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File: March 2006

2006-03-31 :: mark // Internet
Anti-Flagr from Google?

Check this out: Sending place information to your phone from a map! Exactly opposite of Flagr.com. To use, just click on a flag in Google Maps and you’ll see the “send to phone” link.

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2006-03-28 :: mark // General
Humane treatment of animals

This is not.

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2006-03-28 :: mark // Internet
MySpace, a good deal?

Since Rupert Murdoch acquired MySpace.com last year for $580 million, people have been jeering about the return of the Internet Bubble. Well, if you thought that was enough to make people groan, put in your ear plugs, because BusinessWeek is reporting that Facebook is on the market, and has just turned down offers approaching $750 [...]

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2006-03-28 :: mark // Software
PowerPoint is Stupid

Sometimes, I am struck by the stupidity of some programs. Why can’t I open Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (Windows) and have it load separate windows for each presentation? I have more than one monitor and it would be spiffy if I could actually use them with PowerPoint. Grrrrrrr. Why must it be an SDI window? Well, [...]

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2006-03-23 :: mark // Internet
Tech Jealousy and Korea

Meet my mother in law. She’s here on sabbatical from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Korea. She’s been hanging out in Boston, enjoying a few less daily responsibilities away from Professorship. Now that she actually has spare time, we’ve been driving into Allston to go to the Korean video store to rent video tapes of [...]

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