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From TUAW, AppleTV update 2.3 released: AirTunes Streaming from Apple TV - Music can be streamed via AirTunes to Airport Express speakers or other Apple TVs in your house. Third-party Remote Co...
The Official Google Gata APIs Blog carries word that the just-released GData 2.0 is fully compliant with the Atom Publishing Protocol. For feed-heads like me, this is good news. It's been a whi...
I haven't mentioned the exact session I registered for, so here it is:Course: ECO 304KTitle: Introduction To MicroeconomicsUnique: 32985Meeting time: MWF 1:00p-2:00pLocation: JGB 2.324If you're in ...
As I was reading John Hagel's post this morning on Pareto Paring (in a nutshell: applying the 80/20 rule to your business to figure out what to cut) a question occurred to me: Do any executives r...
I haven't posted anything to this blog since Obama won, but that's only because I've been busy. I'm getting ready to start my economics degree program at UT, and blogging about it at The 40-Year...
I paid my tuition bill yesterday: $1,940.00 for one three-hour>1 and a Class C parking permit. Upon review, the C permit looks like it was a mistake. When I was last at UT, there were a couple of C...
Thanks to a tip from @yojibee, I just tried and then immediately purchased AppZapper. Most excellent for uninstalling software that doesn't want to be uninstalled—like the resource-hogging Adobe R...
"...the being that all the training in the world was of no use, maybe even worse than useless, if you did not know when to use it, and knowing when to use it was a lot harder than it sounded, becau...
We use Google Groups for the Spanning Sync discussion forum, and until recently spam had become a serious nuisance. To weed it out, I had enabled message moderation, but I was still spending an in...
Gizmodo brings word that you can now control your Sonos with your iPhone, so if you own one of the pricey multi-room audio systems (and an iPhone) your life just got a little more integrated.I'm ...
The life of a student at UT revolves around the University's academic calendar, which includes important dates for registration, add/drop, tuition payment, and finals. While UT does provide the ac...
This morning I registered for my Spring 2009 Economics 304K - Introduction to Microeconomics. Very exciting. I chose an early afternoon (MWF 1:00p-2:00p) taught by Wayne Hickenbottom, a senior lect...
With images of financial crises, natural disasters, human ugliness, and existential threats being regularly pushed into our collective consciousness, it can be hard to remember that these are ama...
With images of financial crises, natural disasters, human ugliness, and existential threats being regularly pushed into our collective consciousness, it can be hard to remember that these are ama...
Last week after the RackSpace event in the KRLU studios at CMB, I walked over to the Undergraduate Studies dean's office to request a waiver for the required UGS courses. There I spoke with Erin C...
Responding to yesterday's announcements from Rackspace that they intend to compete with Amazon's EC2, S3, and CDN businesses, today Amazon CTO Werner Vogels pre-annouced via blog post that his com...
I'm at the RackSpace "Cloud Event" where they're launching their cloud hosting business. Lucily I showed up with RedMonk analyst Michael Coté so they didn't throw me out.I could tell right away t...
Google Tutor » 6 Reasons Spanning Sync Still Rocks "It all comes down to the fact that Spanning Sync still offers you more than Google does in terms of functionality. " Twitter » randallb "Snap! S...
A few weeks ago I scheduled an appointment with Jana Cole, one of the undergraduate Economics advisors, to plan out the courses I'd need to complete in order to add an Economics major to my degree...
When I enrolled as a freshman at The University of Texas in the fall of 1988, I did so under protest. I didn't have any friends who cared about school, I didn't care about school, and I didn't ca...
When I enrolled as a freshman at The University of Texas in the fall of 1988, I did so under protest. I didn't have any friends who cared about school, I didn't care about school, and I didn't care...
Twitter » rafacampoamor "Ey! Que chula la nueva versión de Spanning Sync!"
Warren Buffett » Buy American. I Am. "If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities."
Hal Varian » Quality scores and ad auctions "There's some interest in how and why 'quality scores' are used in search engine ad auctions. In this post, we will try to describe 'why' we use quality...
