Saturday, April 26, 2008
RSS mashup: Amazon, eBay, Yahoo! product results
A new RSS mashup site acts as a meta search engine reaching into Amazon, Google, eBay, Yahoo!, Flickr, YouTube, and Technorati. You cannot mash all the search results into one feed, but you can merge Amazon, eBay, and Yahoo! Shopping into a single product feed, which is damn convenient. The site is weak on design, but it works. Used to be called Longtail, but (according to a posted explanation) that term has been trademarked by its popularizer, Chris Anderson. The mashup site is now called BaeBo, and is operated by Fancis Shanahan. (BaeBo is the language spoken in the Solomon islands ... perhaps it has other meanings, too.)Permalink�|�Email this�|�Linking�Blogs�|�Comments
New-look Google Reader Is Stunning!
New-look Google Reader Is Stunning!
A Google based RSS reader. Sounds sort of strange to me, but then most of the stuff Google is doing these days generally is.
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A Google based RSS reader. Sounds sort of strange to me, but then most of the stuff Google is doing these days generally is.
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Jobs: Apple, Intel still in good relationship
Intel has nothing to fear from Apple's acquisition this week of chip designer PA Semi, says Steve Jobs. The Apple CEO has dismissed rumors that the company is looking to distance itself from Intel, a view based primarily on the fact that Intel is also involved in the kind of mobile processor technology PA specializes in. Apple depends heavily on ...
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GBTV #0346 (small) | GeekBrief.TV
GBTV #0346 (small) | GeekBrief.TV
I start Brief 346 with a public apology for the most embarrassing thing I've ever done in my life. Then we introduced the alpha phase of an idea to bring an open source element to Geek Brief.
It looks like there could be a problem with Psystar, the company that says it's selling Mac clones. Gizmodo is on it and they're doing a great job. They have their readers on the ground tracking down whether or not Psystar is the real deal or not.
Joe Finnigan brought us our first open source story about a Web application called iubo. It's a U.K. startup that enables users to organize personal and public information in a single place that you can search. It's like a private search engine you can use to search the details from your life.
's Baggers is a restaurant that was opened last year in German. It doesn't have waiters. Food is delivered to diners via roller-coaster like tracks. Footage is from the BBC, and I heard about the restaurant listening to The World on NPR.
Lindsay Plumley, a huge Friend of the Brief, submitted a story about the gigantic 1080p displays that will hang above the field in the new Dallas Cowboy stadium. Lindsay's blog is borrowedlinks.blogspot.com.
We end the episode with the craziest robot footage I've ever seen. The song is Drive Away by Matthew Ebel.
I start Brief 346 with a public apology for the most embarrassing thing I've ever done in my life. Then we introduced the alpha phase of an idea to bring an open source element to Geek Brief.
It looks like there could be a problem with Psystar, the company that says it's selling Mac clones. Gizmodo is on it and they're doing a great job. They have their readers on the ground tracking down whether or not Psystar is the real deal or not.
Joe Finnigan brought us our first open source story about a Web application called iubo. It's a U.K. startup that enables users to organize personal and public information in a single place that you can search. It's like a private search engine you can use to search the details from your life.
's Baggers is a restaurant that was opened last year in German. It doesn't have waiters. Food is delivered to diners via roller-coaster like tracks. Footage is from the BBC, and I heard about the restaurant listening to The World on NPR.
Lindsay Plumley, a huge Friend of the Brief, submitted a story about the gigantic 1080p displays that will hang above the field in the new Dallas Cowboy stadium. Lindsay's blog is borrowedlinks.blogspot.com.
We end the episode with the craziest robot footage I've ever seen. The song is Drive Away by Matthew Ebel.
Start to publish RSS feeds smarter
California man builds his own solar-electric vehicle
Filed under: Transportation
Although Brent Hatch's homegrown solar-electric whip looks eerily similar (read: just as ugly) to the SUNN solar car kit, this one was actually created without the help of any pre-packaged parts or sophisticated schematics. After his gas bill rose well over $700 a month (he and his wife have seven kids, after all), he decided to purchase a rather unsightly eight-seater bicycle and figure out a way to enable roof-mounted solar panels to power an electric motor. Nah, the top speed isn't very impressive, and you certainly wouldn't want to head out on I-5 with it, but it sure makes picking up the offspring from their nearby school a whole lot less painful on the wallet. Check out the video in the read link for more.[Thanks, Dave]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
GBTV #0265 (small) | GeekBrief.TV
Today's Brief is half about software and half a conversation with Tim Ferriss, author of the best-selling book, The 4-Hour Work Week . We start with a new update for Zoho Writer that makes it possible to now edit documents off-line. There's a Zoho screencast explaining how it works here . I get a ton of email from EyeTV users. EyeTV brings an amazing DVR experience to the Mac. Remote Buddy is an application that allows EyeTV users to customize their remote controls. It's been updated with support for over 100 applications and system parameters. The fireplace video in the background is from an experiment we're doing at www.iyule.tv.
In my South by Southwest packet, there was a little flyer offering bloggers a review copy of a book called The 4-Hour Work Week . I filled out the form, got the book and started reading it. I kept talking to people about it and giving them my copy. I bought three copies before I finished. Tim joined me on Skype to talk about the book and a charitable initiative he calls Litliberation. What I like about the book is that it lays out explicit instructions for using technology to launch and run automated businesses. The uncut conversation is in my junk trunk. Read More
In my South by Southwest packet, there was a little flyer offering bloggers a review copy of a book called The 4-Hour Work Week . I filled out the form, got the book and started reading it. I kept talking to people about it and giving them my copy. I bought three copies before I finished. Tim joined me on Skype to talk about the book and a charitable initiative he calls Litliberation. What I like about the book is that it lays out explicit instructions for using technology to launch and run automated businesses. The uncut conversation is in my junk trunk. Read More
MacBreak 85: Studio: Master Templates
MacBreak 85: Studio: Master Templates
Mark Spencer returns to show us more of what's new in Motion 3, this time discussing how to create editor-friendly motion graphics templates for use in Final Cut Pro.
Mark Spencer returns to show us more of what's new in Motion 3, this time discussing how to create editor-friendly motion graphics templates for use in Final Cut Pro.
Tech.Life.Blogged - Send me voice mail for free and how to get yours
Tech.Life.Blogged - Send me voice mail for free and how to get yours
So since when did Odeo decide to branch out from the RSS syndication business and into the voicemail racket? It must of been pretty recently because this is the first that I have heard of it.
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So since when did Odeo decide to branch out from the RSS syndication business and into the voicemail racket? It must of been pretty recently because this is the first that I have heard of it.
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Game makers turn to ancient Asia for inspiration
Game makers turn to ancient Asia for inspiration
SEOUL - After exhausting just about every elf, dragon and knight featured in Western cultures, makers of popular online games are turning to ancient Asian history and war heroes for new inspiration. Chief among their sources is...
SEOUL - After exhausting just about every elf, dragon and knight featured in Western cultures, makers of popular online games are turning to ancient Asian history and war heroes for new inspiration. Chief among their sources is...
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