So, I just made a small donation to Frasier… You should too, if you rely on this plugin as much as I do....
• Music for a Cold Sunday Afternoon
  Depeche Mode’s Precious: The perfect track - I want this played at my wedding, should that day ever come. The Sundays’ Wild Horses: I like this better than the Rolling Stones’ original… Harriet’s voice is haunting… As a kid growing up in Buffalo, I used to sit in my basement and teach myself to play guitar. I had a Beatles song book, some records to play along to, and printed-out tablature. Matisyahu’s King Without A Crown: The only hasidic reggae star I know of… incredible live performance. La Laque’s La Sir�ne dort: I’m still waiting for a properly-recorded LP,...
• links for 2006-01-15
  Unsanity's review of the new MacBook Pro A nice counterpoint to the Steve Jobs spin [via] (tags: apple osx intel)...
• links for 2006-01-13
  Boot up Windows before you even log in �...it will automatically log you in to your desktop and start up your programs...� (tags: windows tips tech)...
• 'Eff Sirius
  Still waiting… Thank god for Bittorrent, or I’d be bored out of my mind at work. In fact, I think a lot of people at work are listening to my shared iTunes library - I hear my boss laughing every once in a while....
• Saabs Don't Age Well
  One of the smartest things I’ve ever done, was to pay a little extra for Certified Pre-Owned status on my used 9-3, which more or less just extends the warranty. For an extra $1500 or so, I’ve received more than double that amount in parts and labor over the past 2 years. So, on thursday, I dropped the 9-3 off in Framingham so they could replace the Water Pump, which was going bad. Look at the piece of crap they gave me as a loaner: Later that afternoon, I received a call from the service department, saying that I also...
• links for 2006-01-09
  Shiira for OSX Built with the same back-end of Safari, but claims to improve speed and functionality. (tags: apple osx web software) How to speed up your mac and make it more stable when web browsing in 3 simple steps Matthew Haughey says to dump Acrobat. (tags: apple osx web weblogs)...
• Airfoil 2
  Rogue Amoeba released version 2.0 of Airfoil, one of my absolute essential mac applications. If you own an Airport Express, and are less than impressed by iTunes’ transmitting capabilities, plunk down $25 now. The first version of Airfoil let you transmit audio from any application, but this new version has some great new features: Support For Multiple AirPort Express Units - Send audio to multiple units Audio Effects - New effects built into Airfoil allow for enhancing audio with a 10 band equalizer, volume adjustment including volume overdrive and balance controls Full Applescriptability - Control Airfoil with AppleScripts And,...
• Letterman's Politics
  I still love Dave… he stood up to Bill O’Reilly on his program this week, (video here). There were two main points of contention… first, O’Reilly’s imagined “War on Christmas”, and then his calous attacks on Cindy Sheehan. Dave wasn’t as thoughtful or inteligent-sounding as he can be on political topics, but I love the way he sums up O’Reilly: Letterman: �I�m not smart enough to debate you point to point on this, but I have the feeling, I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap.” (emphasis added) Indeed. Oh, and get your Tshirts....
• Damn Sirius
  Well, it’s going on damn near a week since I finally ordered my Sirius radio, directly from their online shop, and I still haven’t heard boo. My order status has been set to “checked-out” since last Friday, but I’ve received no shipping confirmation. I decided to order directly from Sirius because every retail outlet that I checked were sold out the day after Christmas… I guess a lot of us didn’t get what we wanted under the tree, (I’m looking at you, mom). And, I’m convinced their customer service representatives’ job is to blatantly lie to their customers, in...
• links for 2006-01-04
  How to Order Wine Without Looking like an Asshole I hate this guy's attitude, but I can't deny that it's good advice. [via] (tags: food wine funny restaurant)...
• links for 2006-01-03
  CBS Radio is offering an RSS feed for David Lee Roth podcasts yawn... the show isn't anything to care about at this point. But, until Sirius gets around to sending me the radio I ordered, Dave's got my attention. (tags: DavidLeeRoth radio podcasts media)...
• Resolution
  Happy New Year, everybody! I’m back at work today, after a (I think) deserved rest. New Year’s Eve was a bit more restrained than years past, but it was a nice cap to a great year. My only real resolution is for us to finally cut the cord on Boston, and move to NYC. Presley finishes Grad school in September, and I need to think more seriously about my career, grad school, and the future in general. A lot of things could happen, but that remains my #1 goal for 2006. What’s yours?...

