I like where the Kindle (Amazon is a great technology company), and designing a business model around it is going to be tought. Michael Arrington on his latest Kindle rumor articlesays:
Kindle is currently tracking the iPhone/iTunes model - Amazon sells the Kindle for a profit and then makes more revenue on content purchases from the [...]
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Kindle to be the next iPod/iTunes or Windows* style success?
Exercise 2.0 (a group thing)
Going to the gym never really worked for me since I really need someone to beat, otherwise I will get bored as hell(yes, I also believe in the Invisible Hand of the Markets).
Problem: As I continue my quest through the internetz I continue to grow in “experience” right around my belly.
Ryan Kuder has started [...]
Test post from iPhone
This is a test post from my iPhone!
The post funtion is not that cool and the app could use a better UI flow. But hey, at least it’s open source, though I couldn’t find the code(they have a post saying they would release it when it goes 1.0, that happened but still no [...]
Yuma: New scripting tool for web developers
Their site reads:
Yuma is a powerful new web scripting tool. It features a strongly-typed, object oriented language with clear, clean syntax and native compiled-to-machine-code speeds on Macintosh, Windows, and Linux.
Like PHP and ASP, Yuma is an HTML preprocessor. You build web applications by embedding executable Yuma code in your HTML documents. The Yuma server compiles [...]
Macworld | iPhone 3G: Hands-on reviewer’s notebook
For all the iPhone nay sayers that worry about it being to delicate, watch the video in the bottom of the article.
(Macworld.)
New in icecrums
Blogging requires time and effort. I have been slacking lately and not writing much, so in order to change that I am going to introduce a new type of post similar to DaringFireball’s linked list. Just a link and a comment. Hopefully this way, I will keep my blog more up to date.
(xv) Xserve-Virtual from MediaTemple
If you’ve always seen OS X Leopard Server and drooled, soon you will be able to get it for monthly fee from MediaTemple, which is currently testing their (xv) Xserve-Virtual which like their regular(dv), use Parallels to virtualize the server software. This is really exiting, since there are very few hosting providers that offer such [...]
Found Footage: Chapelle’s “The Internet”
There aren’t enough parodies of the internetz. Here is an old one from Dave Chapelle’s show that never gets old:
A newer version would have Vampires, food fights and sheep throwing. Isn’t that what social networks are all about? Nooot!!!
Note: Not quite safe for work.
Supporting TechCrunch: A.P. Stories are Banned Here Too!
I believe that quoting and links are the foundation of the blogshere and social media just as sound bites are to the Daily Show and other fun fake news. In support of Michael Arrington, for what it’s worth I will follow suit in banning AP from this blog:
The A.P. doesn’t get to make it’s own [...]
MediaTemple’s (dv) upgraded to Plesk 8.4
MediaTemple upgraded their Plesk version for the dedicated virtual servers to all their new (dv) 3.5 users and available as an upgrade to current users by submitting a request ticket. Doesn’t seem like a big update, but hey every time I read this, I click to upgrade:
In addition to these new features you also benefit [...]