Firefox updated
Firefox has been updated to 1.0.4 in response to security concerns that have appeared this past week.
[insert word here]cast
Apparently you just need to add the word "cast" to anything now to make it hip and cool. Audio blogging became "podcast". Now the long-possible (and used) method of recording screen actions along with voice-over is being referred to as "screencasting". I'm not sure that I like this term. Podcasting (maybe I've just become used to the term) describes a process where something is being broadcast over the web (sort of) and being stored on iPod-like devices to be listened to.
Standard ID3 tags for podcasts
This is really needed. Dons Blog has posted some good guidelines for tagging podcast files.
IE 7 Screenshot?
Is this a screenshot of IE 7? It has a tab that look thoroughly ugly. Very simple interface similar to MSN Explorer (that I don't think is still distributed -- but I actually liked).
Apple Granted Patent for Tablet Mac
The Mac Observer - Apple Granted Patent for Tablet Mac (w/Illustrations)
Yet another color palette site
COLOURlovers
Freakin' Cool Site of the Day
PanicGoods is where you can by clothing from the software company Panic (makers of the Macintosh FTP program Transmit). You can purchase things on this page by simply dragging items into the dock-like area at the bottom of the page and when things are dragged out of it they disappear with a OSX-like poof. Too cool.
More Xanga-itis
Will Richardson posts more concerns re kids using "blogs" to post far too much personal information online.
iTunes 4.8 out
iTunes 4.8 has been released. Reports indicate that the new feature is the ability to synchronize contacts and dates with iPods (which has been available) -- what isn't getting much attention is the fact that you can now drag quicktime movies into the player and watch them in quicktime.
New Macromedia News Aggregator
Macromedia has updated their MXNA aggregator to version 2.0. Best of all, it has an RSS feed now so that you can subscribe.
Want to blog from your phone?
Blogger.com has made available a new service that allows you to blog from your cell phone.
httpmail plugin 1.44 - MacUpdate
I've been asked many times in the past couple of months if there is any way to check Hotmail with OS X's mail.app. I just saw this morning that the mail plugin that does it has been updated. Update: This latest version is for Mail 2.0 (Tiger) only. A friend fried his panther mail.app installing this.
Don't Use Two Dollar Bills at Best Buy
This morning's Foxtrot cartoon made mention of a Best Buy in Maryland that arrested a person on suspicion of using counterfeit money for paying a $114 bill with two dollar bills. I googled it wondering if the story was true and sure enough, a month ago this did happen.
Just Three Things - Week of May 1, 2005
Here's my new attempt at pod casting or audio blogging (whichever you prefer). I hope to get better at this and learned a lot from putting this one together. Just Three Things is a short wrapup of three stories that emerged in the past week that are worth exploring further.
Broadcast Flag Killed!
Common sense prevails. A federal appeals court has shot down the idea of a “broadcast flag” that would limit the way in which tv programs could be recorded and stored. You can read more at Wired >
'Net-illiterate' parents seen failing children
MSNBC: “Parents who are unable to help their children use the Internet properly could be stifling their education and reducing their job prospects, researchers said on Thursday.”
Speaking of it...
Yahoo has released a new creative commons search (beta).
Creative Commons
While I was looking for some flash animations to show at a workshop in Ogallala, NE on Thursday, I came across a fun couple of videos that described what creative commons was. I've heard about creative commons for a long time and knew the basics of what the system was, but after discussion on Thursday decided that I should learn more about it. I visited their site to take a good look and was really impressed by what is there.
Apple Student Gallery
See some great things that students are creating in Apple's new student gallery.
CSS 102
Mark Newhouse extends his CSS Series in CSS 102: Borders and Backgrounds in the latest issue of digital-web