• Courtney Love does the math
  I don’t know how I missed this, but Courtney Love gave an incredible speech at a May 2000 conference, on the music business, copyright law, and the real music pirates - the Majors. Salon has the unedited transcript, but I recommend reading it on Dave Ray’s site. My favorite excerpt: Somewhere along the way, record companies figured out that it’s a lot more profitable to control the distribution system than it is to nurture artists. And since the companies didn’t have any real competition, artists had no other place to go. Record companies controlled the promotion and marketing; only they...
• On Turning 28
  On this day, in 1977, I was born. At 5 lbs. 6 oz., I was six weeks early, and spent my first Christmas in hospital. I used to think that 28 sounded so old - time for marrying, house-buying, and thinking about kiddos. Now that this day has come, those things seem as far away as they did when I was 20. I’m always amazed that people I know are doing these things now… my younger cousing Maggie has 3 kids, and she’s 2 years younger than me. My first real girlfriend from High School is married. And, it seems...
• Happy Holidays
  I’ve almost got everything bought, but nothing is wrapped… For those that I don’t see this holiday season, I hope you have a nice, stress-free holiday with loved-ones. We’ll be in Buffalo this weekend, so Macy & Jeremy, you better be ready to pound some eggnog!...
• links for 2005-12-21
  Katrina, Tulane, and (Sara's) heartbreak My friend Sara posts about Tulane University's decision to essentially downsize the school. (tags: NewOrleans Tulane education) Top 100 Wines of 2005 The San Francisco gate's list: It's a Pinot heavy and pricey list, partially driven by the demand produced by 'Sideways' (tags: Wine Food 2005) Roger Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005 He always bumps up films that cater to his (and my) political leanings... for that reason, I'm more interested to see Roeper's picks. Syriana, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and King Kong are stand-outs for me. (tags: Movies 2005)...
• Google Kwanzaa
  Happy Holidays, from Google. If you search for certain end-of-the year holidays, you get festive borders [photo] on the Google results page, (look between the results and text ads) Kwanzaa Hanukkah Christmas Are there more?...
• Howard's Last Day
  I woke up at 6am this morning, to listen to the final Howard Stern show on terrestrial radio… Apparently, they’re expecting thousands of people on 56th street, and Yahoo! is covering the entire thing, including live video at 9am. In fact, Howard has gotten all Yahoo!ed up - Flickr photostreams, 360� profiles, podcasts, and widgets....
• links for 2005-12-15
  New Da Vinci Code trailer O, Draconian Devil! (tags: movies books trailer) Free mini Icons from famfamfam, [via] (tags: icons free design) Microsoft's IE7 team adopts Firefox's orange RSS logo It�s in the user�s best interest to have one common icon to represent RSS and RSS-related features in a browser. (tags: firefox rss microsoft icon design)...
• Eat and Destroy
  Pay attention, you Boston-area foodies! Todd is starting up Eat and Destroy, a Boston area food/restaurant blog. I can’t wait to try a Mongolian Fire Pot....
• 24 Ways
  24 Ways is a kind of advent calendar for markup geeks. I’m now in the process of redesigning (as oposed to realigning) my portfolio site, and it’s been fun tuning in to these little tutorials. My favorites include: An Explanation of Ems � I love using ems Introduction to Scriptaculous Effects � for a little javascript splash Putting the World into �World Wide Web� � I work in localization, so I enjoy this kind of thing....
• links for 2005-12-06
  'Freakonomics' Abortion Research Is Faulted by a Pair of Economists This article seems to be much ado about nothing... but, it appears that they've punched at least a small hole in one of economist Steven Levitt's unconventional theories (tags: Freakonomics economics media abortion) Steven Levitt takes on his critics 'Freakonomics' author and economist rebuts the charges against his legalized abortion & crime analysis. (tags: Freakonomics economics media weblogs abortion) VNC Macintosh Apparently you don't need to purchase Apple Remote Desktop for $499... (tags: apple osx vnc remote)...
