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File: April 2006

2006-04-18 :: mark // Hardware
Poor TiVo

Every time I hear that TiVo is sucking in its last breath, or that it is embroiled in another IP lawsuit, or some other “end of the road as we know it” story, I shed a movie-like solitary tear. It is truly a sad situation. Like many others, I am a TiVo true believer. An [...]

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2006-04-13 :: mark // Internet
Google Calendar

It’s here! Is it called CL2? Nope. Just Google Calendar Beta. ZDNet’s posting on it has already been Dugg a bazillion times! Here’s the main page that takes you to your default view, which at this moment, is the week view for me (user selectable). Looks like iCal to me. The “Quick Add” interface if [...]

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2006-04-01 :: mark // Internet
Tablet PC meets Web 2.0

Just saw this awesome presentation regarding Web 2.0 done, thankfully, without looking like standard PowerPoint. Very cool. Nice drawing!

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2006-04-01 :: mark // Internet
The Anti-Five Buck Idea

I think I just found the anti Five Buck Idea post. Russell Beattie writes “WTF 2.0″ on his blog. I like the article, and it is definitely a person coming from a very different part of the spectrum. Russell has one very good point — he comes from a different business and technological perspective. He’s [...]

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