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2/14/2005

Use a DS as a PIM?

Filed under: — Josh @ 11:33 pm

Nintendo licensing PalmOS? So what’s it mean? I guess this idea throws a wrench in the idea of V-Pocket being for video or something. Though this does sort of remind me of other, slightly less successful titles.

In other DS news, someone’s made their own game for it. Already.

2/13/2005

Just in Case

Filed under: — Josh @ 10:24 pm

Just in case you happen to be as much of a social reject as I am, here are some starter tips.

2/12/2005

Don’t mind me

Filed under: — Josh @ 8:20 pm

Just trying to pull off an upgrade to WordPress 1.5-gamma, now that they’re having upgrade parties and whatnot. Normally I’d be saying that it’s just an excuse for a geek to have a social life, but one can see that logic is flawed when one considers the fact that only other geeks would attend an upgrade party.

(Note to geeks: please take the above in jest.)

Update: Done, I think. Took maybe 20 minutes in all, now to play around with new settings.

2/11/2005

Spamvertising on the rise?

Filed under: — Josh @ 11:26 pm

Probably just me. But has it seemed that comment/trackback spam, forum advertising, and (maybe even) junk e-mail has surged a bit recently? The other day I got something like 37 new e-mails, of which about 30 were spam. Usually I get just over half that.

2/10/2005

Having Second Thoughts?

Filed under: — Josh @ 11:08 pm

Since I’m enjoying my time spent on essays on Christianity and Islam (how clichéd), perhaps you would like information on how to convert to Islam? Difficulty Level: Average; Time Required: Variable.

2/9/2005

Goodbye, Carly

Filed under: — Josh @ 3:37 pm

Oh, goodbye, Carly. You could make that into a song. It’s big news (Google even has it listed as number one “In the News”), Carly Fiorina is out at HP. Here’s to hoping this will in some way mean good things for the next round of iPAQs. Stockholders seem pleased.

2/8/2005

Google Maps Launches

Filed under: — Josh @ 4:39 pm

Looks cool. It’s beta, of course. Nice, clean Googlesque interface; interactive maps let you click and center and whatnot, but without loading a new page with every click; search, while somewhat buggy(?) knows to center on what you’re looking at on the map; gives you address/phone number/directions/website(!). Oh, and it makes it easy to link to a given map too. If you click on Local Search it even says “Where e.g., Poughkeepsie, NY,” but that could just be hardcoded in. Now if only it did satellite coverage too….

Tracking Google Juice

Filed under: — Josh @ 12:37 am

Related to the GoDaddy Super Bowl thing, you can track how the whole fiasco is affecting GoDaddy’s search results on Google and MSN Search. At least it saved them $2.4 million. Though opinion reports vary, some say it was the best ad, and others say it was worst.

Update: Somewhat unrelated, but you might as well check out how Google News is covering the spot.

2/7/2005

Good News for Palm Users

Filed under: — Josh @ 11:32 pm

You can now pay more for an unlocked Treo 650 and continue not using a Samsung i550 with Sprint.

Not that I have much against Palm (my m500 lasted forever, almost), but is it me or do they seem to be trying to rid themselves of the pesky PDA business?

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