Washington Square Dialog
by jpreardon on November 29, 2004
Friday evening, approximately 8:14 PM Drug Dealer: Psssst. My man, lookin’ for some smoke? Me: No thanks. DD: (pointing at my bicycle) Hey, you guys meetin’ down here tonight? Me: Well, we were in Union Square, but the cops were (…)
Mandatory Bicycle Registration Proposed in NYC
by jpreardon on November 18, 2004
A bill has been introduced to city council that would require all cyclists sixteen and older to register their bicycles with the city. The city would then issue some sort of license plate. The punishment for not having said plate (…)
More RSS Advertising
by jpreardon on November 17, 2004
News.com reports that Overture is experimenting with advertising in RSS feeds. The content targeted ads have started to appear in some full text feeds provided by FeedBurner.
Pothole Prevention
by jpreardon on November 17, 2004
A group of students from Agawam High School in Massachusetts have invented RoadIron, a pothole detection and prevention device. The best part is that it detects potholes before they become gaping craters. RoadIron uses ground penetrating radar to detect potential (…)
Wired CD
by jpreardon on November 17, 2004
The songs that were available on the Wired Magazine CD a couple weeks ago are also available for download at the Creative Commons site. Lots of good stuff there including Paul Westerburg, Chuck D, Beastie Boys, Le Tigre and David (…)
Custom Ringback Tunes
by jpreardon on November 16, 2004
News.com reports that Verizon Wireless is offering custom ringback tones to their customers in Southern California. So, rather than hearing the familiar tone of a call ringing through to the number you dialed, you can hear a tune of the (…)
Remixed
by jpreardon on November 13, 2004
Dirtbag (Eastside Mel-O Remix) [2.9 MB MP3] is my first attempt at remixing a song. You can find the original version of Dirtbag on the Brad Sucks website along with his other songs. Brad makes the sources of his recordings (…)
FCC: VoIP Not Subject to State Regulation
by jpreardon on November 10, 2004
The FCC has stated that voice over IP should not be subject to state regulation. That’s good news for VoIP customers and great news for VoIP providers. John Borland goes on to talk a bit about the inconsistent regulation of (…)
Firefox 1.0 Released
by jpreardon on November 9, 2004
The awaited 1.0 release of Firefox is available today. Apparently all the excitement has resulted in some server slowness. Even with all the talk lately about Firefox, its market share is still dwarfed by that of MSIE. I wonder if (…)
The Day After
by jpreardon on November 2, 2004
It seems that everyone, including me, is hoping for a decisive election tonight. If it is, there is sure to be some post election depression. So, what to do with ourselves after all the excitement is over? Worldchanging has an (…)