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Cool Web Technology: DabbleDB
Making my bi-weekly scan through CssMania, I spotted DabbleDB. At first, I thought they were just another webified ASP version of Microsoft Access (there are a bunch of them these days, along with some simpler open source projects that attempt to do the same.) They are kind of like Access, but with a lot smarter…
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BigScreenConcerts: David Gilmour
Hmm, I’d say it was about 75% suck, unfortunately. Turns out that BigScreenConcerts are just crappy concert DVDs, shown in 4×3 with a digital projector. If this was supposed high def digital film distribution, they’ve got a long way to go; a lot of pixelation, some motion distortion (watch the drum sticks), and lots of…
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iTalk; what’s to come?
Here’s an amazing video (via) an apple fan put together of what an apple mobile phone and iPod combination might look like. I’d probably go for something like that. Speaking of phones, it was recently re-up time from my contract. At first, I was very interested in the Sony Walkman Phone, but not enough to…
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VW ‘Safe Happens’ Commercials Work
USA Today reports (via) that the VW Safe Happens commercials (see my related post) are really paying off: Requests for brochures up 37% at call centers Requests for brochures up 56% on their website Requests for dealer quotes are up 58% I tend to agree with the quote in the article that the commercials are…
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Cool Video of the Day
Haven’t seen this one on TV yet, but here’s an Apple dealer who used $60,000 worth of iPods as dominos in a recent commercial. Via.
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Cool Video of the Day, Part II
Saw this (via My Journey to Macintosh) a while ago and it cracked me up. Add an alarm to your MacBook Pro. Turn it on and off remotely with your Apple remote. I really hope it doesn’t catch on, I hear enough car alarms sounding off all night long that nobody seems to car about…