Digital Mix Review
Review and photos from Digital Mix, a benefit for the EFF.
Post from PhoneBlogger
Audioblog of a performance by Uprock at Digital Mix, a benefit for EFF.
First Known Anti-Tobacco Ad Campaign
A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco In a surprisingly forward looking ad campaign, King James I (a Stuart, I might add) struck out against the dangers of tobacco back in 1604. A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest… Read More »
HP Buys PipeBeach
HP buys small, but highly influential, VoiceXML company PipeBeach.
Gallery 1.3.4 Instructions
I updated my install of Gallery to 1.3.4 last night. After a much too difficult upgrade, I finally got my photo gallery back online. I still think Gallery is a very nice online photo gallery program, I just wish it was a little easier to install. When I installed Gallery 1.3.3 the first time, it… Read More »
Tracking News About Friends
It appears that the friend of a friend was the driver in the terribly unfortunate tragedy in Santa Monica. I’ve been thinking about possibilities for Friendster and FOAF lately, and for some reason this sad event triggered a tangential idea – automated tools for tracking news about friends. If many of your friends maintain weblogs,… Read More »
EFF digital MIX in Oakland
Friday, July 25th, the EFF will be hosting Digital Mix in Oakland as a benefit for the EFF and Creative Commons at the Oakland Box Theater (formerly the Black Box) at 1928 Telegraph Ave between 19th and 20th. This very cool event will celebrate music, digital film, cyber-rights, and illegal art, with speeches by Fred… Read More »
Microsoft Speech Server
Microsoft Beta to Make ’em Talk Microsoft has released a public beta of their Speech Server and a new beta of their Speech Application SDK. Microsoft had previously teamed up primarily with Intel to propose a new standard called SALT that is somewhat competitive with VoiceXML. As of now, I contrast the two as: SALT… Read More »
Join the Bright Club
The Bright Stuff by Daniel Dennett It’s nice to read an opinion piece every now and then that you can completely identify with. Daniel Dennett’s recent NY Times piece on having a naturalist world view really struck home for me. Dennett’s name was a familiar one from philosophy courses I took long ago, particularly one… Read More »
AOL Blog By Phone
‘AOL Journals’ To Bring Blogs To Millions (TechNews.com) AOL will give members three ways to update their blogs — through an online template with blank boxes for text input, through AOL’s instant-messaging system or by telephone. The phone option will be available only to subscribers to the extra-cost “AOL by Phone” service, who will be… Read More »