http://www.philonoist.net Ramblings. Wonderings. Musings. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm committed to keeping a blog, but I'm dissatisfied with the way my blog is set up, and the content I currently have isn't a best reflection of what I really want to talk about. I'm going to be re-doing the blog again and I hope bring it more in ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/10/14/just-like-starting-over/ Sam Diaz over at ZDNet recently posted his death knell for RSS, claiming that it was "a good idea at the time, but there are better ways now": The truth of the matter is that RSS readers are a Web 1.0 tool, an aggregator of news headlines that never really caught ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/09/01/rss-not-dead-more-like-doritos/ After two years without a data smartphone, I finally took the plunge and bought an iPhone. I couldn't be happier with my purchase! I was very sad to leave Verizon, but I am so glad with what I can do. In fact, I am writing this on it right now. ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/08/01/the-iphone-is-beautiful/ Image via Wikipedia Even in the best financial times, knowing your credit score and what's in your credit report is sound practice. Unfortunately, the three credit reporting bureaus make it just about impossible to attain your credit information, especially if you're a young, mobile individual: the type of person who most ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/04/07/credit-reports-navigating-a-horrible-system/ Every time I watch this, I die a little inside. A reminder: if you won't eat those Creme Eggs, I sure as hell will. http://www.philonoist.net/2009/04/02/mouse-trap/ I think Steven Leavitt (of Freakonomics) best distills this idea to its very core. "So if you take the drug and pee on a special piece of paper, a secret message appears. If you don’t take the drug, you can pee on it all you want, but it will not reveal ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/04/02/drug-compliance-genius/ The graph above appears in a post over at Cognitive Daily. Basically, the colored columns for each age group correspond to three different "finding" tasks associated with objects underneath cups. In all three, a reward is hidden under one of two cups, and then the cups are hidden from view ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/04/01/children-and-finding-tasks/ This is nothing short of amazing: BumpTM makes swapping contact information as simle as bumping two phones together. No typing, no searching a list for the right person, no shaking your phone, no modem noises, no mistakes. via Bump Technologies LLC. Finally, a business-card replacement that makes sense. Bump provides seamless transfer of ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/04/01/bump-technology-the-business-card-enters-the-21st-century/ Saw this list of Twitter uses the other day; kudos to Olin for the top spot (though the list might be unranked) for the 3rd-Floor West Hall laundryroom Twitter agent. Anyone familiar with this know how it works? I don't remember how the LaundryView system works, but if I recall ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/02/06/laundryroom-twitter/ You'd think my work laptop would have all the bells and whistles ready to go. After all, I run cygwin, the Linux emulator, as well as have full (legal!) installations of Office 2003 Professional and the latest updates from Microsoft. Apparently, my installation has issues, both of which are font ... http://www.philonoist.net/2009/01/13/2-quick-strikes-against-windows/