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June 2006 Archives
This afternoon we launched a public beta of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0. According to my information, our last Mac release was in September 2003, or almost 3 years ago! This release is basically an all-new client and should hopefully show that we’re back in the Mac business. I know there is a lot planned for this client, so we... (more)
Don’t know if I’m really ready for a full-blown “switch”, but I recently bought from a friend at work his old PowerBook G4. (He joined practically every other Mac user I know in buying a new MacBook Pro, so I’m benefiting from his castoff.) I’ve been a Mac users off an on, but have never owned a decent one like... (more)
I’m looking forward to the Gnomedex conference starting this Thursday in Seattle. In 2004 I attended the 4th Gnomedex in Lake Tahoe, but missed last year’s event. I’m really not sure what to expect this year…Gnomedex is always a great technology conference and it’ll be interesting to see what it’s like with the lineup of speakers/discussion leaders they’ve signed up.... (more)
This Monday night we released the beta for Yahoo! Messenger 8.0. This release has the usual set of UI improvements and feature changes here and there, but the big news is that Messenger is now opened up for developers. We’ve added support for two types of plug-ins: Tab plug-ins load in the lower part of the main application window while... (more)
For an early Father’s Day present, the family gave me a new stereo for the truck along with a Sirius receiver… ESPN? … check! Disney channel? … check! NASCAR? … check, but not till next year. Playboy? … Playboy, on the radio? I don’t think so. So far I’ve managed to get the service activated which was pretty easy. Now... (more)
I’ve always been looking for a good way to handle my “readlater” items — websites or other information that I’ve found and don’t want to forget. I started with task lists (on the Palm) and recently use a ‘readlater’ tag in del.icio.us. ToRead looks like an interesting alternative solution. It’s a free service that mails web pages to your inbox.... (more)
When the Xbox 360 came out, I wanted one bad. For once, I thought, I’d be on the cutting edge rather than waiting. But, scarcity of supply and the outrageous premiums on eBay turned me off and I decided to wait and see what happens with the upcoming Sony and Nintendo systems in 2006 (2007?). Steven Frank (of Panic fame),... (more)
