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MediaPortal - The ultimate HTPC / mediacenter
Saw this from the del.icio.us popular RSS feed, pretty impressive!! And it’s open source to boot! Only runs on Windoze unfortunately…

The weather is gonna suck in Austin this memorial day weekend…

Friendster’s Woes Continue
CEO Scott Sassa is out at Friendster after less than a year on the job. Jeremy Zawodny leaked it and then Businessweek confirmed it. There’s also talk of a new infusion of VC cash and a round of layoffs. You’ll find plenty of commentary about these events around the Web. Our 2 cents [...]

I woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I watched the American Idol final, I’m at the second song right now… Jesus, with perfect pitch this is a real torture to listen to. Maybe they needed some in-ear monitors or something, but I can’t believe the final two could be so out [...]

Apple _Once You Go Mac_.mov (video/quicktime Object)

Fetch Gets Long Awaited Upgrade
What’s the point when you have an open source solution that’s better (IMO)
(added an underscore after FTP_ to get mod_security happy)

wiPod | iPod-based field guide to free wi-fi hotspots
Nice, a lot of hotspots in Texas…

So 24 was finally over, the 2-hour season finale was GOOOOD, although a bit predictable. (and it was too easy to find the projectile of the missile and only took one shot to shoot it down) Have to wait til January 2006 for the next season, damnit… Since I didn’t watch the show until this [...]

I received an Evite from the Bootstrapping networking group to attend a Q&A session with Jack Welch at Book People today. It was cool to see the legendary Jack Welch in person. Here are my notes:
“right players” is key
always hire ppl better than u
HR is key
20 70 10 differentiation
20% most important
70% improve
10% get rid of [...]

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