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Archive for February, 2007

Google Gadgets

28Feb07

Apparently, gadgets are huge:

Google Map - 4,861,113
PacMan v2.0 - 8,114,344
DIGG - 3,228,599
My IP - 1,063,244
Wikipedia - 27,314,972
Countdown - 2,076,028
Online Second Life Friends - 1,396
Free Sudoku Puzzles - 4,450,349
Memory Game - 647,151

In that spirit … have some retro fun:

Love it, love it, love it:

I tell you, there’s pure genius in simplicity, if you have the guts to totally sell out and pursue it.
Tags: apple, iphone, ad, tv, john koetsier
iMobilePlaza.com sell brand new and unlocked iPhone. Worldwide Shipping.

I just upgraded bizhack to Wordpress 2.1, so if you notice any odd squirreliness, that’s why.
Better backend Safari compatibility and updated security were the two reasons to upgrade … that and the fact that WP 2.1 is supposed to be a much stingier MySQL user (more optimized, better queries, fewer queries per page).
Plugin compatiblity was […]

MediaTemple is updating GridServer … the grid computing architecture that this blog and many other sites are running it.
It’s been a long hard road for MT with plenty of problems. In reverse chronological order:

December 2006: MediaTemple GridServer: #2
December 2006: MediaTemple: starting to rock again
November 2006: MediaTemple does the right thing
November 2006: MediaTemple GridServer is a […]

OK, so I finally watched Snakes on a Plane … on an airplane.
The guy next to me saw that I had a laptop and pulled out a stack of movies. Since he offered the DVD, I could hardly refuse and keep my geek cred.
The movie did pretty much suck, unfortunately. But it did allow me […]

This is absolutely classic. Wonderful:

Tags: apple, vista, os x, tiger, funny, john koetsier

OpenID me

20Feb07

Just so you know, I am who I say I am.
Really.
You can take my word for it.
Tags: identity2.0, openID, john koetsier

Obvious Corp is is selling Odeo.
What worries me is whether or not audio I’ve recorded there will survive the transition. Like my wife’s grandfather’s last phone message. Like my my daughter’s thoughts on the Narnia move.
Ev says they’re selling it lock, stock, and barrel:

To clarify, what we’re talking about is selling odeo.com and studio.odeo.com, […]

Saw something funny while using Mac OS X Mail the other day:

Notice how many attachments are in the email at the top. I guess I’ve never had enough before to see this particular uncounted count.
Tags: mac, os x, mail, attachments, funny, john koetsier

Tags: vista, voice recognition, perl, funny, john koetsier



Welcome to my old site. I'm John Koetsier, and you're in the wrong place.

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