Macrumors.com reports that Apple’s servers are hosed with the gazillions of people trying to activate new iPhone 3Gs, and existing iPhone users who are downloading the new iPhone system and firmware: Notice: The server problems extend to users who are trying to upgrade their iPhones and iPod Touches to the latest firmware update. In fact, [...]

I just started Plurking. There was no warning, it just started happening. Plurk is some sort of Twitter 2.0, I guess. It definitely allows for some better interaction between you and your contacts, but I’m still on the fence about it. Until there’s a Twinkle-style iPhone app, I don’t think I’ll really fall in love [...]

First let me tell you that I spelled Hippopotamus correctly on the first try. And I think that’s nice. So there’s this web browser that everyone in the world uses called Firefox. And it’s a pretty good browser, there are lots of cool plug-ins, like the Greasemonkey script that adds “in bed” to the end [...]

One of the really unique things about Facebook is that you can install third party applications. Which allows people to play scrabble from Facebook, check the snow report at your favorite resort, etc. These can be really cool, like Scrabulous (which is in danger of being shut down for copyright infringement). Lots of times, however, [...]

Had a discussion with someone today about how the number of hits you get may not translate into real customers. A percentage of these hits come from spammers and people who aren’t remotely interested in what you’re talking about. And even if you can factor those people out (especially when the spammers are trying to [...]

Woot.com is a pretty cool shopping website. They sell one item a day, and there’s usually a very limited quantity for sale. Sales begin for each item at Midnight. They also publish an RSS feed, so I can read via Bloglines Often, the item sells out before I wake up. So I check what’s up [...]

I am going to Detroit for a wedding. The Comedians of Comedy are playing at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor that weekend. I’m definitely going. By myself. I was going to try to make a comment on their myspace page about it, and the following error came up. Error: You must be someone’s friend [...]

sIFR looks cool, may use it for some websites, including this one.

Have you ever wanted to legally share music over the internet through iTunes? Your wait has come to an end. Simplify Media allows you to share your library with up to 30 friends (or computers) across the world. FOR FREE! Holy crapballs. I like this solution for a variety of reasons. I have lots of [...]

TinyURL Firefox Extension is a handy little Firefox Add-On. You install it and then you can right click on a page or a link and you can make a TinyURL address. A tiny little pop-up comes up and notifies you that your URL has been created and has been copied to your clipboard. Pretty nice [...]