Apple Movie Service Rumors

June 19th, 2006

Download movies for $9.99? Sounds good to me. A first run movie ticket costs $9.50 and it’ll soon be over ten bucks. An iTunes download means watching a film at home for two (or more) people — a big savings.

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Book Notes: In Flagrante Collecto

June 19th, 2006

A page from Wired magazine directed me to In Flagrante Collecto, a website and book about obsessive collecting.

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Joomla Module Success

June 19th, 2006

I finally got my first Joomla module working. After getting stuck on the install process, I gave up using the zip file technique. Joomla lets you install from a directory, so I just uploaded my files and using that method, everything installed properly. Go figure.

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My First Joomla Module

June 17th, 2006

This isn’t really a how to, maybe a document of my own confusion. Anyhow, my current project is to add a simple sidebar module to Bottle Cap-O-Rama that displays a current count of all the bottle caps. Sounds like an easy task, however the site runs on Joomla and the ideal way to do this involves several layers of technology.

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Apple iPod Factories: Whole Foods

June 16th, 2006

So Apple has been accused of manufacturing the iPod in near “sweat shop” conditions. Here’s a link to some photos. I must say, the same is probably true for all the electronic gadgets we buy here in America, and it’s pretty sad.

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