• links for 2005-12-02
  How To Install Apple�s Front Row nice "how-to" tutorial. [via] (tags: apple frontrow hack osx) Adam Curry caught inflating himself in Podcasting Wiki? good bit of sleuth-work... Adam's response is here. (tags: podcast, adam curry, funny) Steve Jobs to keynote Macworld Expo Intel-based iBooks on January 10? (tags: apple osx media intel)...
• Free Delivery
  Having read Greg Storey’s post about IconBuffet’s Free Delivery, I signed up and received my first delivery: Oslo Finance. Anybody want to trade? Taipei Night Market looks pretty cool. UPDATE: I now have Oslo Atmosphere, Taipei Night Market, and Taipei Buddies 2… and, will gladly trade!...
• IP in China
  Don’t tell the Governator, but you can download pirated music via Yahoo! China....
• links for 2005-12-01
  Firefox 1.5 is out of beta a nice refinement of an excellent browser. (tags: firefox software web free) U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press Great scoop by The Los Angeles Times... "As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq." (tags: politics Republicans media iraq) MP3tunes a music locker that stores an entire personal music library online--making it accessible from anywhere via the internet--and is integrated with iTunes....

• links for 2005-11-29
  Apple Broadband Tuner 1.0 The installer increases the default values for the size of the TCP send and receive buffers. With larger buffers more data can be in transit at once. (tags: apple osx broadband software)...
• Thanksgiving
  We spent the weekend eating and drinking to near excess with Matt & Sharon, who were visiting from New York. Presley outdid herself again with the meal- conjuring a delicious turkey, all the fixings, and a couple of pies for our enjoyment. Matt and Sharon even brought along a bottle of 1995 vintage Dom Perignon champaigne. Sharon received it as a gift from her work, but we estimated that this vintage is worth more than $150 per bottle… it was tasty, but we agreed that it didn’t leave any better impression that a $8 bottle of Korbel....
• AT&T Wireless -> Cingular -> AT&T?
  So, having been forcibly converted from AT&T Wireless to Cingular, I read this today: Well, you can say goodbye to Cingular. SBC, which closed its merger with AT&T last week, decided that after spending untold millions promoting the Cingular brand for its joint venture with BellSouth, that they�re going to drop the name and start selling wireless service under the AT&T brand name. Why? On the day we read about GM shedding 30,000 American jobs, I’m having a hard time understanding just what the hell U.S. Big-Business is up to. Somebody is making money on all these shenanigans, but...
• links for 2005-11-21
  Damon's Day nice New Yorker piece on Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn (tags: music gorillaz blur uk newyorker)...
• links for 2005-11-17
  Analytics - The Play a short one-act play written by Bryan of avalonstar.com... Glad to see I'm not the only one with no data (tags: google analytics stats) Dynamic Resolution Dependent Layouts A nice blend of CSS & Javascript (tags: javascript css webstandards design) It's been 5 years since the New Yorker You've Got Blog, How to put your business, your boyfriend, and your life on-line oh, and Meg Hourihan and Jason Kottke are getting married. (tags: blogs megnut kottke marriage weblogs)...
• links for 2005-11-14
  Google Analytics Free stats package, including helpful Adsense tools (for those who do ads) (tags: google stats free web) White House keeps an "Enemies List" And, no, we're not talking about the Nixon White House... "The 'enemies list' dates back to Bush�s days as governor of Texas and can be accessed by senior administration officials in an instant for use in campaigns to discredit those who speak out against administration policies or acts of the President." (tags: Republicans Bush politics scandal)...
• Saturday walk
  Wow, another weekend with great weather. Like last week, I took another walk around the neighborhood, and snapped some photos: One of the more architecturally interesting buildings to go up in recent years, is the luxury condos at 23 Sydney. They’re really lovely, but likely inhabited by wealthy Aholes. More photos here. This is the famed Good News Garage, operated by Ray Magliozzi of Car Talk fame. A while back I mentioned that they were tearing up and re-paving Brookline Ave, near our house… well, we noticed something cool — they’re going to narrow the road by about half,...
• The Kennedy Kerry Klan?
