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My First Time Using Craigslist

Posted on September 10, 2008 By Bob Caswell 28 Comments on My First Time Using Craigslist

Somehow I missed the Craigslist memo. It could have something to do with the fact that I haven’t used even eBay for a while. (I used to be on eBay quite a bit but gave it up a few years ago when Amazon proved to be a worthy replacement with much less hassle.) But we recently moved and found ourselves with a couple of items needing a new home due to space constraints in our new place. Namely: a Yamaha electronic keyboard and a spare fold-a-bed.

So I signed up for Craigslist and posted these items online. Here’s what I found:

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Amazon, Internet, Shopping, Web 2.0

Photosynth Is Cool

Posted on August 25, 2008 By Bob Caswell 4 Comments on Photosynth Is Cool

In case you missed it, last week Microsoft released a cool freebie program called Photosynth. Basically, it takes a group of related photos you upload and makes a 3D environment out of them. My first tries at making a “synth” of downtown Seattle actually worked out pretty well. I’m sure there are plenty of practical…

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Internet, Microsoft, Tech News, Web 2.0

Match Made In Heaven: Netflix on the Xbox 360

Posted on July 14, 2008August 11, 2008 By Bob Caswell 7 Comments on Match Made In Heaven: Netflix on the Xbox 360

Back in February, I titled a post “Dear Microsoft: Get Netflix on the Xbox 360 and I’ll Buy One.” True to my word, today I ordered an Xbox 360 following the latest announcement. I’m a huge fan of Netflix and have always had an interest in getting an Xbox 360 (even though I’m more of a PC gamer).

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Amazon, Gaming, Internet, Microsoft, Netflix, Tech News, Web 2.0

Rhapsody’s New DRM-Free MP3 Store with Full Song Previews

Posted on June 30, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 4 Comments on Rhapsody’s New DRM-Free MP3 Store with Full Song Previews

Today’s big announcement comes from Rhapsody, the online music service previously known for its subscription-based streaming music for a monthly fee. Well, turns out people are more interested in owning their music rather than renting. So now we have another major competitor for iTunes and Amazon MP3.

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Amazon, Apple, Internet, Music, Tech News, Web 2.0

Firefox 3: Impressions, Issues, and Verdict

Posted on June 25, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 19 Comments on Firefox 3: Impressions, Issues, and Verdict

It’s been nearly a week since I installed Firefox 3. And though the end result is largely positive, the process wasn’t free of complications. As I’ve discussed before, sure enough, my major issues revolved around the Firefox catch-22: extensions.

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Internet, Tech News, Tech Reviews, Web 2.0

Netflix Eliminating Profiles: Tells Us We Don’t Own Our Data

Posted on June 19, 2008 By Bob Caswell 34 Comments on Netflix Eliminating Profiles: Tells Us We Don’t Own Our Data

Last night Netflix sent out an email (full text below) explaining that it will be getting rid of profiles. For those unfamiliar, the profile feature allows one account to have multiple profiles. For example, you could pay $13.99 to get 2 DVDs at a time sent to your addresss but have one DVD come from your queue of chosen movies while the other DVD comes from another queue of movies.

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Media, Netflix, Tech News, Web 2.0

Reddit Goes Open Source: What Does That Really Mean?

Posted on June 18, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 5 Comments on Reddit Goes Open Source: What Does That Really Mean?

My new favorite crowd voting / social bookmarking site Reddit made the announcement today that it’s “open source.” This means the code for the site has been made publicly available, which could lead to crowd sourced improvements to the site as well as new sites developed using the Reddit “engine.”

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Internet, Tech News, Web 2.0

I’ve Given Up on Digg & Delicious But Am Hooked on Reddit

Posted on June 9, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 8 Comments on I’ve Given Up on Digg & Delicious But Am Hooked on Reddit

The title of this post was originally going to be “Delicious: A Review from a Late Adopter.” But that was four months ago and only a few days after I started using social bookmarking site Delicious. At the time, I found it useful even if lacking in a few areas.

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Do-It-Yourself Tech, Internet, Web 2.0, Yahoo

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