Archives for 2001

Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5

October 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

. An inquiry into lameness by Ed Hawco in Blork Blog: “Curious, I Googled that exact phrase, and it returned 108,000 hits!”

: User to User Support in Web Techniques. I’ve just about given up on “official” support for anything I’ll buy now. If I can’t find a good discussion group about a product or family of products, it’s unlikely that I’ll buy it. I learned how much I liked User to User support a long time ago through Apple’s and MacFixIt’s sites. But it really sunk in when I went by IBM’s site to find something out about my work-supplied ThinkPad. Uh, no. It’s practically impossible to find actual information about anything in particular. Specs? Sure. Trying to figure something out? Never.

Poor Daegan is worried

October 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

about cancer of the knees! Something curious about that phrase. Say it aloud a couple times – don’t worry that you’re in your cube and others will hear you. “Cancer of the knees… cancer of the knees…”

My only similar fear is that my cellphone is cooking my brain. And I can pretty thoroughly convince myself that it is after a long conversation. Of course I still use my phone regardless.

I was a little

October 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

nonplussed by the iPod announcement at first, but there has been some very interesting commentary on Apple’s new MP3 player since Tuesday, and people are generally positive. Patrick Houston’s article from ZDNet Anchordesk, XP: Phooey on youie! Why iPod is the Apple of our eyes today, is particularly interesting.

The killer app for me, though? If the iPod could connect easily with my car CD player, I would pay the price. Maybe car stereos come with line-in ports now that I could hook to the earphone jack on the iPod. Hmmm.

The SubHonker Filter

October 24, 2001 by Michael Boyle

is dead; long live blogtracker. I kind of liked the old name, even if it was more than a little obscure.