Monthly Archives: August 2005

Google has an XMPP server up…

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Karl

Details at Neowin and voice capability speculation at Om Malik’s. He theorizes that Skype is in trouble. More in a related NYTimes article, Where Does Google Plan to Spend $4 Billion?. BTW, while Google Desktop has to be one of … Continue reading →

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Self-criticism

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Karl

It looks like true conservatives are growing further and further disheartened by President Bush’s policies. Maybe the negatives are finally overcoming the cognitive dissonance (Tatteredcoat) that has been the only explanation, to me, for their denial of the facts, for … Continue reading →

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Blogging and Work

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Karl

Can it be done? Will you get fired? How do you avoid getting fired? An article published in the Inquirer features “Philly’s most influential blogger”, and Philly Future team volunteer, Scott McNulty and the experience he has had working at … Continue reading →

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Rumblings

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Karl

It sounds like Google will have a big week. From PaidContent.com comes news that Google might release their IM client this Wednesday and along with that PaidContent.com says that the new Google Desktop beta approaches mini-OS functionality (wow – check … Continue reading →

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Did we help?

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Karl

This is a tough post to write, tough because I am calling into question the actions not only of the media, but of ourselves, in producing a blogswarm to confront the media’s bias in it’s coverage of Latoyia Figueroa versus … Continue reading →

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Latoyia Figueroa, found, rest in peace

Posted on August 20, 2005 by Karl

I can’t write today except to say that my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. More from others our region: Latoyia Figueroa: The Search Ends Confirmed: Latoyia’s Body Found; Boyfriend in Custody PoliticsPhilly: Press Conference Audio The … Continue reading →

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Neato… and creepy

Posted on August 19, 2005 by Karl

Ultimate Flash Face lets you create a person’s likeness from clips of features (hair, eyes, nose, glasses, chins, etc). Cool and just a little creepy.

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Forget sharing photos – share videos

Posted on August 19, 2005 by Karl

Participants in this week’s Cindy Sheehan vigil are posting videos to YouTube.com. I missed making a vigil myself, but peace is in my prayers. YouTube joins OurMedia, NowPublic, Flickr and every blog in existance, as powerful tools for participatory, on … Continue reading →

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Flash vs Ajax

Posted on August 17, 2005 by Karl

I am working on a module I can use at sites like Philly Future, or here, that displays a random quote from an XML document. Admittedly I am not an expert at either Flash or Ajax, but I figure this … Continue reading →

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“the “sixth borough” of New York.”…

Posted on August 17, 2005 by Karl

An insulting NYTimes article that shares the good news of folks from New York deciding that our town is the place to be has a tone to it that has a few of us Philadelphian’s more than a little pissed. … Continue reading →

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