Ok so I’ve had the new iPhone for a little while now. This is my first ever iPhone and I have some questions. Maybe you can help me? - iPhone knows how to announce the album name and artist (using the voice recognition “what song is that” command.) Then why can’t I enable it to automatically announce each and every song? - Why is it so dang hard to convert a DVD I own to iPhone format? I tried a bunch of ‘solutions’ using software I already have, as well as 2 or 3 utilities I downloaded. None finished successfully. All took forever. Isn’t there an easy way? Any experts out there who want to comment? Technorati Tags: iphone
Leaving aside what exactly an Electronic Voting Machine is, the New York Times weighed in with this editorial the other day: > “Electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper record of every vote cast cannot be trusted. In 2008, more than one-third of the states, including New Jersey and...
With what’s going on in Iran right now, many commentators are wondering whether the elections were fair. That is to say, do the reported results correspond to reality, to how people actually voted? > “In Washington...
I was shown a promising new site called TheRentables, for people (I know at least 3) who are looking to rent an apartment. They say: “The Rentables takes a fundamentally different approach to rental property listings to deliver the most relevant, accurate and...
My post about Barack Obama’s election was getting a bit long, so I thought I’d break it up and get some more blog miles out of the story. First of all, check o...
TIVO keeps on getting cooler and cooler: > “Netflix said it will begin testing a service Thursday that lets users with TiVo’s latest DVR models access movies and television shows from an online library of 12,000 Netflix titles. ...
As you know from a previous post, I’ve been working on a “domain specific language” for election ballot processing. In my search for information I got a pointer to a book called: [Ruby Best Practices](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596523009?ie=UTF8&tag=blogbridge-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creati...
An amusing article in Newsweek about Peter Arnell, self-styled renaissance man, inventor of the “Peapod“, a “a mix of Darth Vader, a bullet train, and a Citroën deux chevaux”: > “[snip…] With no air conditio...
I have been working quite a lot on Election Reform over the last few weeks, at least from the technology side. To be honest there is just so much I could be blogging about in this narrow specialized space that my cup overfloweth, but also it ...
My friend Amy just recently arrived from an incredible trip through Asia. If you are curious, check out Amy’s blog: > “My travels in Southern Laos were indeed more successful in terms of being able to get out and see things than my time in the ...
Check this post Government Efficiency from Dilbert.com Blog: > A confusopoly is a situation in which companies pretend to compete on price, service, and features but in fact they are just trying to confuse customers so no one can do comparison shopping. (from: Government Efficiency) Nice new term: Confusopoly
Check this post Thank you Jason Bay from 38 Pitches: > “… Yet somehow we’re hearing these same people talk about being struck momentarily stupid when West African bullfrog se...
The National Trust of Historic Preservation and American Express are giving away $100,000.00 to a Massachusetts historic site. All you have to do is to exercise your left mouse finger to increase the chances of your site. [Click here to register and cast your vote. It’s all free and takes (by my wat...
This is from his blog: “When our third child was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome almost two years ago all I can say is that my heart was aching. A child that I had raised to that point like his siblings, I couldn’t understand how he could be so different. I was in the doctors office when I heard the words ” On the spectrum of Autism” Aspergers.” (from38 Pitches)
This does not compute: **“As the final five contestants on “American Idol” competed for a chance at the top prize on Tuesday, Fox once again took first place in the night’s ratings. According to Nielsen’s estimates, 22.5 million viewers tuned in to the reality show during the 8 p.m. hour, easily m...
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