Month: October 2005

jYMSG: Yahoo Instant Messaging API for Java

Interesting, a Java API for using Yahoo! Messenger as a P2P backplane. A friend of mine made use of this for a little personal project. http://jymsg9.sourceforge.net/ I wonder if there's a .NET API. I looked but didn't find...

GeneralMac

Adium “Deny bug” is driving me nuts

So every time someone tries to add me to their buddy list, Adium pops up a confirmation dialog that's cut off and that only offers me the option to deny: This is driving me and the people who are trying to add me nuts. Each time...

General

Google can’t use “GMail” in the UK

Google is unable to use the name "Gmail" in the UK And in related news, Google suffered another setback, forced to change the name of its free wireless hotspot service after failing to secure the necessary trademark for "gspot"....

General

Real estate slowdown

I've noticed lately an increase in the number of real estate signs and more importantly, that signs for the same property are hanging around for a few weeks and agents are having to do two or three open houses and open houses are...

Rants

What the world needs…

Well, I'm not exactly sure what the world needs ("love, sweet love" perhaps?). But I do know what the world doesn't need: Another cover band that performs "Brick House". Here's the deal. The lady's stacked and that's a fact -...

General

Desktop hosed

Desktop hosed, originally uploaded by msabramo. My Windows desktop at home, which has been flakey for a long time and has been getting increasingly flakey even after a transplant into a new Asus S-Presso case/mobo, finally bit it...

Windows

PCpTray: extension for Asus PC Probe

If you have an Asus motherboard, you might be interested in this. It's an add-on for the Asus PC Probe software (for monitoring temperatures and fan speeds) that comes with their motherboards....