Archive for March, 2010

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Just got my Netflix Wii Streaming disc in the mail today. Let me walk you through the process.
I haven’t used my Wii in a little while, so when I popped in the disc, I had to wait through 2 consecutive software updates to use the disc.
Now that’s done, and I see the Netflix icon in the top left of the home screen.

Clicking on the icon, I can choose to Start or to go back to the Wii menu.

I have to[...]

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Driving home from lunch today with 3 of my co-workers, I ended up behind a Saturn Outlook. I remarked that cars shouldn’t be named after Microsoft products. Someone said they though it would be cool. This led to remarks like:

Pontiac Word. If you drive it too long, it crashes.
The Pontiac Word has a Convert to Bus feature.
Chevy Powerpoint. We decided it would be sporty, like a Mustang.
We all agreed we’d buy a car called the Dreamweaver.
And isn’t there already[...]

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A list of some conferences that I’m considering. Mostly for my own use, but feel free to post suggestions for others in the comments.
March/April

O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference: Location Enabled [March 30 - April 1, 2010 - San Jose, CA]
O’Reilly MySQL Conference [April 12-15, 2010 - Santa Clara, CA]
Voices that Matter Conferences [iPhone Developers Conference, April 24-25, 2010, Seattle, WA]

May

O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo [May 3-6, 2010 - San Francisco, CA]
Future of Web Design [May 17-19, 2010 - London]
An Event Apart [NE:[...]

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