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Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…

  • Updated my T-mobile MDA to 2.26 "clean" ROM

    So my T-Mobile MDA thinks it’s a T-mobile MDA again. It had thought it was a Imate KJAM for the past few months. I missed this when it first happened, but was looking around for something else when I stumbled acorss an updated ROM from T-mobile. I installed and ran with that for a few…

  • YouTube and advertising

    Although YouTube has been on my radar for a few months, I didn’t really think of it in a work context until today. I was reading Ralph Grabowski’s upfront e.zine and saw some stat’s on the number of videos and views that SolidWorks has on Youtube. So, I thought I would do a quick search…

  • MythTV 0.20 released

    I have been running MythTV on a homebuilt Pentium 4HT for a llttle over 2 years.  I started out with version 0.14 and have done every other upgrade.  I am happy with the stability of my version 0.19 release, but overall I have been using the box less and less.  The main reason is that…

  • How to Be a Smart Innovator

    I  normally don’t link to content behind a pay-for wall, but I found the article below so compelling I couldn’t help myself.  Nick Carr gained notierirty a few years ago with the publication of “IT Doesn’t Matter” in HBR.  Since then he’s gone on to start (and stop..and start again) blogging and been a semi-regular…

  • Lost my iPod

    Well it’s been a week now so I think rather than misplaced, my iPod is officially lost.  I was using it last weekend doing some outside chores and catching up on a few podcasts.  I laid it down somewhere, but can’t remember where.  In the past week I’ve retraced my steps several times and still…

  • Harvard talks about Open Innovation

    We are doing some work with UC Berkley professor Henry Chesbrough and I ran across this podcast over the weekend.  Good basic overview for those who have heard about but aren’t sure of the details of open innovation. HBR IdeaCast 10: Opening Up Innovation & Dealing with Underperformers

  • TDI Update – unsafe speed(ometer)?

    I am still very happy with my new Jetta TDI.  The gas mileage has stayed above 45 MPG consistently, even when I was driving it a bit harder (got the change to go on some twisties near the house and ‘used’ the transmission a bit more than that brakes).  The interior is very comfortable and…

  • There are still crazy people in the world…

    Monocopter

  • Corporate blogging policy

    As I wrote the title of this post, it occurred to me that “blogging” and “policy” is a bit like “military” and “intelligence”.  However, I think I have finally convinced enough people inside my company that we need to get engaged in the conversation and start blogging, at least in some form.  The one request…