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Category Archives: Ideas
Skype + Applescript = poor man’s voice web services
Skype is one of my favorite applications. I recently used Skype to call someone in Russia and it only cost a few cents. I’ve also been studying the Skype API, which opens some interesting possibilities. On a Mac, you can … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Communication, Ideas, Main, Tech, Utah
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Postal rates go up, but not enough
On Monday postal rates went up to $.02. In my opinion, it’s not enough. I still get junk mail. I use stamps so rarely that even doubling the price of a stamp would keep my annual budget under $5. But … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Main
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Free e-book leads to book sale
Along the lines of my previous post, The Value of Free, I thought I’d point out a success story: I found an essay called The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. Turns out it’s an excerpt from his book by … Continue reading
The value of free
I just bought Norah Jones’s latest single “Thinking About You” from Yahoo Music, a good song made better by the fact that it’s offered in 192 kbps unprotected MP3 format. That is, there’s no Digital Rights Management (DRM) to “control” … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Commons, Ideas, Main
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