mad dog in the fog

• Startup Review
  “profiles successful Internet start-ups in a case study format”
  (tags: startup web2.0 vc)
• Engadget > Sonos and Rhapsody skip the PC with System Software 2.0
  An outstanding integration between Sonos and Rhapsody just got better. Now you can access Rhapsody from the Sonos controller and you don’t need to be logged into Rhapsody on your PC. Now if they can also get Pandora integrated…
  (tags: sonos rhapsody homeaudio)
• Engadget > Microsoft launches the Zune!
  A big week for new product launches continues with the Microsoft Zune portable media player.
  (tags: microsoft zune portableaudio portablevideo portablemedia)
• Rakesh Agrawal’s Blog » The road to Google Calendar (talk by Carl Sjogreen of Google)
  Details on the evolution of Google Calendar
  (tags: productmanagement innovation google)
• Harmony 100 remote
  Coming this fall
  (tags: universalremote homeautomation)
• StereoGum > Stereogum’s Sneak Peek At Zune
  A pretty thorough review of the new Zune
  (tags: zune)
• SF Chronicle > Giants 5, Rockies 0
  Matt Cain is the best pitcher in baseball right now. 5-0 in six starts since Aug. 12 with a 0.21 ERA (one earned run in 42 innings!)
  (tags: baseball sfgiants)
• Tiny Icon Factory
  Create a 13×13 icon
  (tags: icons webtools)

A classic sketch from the Chappelle’s Show. Just say no the “goat play”. http://www.youtube.com/v/0xA8GHHkohQ

• WetPaint
  Create a professional looking, wiki-style web site
  (tags: wiki webtools)
• SF Chronicle > In search of the transcendent taqueria
  Top 20 Bay Area taquerias, according to the Chronicle
  (tags: food sfrestaurants)
• EarthWallpapers.org
  via kottke.org. “A collection of desktop wallpapers created form Google Maps.”
  (tags: desktop wallpapers googleearth)
• Viral Video Chart
  ” The world’s most talked about videos…currently tracking YouTube, MySpace and Google Video”
  (tags: timewaster video)
• tuaw > Video review of iPod games
  The new iPod’s that were announced yesterday can run games. The games are downloadable and cost $4.99.
  (tags: ipod)
• SlimTimer
  Web-based tool for time tracking. Useful for anyone who bills by the hour.
  (tags: projectmanagement webtools productivity)
• Controversial 9/11 photo
  A response from one of the subjects of a controversial 9/11 photo by photographer Thomas Hoepker
  (tags: 911 9/11)

• Tivo > TiVo Debuts Revolutionary Series3 High Definition Digital Media Recorder
  It’s official. The TiVo Series3 HD box is here.
  (tags: tivo tivoseries3 dvr)
• Zatz Not Funny > The TiVo Series3 Resource Page
  A very comprehensive set of links related to the Tivo Series 3
  (tags: tivo tivoseries3 dvr)
• Web stopwatch
  (tags: webtools)
• Photo of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak from 1976
  Woz is rocking the mullet
  (tags: apple stevejobs nostalgia mullet)
• oh, don’t forget
  Send yourself (or someone else) reminders as text messages.
  (tags: webtools productivity useful)
• tuaw > Walkthrough: iTunes 7’s big new features
  A nice summary of the new features of the iTunes 7
  (tags: apple mac itunes)

• Wikipedia Random page

  This URL pulls up a random page on Wikipedia. Set it as the home page on your browser and learn something new every time you open a new browser.

  (tags: wikipedia)

• David Pogue > Tips and Tricks > LiveOffice

  Free conference calling service. And you can press *5 to record the conversation to mp3.

  (tags: collaboration)

• NY Times > How Will Apple’s Marketing Maestro Marry the Computer and the Home TV?

  Speculation about what Apple will be announced at the “It’s Showtime” event, which is happening on 9/12

  (tags: apple homeentertainment rumormill)

• Valleywag > What News Corp doesn’t want you to know about MySpace

  Five things you might not have known about MySpace

  (tags: myspace web2.0)

• finetune

  Personalized streaming radio station, similar to Pandora

  (tags: streaming playlists)

• Macworld Review > USB microphones compared

  Compares two popular USB microphones: Blue Microphones’ Snowball USB

  (tags: audio gadgets microphone)

• Gizmodo > True Video iPod on the Menu for Apple Event?

