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June 29, 2006
4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo [via Gizmodo]
For you Sony Ericsson W800 / W810 owners out there, a the specs always say (expandable to 2GB). I wonder if it can address a 4GB memory stick? 
Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo Goes Up To 4GB - Gizmodo
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BuzzBoost Overview and FAQ
Our design team has been hard at work on some new gfx to promote different parts of the FeedBurner website. I like this one promoting BuzzBoost (our RSS to Javascript service). If you are interested in putting your feed items on your website, or sharing your feed on your friends' websites, try it out.
FeedBurner - BuzzBoost Overview and FAQ
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June 25, 2006
Kevin from Bokee makes Crain's
Great picture of Kevin from Bokee in Houhai - the reporters on this article actually went to Beijing and interviewed him. They were trying really hard to find an angle about how Google has had a hard time in China and "wouldn't it also be hard for FeedBurner?" I absolutely hate it when journalists have an agenda and just try to twist your words to fit their story. You know these guys were told "write a story on how evil the Chinese government is concerning the internet." Look at his questions for Kevin..."How do you censor?" My word. It ended up alright in the end, though, and the journalist was nice enough otherwise.
Great job, Kevin - keeping this article on task and providing the interesting tidbits about blogging in China and not about the sub-title "The Internet might seem like the ultimate free-speech medium. Not in China." In my trip to China, I definitely saw a society that wanted to break from the old-guard - and was certainly making great strides to do so, even if change would take a long time.
A digital dilemma | Crain's Chicago Business
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June 23, 2006
"Branding the Feed"
Our fearless leader is featured in the latest Business 2.0 article "Branding the Feed" where he talks about some of the rationalization behind why so many publishers are joining FeedBurner's RSS Ad Network.
Check it out at a newsstand near you. Online soon here.
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June 22, 2006
another world cup goals site
thank deu the french like world cup goals - for any game, click on the score, then click on the spinning balls to see the goals. they click on an adsense ad to help them pay for this!
La Coupe du Monde 2006 de Football en un coup d'oeil
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Get your FeedBurner stats, as an ... RSS feed!
Simone Carletti - who runs RSS world in Italy, among doing a lot of other things, has created a pretty easy way for you to get your FeedBurner stats in any RSS reader. It uses the FeedBurner Awareness API and we love to see uses of our APIs like this.
his quickstart is here:
http://lab.rss-world.info/feedburner-feedstats/quickstart.php
and you can get an example by clicking here:
http://lab.rss-world.info/feedburner-feedstats/stats2feed.php?feeds=simonecarletti,rssworld/news
great job, Simone!
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FeedFlare in Typepad - all "without a line of code"
Our very own Don Loeb goes through our wonderful new integration with Typepad - which allows adding FeedFlare without editing your templates. This is awesome!
FeedFlare now built into Typepad
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June 21, 2006
Dancing About Architecture: FeedFlare Scratchpad
more hackathon...make sure and check out Eric's great FeedFlare Scratchpad - makes FeedFlare dev at FeedBurner much easier!
Dancing About Architecture: FeedFlare Scratchpad
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Another hackathon down...
Read all about it! -- we just loaded up all the featurettes from last Friday's FeedBurner Hackathon III. My personal contribution was a Publisher Module for Netvibes - so that if you have an FB account you can quickly see your circ stats. The next thing I will add to this post hackathon is add the ability to get your FeedBurner Ad Network balance right in the module itself - for now it's a link.
It's always fun to put on a developer hat for a few days - in this case, I had to learn PHP, CSS, XHTML, and the Netvibes API, all in one day. whew! Here's what it looks like (i'll try to fix the spacing soon) - and if you want to add it just click this link.
I also plan to update the Google Homepage module as well - soon! You can click the picture below if you want instructions for that one.
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June 20, 2006
3G BlackBerry coming soon (i hope)
RIM has released a UMTS version of the BlackBerry 8700 line in the UK - let's hope it gets to Cingular soon.
BlackBerry 8707
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my xbox "gamer tag"
for some reason, the iframe doesn't work in my sidebar - i guess i got too much blog bling here.
feel free to challenge me to a game of fifa if you have the means...