  Political discourse is in such a sad state, these days. People on the Right viciously brand Democrats and Liberals (capital “L”) with ridiculous comparisons, while simultaneously charging us with doing the same to them. And they get away with it. Here’s the latest example, involving Governor (and likely 2008 GOP Presidential candidate) Romney of Massachusetts, who was introduced by attorney Gerald Walpin at a Federalist Society event: “Today when most of the country thinks of who controls Massachusetts, I think the modern day KKK comes to mind - the Kennedy, Kerry Klan.” Romney laughed along with the audience, The Boston...
• links for 2005-11-12
  Forthcoming Books in the Increasingly Mature Harry Potter Series. a McSweeney's list (tags: McSweeneys harrypotter funny web) Hogwarts Dancers video can't wait for the 4th movie (tags: harrypotter video dance)...
• WBUR Podcasts
  Ask, and ye shall receive. NPR powerhouse WBUR has started offering it’s programming in Podcast packaging. Now, you can download and listen to On Point and Here and Now, on your iPod. There are some limitations, however… due to the music licensing cabal, they can’t offer content that contains music licensed for broadcast only - apparently ASCAP and BMI think that people will rip songs out of MP3 Podcasts, and share it with their friends. Not only is this ridiculous on its face, but it also blindly ignores the inherent promotional potential afforded by Podcasting. So, they have to...
• links for 2005-11-10
  New plugins for Movable Type I just noticed these... now that Wordpress is all the rage, it seems that nobody is developing MT plugins anymore (tags: weblogs movabletype plugins)...
• leak
  Our ceiling is leaking, ever so slowly, above my 20-inch apple cinema display… better double-bag it....
• links for 2005-11-08
  The Penguin Podcast extracts, news and information from Penguin Books (tags: books podcast uk) Arcade Fire play impromptu acoustic set on NYC street another reason why I wish I were in New York (tags: music nyc weblogs) Copy Goes Here short film What Coudal Partners does in their down time... (tags: design coudal movies)...
• Election Day
  Local It’s Election Day, and I haven’t done much research on the City Council race here in Cambridge. The Globe has a special election section for Boston, but I can’t find much information on Our Fair City. I hate to cast votes blindly, but what can I do at this point? Go by the signs in my neighbors’ yards? By how much political mail I’ve received? (Jesse Gordon wins on that count) Or, perhaps I’ll just take the advice of drunkards. National The national media seems to be writing an awful lot into the Virginia governor’s race. Due to a...
• Squirrel Brand
  We discovered an interesting urban story on a walk we took this past weekend, down Columbia Street in Cambridge [map]… the famous Squirrel Brand candy and nut company factory, made famous by 90’s swing-revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers, (don’t let that turn you off). After decades of production, the company moved on, but the city and community stepped in and converted the building and grounds to affordable housing: The Squirrel Brand building had to be gutted. Its 132 6-by-8-foot windows, 12.5-foot ceilings, and wood floors had been saturated by more than eight decades of molasses steam. Just-A-Start officials estimate a...
• links for 2005-11-06
  Bound for Asia Jason Kottke & Meg Hourihan are taking a 3-week trip to Asia (tags: kottke weblogs megnut asia travel) Yahoo! Maps Beta Flash is the new Ajax (tags: yahoo maps flash)...
• PageRank and Me
  When I switched this weblog’s domain from ned.suckahs.org to nedward.org a while back, I wanted to maintain both URLs for a transition period, so as not to lose readers. Sounds innocent enough, but since then, Google has stopped deep-indexing this site. On the advice of Casey, I tried re-directing with 301s, providing a sitemap with every entry on this site, and a whole lot of other trickery… all without luck. To this day, searching the old domain is more fruitful than searching the new one. Since I’ve tried everything I can think of, I think the fact remains that ned.suckahs.org...
• links for 2005-11-02
  Sylloge is back Flickr's Stewart Butterfield re-launched his weblog (tags: weblogs flickr)...
• links for 2005-11-01
  Anil Got Married. a nice personal post, and reflection on defining love and marriage on your own terms (tags: weblogs marriage)...

• Google Reader, revisited
  Google Reader is now my only RSS reader. Sure, it was slow and clunky when it first launched. But, there has been some performance improvement, and the adddition of some new functionality. For instance, you can use your mouse’s scroll wheel to quickly skip through the list of posts. Also, they’ve added some additional keyboard shortcuts - “v” opens the source page, (although you can’t hold down CTRL to open in a new tab), while “n” and “p” allow you to scroll through items without loading the content, which speeds things up considerably....
