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Twitter Updates for 2008-02-21

February 21, 2008

got strep throat, but at least i finally know what illness i have #
submitting all my recent stories to stumbleupon #
so my strep has gotten worse — yay, more bed-ridden for me… #
my mailbox of some 5,000 emails is being rebuilt and lagging my computer to all hell.. #
i wonder if the macbook air is [...]

7 Steps to Build Your Startup Business Credit

February 21, 2008

The credit crunch has hit America. Businesses need capital to continue to operate. Wise Startup Blog has put together 7 steps to building and maintaining your business credit.

Gadget: Picking Your Macbook Air Case/Sleeve

February 21, 2008

So now that I’ve decided to keep my Macbook Air, I now need to find a suitable sleeve/case to haul it around in:

Belkin Neoprene Sleeve $29.99 — coming soon

AirMail: Manila Sleeve $29.99 — shipping now

Orbino Leather Thing $?? — coming soon
When doing my research here, I realized there aren’t that many options available for the [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-02-19

February 19, 2008

woot has some real nice klipsch speakers on sale today http://www.woot.com/ #
on my grooveshark agenda: hopefully followup with labels emailed this past week, call them, email more, look for good tshirt supplier #
just got invited to younoodle, yet another linkedin — when will these things stop? http://younoodle.com/profile.php?id=2608 #
i don’t like the new fatwallet layout http://www.fatwallet.com/c/18 [...]

Grooveshark: Help Fix Album Art in iTunes

February 19, 2008

One of my biggest complaints about files that aren’t tagged correctly is that they don’t carry the correct album art. iTunes has a built-in system, but often it has trouble when songs are missing apostrophes or slightly mis-spelled, and over time, your library becomes cluttered with random tracks that have no album art and just [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-02-18

February 18, 2008

waking up at 6am from now on …you better hold me to it #

Twitter Updates for 2008-02-15

February 15, 2008

working with my brand new macbook air — the keyboard feels pretty damn good #

Gadget: My Macbook Air is Posted on eBay

February 15, 2008

Should I say I told you so now, or later?

After playing with the Macbook Air for a little while, I kept having the machine LAG on me. I was originally on a crappy Wifi connection, then after connecting my EVDO USB adapter (which actually fit in the USB port fine), I still had the lag.
Firefox [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-02-14

February 14, 2008

forgetting your charger at work really makes you prioritize your computing time #
the speakers on the new iphone 16gb are definitely louder than rev1 #
do a google search for "download music" — you see grooveshark ?
http://tinyurl.com/3575v8 #
do a google search for "download music" — you see grooveshark ?
http://tinyurl.com/3575v8 #

Startup: Grooveshark Hooks Up The University of Florida for Valentine's Day

February 14, 2008

Part of our Grooveshark groups project, we have all been divided up into kick-ass teams of 5 or so, and we’re finally now enacting all of our 3 week long projects.
For Valentine’s Day, we’re giving UF students free $10 in music, conveniently contained in a Valentine’s Day card, which will be taped to the bottom [...]

Gadget: My Macbook Air Has Shipped — Track it with Me

February 14, 2008

I didn’t expect my Macbook Air to ship until March 24th, so to see the shipping notification email from Amazon last night, I awoke extremely joyous. It’s like having to wait for Santa to arrive at your door because he got “lost” on Christmas Eve !
Here’s the tracking information — track my macbook air
It says [...]