Say goodbye to Imus and radio

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
I won't miss Imus, I gave up listening to radio long ago. Regular radio was far too crude, especially before my morning coffee and NPR was always begging for money. Luckily a few years back podcasts started showing up. Some are classes, some are serialized novels, some are radio type shows. Almost all are free. The easiest way to manage them is to subscribe through iTunes ( which is free from Apple if you don't already have it ) iTunes will automatically check for new episodes and download them for you. You can listen to them on your computer or any portable mp3 player. Here's some of my favorites: Scott… Read More

Other search engines and Yahoo’s new search engine

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Every one knows Google It's tough to beat Google's search results. But Yahoo has a nice new search engine it is testing. You get the usual results along with wiki, you tube, flickr and other results all together in an easy to use format. This one might put Yahoo back in the competition. If you are having trouble finding something also try: Look Smart Vivisimo dmoz Snap Gigablast There are… Read More

Fun with Google maps

Friday, April 6th, 2007
For fun try getting directions from NYC to Dublin via Google Maps. GMaps, directions NYC to Dublin The directions take you to Long Wharf in Boston, then tell you to 'Swim across the Atlantic Ocean' for 3,462 miles. Or you can view the Las Vegas Strip … Read More

My SQL on OSX

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
It is supposed to be a painless install. It was not. In fact it was rather painful. I put together a set a instructions I hope will be useful for anyone else attempting it. It's on the sidebar at the right under computer stuff. And here 10 Step Wordpress Install on OSX I couldn't have set mine up with out MySQL Reference for OSX and Installing WordPress on Tiger. If something I say is not clear or your run into troubles check both those… Read More