Get your own Gamercard Sig.
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get all world cup goals in iTunes for free
one of our wonderful FeedBurner publishers has been kind enough to provide everyone with a podcast of WorldCup goals.
click on the BrowserFriendly
WorldCup Goals 06 from SLIxxBlog - par FeedBurner
or put into iTunes "subscribe to podcast":
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WorldcupGoals06FromSlixxblog
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Xbox 360 versus PS3
I really liked this interview in ars technica with Matt Lee of the Xbox 360 team, and some of his insights into the Xbox 360 vs the PS3.
Interview with Microsoft's Matt Lee, Xbox 360 developer top gun : Page 1
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June 19, 2006
Can Publishers Survive in an RSS Age? [Rick's quotes]
A few good quotes by our very own Rick Klau, and our friends at Newsgator and Wired at the link all the way at the bottom.
I think people underestimate just how big an impact Microsoft will have in releasing feeds as part of the experience in IE7 and Outlook 2007, and later, Vista. Yes, most IT shops and home users won't upgrade for quite some time, but I already think the IE7 user subscription experience is leaps and bounds better than anything else I've seen, and once publishers figure out how to make their feed more part of the content (see the BBC for great examples) and standardize on what they are showing readers, I think all the pieces will fall into place.
The "blogosphere" doesn't get that yet, because they're all using Firefox or Safari, both which have a very terrible feed reading experience built in.
A lot of people are waiting for some incredible renaissance in the feed reading experience, but in the end, I think the company that figures out how to fold it into what the average person does all day can grab a foothold on those users, and then innovate together with those subscribers as customers.
Like it or not, Microsoft knows this and is clearly spending a lot of time on it. below are some screenshots on the syncronized reading experience between IE7 and Outlook - click to enlarge.
Can Publishers Survive in an RSS Age?
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Nokia takes on Moto in Chicago
An interesting choice of venue for Nokia's first brick and mortar store in the U.S. - right here in Chicago. I must say, I don't really know anyone who owns a Nokia phone anymore who isn't a mobile gearhead or wasn't given one by their employers at Google or Yahoo - and in Chicago (and probably many other places in the U.S.) - it's RAZRs as far as the eye can see.
Nokia used to have a pretty good foothold here with the 8290 and the 8390
- now those were kick-ass phones that took a lickin', and everybody had one of these in Nokia's heyday. Then Nokia went all smartphone on us, and only fools like me went nuts and bought the 6600 and beyond. Those were way to big and bulky for average Joe Chicago.
So, they're going to try to get back some brand awareness by opening a flagship store. Might be cool if I knew I could pick up some unlocked goodies they only sold overseas. Chances of that are slim to none, which is exactly how thick Nokia should be trying to make their phones.
Chicago to Open Nokia Store - Gizmodo
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wine in a can?
i can barely get myself to drink beer in can these days, let alone wine in a can. Juan Luis points to this Argentinian company trying to market it. i can't imagine it doesn't ruin the taste, but who knows!
Ironwine
Tecnorantes » Vino en lata
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June 15, 2006
CrisTux: Linux for Christians
[via Alt1040] there is now distro of Linux for churches, parishes, etc. not sure how it works without daemons!
CRISTUX.ORG proyecto de distribución cristiana basada en software GNU
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June 14, 2006
Blueado - all sorts of gadgets i've never heard of out there
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Netgear WPNT834 RangeMax 240
if you're looking for a new router/wireless access point, i just bought this one a few weeks ago, and it has been absolutely stellar. my previous router ranged about one or two rooms in my house, but this one broadcasts over the whole thing and beyond. highly recommended.
UPDATE: in the comments someone reminded me, i had to turn off the stateful DOS inspection to get this to work with VOIP when the VOIP box was behind the router. after i did that, it worked fine.
Amazon.com: Netgear WPNT834 RangeMax 240 Wireless Router: Explore similar items
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WidSets
If you have a J2ME phone, WidSets is pretty cool to try out. Think Netvibes or Pageflakes as a J2ME app.
