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Friday, April 18, 2008 8:42 PM

Internet Sharing with the Samsung BlackJack and Windows Vista

I was waiting for a flight out of Orange County Airport earlier this week, and after I fired up my laptop, I couldn't find any publicly available wireless networks. So, I decided to try using my Samsung BlackJack (SGH-i607) for internet connectivity,
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Monday, April 14, 2008 10:04 PM

Over One Million Wallpaper Visitors

I watched the stats for my wallpaper page tick past one million a few days ago. Wow! If you'd have told me when I posted my first macro photo years ago that it'd be the most popular page on my blog (by a long shot), I wouldn't have believed it. I haven't
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:39 PM

Donkey Kong at MIX08: Behind the Scenes

In the two weeks since our MIX08 event in Las Vegas, I've been asked many times about Steve Wiebe's attempt to re-claim the Donkey Kong world record at our TAO attendee party on March 5th, 2008. So, I thought I'd document what happened "behind the
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Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:47 PM

Helvetica: The Documentary

I ran across Jeff Atwood 's blog post, Typography: Where Engineers and Designers Meet , about a week ago. Like Jeff, I've been interested in fonts and typography for a long time. As a matter of fact, I used to create bitmap fonts for the TI-99/4a, Commodore
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:57 PM

What Do I Do? Top sites, MIX08, and PDC08.

A few days ago, I received the following e-mail: Help me out here. I've been reading your blog off and on for years and I can't figure out what it is you do. Your obviously involved with the PDC and MIX conferences, you send a lifesize cardboard cutout
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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:02 PM

Return of The Spider King

As many long-time readers may recall, I've been trying to foist blogging onto my friend and colleague, Thomas Lewis, for nearly three years. He's endured my chiding both online and in person; thank goodness he's one of those guys who can take my constant
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:59 PM

TiVo Gadget v1.0.2 Enables Video Download

I made a very minor update to my TiVo Now Playing gadget that allows you to download recorded shows to your computer. While viewing the show details window, simply click on the title to begin the download. Because the video files are protected, you'll
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:57 AM

TiVo Gadget for Vista

For awhile, I've wanted to try my hands at writing a gadget for the Windows Sidebar in Vista, but I could never come up with a project idea that was small enough to accomplish and useful enough to justify. Since we recently added two TiVo HD units to
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Sunday, October 07, 2007 6:17 PM

MOO, Blurb, Wallhogs, and Zenfolio

Can't say I ever expected to type that post title! I take a lot of digital photos, and I thought I'd share some creative resources I've discovered on the 'net either by recommendation or my own research. They offer unique services, and the quality of
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Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:25 PM

Dinner with Steve Wiebe (of The King of Kong fame)

This past Thursday evening, Ray Winninger, Jennifer Ritzinger, Arthur Yasinski, and I met Steve Wiebe for dinner at Pomegranate in Redmond, Washington. If you're not familiar with Steve, he's featured in the recent documentary, The King of Kong: A Fistful
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Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:06 PM

PowerPoint Slides in 3D

This past week, we had an offsite brainstorming session at the new Novelty Hill • Januik winery in Woodinville to discuss our upcoming MIX08 event in Las Vegas. Jennifer Ritzinger (who still doesn't have a blog for some reason) challenged each speaker
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 6:44 PM

Bad Design by Example

I was shopping at our local Ace Hardware store this afternoon with my wife, and I saw this package of SUPERthrive™ hanging in the aisle (image shows front and back of packaging). Having recently returned from our MIX07 conference in Las Vegas and hearing
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Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:24 PM

My Current Bookshelf #2

Almost three years ago, on June 25, 2004, I wrote a post titled My Current Bookshelf . It inspired a number of similar posts from other bloggers, and I received a lot of great feedback. The last set was decidedly developer-focused. This set includes some
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Friday, March 30, 2007 2:27 PM

Canon RAW Codec for Windows Vista Released

I used to be a Nikon guy, but I decided to dabble with the Canon Rebel XT a couple of years ago, and so far, I'm pleased. Most of my newer wallpaper images were taken with the Canon camera and a 60mm macro lens . Unfortunately, until now, all of those
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Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:12 PM

More Windows Vista Wallpaper

To commemorate more than half a million visits (wow!) to my own wallpaper page , here's a bonus macro shot of rain drops on the hood of my car ( 1,920 x 1200 and 1,600 x 1,200 ). I promise to add more photos when the color starts returning to the Seattle
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