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Poor Daegan is worried

October 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

about cancer of the knees! Something curious about that phrase. Say it aloud a couple times – don’t worry that you’re in your cube and others will hear you. “Cancer of the knees… cancer of the knees…”

My only similar fear is that my cellphone is cooking my brain. And I can pretty thoroughly convince myself that it is after a long conversation. Of course I still use my phone regardless.

I was a little

October 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

nonplussed by the iPod announcement at first, but there has been some very interesting commentary on Apple’s new MP3 player since Tuesday, and people are generally positive. Patrick Houston’s article from ZDNet Anchordesk, XP: Phooey on youie! Why iPod is the Apple of our eyes today, is particularly interesting.

The killer app for me, though? If the iPod could connect easily with my car CD player, I would pay the price. Maybe car stereos come with line-in ports now that I could hook to the earphone jack on the iPod. Hmmm.

Tags: Apple, iPod, Price

The SubHonker Filter

October 24, 2001 by Michael Boyle

is dead; long live blogtracker. I kind of liked the old name, even if it was more than a little obscure.

Tags: Blogging

OK – I’m off to lovely Halifax

October 21, 2001 by Michael Boyle

for a conference for a couple of days. I may or may not be able to do any blogging while away. BTW, this post comes directly from BlogScript, which allows me to post from any app on my computer just by picking a script from my menu bar.

Tags: Personal, Travel

Luckily I went

October 18, 2001 by Michael Boyle

by Heather’s site yesterday just as I left work, or I wouldn’t have known that she did a TV demo of Photoshop Tennis last night. You can see the match yourself – it’s up on the PShop Tennis home base.

Tags: Demo, Photoshop, TV

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