iamcal.com Since May 2000

trying out plex in place of boxee for managing media on my tv-mac-mini. looks pretty nice, especially the media server bridge for itunes (no need to reindex 25k mp3s this time). just wish the media server would allow your indexed catalog to be a source for another machine, so that my media server can index everything and my tv-box and laptops just act as thin clients

a modern take on the wine cellar. i'll take one pls

wrote a little web-based itunes interface for remote controlling my media-server mac from my pc. screenshot on flickr and source code in svn

bugs is even worse than i remember. opens on a helicopter chase, in which one helicopter tries to 'lose' the other. err, you're in a helicopter. surprisingly, this fails. genius

littlebits look really great - much more accessible than the arduino type stuff, and a better scale than the big white blocks (anyone remember what they're called?). can't wait for them to retail!

matt rosenberg is worried about not being able to judge others so easily in the age of the kindle. i guess i agree

finally figured out what was screwing up XML display in firefox. identify, i love you, but prepare to die

car culture in america on the decline? that's probably not a good sign

these maps are super beautiful. are they just on show at the moment, or can you buy them?

the new propellerheads software, record, looks really nicely done. reason plus multi-tracking equals win. but i'd rather they just upgraded reason of course...