Twitter » GrantGriffiths "I actually sync my iCal calendar with my Gcal with spanning sync. It is a great program and worth every penny."
Tonight I saw the candidates as I've hoped they would be from the outset: as respectful, deliberate rivals for the presidency. Absent were the ad hominem attacks that have characterized the last ...
In an email exchange with a good friend of mine who is a Republican, I asked this question:"If it were George W. Bush running against Barack Obama, would you vote to reelect Bush?"He said:"I hadn'...
Contradicting what Sarah Palin is saying in her stump speeches, here's what John McCain said in March:Then again, that was before he decided to start spending 100% of his ad budget on personal att...
Twitter » MichaelDDay "I like how you can jott calendar items into Google Calendar, which can sync through Spanning Sync to iCal." Twitter » pordal "Just sent Spanning Sync a 900 word email and th...
Go get 'em, Mav!
Twitter » PlatinumTalon "Just bought Spanning Sync. I think its one of the first times that a trial period has been so good that it made me purchase something."
"A survey of academic economists by The Economist finds the majority—at times by overwhelming margins—believe Mr Obama has the superior economic plan, a firmer grasp of economics and will appoint ...
Brian Dusablon » Spanning Sync 2.0 Released - Review and Coupon "Try it out for yourself - and let me know how much money YOU make!"
From Your VP debate wrapup in four bullet points by James Fallows: Ifill, moderator: Terrible. Yes, she was constrained by the agreed debate rules. But she gave not the slightest sign of chafing a...
Katie Couric asks Sarah Palin what happens when terrorists like Hamas are democratically elected. Instead of answering that question, Palin seems to answer a different one: "What happens if someon...
"Appearing at a Senate Press Secretaries Association reception at the Cornerstone Government Affairs office, Will offered a harsh assessment of John McCain's running mate."Palin is 'obviously not ...
"'I think she has pretty thoroughly—and probably irretrievably—proven that she is not up to the job of being president of the United States,' David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush w...
"Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska. But she has never spent a d...
From Worst self-inflicted campaign move ever? by James Fallows: "If that John McCain were still around, I can guess what he would think about the man now campaigning under his previously-good name....
MacNN » First Look: Spanning Sync "If you want effortless synchronization between your Mac and Google, Spanning Sync is an easy program to use and rely on."
From Can Buffett do what Paulson and Bernanke couldn't? by fellow Enterprise Irreguar Jason Wood: "We're collectively (and justifiably) more impressed by the actions of a private free market part...
Sean Bonner » Making Google Calendar and iCal play nice "I asked for suggestions on Twitter and more than a few folks recommended Spanning Sync. I signed up for the free trial and it worked like a...
"[John McCain] selected someone who is so supremely unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency and he has turned the selection process into a high school popularity contest and an 'Am...
Source material from CNNMoney.com. Timeline technology by Dipity.
OK, enough politics for a few minutes. Neal Stephenson recently spoke at Google!
Conservative commentator George Will writes in the Washington Post about John McCain's "boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes" and his "fact-free slander", and describes the cand...
Zoli lays it out over on CoudAve: Software businesses that combine good old business sense: frugality, spending wisely, delivering value to businesses and getting paid for it, with a new business m...
From There He Goes Again by FactCheck.org: McCain ad misrepresents Obama's tax plan. Again. Shouldn't it be, you know, illegal to flat-out lie in a political ad? You know, they could call it som...
MacMagazine.com » Spanning Sync chega à versão 2.0 e agora também sincroniza contatos com o Google "O sincronismo de contatos está tão bacana que até mesmo fotos das pessoas são enviadas para o Go...
"John McCain has raised serious questions about whether he has the character to lead the nation. He has defaced his beloved military code of honor. He has run a dirty campaign." —John McCain and ...
MacNN » Spanning Sync 2.0 released, adds contact sync "The new trickly sync feature will automatically update Google with additions or changes to iCal or Address Book." MacInTouch » Spanning Sync ...
I just pulled up the MSNBC site and saw the weirdest juxtaposed images, one of the US embassy in Yemen burning and another of the weather forecast for San Francisco:
Macworld » Spanning Sync 2.0 adds contact syncing "Synchronizing your calendars and contacts with Google just got a bit easier with the release of Spanning Sync 2.0." iPod Fans » Spanning Sync 2.0...
