Daily Archives: August 1, 2005

The Great Flickr Tools Collection

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Thomas Hawk is posting lots of good stuff today. If you use Flickr, this site has all the tools you might ever need to enhance your use of that great service. Link: Quick Online Tips: The Great Flickr Tools Collection … Continue reading →

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Night Moves

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Thomas Hawk makes note of this blog dedicated to night photography on Flickr. Check out the Nighthawks – Night Photography blog. Below is an a photo I shot at a country fair in Hinesville, GA in the early 90s. I … Continue reading →

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Brown-Bag Your Way To Half a Million!

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Over at personal finance blog Hello, Dollar! they’ve got a great post about how bringing your four times a week can eventually earn you half a million dollars. So let’s see, four days bringing lunch at $2 plus one day … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 gonna have a qwerty controller?

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Update: This image came from a demo Microsoft did in Spain, showing off this detachable QWERTY keyboard for the controller, plus lots of other goodies. LINK This might make the whole Media Center Extender experience built-into the Xbox 360 a … Continue reading →

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WiFi GPS via MSFT Location Finder & MSN Virtual Earth

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Interesting free app from Microsoft, the ‘Location Finder.’ Does a lookup of your location based on your WiFi access point or IP lookup and displays your position on MSN Virtual Earth. (via Charlie Owen’s Retrosight).

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More on Windows Vista Beta 1

Posted on August 1, 2005 by jetrotz

Interesting commentary and insight on Longhorn UI. Sean Alexander of MSFT takes note of a positive report from eWeek on the just released beta. David Coursey at eWeek wrote: Windows Vista is the best-looking OS Microsoft has ever produced and … Continue reading →

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