I never really used a "home" page in my browser before and I always set my browsers to open a blank page for new tabs. But I just found the Speed Dial add on for Firefox, which lets you load thumbnails of sites you visit regularly so you can see what the latest updates to the site are in one screen. Really nice. Fast Dial is another one with a lot of customization options, but I liked the simplicity of this one.
Foxit Challenges Amazon and Sony with a $229 electronic paper ebook reader. No wireless connectivity, and requires converting documents to PDF and wired syncing with your PC. But there are no added subscriptions costs either. No word on what the interface is like, but I see a single directional control with center select button. Hope that's not the only page turning input. Looks pretty promising though.
At the Craftacular, I saw quite a few vendors that made use of recycled materials to create their products. One of the vendors who produced the nicest of these was Katherine Rasmussen of reiter8 (prounounced like reiterate). She "upcycles" sailboat sails, that is to say she recycles them and turns them into fine tote and messenger bags, wallets, and tags. I loved the way the bags looked, and really wanted to buy one of the totes or messengers, but it was a little pricey for me. They're not at all over-priced, for the quality of the product and considering that they're hand made. I'm just in extreme saving mode lately.
I didn't get to talk to Rasmussen while I was there, but I spent a little while looking at her stuff. On her site she also talks about her fabrication process, and how she came to start making these great products.
Excellent stuff, and from Brooklyn maker! I hope to get one of these sooner or later.
So I requested that Yahoo! Copyright Team tell me more about the request to change the name of my Flickr group, Name That Movie, and as expected, the request came from "Name That Tune, Inc.," the TV show that ran in the 1950's, 70's and 80's. Pretty ridiculous that they care about a little obscure Flickr group since there are sites like "Name My Tune" that they don't appear to be challenging.
So I'm trying to see if "Name This Tune" passes. It kind of doesn't matter since I rarely post to the group anymore, but was funny to see how far trademark holders will go to protect their meaningless name, even when their brand/product is pretty much nonexistent anymore.
Ignore if you don't like SNL's kind of "inappropriate" humor. If you do, and haven't watched SNL in a while, you have to see their latest digital short. Funniest ever.
Gimme a freakin' break. Someone owns the trademark for "Name That Movie" and so I can't have a group of the same name. It's not like I'm using the name in a domain name or other application that's making money. Unbelievable.
Anyway, I'm going to have to rename the personalize URL of the group and give it a new name. If you have any suggestions for a name that might make sense, let me know. I don't really want to deal with it, but have to.
I'm thinking "Can you name this movie?" or "Kiss my ass trademark holder of name that movie."
Recycled Kid Robot bag for cover.