"The John McCain of old is unrecognizable. He has become the sort of politician he once despised."—The Ugly New McCain, The Washington Post, 9/17/08"For 18 months, Obama has wagered all his chips ...
miendo » Spanning Sync "Vous avez un Mac et un compte Google ? Alors Spanning Sync devrait vous intéresser."
From Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink at The Washington Post: This program, Cheney said, was vital. Turning it off would leave us blind. Hayden, the NSA chief, pitched in: Even if the...
Is John McCain lying or just ignorant? "I believe the fundamentals of this economy are strong, and I believe they will remain strong."—John McCain If this is strength, I shudder to think what we...
Twitter » laowai "Spanning Sync rocks. Think I might have to buy it."
It's not that she lacks a nuanced understanding of the Bush Doctrine. It's that she's never even heard of it.Somebody buy that woman a few back copies of Time magazine for the flight back to Alask...
What the hell?!From Sarah Palin's first interview with the national media: Asked whether the United States would have to go to war with Russia if it invaded Georgia, and the country was part of N...
neilios » Spanning Sync for Mac "I’ve been using Spanning Sync for a while to have stable bi-directional sync between iCal and Google Calendar. Basically, it works and has the simplest possible us...
Macworld » Review: Spanning Sync 1.2.1 "Spanning Sync is much easier to comprehend than BusySync’s publish-and-subscribe model." Gordon's Tech » The Lunarpages to DreamHost transition summarized "...
While others burn up the blogosphere with predictions about what killer new products and services Apple will introduce tomorrow, I've decided to ponder an equally compelling question: what music w...
Brian Dusablon » Spanning Sync Review and Discount Code "So there’s this app, called Spanning Sync, for Mac. If you use Address Book and iCal on your Mac, and you use Google Calendar and Google Co...
Views & thoughts about technology, marketing and communications » A viral option that pays... "For all those that are blogging and commenting on great new products... well now it pays to talk abou...
gen1.us » Spanning Sync just earned me $250!!!!! "I find it insane to believe, so I’ll basically shill again, but for a blogger that has generated $14 total (and that was last week — thank you Ama...
The Anchorage Daily News is running a story titled Choice stuns state politicians. The Republican Senate President says Sarah Palin is "not prepared to be governor", much less Vice President:[Repu...
Twitter » tparish "Spanning Sync saves the day. Thanks Charlie Wood! The new 2.0 version works great. I can sync my Apple iCal with Google Calendar with iPhone."
At the Republican national convention, the message seems to be "community organizing is a joke". Sarah Palin went so far as to mock Obama's community-based work.Well, I just watched an inspiring v...
Twitter » jon_allen "If it wasn't for Spanning Sync, mobileme would be uselesstome. It doesn't support Push for subscription calendars. Thanks Spanning Sync!"
The Washington Post has a chart comparing the candidates' tax plans and showing how they will affect taxpayers in different brackets: From the article: According to a new analysis by the Tax...
The media is abuzz with John McCain's pick for Vice President, and predictably is focusing on the soap-opera aspects of the story instead of the substance. I have just one thought: the vice presi...
From McCain Hires GOP Operative Who Helped Smear Him in South Carolina in 2000 by ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper's blog: When then-Gov. Bush called upon Eskew, Tompkins and Rho...
Kyle Hayes » Reliably Sync Google Calendar with iCal on Your Mac "Spanning Sync does an incredible job at syncing your Google Calendar with your Mac calendars. It uses a centralized syncing engine...
Other bloggers will cover it in more depth, but I just got an email from Google with the following good news (among lots of other things):We're building a dashboard to provide you with system stat...
Marketing meets technology » Utilities for getting the most out of Google Apps "Finally, if you use an Apple computer and want to sync your standard Mac iCal calendar with Google you can get a pro...
Craig's Rantings » One of my best purchases ever! "It's working perfectly... I now have a complete synchronized life which enables me to open my calendar back up to the community I work with if th...