 20040730 HP iPAQ h6315
I am done thinking about the Danger Hiptop 2. Instead, my finger is on the pulse of the HP iPAQ h6315. Besides syncability with my Exchange sever, it boats integrated GPRS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Ow Ow!
Worms discovered living on whale bones
South Australian Museum via CNN: The jaw was covered with a "beautiful red carpet" Vrijenhoek recalled. That wasn't surprising because many marine worms are red, he said, but when they got the bones to the surface they knew immediately they were dealing with something totally different. Fascinating read. SEC probes Krispy Kreme accounting
But, it can't be ... Not our dear donut darling!
Friends Make Cover!
My friends Robin and Ledia made the cover of San Diego City Beat this week.
Subway Map
Apple: the 'Microsoft of Music'?
Fast Company Now:
Milunovich says the 0.5GB of memory for songs of Motorola music phones is a different market from the 4GB iPod mini or 20GB and 40GB fourth-generation iPods. "Getting users to try iTunes on their cell phones introduces them to portable music the Apple way," he says. In Illinois, a Star Prepares
Well-written Barack Obama Profile.
Danger Hiptop goes worldwide with new software
infoSync World: Danger has released a new version of its unique Hiptop smartphone, now supporting a tri-band GSM/GPRS radio.
Wondering.
What should I know about Userplane?
It's July
and I am already beginning to think about ski season.
We could be a band.
 I brought out the camera, and everyone just wanted to jump! Jakob, William, Ricky, Dalas, and Josh. Sharp and Danger Agree to Collaborate
Whoa whoa whoa! Sharp Press Release: Sharp Corporation and Danger, Inc. have agreed to collaborate in developing, manufacturing, and distributing wireless PDAs for North America and Europe.
The End of Free
Nick Gray's dreams prophesize the end of free IM (for the love of God, Nick, get permalinks), and it reminds me to mention the End Of Free blog, at which Evan Williams contributes.
NYC Rain
 It doesn't feel like it is ever going to stop. For weeks, maybe. It is wonderful. The 80's have never been hotter.
Prediction: Billy Ocean's Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car will return to the Top 40 charts within the next year.
Fireworks
 Chris just sent me a few photos from our rooftop Fourth of July party. The photos are neat, but they give no impression of the entire horizon. From the top of Tiffany's building, on the 30th floor, we could look up and down the east river and see five sychronized displays rocketing upwards. A very memorable holiday, and especially moving to spend in New York. Love Song
Nick Gray proposes a commerical for Mobile Love.
Smoothie Maker
Possibly the coolest job-listing I have ever seen. Smoothie Maker. Via William.
GIF Pronunciation
Ricky and Jakob, I am right, you are wrong: It is pronounced "Jif". For reference, see The GIF Pronunciation Page
Jackito
The first Tactile Digital Assistant? Via Nick Gray.
(Shutter)
 From a snapshot photoshoot with my sister, Taylor, while in Fort Wayne. crazewire DE
I am very excited to annouce that Crazewire.de, the german sister-site of my Crazewire.com launched this week. My friends Fabian and Mareen, who have helped with me on the English edition for the past three years, have tirelessly worked turn our efforts into a truly international one.
Weekend Wedding
Back from Fort Wayne for the weekend -- Kevin and Amy's wedding was wonderful, and the closing line of my best man's toast earned unexpected laughs. Being back New York is unusual, still feels strange calling it home. But at least I can run down to the corner grocery right now and get a grilled cheese sandwich, and walk around a few blocks to stew over a bad taxi experience I had coming back from Laguardia. $44 cab fare when it should have cost $30. I knew he was screwing me with a circumnventing route -- but I didn't know the exact details of the correct route to challenge him. You live, you learn, you piss and moan. Thinking about
Who will be more successful: He who does it first, or he who does it best? or third option?
MoSoSos
I just can't stop thinking about it.
Avenue Q on Broadway
I saw Avenue Q tonight with Chris. My favorite songs were Everyone's A Little Bit Racist, My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada, and The Internet is For Porn -- and many many more. Really terrific.
Show Alert!
Seeing a show in Central Park tonight.
Dots
 This was a fun, quick photoshop dot lesson! Naming and Branding in Pop Culture
Snark Hunting via Evhead.
Die Hard?
Entrepreneur asks: Could smartphones really put laptops 6 feet under? I would to think that they could replace the PERSONAL computer.
Rejected
  No Cameras. Name Drop Double Take!
We just learned that Jay-Z tried to buy the penthouse of our building in 2002, but other tenants sabotaged the deal. From CNN Showbuzz: Rap star Jay-Z pulled out of buying a $6.5 million penthouse in Manhattan's Tribeca section, and the owner has sued two neighbors for sabotaging the deal. Oh, and Duncan Sheik lives upstairs. Name drop alert!
 Did I mention I saw Sophia Coppola while dining at Pastis in the meat packing district? Magazin für kosmopolitisches Leben
Note for Mareen: DEUTSCHLAND INTERNATIONAL is looking for layout designers and photographers. I would, if I could.
Print Nostalgia.
I downloaded a trial version of Adobe InDesign and became completely aware of how much I miss print publishing.
Offline and Still in Touch With Away Messaging
Nick Gray in the Washington Post: Offline and Still in Touch With Away Messaging
Happy Birthday, Josh.
 Ernst Road crash kills teen-agers
Two of my sister's classmates were killed in a car crash on Ernst road in Fort Wayne this past weekend. I just read this article in the Journal Gazette and became quite agitated. I always get incensed when I read car crash reports involving teens, mostly because the kids always have first part-time jobs and the reporter always interviews that kid's manager or his non-descript co-worker. And of course the kid has only been working there for 3 months, for 3 hours a day after school, doing a menial task, so there is nothing really substantial of the kid's character to witness. In this case, one of the boy's co-workers said, He was always pretty positive and seemed to be a good kid ... Everybody seemed to like him.
So it seemed. I remember reading one a few months ago about a girl who was struck by a drunk driver. The only quote in the article was given by her manager at Applebee's who attested, She was punctual and easy to get along with -- as though those qualities validate her death as a tragedy. What about her brother, aunt, school teacher, or best friend? I just really miss compassion, but perhaps it's too invasive. Move over OQO?
 Sony releases the U50. Gizmodo says Awful laptop, great PDA. 24-85mm
 I opted for this lens. Audioscrobbler
Although I am partial to MusicMobs, I still like to check the Weekly Charts on Audioscrobbler. Hint, hint Toby.
This is not a sad image.
 I am only beginning to realize the food chain. Photos trickle down.
 Ricky and Josh on Canal Street. What is the leading cause of injury in NYC?
Jakob: Choking on your self-importance.
Artmail
 Another great Artmail from Ricky, via Gaping Void. Temp Loft
 The remodeling of our loft on Broadway won't be finished until mid-August, so in the meantime we are subletting this hallowed space on Hudson St. Above is our kitchen/office. I just woke up in Manhattan.
... and realized that this is going to be the start of an amazing city life.
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