• Scooters: 101
  Jason wrote up a nice post on scooters, in case you’re interested in understanding a bit about these machines. The weather is supposed to be unseasonably warm the next few days, so I hope to get out and ride a bit....
• Mr. Sulu is gay?
  George Takei Declares His Homosexuality… lest you think this is merely a publicity stunt to generate buzz for the play he is currently starring in, there is also this: The current social and political climate also motivated Takei’s disclosure, he said. “The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay,” he said. “The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.” Full-speed ahead, Captain....
• First Snow
  It’s been snowing, today. The first hour or so, a few flakes fell, and it was cute. But then, the temperature dropped 8 degrees, and it started to accumulate on the ground. Flurries! On October 29! Enough to make you cry… Last year, the first snowfall was in mid-November, and in early December in 2003…...
• links for 2005-10-27
  moo.fx 'super lightweight javascript effects library' (tags: ajax javascript free design)...
• Sphynx
  Untitled, by hinagiku. Our friend Nobuko is cat-sitting in the South End this week — she isn’t sitting for normal kitties, mind you, but these Mr. Bigglesworth-esque hairless Sphynx cats. Check out her photos tagged with Sphynx, or some interesting public photos. UPDATE: Presley has some Sphynx shots from her cameraphone: New Friend, by Presley...
• Flickr Adds Printing service
  Nice announcement, long overdue: Order Prints from Flickr… you even get your first 10 4×6” prints free. On the rare occasion that I need an analog photograph, I do it from iPhoto. But, now I can print my friends’ and contacts’ photos, (so long as they allow me to). But wait, there is one other interesting nugget: You can order prints to be delivered by mail, or pick them up at your local Target store for one hour printing, even. One-hour Flickr Prints! Cool....
• links for 2005-10-26
  ColorBlender.com a nice palette helper (tags: design web color) Bank of America | Keep the Change Apparently my bank is giving away free money... though, I thought that there was a $1 fee for using my debit card... [via] (tags: visa bankofamerica debit bank savings cash) FrontRow and PhotoBooth on BitTorrent someone has hacked these apps, which are supposed to work only with the new iMacs (tags: apple FrontRow PhotoBooth bittorrent) CSS Syntax Checker for BBEdit and TextWranger allows you to syntax-check CSS files using the W3C�s Validation Service (tags: css design validation textwrangler bbedit osx)...
• Mapped FTP drive
  There was a great “how-to” article on Engadget yesterday: Map a drive to your FTP server. Now, tweaking that CSS file is as easy as right-click, and Edit....
• Ironic Moustaches
  I’ve spent the past few months, (off and on, usually with a glass of wine in my hand), trying to convince my girlfriend that I should grow an ironic moustache — and now, Kottke has gone and beat me to it. Game over. The jury is still out on whether that ‘stache is ironical or not, but I must say that it takes balls to walk around like that....
• links for 2005-10-23
  Noteworthies: Tying the Past to the Present Joen suggests one method of tying your weblog's past to its present (tags: weblogs design wordpress) 'America We Stand As One' video why the world hates America... (tags: funny politics america video republicans) Microsoft Codename Max a Windows Flickr-like photo sharing application, built on next-generation "Vista" Application UI (tags: microsoft vista design photos software)...
• Productivity
  I may diss Microsoft Windows as a home Mac user, but I’ve always thought that it is a more productive OS. Working in a corporate environment on a Mac is still such a headache, probably because corporate IT is so built around MS technologies. Whatever the reason, I get things done on my work PC. Dual-Display It’s no secret that designers love screen real estate — but, everyone can benefit from more desktop space. There was an article in the NY Times just last week. The company I work for is notoriously frugal, shall we say… so, a while back,...
• Flock
  Flock has indeed landed, today — they released a Developer Preview this afternoon. In fact, I’m publishing this very post from within the browser. Initial impressions — why can’t I select Movable Type text formatting?  I know this is a beta and all, but this is kind of a deal breaker for me… apparently MT is giving them some troubles: WordPress and Blogger work pretty well. There are some problems still with Movable Type. We haven’t tested any other blogging platforms I haven’t done much with the del.icio.us integration yet, but so far this doesn’t seem very revolutionary. John Oxton...
