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Yahoo Mail subject line fun

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:05:00 -0500

I've been a Yahoo mail user for a long time. I'm not sure if this is a new "feature" or what, but Yahoo provides something called the Subject-O-Matique that generates…

Give me Battlestar Galactica in HD!

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:30:00 -0500

Charter currently doesn't offer the sci-fi channel in HD in my area. Yesterday, I sent an e-mail requesting that Charter add the channel. I quickly received a reply suggesting the…

Charter DNS

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:34:00 -0600

I got home from work today to find my Charter internet connection down ... again.

This time, however, was a little different than several outages I've experienced over the…

I am an uncle!

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:07:00 -0500

Lydia
Originally uploaded by natewhite

Lydia was born on October 10 in Boston, MA. I am…

yahoo news sort of works with macs

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:05:00 -0600

For at least a couple years, I've been emailing Yahoo regularly with complaints about the fact that Yahoo news video simply fails on macs.

Finally, it sort of works.…

Wii internet channel links

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:04:00 -0600

I bought a Nintendo Wii a few days ago. Now that my entire body is ridiculously sore from too much boxing in Wii Sports, I've been spending some time exploring…

MacFUSE Tech Demos from Amit Singh's Macworld 2007 Talk

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:38:00 -0600


This video contains MacFUSE tech demos from Amit Singh's Macworld 2007 talk titled "Taming Mac OS X File Systems". For details on MacFUSE, please go to…

make_clickable function

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:45:00 -0500

I found a useful PHP snippet for making http:// and mailto:// plain text links into clickable urls. I've tested it in a variety of cases and it seems to work…

Ursula

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:19:00 -0500

I just finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin's book - The Dispossessed.

It is a phenomenal novel about an anarchist society. The characters are compelling, and powerfully self-realized. To…

Oregon Death with Dignity Act vs. Ashcroft

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:41:00 -0600

I was pleased to see today that Ashcroft's assault on Oregon's Death with Dignity Act was stopped. As a former Oregonian, watching Ashcroft spend so much time and effort fighting…

Digital Music Dream Week and more

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:27:00 -0600

Since the MacWorld expo is tomorrow, I thought I would post some thoughts and predictions about what is next. This topic has already been well covered by the mainstream media…

Fun with Flash

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:01:00 -0600

A co-worker shared with me this cool and versatile fun little flash piece.

It does contain sound (nothing offensive but might be obnoxious in a quiet environment) so…