Yesterday Minimo 0.2 was released, and today Microsoft announced a limited beta for its new Deepfish web browser. Each represents a major advance over Pocket Internet Explorer. Minimo supports tabbed browsing, something that the commercial Opera Mobile browser already supports. Deepfish has a nifty new interface that lets you view an entire web page and […]
When it rains
As a freelancer, one of the things that scares me about taking even a short vacation is that I won’t have enough work to do when I come back to pay the bills. But just about a week after coming back from a few days off, I’ve found myself working on a piece about Indian […]
Now that’s real journalistic transparency
So there’s this guy named Justin. And he’s strapped a video camera to the side of his head. He wears it 24/7 and it broadcasts a live webstream at Justin.TV. Now, this isn’t meant to be a journalistic project in any way. He’s basically just wandering around San Francisco recording everything he does. Everything. Going […]
The Onion News Network launches
When I’d first heard that The Onion was launching a “TV” news network, I was dubious. Wasn’t this just going to be another Daily Show, but this time with clips that might actually be allowed on YouTube? I’d tried listening to The Onion’s radio news in the past. They’re kind of funny, but they’re too […]
A few Zoom H-4 complaints
I’ve had my Zoom H-4 a little longer now. And while I still think it’s a great recorder for $250, I do have three main complaints. When using the internal mics, the Zoom is very susceptible to handling noise. After a while you start to develop a feel for how to hold it without generating […]
New Jersey considers repealing the death penalty
I turned in a 5 minute story on the death penalty for this week’s episode of Justice Talking from NPR. I think the story came out pretty well. The impetus for my story was an Associated Press article I’d read a while back. Basically, New Jersey lawmakers are considering abolishing the death penalty in the […]
A transparency in journalism project
I’m going to try something new. Rather than just posting links to stories I’ve completed on this blog, I want to leverage some of the power of the internet to better tell a story. One of the hardest things to learn as a journalist is how to whittle a lot of information into a small […]
What’s up with Twitter – or why there should be limits to social networking
During my teenage years, I spent a lot of time hanging out on bulletin board systems and the Cleveland Freenet system. I’m no stranger to meeting people online. But a few years ago a friend sent me a link to Friendster. I signed up, posted some interests, linked to a few friends, and then couldn’t […]
COPA struck down
Back in the late 90s, it was considered trendy to pass legislation that would protect “the children” from “objectionable” material online. Never mind the fact that those laws were usually written in such a way that they would limit adults from accessing all sorts of content online. We’re not just talking about skeezy guys with […]
You can’t believe everything you read on blogs
If you’re thinking to yourself, that doesn’t look like a map of Paris, you’re right. We ran into a few issues on our way to France, and wound up canceling our European vacation for a local vacation in our own backyard. After spending about 7 hours on the phone trying to convince U.S. Airways that […]
A few quick updates
We’re heading to Paris tomorrow for our honeymoon. Nevermind the fact that we got married 7 months ago. The stars have finally aligned properly. So there won’t be any updates to the blog for a week or so. But I did run across a couple of useful resources for anyone who’s been keeping tabs on […]
Zoom H-4 review: a reporter’s recorder
Well, I’ve had my Zoom H-4 for a few days now, and I think it’s fair to say this is one heck of a portable audio recorder for the price. I picked mine up for about $260 from an electronics dealer through Amazon, and I paid another $30 for a 2GB SD card, which will […]
A warning on wireless video senders
Our home personal video recorder setup started out simple enough. When we found out we had free cable in our last apartment, I convinced Farrah that the only way to take advantage of it was to buy a TiVo. So we used that for a while, but it was only hooked up to the television […]
Internet Radio in Jeopardy
Last week I wrote up a post on Download Squad about a ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board that could put small webcasters out of business. And when I say small, I mean groups like Pandora, Last.fm, Radio Paradise, and probably most of the music streams you can find on Shoutcast or similar services. The […]
Google Juice
In the brief period that this blog has been around, most of its traffic has come from people looking for information about PDAs, the Zoom H4 recorder, or in at least one case, my Karaoke Revolution: American Idol review. But overall, it’s not like there’s been a ton of traffic on this site. That said, […]
How I recovered Built-in storage that had disappeared on my PDA
Let me start by saying I have a Dell Axim X50v running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. This fix will not necessarily work for other devices, but hopefully I can help you figure out a similar solution. So first, let’s define the problem. Many PDAs running WM2003SE and earlier have two types of internal memory: […]