Ken Go put together an excellent Craigslist Greasemonkey script for Mozilla Firefox that allows you to search Craigslist for items such as apartments far more easily than you otherwise would. Let’s face it, Craigslist is free and fast but looking at 100s of listings for locations on Google maps, etc pretty much sucks. You have… Continue reading Easier Apartment Hunting on Craigslist With Ken's Craigslist Greasemonkey Script
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How to Switch Your Cell Phone Number From Verizon Wireless to AT&T Cingular
I hope to blog a bunch about my new Blackberry Curve (8300) phone, but before I do that I want to explain the process for moving your cell phone number from Verizon to AT&T. I ordered my phone off Amazon, and there weren’t great instructions on how to handle this, so here goes: Download Rock… Continue reading How to Switch Your Cell Phone Number From Verizon Wireless to AT&T Cingular
New EP: Joanna Newsom And The YS Street Band, Features New Song "Colleen"
A new Joanna Newsom EP is coming out soon titled Joanna Newsom And The YS Street Band. But hold on a minute, what is an EP? I’ve seen them issued but didn’t really know what they’re about. Here’s some background: EP stands for “Extended Play,” and there’s a ton of info on wikipedia’s EP page.… Continue reading New EP: Joanna Newsom And The YS Street Band, Features New Song "Colleen"
Added Recently Listened Tracks Via Last.fm Plugin For WordPress
I listen to a lot of music both at work and home using Winamp. Back in the hay’ I used Audioscrobbler to keep track of my listening habits. Audioscrobbler became Last.fm, which is a wee bit bloated for me, but still does a good job of keeping track of my listening habits no matter which… Continue reading Added Recently Listened Tracks Via Last.fm Plugin For WordPress
Manually Installing Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox in Windows Vista
Surprise, a complete install of Windows Media Player in Windows Vista does not provide the necessary .dll files needed to play WMA or ASX files in Firefox. This means that if you do a fresh install of Windows Vista and Firefox 2.x and try to listen to an archived program on kexp.org you’re going to… Continue reading Manually Installing Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox in Windows Vista
Returning the Sony Mylo
So I’m back from a great trip to Vegas. I had a great time and met some awesome people. That’s for a different post though. I want to debrief on the Sony Mylo. The verdict is that I am going to return it. Here’s why: Minor annoyances: The screen is too small to browse the… Continue reading Returning the Sony Mylo
Using the Sony Mylo for Blogging and Reporting
I’m taking the Sony Mylo for a test spin this weekend in Las Vegas, NV for reporting on the two Dave Matthews Band shows going on out there. Last year I reported from Bonnaroo using the T-Mobile MDA, but ultimately returned it due to the costly service contract for data over the cellular network. I… Continue reading Using the Sony Mylo for Blogging and Reporting
Add "Open With Notepad" to Your Vista Right-Click Context Menu
I’m a big fan of right-click context menu choices. I use Enqueue/Play In Winamp, Send To -> Compressed File, and Copy This Path almost every day. This little registry hack adds an Open With Notepad option to your right click context menu. As Zeus attests, you don’t know blankity-blank about computers unless you open notepad… Continue reading Add "Open With Notepad" to Your Vista Right-Click Context Menu
Common Errors When Installing postgres SQL and Ruby on Rails
I was setting up my local development environment for Podcastinople on my new Vista install and ran into some problems that I was able to find hidden deep in Ruby and Postgres forums and list archives. One problem I had was that when I was creating some of my local postgres databases using a normal… Continue reading Common Errors When Installing postgres SQL and Ruby on Rails
Changing Your System Path in Windows Vista
Don’t forget to follow me on twitter. [Note: Since this was written, I downgraded from Vista (because it wasn’t stable enough) and went back to XP. These days I’m looking much harder at moving to a Mac.] One of the things I really like about Vista is the help. So far it has delivered the goods as… Continue reading Changing Your System Path in Windows Vista