• Statistics
  The Boston Foundation has just put out a Greater Boston Housing Report Card [PDF], and drew some ridiculous conclusions. John A Keith of the Boston Real Estate Blog explains [via]: From the report: Fenway/Kenmore neighborhood 2004 estimated renter income: $24,132 2004 estimated monthly rent: $1,498 % of median income needed to pay rent in 2004: 74% No. Why not? 1) earlier in their report, the authors estimate rents on two-bedroom apartments throughout the city. They estimate a two-bedroom apartment in the Fenway would cost $1,498 per month. A two-bedroom apartment. Would one person, making $24,132, rent a two-bedroom apartment? Why...
• links for 2005-10-19
  "Complete New Yorker" DVD archive is hard to use a good rundown on everything from the packaging to the technologies used [via] (tags: media nyc software) How-To: Get TV shows off of your TiVo and onto your iPod too bad our TiVo is a DirecTiVo, with crippled USB ports. (tags: iPod apple tivo tv weblogs) TapeItOffTheInternet.com Now pre-beta, this might end up being a valuable TV/Torrent resource (tags: bittorrent tv web) Hacking Your iTrip a weekend project... (tags: griffin iTrip iPod hack) Today's Apple announcements New Powerbooks and professional Photo software called "Aperture" (tags: Apple photo powerbooks software)...
• links for 2005-10-18
  20 Best License-Free Official Fonts good for cheap clients... (tags: typeface fonts free design)...
• Mint: Languages
  Since installing Mint, I’ve enjoyed pouring over all kinds of referrer data, without having to sort through spam bots. One of my favorite bits of visitor information, (seeing as how I work in the Localization industry), is the language of my readers. Using Marc Garrett’s Parsel Pepper (plug-in), I see that my visitors are overwhelmingly English-speaking. No real surprise there, but guess what the #2 language is? Believe it or not, it’s Chinese. I have twice as many visitors from China and Taiwan than from either France, Germany, Spain or Japan… (where are my Nordic readers?) Even more surprising, when...
• Jet Blue shuttle
  Oh, how I heart JetBlue… finally, a low-cost Boston-New York shuttle flight. And the best part is, they’re running an introductory fare sale: JetBlue will offer introductory fares of $25 each way on what will be up to 10 flights between the cities, with fares later settling at between $40 and $120 each way, undercutting the established shuttle. It’s about time....
• Music
  Maybe it’s been all this iPod talk these past few days, but I’ve added a bunch of new albums to my iTunes library recently… Metric, Live it Out Hands down, better than the first album. The Arcade Fire, Arcade Fire Not as good as the second album, but lovely just the same. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl All my female friends seem to love these guys, but I never could get past the stoner-rock facade. This is more a “rootsy” album, which normally should turn me off… but, I’m intrigued. Stellastarr*, Harmonies for the Haunted ehh, sigh. Ladytron, Witching Hour...
• Presley's New Specs
  Somebody I know got three pairs of new eyeglasses today… Not fair....
• links for 2005-10-12
  Salling Clicker 3.0 my Siemens s66 is supported now... kind of. (tags: software Apple mac osx salling mobile)...
• Yahoo! Site Search
  Well, I’ve had enough with Google SiteSearch… I’ve switched this site’s search functionality over to Yahoo! Site Search. I tried, I tried, I failed, so I switched....
• Yahoo! Podcasts
  Look what showed up today, Yahoo! Podcasts. A couple of things impress me here: first, subscriptions work in iTunes, which would otherwise be a deal breaker for me. I only have room in my life for one media player. Second, it’s so much easier to search for and link to podcasts, as compared with the iTunes directory. They’ve even implemented a Flickr-like tagging system, with weighted lists. Tom Coates has a good rundown....
• Macyme & Jeremy's Wedding
  We were back in Buffalo a couple of weekends ago, for the wedding of Macyme and Jeremy — Flickr gallery. We had a lovely time, and I was glad to have so many old friends together at once. But, poor little Maid of Honor Presley got sick after giving her toast at the reception. We all thought she was just choked up and emotional, but it turns out that she was holding back “chunks”. Anyway, congrats, guys!...
