shawn's blog

Hey I hate to say it, and we asked for this. It's stories like this that I hope inspire more folk to openly question things like the Patriot Act. I'm not advocating anarchy; I am advocating more involvement in our government on everyone's part. http...

I’m addicted to NewsGator . When I hit an interesting site, the first thing I do is hit the “Import into NewsGator” button that’s now on my IE toolbar. That way, I don’t have to go searching and scrolling all over sites just...

I’m shopping for a camera phone. Actually, I’m trying to replace my iPaq, my cell phone, and my digital camera (low-end) all at the same time. What device should I get? The Treo 600? I’d like to be able to download ringtones, content...

This is an amazing collection. Do yourself a favor – block off 45 minutes, hang up the “do not disturb” sign, and take a look at this site . I think the folks at Life have done a wonderful job putting these together – I didn’t...

If you have an iPod, and are running Windows, check out Red Chair’s latest, AnaPod . I * love * Red Chair’s stuff for my Creative Jukebox and Nomad IIMG, and now there’s one more device they get to manage for me. Keep it up, gang!

Every time I go my folk's place, I always check their PC to make sure the latest updates have been applied. Lat time I was there, I finally set the preferences to download and install patches automatically, so I sleep much better at night. If you are...

Looks like Laura's going to be the first around here with the latest droolbox . I dunno - with two major carriers, AT&T and T-Mobile, delaying their releases till 11.24, I have a bit of the jitters about ordering this so soon... http://blogs.gotdotnet...

Have you heard about “ Let It Be Naked ”? Sir Paul and Ringo are getting rid of the Spectorization of some of the Beatles' best stuff. Yeah, I know - John Lennon approved of the project. Whatever - half of “Let It Be” wasn't his...

Wow. I picked up “ The Golden Ratio ” when I went shopping for Quicksilver the other day, and actually started reading it before Quicksilver. No regrets so far. It's not so much a math dissertation as it is a study of the impact on society...

I'm really warming to the idea of building a living-room PC based on VIA's latest EPIA mini-ITX footprint. Unfortunately, I haven't found one yet that has a standard DVI-output on the motherboard, something I'd really want for my media center... The EMIA...

Apparently, with little fanfare north of the Bay area, Hell did in fact freeze over this morning. Congrads to the Apple folk!

ScottW says he didn't change one line of code, and the MetaAPI stuff is working again... Weirdness....

At a birthday lunch for one of our own today, we collectively came up with what could be the most important idea in the history of digital imaging – the Etch-A-Sketch plugin for Photoshop, turning any digital image into a * real * work of art. Which...

Looks like I'll be limping a bit till this weekend. Scott's playing around with the backend of this site, and it's temporarily broken the metablog support. So, no w.bloggar, and no posting from Newsgator for a while. Crap, now I have to do real work....