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Rick & Matt I spent yesterday's afternoon with Rick & Matt of Javalobby. We even took a few pictures. They're in the area for the Microsoft Summit, staying at the Willows Lodge in Woodinville. We also had a very nice lunch at the Barking Frog. We'll hopefully be able to hook up again later this week, although Microsoft is keeping them pretty busy. Hostage

We went to see Hostage over the weekend. We both very much liked it.

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Jabra BT800 mini-review

Since I've gotten so much mail & IMs regarding my Jabra BT800 Bluetooth headset, I figured I'd post a mini-review to answer most of the questions I've received. The package comes with a leather holster, a power charger and a standalone USB cable. The socket on the headset itself does not work with the standard USB connectors; you must use the provided cable if you want to charge it over USB on your PC. [Read More…] Thanks to Darla for helping proofread the review.

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Jabra BT800

Guess what just arrived?

Sitting pretty next to its big brother…

It's charging right now, so I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I can hardly wait.

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Erik's Pulse has been published.

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GooglME 0.4.1

I've just released GooglME 0.4.1.

This version fixes a problem with sending SMS on a Sony Ericsson T616.

Thanks to John for reporting the problem, Russ for helping with the testing on his phone.

To download it simply point your phone to:

http://mobile.thauvin.net/j2me/

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PowerBook Setup

I just finished setting up Vik's new PowerBook G4. I wasn't able to use the automagic transfer/upgrade feature as her old Mac doesn't have FireWire.

It really took very little effort to re-install her applications and move all documents/preferences over.

The wireless keyboard and mouse setup was pretty straight forward too, although I'm pretty disappointed with the keyboard's on/off switch. Why in the hell did they decide to place it underneath? Having to lift the keyboard to turn it on/off is ridiculous.

We're still waiting for an iCurve and iSkin. They should arrive tomorrow.

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They arrived a few minutes ago. All setup now. Very nice.

CPU Fan

I've decided to also replace the CPU fan in my desktop machine. I figured if the power supply was about to die, the CPU fan wouldn't last much longer. I just ordered a new Thermaltake Volcano 7 which should arrive in a few days.

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Powered Up

I received the CoolMax CX-400B earlier today, installation was pretty painless. Finally, I can hear myself think.

So far I'm pretty pleased. Even though it has a bigger fan, it's definitely quieter.

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Happy 29th, Jim.

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Tasks

I've been looking for a web-based to-do/tasks list manager for a while. I tried a few, but never found one I liked enough to use. Until yesterday, when I stumbled onto Tasks. I liked it so much that I bought a copy.

Installation was a breeze, apart from creating a MySQL database, everything was fully automated.

I love the fact that it automatically detects mobile devices. Being able to access the tasks on my phone was important.

The iCalendar and RSS integrations are not bad either.

Being able to create a task based on information from a web page, using a bookmarklet, is really nice too.

It's not perfect but it's pretty darn close.

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GooglME 0.4

I've just released GooglME 0.4. This version features the ability to get US Weather conditions.

To download it simply point your phone to:

http://mobile.thauvin.net/j2me/

mobibot 0.3

Mobibot v0.3 is now running on the #mobitopia IRC channel.

I added support for automatically bookmarking the channel links to del.icio.us/mobibot using David Czarnecki's most excellent delicious-java library.

Be Cool

We went to see Be Cool yesterday.