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Or…things to check out after vacation. Rasterweb shows how to hack AmphetaDesk to use <guid> elements, if they exist Textile-2 coming soon (Brad Choate working with Dean Allan) — I've been using MT-Textile and have found it extremely useful — no more writing HTML tags for my post to ensure it's formatted correctly Bill Kearney has a list of sidebars for Windows

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Getting Caught Up

Faced with a big deadline at work and a big party at home, I’ve had no time to keep up with what’s going on around the internet. Fortunately my inbox is full of RSS headlines thanks to my HeadlineMailer. I just subscribed to Windley’s Enterprise Computing Weblog which looks like a great http://www.flomaxbuyonline.com/ information source. He linked to the announcement that Sprint will carry the new Sony T608 phone (with integrated Bluetooth). Being a Sprint customer and Palm user, I’d definitely like to get one of these. The Tungsten T also has integrated Bluetooth, so this would be a great…

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I thought the IRS was bad

Tax Program Develops An Insulting Approach (Walt Mossberg) — having used TurboTax for many years, I bought my copy this weekend only to learn that Intuit has added product activation and spyware to the installation process. They’ve already got a lucrative product with a guaranteed need to upgrade every year, so why go to the trouble of activation? Is sharing copies of TurboTax such a big problem? I’m already committed this year, but TaxCut is looking better for 2003. Apparently this is a real support issue; their support FAQ page includes almost 40 topics. Thankfully they have finally published an…

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Disused London Underground Stations

If you saw the latest James Bond movie — Die Another Day — you’ll probably remember the scene Bond and M (and later, Q) in a disused Underground station. Recently I ran across an entire web site dedicated to these stations, including some notes on the location used for the latest James Bond movie Die Another Day. http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/ [From Feet Up]

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