Wireless XBOX 360 + DirecTV

Posted and filed under Hardware, media, technology.

If you want to connect your XBOX 360 to your home’s wireless network, you could spend about $85 on an official XBOX 360 Wireless Network Adapter. But that will only get you one network port. I’ve got DirecTV and have been meaning to connect that to the network, too, so I can access the OnDemand… Read more »

TinyURL! Bookmarklet

Posted and filed under technology.

I love TinyURL! and have been using it for years and years. For the first time today I scrolled down the page a bit, by accident, and saw that you can create a TinyURL! bookmarklet. Trés radical.

Terms of Use

Posted and filed under blogging.

I can’t tell if Mike’s Terms of Use are supposed to be serious or if they’re parody. That worries me.

The New Startup Cultures: SXSW 2006

Posted and filed under blogging, media, technology.

Today I attended a panel at SXSW titled “The New Startup Cultures“. It was moderated by (MOD) Lane Becker Director of New Ventures, Adaptive Path. The panelists were: (BB) Ben Brown: Internet Rockstar, Consumating.com (TC) Tony Conrad: CEO/Founder, Sphere (TS) Tony Schneider: Automattic Inc (AW) Anita Wilhelm: Co-Founder, Caterpillar Mobile

DreamSEO and SubmissionShark

Posted and filed under rants, technology.

I get a lot of spam. A lot. No, really. I get a lot of spam. I am directly or indirectly connected to the whois / registration of dozens and dozens of sites. I get a.lot.of.spam. So. Tonight I happen to notice a piece of spam directed towards a URL that I own that nobody… Read more »

Book Learning

Posted and filed under News.

“Google is beginning to have a subtle, but noticeable effect on research. More and more scholarly publications are putting up their issues in PDF format, which Google indexes as though they were traditional Web pages. But almost no one is publishing entire books online in PDF form. So, when you’re doing research online, Google is… Read more »