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NewsGator Mobile

Paul Westbrook | 06 August, 2006 01:08

In April, I mentioned that NetNewsWire added support for syncing feeds with NewsGator.  This allows you to read a post with with either NetNewsWire, or NewsGator, and have the read status reflected with the other.

NewsGator has a view of the feeds that is meant for use on mobile devices.  NewsGator Mobile works pretty well on my cell phone.  There is one thing that I would love to see added.  I would like to be able to mark posts so they can be read later with a more capable interface.

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logwatch and multiple virtual hosts

Paul Westbrook | 06 August, 2006 00:33

The output from the logwatch run has only been including the results from one of our Virtual Hosts.  The fix was very easy.  In /etc/log.d/conf/logfiles/http.conf, modified the following lines to:

LogFile = httpd/*access_log
Archive = archiv/httpd/*access_log.*
Archive = archiv/httpd/*access_log.*.gz

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Cache Discovery Protocol

Paul Westbrook | 05 August, 2006 15:48

BitTorrent has just released version 4.20 of their client and protocol.  This version includes Cache Discovery Protocol.  This protocol allows ISP to cache frequently requested file, and then clients on their network would prefer these caches, instead of the standard client seeds.

This will potentially save the ISPs external bandwidth, as most traffic will stay on their internal network.  But I don't know if most ISPs will do this, or if they will just attempt to block this traffic.  Also, once the clients are connecting with the ISP's cache, there will be a centralized place where the information about what files have been downloaded by each client.  This will make it easier for the RIAA or the MPAA to subpoena these records.

[via digg]

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scale Mac OS X applications

Paul Westbrook | 05 August, 2006 15:30

This Macworld article describes a hidden setting that lets you scale the ui elements of the the whole system or just a single application.  For example, this allows the iTunes mini controller take up less screen real estate.

[via digg]

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Doodim

Paul Westbrook | 04 August, 2006 22:54

DooginDoodim is a little Mac OS X application that makes it easy to obscure all background applications.  This is supposed to allow you to focus on the foreground application.  The effect is very similar to Mac OS X's Exposé.

[via TUAW]

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Fenêtres Volantes

Paul Westbrook | 04 August, 2006 22:08

FenetresThis post mentions 10 Max OS X screen savers.  The one listed at #1 is pretty cool.  Fenêtres Volantes is a screen saver that make your windows float around the screen.

[via Download Squad]

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iPod update

Paul Westbrook | 04 August, 2006 21:21

I mentioned before how I was having problems syncing content to my iPod.  It appears that restoring to factory settings has fixed the problem.  I will keep my eye on this, and if it happens again, I may take it to the Apple Store.

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LifeType 1.1 beta-1

Paul Westbrook | 02 August, 2006 02:07

About a week ago, the LifeType team released beta 1 of LifeType.  There have been a lot of improvements since the 1.0 release, including disk-based caching and reduced memory usage.  This version has worked very well for me.

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Another great error message

Paul Westbrook | 02 August, 2006 01:43

This morning I started to get this error message when trying to sync music to my iPod

Ipod Error

I assume that there is a bad sector on the drive.  I am attempting to restore to factory, and am hoping that the bad blocks will be marked.

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HD PS2?

Paul Westbrook | 02 August, 2006 01:33

I saw this post mentioning the Xploder HDTV PS2 Upgrade.  Supposedly, this will allow you to play your PS2 games in Enhanced Definition (480p), HD (720p or 1080i) or VGA.  I am not sure this will work.  The post mentions that it is a device, and comes with component cables.  Also it sounds like there is some software that needs to be installed on the PS2.  This makes it seem that this will connect to the expansion port of the PS2 (This implies that it will only work with the original PS2), and that there are component cables and a VGA port on the back.

I don't imagine that this will work that well.  The PS2 and the games written for it can only output up to 480p.  So essentially this is is just a line doubler.  And I don't think that the quality of this line doubler would be better than the line doubler built into most HDTVs.

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