More on the RSS headline viewer for Palm devices that I mentioned over the weekend. Today I tried it on my Tungsten C and it worked pretty well. A couple of minor bugs but overall a pretty nice package. They've also written a conduit (Windows only), so you don't need an internet-capable device to use the software. (more)
September 2003 Archives
First look at an RSS headline viewer for Palm devices, able to read headlines either via HotSync or directly to the internet. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising. [Via stevenf]... (more)
Anand Lai Shimpi (founder and chief of AnandTech) has started a weblog (RSS Feed). Subscribed. AnandTech is a great resource for PC hardware reviews, especially for the do-it-yourself PC builders out there. (Which reminds me, I really need to build a new PC. Still getting some use out of my Celeron 300 system with Windows 98, but it's really pathetic.)... (more)
Joel Spolsky's company (Fog Creek Software) just moved in to a new office. I'm jealous! Most software managers know what good office space would be like, and they know they don't have it, and can't have it. Office space seems to be the one thing that nobody can get right and nobody can do anything about. There's a ten year... (more)
I mentioned earlier that my copy of SyncIT was giving me fits and for some reason had erased ALL of my bookmarks. I was also frustrated by a total lack of information, updates, or news from the people running the site. Submitted a support request only resulting in a database error. Today I received an e-mail from the company explaining... (more)
Via PalmInfocenter, I learned about SmbMate which provides access to SMB servers from your Palm device. I've just tried it on my Tungsten C over 802.11 and it works well. File transfer speeds were not great, but that may be due to my older SD card.... (more)
Check out Scott Hanselman's Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tools List for a long list of useful developer tools. Lots of .Net stuff in there (which I'm not using yet), but there are some new ones like BootDisk.com which contains boot images for old versions of DOS and Windows. [Via Ned Batchelder]... (more)
Updated 2003-12-04: Pointing to the correct schedule for 2004 NASCAR today released the final schedule for Nextel Cup racing in 2004. Time to start making plans! I'm going to miss the name "Winston Cup" -- "Nextel Cup" just doesn't sound right. 2004 Schedule [Via Racing One]... (more)
Mark Pilgrim reports that the Feed Validator (previously called the RSS Validator) has moved to a new location (http://feedvalidator.org/). Apparently the old server location (http://feeds.archive.org/validator/) was experiencing down-time or other problems, so it's been moved to its own server. Validating your RSS feed helps ensure that news readers and aggregators can read your information without trouble.... (more)
I just finished reading Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug. This is a frequently-recommended book on web usability and overall I found it a good (quick) read with many common-sense approaches to improving web usability. The author's writing style makes it an enjoyable read (if there is such a thing for technical books). My only complaint was that the book is relatively short (less than 200 pages) and I found myself wanting more. (more)
StickyC points to a good Mojito recipe today. We just made some for the first time this weekend and they were quite good. I used a recipe from Elton Mohito. I believe the correct spelling of the drink is "Mojito", which results in many more recipes from Google.... (more)
