This not a completely original post since a couple of mainstream bloggers have mentioned this already but I find it funny – LED Belt Buckle that can store six customized messages with up to 253 characters. The unit costs $40.
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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily from TechNewsRadio.com for Thursday, June 2nd, 2005. A proud member of the TechPodcasts.com network.
Today’s podcast is a pointer to a "thank you" from Microsoft. If you are a Windows XP user then you might want to check out a new digital media experience tool released by Microsoft called Windows Media Bonus Pack for Windows XP.
I quote from the website: "As a special ‘thanks’ for fans of the Windows XP digital media experience, we offer the PowerToys, visualizations, skins, sound effects, and much more, the free Windows Media Bonus Pack installs on your Windows XP-based PC and lets your personality and creativity shine." The download is about 18.2-MBs.
This is a subset of features from Microsoft Plus. Some of them that look handy: convert MP3s to WMA; playlist import from Excel; Metadata Update Wizard; TDK Mixmaster skin; and Windows Movie Maker with sounds from SoundDogs.com.
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My son Spencer (just turned 4 years old) comes over to my desk area tonight, and says "I want to send a letter to Justin with a stamp."
I say "How about we send him an email, it will get there quicker."
He says "OK" … and sits in my lap and he starts to watch me type the message. He looks at my podcast microphone and says "Let’s send Justin a podcast."
I say "OK" and we record the following (sent via email so technically not a podcast) …
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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily for Wednesday, June 1st, 2005. Today’s podcast contains one technical suggestion.
Need to wipe a PC hard drive? Then check out: Darik’s boot and Nuke; Eraser; and DiskZapper.
Thanks Kevin Devin’s In The Trenches podcast group email list for the suggestions.
The Darik’s Boot and Nuke got the most suggestions and there is also a Macintosh savvy version. So, I recommend checking that one out first. Good luck and happy disk wiping.
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Below is a short message that I recorded during our Feb05 visit to Yosemite. The falls were really "pumping" then. They are also doing that right now according to news reports. So it is a kinda timeless piece if the falls are "pumping."
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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily for Tuesday, May 31st, 2005. Today’s podcast contains one information technology management suggestion.
"Before You Fire The Company Geek" you should read this post from W2KNEWS.com from Slashdot (especially the comments):
"An anonymous reader writes: "A new ‘insider threat’ survey by the US Secret Service and Carnegie Mellon University finds that 82 percent of people who hack their company exhibited unusual behavior in the workplace prior to carrying out their activities.’
A somewhat amusing write-up at washingtonpost.com points to a bunch of more interesting gems hidden deep in the study, including:
‘Almost all – 96 percent – of the insiders were men, and 30 percent of them had previously been arrested, including arrests for violent offenses (18 percent), alcohol or drug-related offenses (11 percent), and non-financial-fraud related theft offenses (11 percent).’
The blog post also notes that 86 percent held technical positions at the companies: ‘… if you’re going to fire someone (particularly company geeks who have the motive, means and access to inflict pain on your computer systems) make double sure you cut off their e-mail and network access at the same time you hand them their walking papers.’
Definitely something to think more about and make sure you have a good plan, or you could have some major problems after the fact.
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I have been wanting to do some personal podcast projects not related to TechNewsRadio since before TechNewsRadio, but I just haven’t found the time.
Here is one that I did in Jan05.
I have about a dozen of them in the "can" so to speak but I haven’t had time to do some minor editing.
I am calling them Random Reflections Distributed Digitally (R2D2). If you didn’t know, I am a huge R2D2 fan, and figure this is just one way to pay that little droid some credit. 😉
If you like pancakes, you’ll want to listen and get the details on how to make my signature pancakes. Others include a great deal of family stuff: playing with the kids, reading them stories, etc. You can subscribe via: http://feeds.feedburner.com/sholden.
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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily for Monday, May 30th, 2005.
Today’s podcast contains one technical reference. But before we get to that. Included is a Memorial Day tribute.
Today’s news is from CMR Fuel Cells Ltd which has developed a working prototype of its Compact Mixed Reactant (CMR) stack. This fuel cell technology promises to deliver low cost, long run-time power solutions for portable electronic products. CMR uses selective electrodes to enable conventional bipolar flow-field plates to be eliminated entirely. CMR technology is scalable and targeted at a diverse range of electronic devices, from laptop computers, through power tools and back-up power supplies, up to electric scooters and cars.
While I freely admit I don’t completely understand all the chemistry, this is definitely an area to keep an eye on.
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I guessing with all the recent Apple news about podcasting, Robert gets permission to admit that Microsoft has a podcasting team (not that that is a real surprise):
[Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]: Cameron Reilly asks "how do we get into the next iTunes?" I don’t know anyone on Apple’s iTunes team, but I will pass this to our podcasting team. Oh, am I even allowed to admit that we have a podcasting team? Heh, the secret is out.
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One of the primary ways I have been capturing data into "my system" is using 3 x 5 index cards (sort of Hipster style) and then inputting them if needed into my Moleskine.
This is because I’ve found that a lot of actions I have been grabbing by 3 x 5 cards are done within 24 hours, and then I’d have a lot of not so useful information in my Moleskine if everything went directly in to that. Plus, I like to take time to write nice into the Moleskine so it is readable, so my 3 x 5 cards can be more scribbles.
So, then during my weekly review I decide if the data that is in my Moleskine or 3 x 5 cards not migrated to Moleskine needs to migrate into Microsoft Outlook where I can get to it digitally on my laptop (HP Compaq nw8000) and/or tablet (HP TC1100); and cellphone/pda (Nokia 6630). [Do I need a flow chart or does this make any sense?]
I have a standard personal template that I try to use to help keep me focused vice a blank 3 x 5 index card. Here is a pointer to the Word document template I created to share with others: Download YY_MM-Name_Index_Card.doc (43.5K). It is my goal to print a new one of these very Sunday before the beginning of the work week.
The basic outline is on side one (entitled "<your name> INDEX CARD"):
- Weekly Planning
- To Do List
- Calendar Reference
- Future Schedule
- Contacts
On side two (entitled "Dream, Plan, Organize, Act, Evaluate"):
- Values
- Personal Mission
- Roles
- Long Range Goals
- Inspiration
- Notes/References
It would be great to find a good consistent way to get the DIY Planner stuff to print out on 3 x 5 cards but I haven’t had much luck with those.
Also … all this tinkering has been inspired by 43Folders and Getting Things Done (Getting) by David Allen. Both are excellent resources.
NOTE: I print my templates out pretty well (ie. with out many errors) using my trusty home HP LaserJet 5MP. I know other printers could cause problems. Good luck.
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