Apple releases iTunes 4.8

Apple today released iTunes 4.8, an update to its digital music jukebox software and its client for the iTunes Music Store. Version 4.8 includes new Music Store features and support for transferring contacts and calendars from your computer to your iPod (requires Mac OS X version 10.4 on your computer), according to the documentation. [digg.com]

Stationery is bad

Let's face it. Stationery isn't very good. And when it comes to note taking, it just isn't up to the job. Watch the movies and see why you should have a tablet pc running Microsoft's OneNote. This is great.

I win.

I just won a contest over at Dave's iPaq.com. I won a Convergent Technologies Aluminum Case for 2200 series iPAQ. So that is cool.

Free Candy Bars

Hershey is giving away 5 million Take5 candy bars today. At the time of this post they don't have the coupon up yet. Check back later. Update: The coupon is up. Also it might not work in Firefox.

TWit Logo Design

With the new podcast TWit (This Week in Tech) comes a new logo design "call for help" (pun intended). So grab your tablets, sharpen your pen drawing skills, fire-up photoshop or illustrator and submit a piece of artwork for TWit to use on their website.

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Via Talk (VOIP Service) Invites

ViaTalk is HostRocket's upcoming VoIP (Voice over IP) telephone service. I have 6 invites left. If you want one please email me or skype me. Thanks Josh.

iPodlounge.com: Buyers' Guide 2005

If you have an iPod then you need to download this guide. Even if you don't, this guide is a good source of info.

iTunes XHTML Playlist Converter

iTunes XHTML Playlist Converter

Embedded Video and Firefox

Ok, I have figured out how to embed videos into my blog. I used Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 program. I have it set to autostart="false". It is not suppose to play automatically when the page loads. However it does auto play when you go to my website in Firefox. But it does not auto play when you to go to my website in IE. Have I messed something in the code? Is there a way to make it not auto play in firefox? Please help me?

My Link Blog

I have a link blog, del.icio.us page, and my digg page. All have an RSS feed. Please subscribe to it.

Change Skype Ring Tone

Change the default ring tone for Skype with the ring tone heard on 24.

24 was awesome

Ok this was the best 24 ever. Wow.

Daimler's SMART coming to the U.S.

ZAP, a niche motor vehicle company which made its mark building electric cars (hence its name -- Zero Air Pollution), announced this week that it had received final approval from the US Department of Transportation to start selling an Americanized version of the SMART "FourTwo" micro-coupe ("Americanized" means adding structural supports to meet safety standards and confirming that the emissions meet EPA regulations). Update: Watch the test crash video. (only in IE) [via engadget.com]

Audioblog.com is great

I had a 7 day free trial of Audioblog.com. It has expired now. I am not going to renew my account. I however did like the service alot. It was very easy to use. I like the videoblogging feature the most. But that is in beta and probably is going to cost extra in the future. I have the videos that I put on my website but they are in the flash video format. I don't know how to setup a player on my website for them to play. I have full versions of Macromedia's flash MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004. But they are not very easy to understand. Today I had the honor of being a Pallbearer for a friends wife's funeral. It went very well.
Update: I will use OurMedia.org to store the videos.

American Cities That Best Fit You

American Cities That Best Fit You:
70% Honolulu
65% Seattle
55% Miami
55% San Diego
50% Atlanta

VIDEO: The Storm

I like to get the video camera out and record when we have bad storms. This time I got lucky. (Video shot on 8-20-04)




Or download the high-res version:
[316 KB, WMV]

RoamDrive

RoamDrive is an application that allows you to store data in your GMail (or Hotmail/MSN) e-mail account. Unlike GMail Drive, you can not mount this as a hard drive, but there is no 40 character file name limit or 10MB file size limit. Via: Digg.com

VIDEO: My dog

My dog is sleeping.




Or Download the high-res version:
[18.7 MB, WMV]

Flickr Upgraded

Flickr has new prices and added more freebies. Wish I had a pro account.

TopDesk

TopDesk - With a single key press, you can view thumbnails of all open windows, display all windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.