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As some of you may have noticed, this site was having 500 internal server errors earlier this evening. WordPress was running out of memory, and it seemed to be plugin related. I moved all of the plugins out of the plugin folder and it started working again. By reinstalling plugins one at a time I [...]

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I switched to a new theme & logo at MacMegasite, and I also de-cluttered the sidebars. I’m still looking at more themes and working on the logo, so I may still change it if I find something I like better.
The last few days I’ve looked at a lot of WordPress & Drupal themes. Almost none [...]

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Via Andre Noel (Planet Ubuntu):

1. Go to Google
2. Type “find Chuck Norris�
3. Click on I’m Feeling Lucky

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The last few days I’ve been catching up with work and recovering from Macworld. This is the first Macworld where I didn’t come home with a cold, since I prepared by taking TriMune for the week leading up to it and I’ve continued to take it every day. I do have the post-Macworld blahs, though.
I [...]

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I’ve made a few changes at MacMegasite and there will be more coming in the next few weeks.
First of all, Daniel Brusilovsky is officially a staff member! Hopefully we’ll add more staff this year. Look for a staff bio page to be added soon.
I’ve also added the mysite module, which lets users set up their [...]

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Push Polling in South Carolina — Who’s It Really Helping? | Threat Level from Wired.com
Having just read How to Rig An Election, by former GOP operative Allen Raymond, I’m a little suspicious as to the real goal behind Common Sense Issues’ push polling activities
(tags: politics)

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I picked up an Eye-Fi card at Macworld, but I didn’t really get a chance to try it out until now thanks to the crappy WiFi connection and not having my D40x. It works exactly as advertised. I can take a photo and have it uploaded immediately to Flickr without using my computer, and also [...]

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I made it into Charlotte and it looks like my flight to Fort Lauderdale will leave tonight, despite the bad weather. This airport has fast, free WiFi.
Blogged with Flock

Tags: macworld

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AirPower Home
Wiki tells where to find power outlets in various airports.
(tags: travel wiki)

clipalizer
create custom iPhone 1.1.3 webclip icons for your favorite websites
(tags: iphone)

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When I got to SFO and tried to check in, I discovered that my flight was cancelled due to snow in Atlanta. They called me at my home phone to inform me, so of course I never got the message. After some begging, I got switched to a flight on a different airline going through [...]

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I’m all packed and ready to go home. I still have about an hour before I have to leave.
I just deactivated WordPress on a few old domains (gp2x.macmegasite.com & xpresslinux.com) that I’m not actively maintaining since they’re still collecting comment spam even though I haven’t posted there in more than a year.

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The last day of the show is crazy even though the crowd is smaller. I got a lot more swag today since everyone wanted to get rid of stuff. I spent most of the afternoon in Moscone West, where the smaller and more fun booths were. One company was selling headphones half price. I got [...]

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The only place I could find good connectivity in Moscone South is the corridor outside the exhibit hall. My hotel’s Wifi sucked even worse than usual - I couldn’t obtain an IP address at all.
Instead of buying the overpriced food in Moscone, I took a walk to Metreon for lunch. They have a really cool [...]

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I’m now in Microsoft’s Bloggers Lounge, which by far has the worst internet connection here. Their wifi is almost as bad as my hotel and it took several tries before I was able to connect.

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I’m taking advantage of the fast WiFi in Moscone South before the show starts to upload my pictures from the first two days.
Here are a few galleries:

Macworld Expo Day 1

Apple Universe Live

Macworld Expo Day 2

I also posted a video of a portion of the Apple Universe live recording here.

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There was a group of musicians at the corner of Geary & Powell. One guy had a MacBook Pro and was playing an Australian aboriginal instrument called a Didgeridoo.

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Connectivity was a lot better today. Today I discovered that they have a “hidden” network (no SSID broadcast) outside the exhibit hall, so I was able to get online at Moscone South. I took advantage of it to update my iPhone to 1.1.3. The upgrade went smoothly and my iPhone didn’t get bricked.
I went to [...]

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I was up at 4:30 AM and on line before 5:30, yet I only got into the overflow room. I was very disappointed with the lack of internet access and power. I was able to plug in my MacBook Pro a few times to charge it, but I wasn’t able to get online for more [...]

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I’m now standing in line around the exhibit hall waiting to go
upstairs. We were told several times to RESPECT THE ESCALATORS.
Sent from my iPhone

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I’m now standing in line for the keynote near the corner of 5th &
Howard. Daniel should be here around 7. He has a superpass so we’ll
have to coordinate our seating arrangements and keynote coverage.
Sent from my iPhone

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