Monthly Archives: May 2005
ISDN Pay Phones
Next to this batch of jidou hanbaiki or vending machines is an
ISDN phone. ISDN has been available on phone booths since the early
90s. These phones have an analog jack and an ISDN digital jack, make
sure you plug your laptop into … Continue reading
Vending machines
No set of pictures from Japan would be complete without some jidou
hanbaiki or vending machines. There may be as many as 5.5 million
of them in Japan, requiring the energy output of the equivalent of one
nuclear power plant to power all … Continue reading
BlogHarbor and Domination of the Blogosphere
I’ve seen a number of articles recently (like this and this) about why Yahoo, MSN, Google et. al. will crush companies like Six Apart and services like our BlogHarbor and I think the idea is ludicrous.
Will those companies be bigger … Continue reading
Podcast icons
I was looking for podcast icons today and came across this source listing a bunch of options. If you’re looking to jazz up your blog layout with icons denoting your podcast feed and files, [blog.forret.com]has a great listing of icons … Continue reading
Internal Uses Of Blogs
Nice summary by Shel Holtz of the Internal Uses Of Blogs. This jumped out at me:
I’ve been engaged in employee communication for 28 years. When I started as an employee communications representative at ARCO in 1977, we used manual typewriters, … Continue reading
Installing Fedora Core on the Mac mini
Colin Charles has an interesting article at the Red hat magazine on Installing Fedora Core on the Mac mini. He summarizes the installation of Red Hat Fedora on the Mac mini:
A pretty swanky mini box! That’s what the Mac mini … Continue reading
True Hoop, True
I met sportswriter Henry Abbott at the recent NYC geek dinner; he’s got a new blog called True Hoop. Looks like he’ll be blogging the NBA scene; make sure to check it out if you’re a basketball fan.
And if you … Continue reading
Pizza Dinner with Geeks in NYC
I went to a “geek dinner” in NYC on Monday night, a get together organized by Steve Rubel and Robert Scoble, which coincided with Dave Winer’s birthday. I posted pictures here, and some on Fickr too, other Fickr pics are … Continue reading
