August 2008
can you think of large & established companies that remain unencumbered my their own growth?
in the ecosystem of a free market is it inevitable that success = enlargement = engorgement = corpulent = sluggish = thickheaded = decline?
July 2008
SimpleWeather.com →
“local weather conditions and weather forecasts”
Teleport →
VersionTracker product info
Opening the Cellwaves →
by Doc Searls - 27 July 2008 - Linux Journal
Synergy demo →
YouTube
got the go ahead to design the working prototype for a low cost web-based application & registration system.
Second Breakfast = habanero mini omelette on bakery fresh baguette.
and, for that matter, @AreAitch’s Twitter page no longer exists?
sustaining myself by the judicious remixing of misc leftovers, fresh baguette and spicy cheese; working until i drop.
reading my months old emails, to remember what it was i’d figured out & proposed - now that their deadline inspires the client to follow up.
finally culled enough non-reciprocating Followees that i can (evidently) follow again. (still trimming, though, in karmic batches.)
the latent mirth in suburbia’s night air is the echoing fragrance of childhood summers, fickle freedoms, friendships and diminishing days.
feeling a like a bird in flight, July’s twilight blowing though the car windows ruffling my wings as Dwight crests a hilltop out of shadows.
on the road to Arlingtron.
reading Cory Doctorow’s articulate article “A suicide note from the music industry” in the Guardian. http://twurl.nl/f17q01
listening to “This Week In Tech” and other podcasts while driving to MD and VA.
using Twitter Karma to trim Following is S L O W. @Twitter’s API limit makes it’s far more difficult to unfollow than follow people.
Wordle →
“Beautiful Word Clouds … a toy for generating word clouds from text that you provide”
compressing the mobile version of my life into several duffles and bags, brewing coffee for the road.
travel plans curtailed, trip to Phily postponed.
twilight gardening, weeding, watering & re-staking the hefty tomato bushes. @Natterjack, start thinking how we’ll eat all these tomatoes!
i’m probably getting a new(er) car in the near future, which means Dwight (my old man car) will be looking for a new home. need a sedan?
extending my travels for the remainder of week to include, northern Virginia, DC, then Phily.
Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music... →
by Cory Doctorow - 29 July 2008 - Guardian.co.uk - “The deal between record companies and ISPs will drive music-swapping underground and erode their profits still further”
A General Theory of Productivity →
Productive Flourishing - 17 March 2008
Sandy →
“your free personal email assistant”
Etsy Fee Calculator →
eBay Fee Calculator →
Amazon Marketplace Fee Calculator →
PayPal Fee Calculator →
though the air in the house remains clement, the sun roasted aroma floating in the window forecasts imminent change.
when i’m not living someplace else, i live exactly where i am right now.
shuffling through the clover can cause sudden vocalized invective and temporary hobblng.
shuffling your feet as you walk, in sandals, is a really bad idea when the bees are in the clover.
when i’m not listening to something else, i’m probably listening to Eclectopia.
i harvested the first cucumber from @Natterjack’s garden; it was hidden among the squash leaves, where the cucumber vines have crept.
“Friends are so hard to make, and so easy to lose.” - Hans Schmidt (via @DSearls)
the imported part of dinner: supermarket beef & pita, Jamaican rum, RC cola, “Six Feet Under” (via Netflix).
the local part of tonight’s dinner: garden fresh cucumbers & dill, local tomatoes, Amish cheese & bacon.
Indigo →
VersionTracker product info
XTension →
VersionTracker product info
Indigo →
“Macintosh Home Automation and Control Server … an intelligent home control server that integrates an assortment of home control hardware modules to provide unprecedented control of your home”…
MisterHouse →
“An open source home automation program. It’s fun, it’s free, and it’s entirely geeky. Written in Perl, it fires events based on time, web, socket, voice, and serial data. It currently runs on…
Blippr →
“radically short ratings and reviews … the easiest way to discuss, discover, and organize media with your friends.”
Mailinator →
“Let Them Eat Spam! … Protect your privacy and avoid spam. No Registration! No Sign-up!”
Talkinator →
“talk like crazy” web chat with no sign-up
Google Domain Registration →
Google Apps - “Register a domain and get business applications included”
GPS Twit →
making it easier for your “friends” to stalk you
comparing Synergy (“MacOSX port incomplete”) vs Teleport (5 of 5 stars in VersionTracker user reviews). [thank you @Nazgul, @Tewha, @MTK!]