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I switched over to gmail exclusively about 3 weeks ago. I installed the offline gmail tool and got it checking all my (important) accounts (about 4 of them). I setup alternative e-mail address to send email as, and setup multiple inboxes to sort mail. I setup filters to apply labels, star, and archive as needed.

I had problem connecting one day, and was pleased I could at least access the e-mail I had downloaded.

So far, it has been quite a struggle for me to change. The concept of labels over folders baffles me for some reason, and I end up making a ton of labels at first then start slowing narrowing it down to what i need. I can see the benefit of the labels over folders, but i still like to know that I can click on a folder because I moved it there. Not having to remember where an e-mail could be stuffed, and just do a quick little search for the label takes a bit of getting used to.

I’m getting into the groove of things, and have been using it everyday for several business accounts. I think the experiment is a success and I will continue to use it.

for my next project - i’m going to be setting up a home media pc with either an old pc or laptop, or my old xbox. I’m hoping to provide more media content to my xbox 360.

Would be interesting for my xbox to be slave to the xbox 360.

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I know. Everyone is harping on them for all the remakes. This is a short list from this article of remakes in the works :

Footloose, Karate Kid, Conan the Barbarian, Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator, Little Shop of Horrors, Masters of the Universe, Bright Lights Big City, They Live, Red Dawn, Top Gun, The Warriors, Robocop.

Now, there are a lot more being done (Neverending story is another), and the article mentioned above lists 20 movies that are not currently being planned for remakes (there are rumors of Rocky Horrot Picture show being remade, too). Go down the list and we can start our bets on when we might see these start popping up in the rumors.

Oh ya - don’t forget about the big news that Sean Penn is out of the Three Stooges movie, too. Yep. The Three Stooges.

is it too much to ask for something that has has at least a tiny bit of creativity in the concept? please?

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Seems Mountain Dew is focusing on the gamers market once again. Like they need any help there.

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Wow. this is an amazing value. I can’t wait until mine comes in the mail!

It appears to be real.

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This is a great list of tools for web developers. I was just talking about the font finder the other day.

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This site is pretty nice when you’re needing to learn or get ideas for UI.

From their site :

UI Pattern Factory is a mix of user interface design pattern library and UI gallery. It is a place to find user interface best practices, get design inspiration, and share design solutions with others. Our patterns are always fresh with tons of examples, and you can easily add more using Flickr.

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Last night I got the stuff to get my xbox hooked up to the internet as an early birthday / father’s day gift (as well as a super cool nifty laptop bag and lap desk) and, after I download the updates, installed the netflix app. I then proceeded to start watching movies in my queue. Very cool and works great. I wish it would show all the streamable movies in my queue, or, better yet, browse the entire library, but still, it worked very well and I am excited to have that feature. I’m going to be working on a media storage pc connecting to it to stream our music and other media. I am very excited about this new ability. Oh ya, and now we can buy games through it too.

One of the items I ran across was the Natal video. I loaded it up to show Taryn this interface and discovered that it was not the hyped unrealistic looking commercials i’ve seen everywhere , but the actual E3 on-stage demo of the product. It works. It seems to work very well. I can now see it augmenting their existing controllers in a way that would help immerse the gamer and offer more control of the character.

I can’t find a video of the actual E3 demo. If I can I’ll post it up here.

I was wondering why sony, during their motion sensitive controller demonstration, kept mentioning that they needed a controller because it didn’t feel right without it. Now we know. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s tech could work with the existing controller or really any shape or style of controller. That would be something, I’d think, because sony is right that some things just don’t feel right without a button.

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Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

I’ve been a fan of David Carradine ever since I saw the first Kung Fu series. Suicide seems unlikely, because anywhere you see people talking about him you hear about how full of life he was and how he loved to work. Then again, even very successful individuals have ended their lives that way for some reason.

R.I.P. David “Kwai Chang Caine” Carradine.

Full Story here

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The NEC CRV43 curved display includes the following features:

• Seamless curved screen, which eliminates bezel and screen gap issues for increased productivity and decreased frustration (according to Center for Human-Computer Interaction - Shupp et al, presented at Graphics Interface 2006)
• 2880 x 900 double WXGA native resolution
• 200 cd/m² brightness
• 0.02ms Rapid Response
• 10,000:1 contrast ratio
• Wide color gamut with 100% coverage of sRGB and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB
• Single link DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 input connectors
• USB 2.0 connectivity for easy use of peripherals
• Front panel controls
• On Screen Display (OSD®) and software-based GUI, which enables advanced display control options

The NEC CRV43 curved display is backed by a 3-year parts and labor warranty including the backlight and will be available for July 2009 shipment with estimated street price of $7,999.

I Want!!!!

story here wtih a couple more pics and more info.

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Artist’s Comments

A 14k custom piece. 50 hours from start to finish.

didnt want to put in the rubies but he wanted them. Originally I had carved the triangle eye sockets but it got wiped out with the setting of the stones.

I molded it to make some without stones (stones optional)

Check it out on Deviant Art He has some very interesting stuff.

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