• The Poisoning of BitTorrent
  O’Reilly Radar is reporting that HBO is “poisoning” BitTorrent downloads of their hour-long drama Rome: HBO is now obstructing the downloads offered by other people. BitTorrent downloads are peer-to-peer, but the peers are introduced to each other by a tracker (“you’re looking for Rome Season 1 Episode 2, talk to 127.0.0.1”). HBO runs peers that tell the tracker they have all the chunks of the show, but then send garbage data when a downloader requests a chunk. The downloading client can detect that it’s garbage and will try another peer for the chunk, but the end result is that it...

• links for 2005-09-28
  Remove MSN Messenger (for PC) Ads nice little resource hack to empty the cluttered IM monster of advertising (tags: im microsoft reshack windows)...
• Everybody Hates Chris
  Somehow our TiVO missed the first episode, but thankfully Google is hosting it for us: Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates The Pilot UPN | 21 min 2 sec - Sep 23, 2005 Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York, during the early 1980’s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly white middle school two hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris (Tyler James Williams) struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line...
• links for 2005-09-21
  Opera is free Opera has removed the banners, and the licensing fee. The Norwegians are starting to get it. (tags: opera web webstandards free) Dunstan's iPod nano funny action photos (tags: apple iPod nano dunstan) Iridium Theme for Mac OS X 10.4 I've used Max Rudberg's Milk theme for years, but iTunes 5 looks wonky... Iridium is truly beautiful. (tags: apple tiger osx theme shapeshifter Iridium)...
• iTrip LCD
  I’ve had the iTrip LCD for a couple of weeks now, and I am very frustrated with it. I’ve used the regular iTrip for a couple of years, and it perfomed about as well as can be expected from an FM transmitter. However, when I recently broke it, (the connector somehow bent and detached, causing some wires to disconnect), I decided to buy a new one. When I saw the LCD version, I ordered this instead. My setup in my car is exactly as it was with the original iTrip, (2000 Saab 9-3, 3rd-Gen iPod, with flat EQ and...
• 14 is My New Favorite Artist
  fantastic, by Gallery of the Absurd. Thanks Raymi....
• Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
  It’s a pain to build web sites that behave properly in Internet Explorer — and, if my IE7 beta any idication, it will continue to be a pain. But, Microsoft just released the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta. Some of the many features are: View HTML object class names, ID’s, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys. Outline tables, table cells, images, or selected tags. Validate HTML, CSS, WAI, and RSS web feed links. Display image dimensions, file sizes, path information, and alternate (ALT) text. Immediately resize the browser window to 800×600 or a custom...
• Google Secure Access client
  Jeez, Google is branching out in to all kinds of new businesses… the latest is a venture to provide the world with a secure WiFi connection, especially usefule in public places. Dubbed Google Secure Access, it provides a free VPN connection to Google. Some observers are already questioning Google’s commitment to user privacy, which gives pause — but, I for one, would love such a service. Too bad the download is available only for WIndows....
• Stef in Norway
  I noticed that Stef posted some photos of her European trip. I wonder if she’s back yet? Norwegian flag on Ulriken, by Mystera Preikestolen, just about at the top!, by Mystera...
• links for 2005-09-17
  At UN summit, Bush snapped requesting 'bathroom break' Apparently he has to ask Condi if he can pee (tags: funny Repulicans Bush pee UN) Derek Powazek redesigns reminds me of Anna's Absolutely-Vile.com of years past (tags: design powazek) meebo: all-in-one web-based AJAX IM client i can login, but not really do much sucessfully... (tags: ajax im web) Microsoft Expression looks like a direct challenge to Macromedia... won't ship until 2006 (tags: design microsoft expression flash)...
• links for 2005-09-15
  Google Blog Search Is Technorati nervous? (tags: Google beta weblogs blogs technorati) Skin harvested from executed Chinese convicts used to develop cosmetics for sale in Europe looking good, ladies! (tags: shopping China cosmetics Europe)...
• Office 12
  Microsoft unveiled its new user interface for Office 12 earlier this week, and they seem to have departed radically from past releases: …we set about rethinking the UI from the user�s perspective, which is �results-oriented,� rather than from the developer�s perspective, which tends to be �feature-oriented� or �command-oriented�… instead of having to learn how to make something shadowed, or what the aspect ratio is or the percent gray, you just say, “Oh, I like that one,” and you pick it, you click it and get it in your document. It�s more visual. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access are due to...