WidSets Beta
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June 12, 2006
only Fox could give us...babes of the world cup
click thru for the full slide show.
FOX Sports - World Cup - Babes of the World Cup - Number 1
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June 09, 2006
Subscribe to my World Cup 2006 tab
It was super simple to publish my collection of world cup feeds - here they are:
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World Cup Fixtures on Netvibes
Netvibes has a content module of a Google calendar with all the World Cup '06 games - click below to add. And...there's an ical address underneath if you mac users want to add it to your iCal
FIFA World Cup 2006
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Military Content networks
This is an interesting story that came in via Gizmodo, but what amazed me more is that there's a whole military content network out there. who knew....
Defense Tech: The Tech That Took Out Zarqawi
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June 06, 2006
Prediction: TechCrunch becomes the new FuckedCompany-type site
I love reading TechCrunch. It's one of the few blogs I read religiously, so I can see what shiny new toys there are to play with every morning. But just as Arrington is going to build them up, he's equal opportunity in reporting when they go down. This is going to be very entertaining to watch, as I've noticed he's already started to report on the closings of all the companies he has previousl reported the launchings of. Rock on, Michael.
Actually, since the FuckedCompany dude, Phil Kaplan, just left AdBrite today, he should just re-start FuckedCompany. It's about that time. It's a goldmine waiting to happen.
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June 04, 2006
go get another DSL line, joe
World Cup streaming to cause network meltdown - Personal Computer World
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BBC to stream live World Cup Games [via Personal Computer World]
hope this works from here!
BBC to show live World Cup games on the web - Personal Computer World
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got kids? try Animusic
if you're not into cheesy emerson, lake, and palmer /yes-like music fronted by animatronic machines roboting it out onscreen, chances are your kids will be.
netflix has volume 1. 
Animusic - DVD Info & Clips - Animusic 1
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June 03, 2006
Nice subscription page at Epicurious
This is a nice approach to subscriptions for an RSS publisher. check it out.
RSS feeds at Epicurious.com
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June 02, 2006
footiefox - soccer / football right inside of firefox
Get all the scores right from in Firefox. 
HPI: FootieFox
[via Tecnorantes]
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gary gnoos - another blog search engine
more hats in the ring on the blog search engine front. i really like the feel of this one. hopefully they can keep up the speed and keep the relevancy high.
so far, no spam either. keep up the good work, Ben.
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VOX reviews added to the rail
now, if only there was a way to splice this into my FeedBurner feed. :) I'll add that to our hackathon list.
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June 01, 2006
joey romeo has the Nokia E61
I must admit I am tempted, but I'm pretty happy with my W800i and Blackberry 8700c combo i am carrying right now. any bets on whether i'll break down and fall off the wagon for buying a new phone?
Nokia E61 Quadband Unlocked Mobile phone
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Another good essay on running a startup
this is an old post that i'm just discovering via evhead, which i catch up on every few months. i need to read ev's blog more frequently, because he posts in bite sized morsels which are easy to digest. he's also the genuine article, which i like.
anyway, these are all good and relevant. usually in lists such as this, there's one or two i don't agree with, but i'm on board with all ten here. I especially agree with #1 and #5.
selling to the wrong customers can definitely sink a business by dragging it down a rathole. how's that for mixing metaphors? if a customer feels like trouble, he probably is. that dovetails nicely with the intuition point.
business relationships are all about the convenants you set with a handshake. too many times i've seen legal contracts get in the way of good business. the contract should be there only as a safety net when a covenant is broken, or when a business relationship no longer exists, say, when one of the deal makers moves on to a new job.
10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed
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one of my fave testimonials of all time
"Without Feedburner, Chub Creek would just be a puddle. Because of
them, we have an understanding of who's listening, how many listeners
there are, what the peak listening times are, and what color underwear
our audience has on. When iTunes comes out with something new that
would normally require a whole bunch of RSS knowledge (which we have
none of) Feedburner has already built it in, and it just works -
perfectly. Thanks for making us look so good!" Dave from Chub Creek. 5/31/06
FeedBurner Publisher Buzz: Chub Creek
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