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Big Broccoli Ocarina

Michael Moncur — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:01:00 +0000

YouTube - Big Broccoli Ocarina - Now I can truly say I’ve seen everything, including “Angels We Have Heard On High” played on Broccoli. [more here]

The Really Perfect Ringtone

Michael Moncur — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:45:58 +0000

Eric’s Archived Thoughts: The Really Perfect Ringtone - Best ringtone ever.

Microsoft pulls its Yahoo offer

Michael Moncur — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:18:23 +0000

Microsoft pulls its Yahoo offer - via Scoble, who described it thus: “Yahoo is a bleeding animal. Left lying, gasping for its breath, after a larger animal (Microsoft) struck and then walked away after it proved too difficult to eat.”

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times

Michael Moncur — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:09:41 +0000

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times - Another valiant but ridiculous effort by mainstream media to make the Internet seem dramatic.

AT&T Is Working on Its Own 3D Browser Pogo.

Michael Moncur — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:45:08 +0000

AT&T Is Working on Its Own 3D Browser Pogo. - Attention AT&T: Adding some silly, usability-challenged 3D eye candy to Mozilla does not make for an improved web-browsing experience.

The worlds 50 most powerful blogs | Technology | The Observer

Michael Moncur — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:44:13 +0000

The worlds 50 most powerful blogs - I’m continually amazed at how these lists seem to come from an entirely different universe than the one I live in. I’ve heard of 17 of the 50, and I regularly read a total of three of them. Either the blogosphere is far more diverse and wide-ranging than mainstream journalism suspects, or I’m just seriously out of the loop…

Mail Keeps Rejecting Password (updated) - AndrewEscobar.com

Michael Moncur — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:39:31 +0000

Mail Keeps Rejecting Password (updated) - AndrewEscobar.com - For every problem, there’s a solution buried somewhere in a mile-long list of comments on a weblog post.

Six Principles for Making New Things

Michael Moncur — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:16:13 +0000

Paul Graham: Six Principles for Making New Things - “I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.” Brilliant advice, although I can’t figure out what overlooked problem requires a new dialect of LISP.

Five whys - Joel on Software

Michael Moncur — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:45:32 +0000

Five whys - Joel on Software - Some good thoughts on dealing with network downtime.

Palm OS II Devices on Track for Release in Early 2009

Michael Moncur — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:02:11 +0000

Palm OS II Devices on Track for Release in Early 2009 - Rumor has it they’ll be using a time machine to introduce these devices in 1996 when someone still cares.