http://nelswadycki.com The Original, Still Undefeated, World's Greatest Copycheater Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:10:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After nearly 2 months of silence, I am made aware of Howie's latest project via the magic of RSS. I'm going to reserve comment on said latest project, but just wanted to promote the old RSS since I still feel guilty about missing RSS Awarenesss Day. http://nelswadycki.com/2008/11/10/the-magical-power-of-rss/ As a bit of a follow-on to my last post, Dare provides his take (and some blockquotes from others) on OpenID here. Because of the picture I used in my post, I find his last sentence incredibly rewarding: Only time will tell if by the time all is said and done, ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/11/07/dare-obasanjos-look-at-openid/ So, I've got a Yahoo OpenID, a Google OpenId, a Wordpress OpenID, soon a MySpace OpenID, and apparently the only place I can use them is Plaxo. Sweet. http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/30/openids-for-everyone-now-where-to-use-it/ When one of the kids on Gossip Girl is bathing poolside with their T-Mobile G1, then you will know that it's hit the big time. Honestly, I'm surprised that none of them have an iPhone. http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/27/tipping-point/ ReadWriteWeb has news about Weird Al's new music release plan, which entails: releasing songs on iTunes right after he finishes them, bypassing the standard album model for a faster and more flexible approach. I only mention it because I've been waiting for this moment for probably close to 10 years. Ever since ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/23/nas-was-wrong-its-the-album-thats-dead/ So I went to catch up on some TVonTheInternet earlier this week and was offered the option of either watching a long ad and then the show straight through with no ads, or to watch with shorter ads interspersed as usual. Of course I went with the long ad at the ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/17/advertising-options-on-hulu/ I've gotten a couple of these now... first was this generic, obviously spam one: Dear Professional: I would like to tell you about BlueChipExpert.com. It is a worldwide job site for high-end professionals and consultants, such as yourself. The basic idea is that networking can do a better job than traditional job search ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/16/are-you-an-expert-in-blue-chips/ I can't imagine it's that hard to make an interactive map where you pick a city (or town, if you have to go to the Pella Showroom in Morton Grove and want to find somewhere to go for dinner around there) and then it just shows you the restaurants in ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/10/my-kingdom-for-a-map/ Now, I have an MBA, but it's in Management, so I'm not going to try to pretend to know what's going on here. I mean, is this just institutional investors trying to see how cheap they can buy stocks off Joe Boxwines© who are in a panic to get rid ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/10/06/dji-monday/ Well, I made a playlist. That was quick and easy. Have yet to hear any music, though… My guess is that they’re a little overwhelmed (probably by bloggers who want to be the first with a comprehensive review of the service), but that is making it very underwhelming at the ... http://nelswadycki.com/2008/09/25/myspace-music-early-impressions%e2%80%a6/