Monthly Archives: November 2008

Simple != Easy

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Jeff

I’ve been work­ing on a three part arti­cle for the last few days called “Pimp my Treo” but now I’m not sure I’ll post it. In short, it’s how to use Kinoma Play, Sky­fire and Win­ter­face to “mod­ern­ize” a Treo or sim­i­lar … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Calm down, Chicken Little

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jeff

Calm down, lib­er­als. Take a deep breath. I know that trust­ing your elected offi­cials and being skep­ti­cal of the press feels alien and wrong, but times have changed. It’s really okay. Ease down. You’ve blown the transaxle, you’re just grind­ing metal. I woke … Con­tinue read­ing →

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It ain’t pretty but it works

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Jeff

“She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts.“ – Han Solo As a Win­dows Mobile user, I’m con­sis­tently amazed that peo­ple take the iPhone seri­ously as a smart­phone plat­form. Yes, my Treo has an old school 2003 inter­face and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Competency we can believe in

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Jeff

I’ve seen lots of peo­ple on the left freak­ing out about Obama’s recent cab­i­net choices. Let’s review. Sec­re­tary of State: Hillary Clin­ton Sec­re­tary of Defense: Bob Gates Health and Human Ser­vices: Tom Daschle Home­land Secu­rity: Janet Napoli­tano Attor­ney Gen­eral: Eric Holder … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Hmm, no Say It Like Bush on Amazon…

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Jeff

Just saw this on the book­shelf at my local gro­cery store. Haven’t read it and don’t endorse it (it’s pretty easy to find on Ama­zon if you’re inter­ested), but I found it intensely inter­est­ing that we have a pres­i­dent (or will, on … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Quantum of awesome

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Jeff

I wasn’t sure they could top Casino Royale, and I”m not sure they did, pre­cisely. What they did with the new Bond movie is con­tinue the story from Casino Royale with­out miss­ing a beat or drop­ping the inten­sity. I won’t give too … Con­tinue read­ing →

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First impressions of the AT&T Fuze

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Jeff

One of the folks at COPTUG (Col­orado Palm­top User’s Group) tonight has a brand new AT&T Fuze, a vari­ant of the HTC Touch Pro. I’d already taken a look at Sprint’s ver­sion, so it was nice to com­pare and con­trast. The key­board lay­out … Con­tinue read­ing →

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So what will Windows Mobile 6.5 really look like?

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Jeff

France Smart­phone posted the two images you see to the right today as a pre­view of what’s to come in Win­dows Mobile 6.5. In case you missed it, Motorola let the cat out of the bad a cou­ple weeks ago when they … Con­tinue read­ing →

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NaNoWriMo 2008 washout confessions

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Jeff

So NaNoW­riMo was a bust for me this year, as I’ve given up only ten days in. Why did I wash out this year when fin­ished in 2006? No one to race against. One of the big moti­va­tors for me in 2006 was … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The skeptic and the believer

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Jeff

I’ve been think­ing a lot recently about Obama win­ning the elec­tion, about my writ­ing, why I washed out of NaNoW­riMo this year (more on that later), and the pass­ing of one of my favorite authors last week, Michael Crich­ton. I’m also reread­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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