  More speculation for the Apple event on 9/12. Is it the full-screen video iPod or another hoax?

  (tags: apple rumormill ipod)

• BusinessWeek > A Sirius Stab at XM

  An article about Sirius’ soon to be released Stiletto 100 portable satellite radio player. The big feature is the WiFi capability.

  (tags: wifi sirius satelliteradio stiletto)

• tuaw > What are you listening to?

  A long list of top 5 most-played songs

  (tags: playlists music)

• Pavement Drawings by Julian Beever

  Amazing sidewalk paintings

  (tags: streetart sidewalkpaintings)

• SF Chronicle > The dream house of the future: A $5 million, gadget-filled home opens for public tours

  This is my version of Disney Land.

  (tags: gadgets homeautomation home)

• NBC The Office > Webispodes

  Short episodes, only available on The Office web site.

  (tags: theoffice)

• Engadget > Hands-on with the Tivo Series 3

  Lots of details on the new Tivo Series 3. And here’s the best part: “Units go on sale today at TiVo.com and should be showing up within the next week or so at Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry’s, and Ultimate Electronics.”

  (tags: tivo tivoseries3 dvr)

• Flickr > Diptychs
  “two is better than one”
  (tags: flickr)
• How to Build a Tiki Bar
  Someday I will need to do this
  (tags: tiki howto)
• Amazon Spends Over A Year Developing Movie Download Service Then Shackles It With Absurd Restrictions
  I’m not selling my Netflix stock anytime soon.
  (tags: vod amazon video)

• Flickr > Geotagged photos taken on 9/11/01

  This map shows Flickr photos taken on 9/11/01 on a map of New York City

  (tags: 911 9/11 flickr geotagging)

• Shrink Pictures

  A useful tool for re-sizing images

  (tags: photoediting webtools)

• Original Signal - Transmitting Digg

  See all of the top headlines from Digg on a single page

  (tags: digg)

• Slimming photos with HP digital cameras

  Not happy with the extra pounds? Use the slimming effect on your HP digital camera.

  (tags: photography)

• Flickr > Bonds hits #731 (Sep 9, 2006)

  The Giants defeat the Padres 5-4 and Bonds hits #731. They have the best record in the majors (18-7) since Aug. 14. Photo by Pete Beck.

  (tags: sfgiants)

One of the cool features of Flickr’s new geotagging service is the ability to do a date based filter on the area that you are focusing in on. For example, below is a map showing all of the photos in the NY area filtered on September 11, 2001. I was surprised to see that only 6 photos (as of today, 9/9/06) from that day have been geotagged on Flickr. See this map on Flickr.

9/20/06 Update:

Quite a few more photos have been added over the past couple of weeks (46 photos as of today), including a large number of photos from Flickr user *Hiro.

Technorati tags: 911, 9/11, geotagging

• TR35: Joshua Schachter

  Profile of Joshua Schachter, founder of del.icio.us

  (tags: del.icio.us)

• HomeEnvy

  Home / garden improvement site

  (tags: home howto)

• NPR Movies > A Paucity of Publicity for ‘Idiocracy’

  ” If you haven’t heard of Mike Judge’s film Idiocracy, starring Luke Wilson, you’re not alone. Fans and critics are baffled by the lack of promotional effort from 20th Century Fox”

  (tags: movies)

• Chicago Sun Times > Sharp, funny view of a stupid future

  The latest movie from Mike Judge, creator of Office Space and Beavis and Butthead. For some reason this movie is getting zero publicicy.

  (tags: movies)

• TechCrunch > oDesk Provides On-demand Skills

  The tools for managing offshore development teams are getting more and more advanced.

  (tags: outsourcing techcrunch)

• eMusic > 25 Free Downloads

  25 free mp3’s from eMusic

  (tags: mp3 deals)

• Google News Archive Search

  The latest from Google. Search for news stories from the past 100 years.

  (tags: google search news)

• Confluence

  Enterprise Wiki Software

  (tags: wiki webtools collaboration work)