How Much Is A Link Worth?

$36? Ok. So maybe it was the guilt. Or perhaps I just needed to find something new to write about. Or possibly I just was curious to see what happens. I haven't contributed to Tony's car...

The Trouble With Tony.

Have you ever been to Tony Pierce's busblog? I've blogrolled him (the links in the left column titled “Read These”) for nearly six months. Why? Because Tony is creative. He...

New Apple Products (live)

This is my live report from the SoHo Apple Store in Manhattan. Standing room only crowd here to watch Steve Jobs introduce new iPods and Apple's new online Music Service. Listen. Steve announces...

Apple Launch Event – SOHO, NYC

Steve discusses 3 million downloads of Safari, iLife and FinalCut Pro. Then he plays the controversial Rip. Mix. Burn ad. Explains that “Rip” doesn't mean “rip off”. He...

SoHo Summer

I'm planning on attending the Steve Jobs/Apple Computer press announcement and “event” at the SoHo Apple Store later today. I'll try blogging from the event. More later.

More ClearChannel Funny Business.

Eric Boehlert writing in Salon his seventh in a series on media consolidation today focuses on the mega-merger between Hispanic media behemoth Univision and ClearChannel owned Hispanic Broadcasting...

Flying With A 17" PowerBook.

I'm sitting on my Continental flight from John Wayne Airport to Newark. I should rephrase that. I'm sitting in coach on this Continental flight. The guy in front of me has his seat fully...

Why I Despise Quark.

Today I got a mailer (snail) from Quark with a $299 offer to upgrade Quark Xpress from version 4 to 5 ($399 to go from 3 to 5). And the buyer would then automatically qualify for a free upgrade to...

On The Road Again.

Authoring my first post on the new PowerBook. This thing IS big. Huge lines at baggage check-in and even longer at security caused me to miss my early morning flight today. I'm about to board...

Searching.

Anil asks “If Google can index a couple billion pages and return the results in .03 seconds, why does a search of my hard drive take 30 seconds?” And has a good answer.

One Year Anniversary.

I've received a reminder from Userland Software: my Radio subscription expires in 43 days. This means just over a month till my one year blogging anniversary. Let's start the party planning...

Waiting For FedEx.

I can feel it. My PowerBook is getting closer. I thought it might be here on Tuesday. But I've learned oh so well how to manage my expectations. Per FedEx it arrived from indianapolis in Los...

Phones Are Getting Too Small

I love the 'new' Sony Ericsson T68is all in its Bluetooth glory. But the phone is too small. The screen is too small and when holding it up to my ear to speak (that is assuming I...

Nina Simone

What a great spirit. What a great singer. I never saw her live. But she and her music will live forever. Rest in peace.

Swell Images.

John Robb points me to what looks to be an excellent and simple tool to quickly grab, resize, shape and otherwise copy and post images to websites, documents (I've been enjoying NoteTaker) and...

PowerBook Update.

You are not going to believe this. I got an email on Saturday from Apple notifying me that my PowerBook shipped — from Taiwan: Date/Time Scan Activity 04/21/2003 20:20 Left FedEx Ramp/C.K.S...

Blog is Back.

My first task home was to attack the recreation or regeneration of the Digital Tavern. And if you scroll down a bit you'll see that I've succeeded. at least 90%. I've tried to get the...

Dateline: Vero Beach, Florida

– originally posted at The Digital Tavern remotely on April 14, 2003 – Sitting here in Vero Beach Florida. A poor dial up connection and five year old Toshiba laptop. Had an amazing...