• links for 2005-09-13
  From human to droid in a Yahoo moment? 37 Signals notices some Yahoo! clutter making its way into Flickr already (tags: flickr yahoo 37signals)...
• "Underground Man" update
  Thanks to Mint, I noticed that a few visitors were referred here looking for the text of a New Yorker article writted in February 2004 titled, Underground Man: Can the former C.I.A. agent who saved New York�s subway get the Tube back on track?. I had scanned the text a while back, but my directory security settings on my server were tightened, and the scans were no longer available. So, if you’re looking for the article, it’s is now properly linked in the orginal post. I still wish I had a way of extracting the text via OCR…...
• links for 2005-09-10
  Sploid Re-design it gives me a headache (tags: design media weblogs gawker)...
• 301 (Permanent redirect)
  I’ve taken a second step toward fixing my Google indexing problem. On the advice of Casey, I modified my .htaccess file to rewrite all ned.suckahs.org URLs to nedward.org and send out 301s (Permanent redirects). Now, when a user arrives here via a ned.suckahs.org URL, they’ll be transparently redirected to nedward.org and Google will see the 301 message. Hopefully then, Google will get with the program. Thanks Casey!...
• Scooterist killed in Boston
  I am shocked and horrified by a report in the Globe today, that a Scooterist was killed last night in a collision with a truck: Police were searching last night for the driver of a tractor trailer suspected of striking, dragging, and killing an 18-year-old man riding a motor scooter at the Massachusetts Avenue onramp to the Massachusetts Turnpike. After the impact, the truck continued down the ramp, taking the scooter and its rider with it, police said. Both were found at the bottom of the ramp, which was closed for several hours after the accident, police said. Even more...
• Rollyo
  Rollyo is cool — sign up to beta test....
• Walkman
  Not to be outdone by Apple yesterday, I saw that Sony is once again rethinking it’s Walkman brand. I admit that the design is far more compelling than Sony’s previous offerings, but a monocramatic, low-res screen? C’mon Sony!...
• links for 2005-09-08
  Peppermint Tea a Collection of third-party plugins for Mint (tags: Mint web tech api)...
• iPod nano & ROKR phone
  Wow — we all expected the new iTunes phone, but who would have guessed at the iPod nano? First, the ROKR is available from Cingular now. It’s got iTunes (100 songs), Bluetooth, and a VGA camera (sucky) — for $249.00. But, I’m more intrigued with the iPod nano… Sure, it only comes with a max of 4GB storage, but the small size, color screen, and “wow” factor is going to make it a big hit. And, the price is right at just $249 for the 4GB, (the same as the now dead, iPod mini). Start saving your money… even the...
• Godson
  Here is my Godson, Tommy… Godson, by nedward. I was in Buffalo this past weekend to celebrate my Grandma’s 100th birthday, and got to see my cousins Maggie, Lauren, Sarah, and Emma....
• Have a Mint
  I just ordered and installed the new site stats package Mint, which was launched today by Shaun Inman. It’s been eons since I had a reliable site stat tracker, and this package looks as good as the hype. RIP, Refer....
• links for 2005-09-03
  Police looters video of Police participating in the looting of a WalMart (tags: NewOrleans police looting walmart shopping)...
• BU Today
  My alma mater just launched a nicely-designed portal called BU Today, which publishes (official) daily news from the university. It’s as if this school finally “get’s it” — that Public Relations matter. I’m disappointed to see that the code is full of Dreamweaver javascript, spacer GIFs, and <table>-based structure. And, the weather widget at the top is flash-based. Oh well....
• links for 2005-09-02
  Massachusetts is dumping Microsoft Office in favor of PDF and Open Office formats (tags: microsoft massachusetts government software office)...
• NPR + Podcasts, Part II
  A follow up on my NPR + Podcasts post, it seems that NPR is indeed investing in podcasting of its programs. They’ve launched a Podcast Directory, but it is interesting to note that they are not yet providing full-length programs: This service is our first step in podcasting and we are experimenting with a number of program formats… Podcasting full-length programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered could be extremely expensive. Over the next several months, NPR and its public radio partners will be experimenting with a number of formats and offerings, and we invite your feedback. And,...