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May 2005
Phone Home
Tuesday, 31 May 2005 12:49 P GMT-05
Last week I wrote about Voice Over IP (VOIP) and Skype on cell phones. I've had VOIP service for over a year now, but as I've mentioned, the quality just hasn't been there. What's more, sometimes the phone just doesn't ring when it should. My wife
Category: Gadgets and Technology
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Audio Books and Audible.com
Friday, 27 May 2005 11:00 A GMT-05
Just the other day, the New York Times published an article by Amy Harmon about audio books and I was actually quoted in it! The article asks the question whether listening to audio books is the same thing as reading, or whether it's inferior.
Category: Gadgets and Technology
VOIP, Skype, and Cell Phones?
Wednesday, 25 May 2005 3:34 P GMT-05
Voice Over IP (VOIP), the technology that lets you use your internet connection to make and receive phone calls (with a regular telephone, not just your computer), seems to be expanding its reach daily. Many of the big telecom companies have been ad
Category: Gadgets and Technology
Traditional Radio Tries Out Podcasting
Tuesday, 24 May 2005 11:38 A GMT-05
For those who need yet more motivation to check out podcasting, here's a site that Tod Maffin has put together that consolidates a list of podcasts of traditional radio shows. (via Amanita.net)When podcasting started, it was mainly with the idea of g
Category: Gadgets and Technology
Foreign Language Meme
Tuesday, 24 May 2005 10:59 A GMT-05
Meredith over at Amanita.net passed along this foreign language meme, so I thought I'd respond:What's your native language? Do you speak any foreign languages? If so, how did you come to learn them?My native language is English (apparently 60% genera
Pa1mOne's LifeDrive Announced
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
Today the long-awaited LifeDrive from Pa1mOne was announced. TreoCentral has a great synopsis and links to various articles about it on the web.I applaud Pa1mOne for being the first PDA to actually use a hard drive expanding their line to include a h
Category: Gadgets and Technology
Yahoo! Releases new Music Services
Friday, 13 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
Yahoo! Just came out with their new internet music offerings and it appears they've upped the anti over their competitors. Last year I belatedly found Yahoo's Launchcast internet radio, and after playing with it for a week or two decided it was an
Category: Gadgets and Technology
The First Book on Podcasting
Friday, 13 May 2005 4:34 P GMT-05
Todd Cochrane from Geek News Central has been talking about an upcoming announcement on his podcast for weeks. Well this morning I finally listened to his show #64 that he had been touting with great fanfare. The news, as it happens, is that Todd
Category: Gadgets and Technology
Consolidating Passwords
Monday, 9 May 2005 3:33 P GMT-05
I've never been the best about IT security. Part of the reason is because in all the years I've been working or playing with computers (over 20 years total but about 15 years on a PC, 12 or 13 years on a Windows PC starting with Windows 3.0), I've s
Category: Gadgets and Technology
Text-To-Speech
Thursday, 5 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
eAs I've written about many times before, I am constantly seeking ways to digest various forms of "content." What I mean is radio, blogs, news, tv shows, books, you name it. Anything that will make this process easier, faster, and more ef
Category: Gadgets and Technology