Month: October 2006

Eudora Is Going Open Source

This should either really bug or please Eudora users (Simone, you out there?). If I used Eudora, I know it’d please me as it’d only improve the proejec.t

Qualcomm Inc. and Mozilla Corp. on Wednesday jointly announced that future versions of Eudora, Qualcomm’s long-running e-mail client, would be based on Mozilla’s open-source Thunderbird code. The move effectively puts an end to the proprietary Eudora, which launched in 1988 and once had a significant share of the e-mail software market.

Developers from both companies will work on Mozilla’s e-mail project, which will feed to Eudora and Thunderbird. The first open-source Eudora will release during the first half of 2007, said the pair.

October 12, 2006

Amazing Guitar Work

I’ve linked to some amazing guitar work in the past, but what makes this one so impressive is that this guy has no arms and plays “Last Dance With Mary Jane” by Tom Petty beautifully.

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October 11, 2006

YouTube Bought By Google

You’ve probably already heard the news that Google paid a cool $1.65 billion to buy YouTube. If you’re interested in hearing the YouTube founder’s take on it, they’ve made a video for everybody.

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October 11, 2006

The Source Weekly’s RSS Feed

Since the auto-discovery tag on the Source’s redesigned site doesn’t quite work, if you want to sign up for their RSS feed, you’ll have to manually put the RSS feed URL into your feed reader. Here’s the URL:

http://www.tsweekly.com/index.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS2.0&no_html=1

Now if they could just get individual feeds for their blogs, I could get them onto Bend Blogs (they’re using Joomla for their CMS, so I’m sure it’s possible).

If you’re looking for RSS feeds for other local news outlets, I posted what I knew a while back.

October 10, 2006

Why Didn’t Anybody Think Of This Sooner?

This is one of the coolest inventions I’ve ever seen: A rechargeable AA battery with a built-in USB connecter that you can plug into any USB port to charge. Just flip back the tip and plug it in. Very nice, indeed.

October 10, 2006

Dancing Wonder Kid

OK, this may be totally fake, I have no idea, but this little kid (or midget, I have no idea) getting jiggy is pretty dang impressive.

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October 10, 2006

Marry, Shag, or Kill?

You all remember Hot or Not? This is like that, only different.

October 10, 2006

I’ve Always Wanted To Do This In A Movie Theater

Granted, this was probably a total setup to get a point across, but that doesn’t mean that the thought of destroying obnoxious people’s cell phones hasn’t crossed all of our minds.

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October 10, 2006

Central Oregon Web Professionals User Group Meets Tomorrow

I should be able to make it (might be a few minutes late as I’ll be coming straight from work), but tomorrow evening at Edge Wireless is the first meeting of the Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup. Jen has a post about it here, and there’s an announcement on upcoming.org. Hopefully I’ll see some of you there!

October 10, 2006

More Fun Flash Games

Not much in the way of links today, as I’m just totally slammed with stupid projects that somebody else should be doing. Just the same, Jesse sent me this great site that has links to all the games that have been featured on the digg.com front page. There are some great ones there that haven’t been posted here (some that have) so enjoy!

October 9, 2006