March 2007 - Posts

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Moving Day! by Tim Marman

I'm moving slashstar.com to new hardware today - I just put in the DNS request, so you should be seeing the new site shortly. Hopefully there are no issues with this, but I'll be keeping an eye on it and ironing any kinks out as soon as possible. Performance...
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Vista drivers for the Toshiba M200 Tablet by Tim Marman

Finally! Corey found m200 drivers for Vista that were released on 3/20/2007 on the Swiss support site. The page is not English, but as Corey said it's pretty easy to figure out. (The drivers themselves have english versions). That said, here are the direct...
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Arctic Monkeys show at Hammerstein Ballroom by Tim Marman

I missed out on the presale. I got banned briefly because TicketMaster thought I was a bot after it gave me unreadable CAPTCHAs and took 10 tried to get it right. But I finally got in, and I got 2 tickets to the Hammerstein Ballroom show in May . Sweet...
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I Don't Get Twitter by Tim Marman

I am really struggling to find value in Twitter, and I'm certainly not the only one staying out of the Twitter lovefest. It is mildly interesting from a technical perspective but doesn't really add much to what I can do today. (Not to mention it's been...
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More on the Music Industry's Slow Death by Tim Marman

This letter from a former customer further illustrates how the music industry is alienating its customers. While I would like to say I responded with something witty, I must admit to being completely flummoxed. There I sat, a loyal music fan who has shelled...
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Music of Note: The View by Tim Marman

The View are an indie/punk band from Dundee, Scotland. Perhaps the most obvious comparison is to Arctic Monkeys. Their debut album, Hats off to the Buskers , is currently topping the UK charts. It's all over the place in terms of style, but overall it...
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Friday Fun: Exam Frustration by Tim Marman

Sure, we've all been frustrated on exams - some of us just express it more... well, creatively... than others. And my personal favorite.... Ok, seriously... this person drew an elephant on the ramp ... and then answered the question correctly under those...
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Wahne's World by Tim Marman

Please give a warm welcome to our newest blogger, Wahne . Wahne has some great insights into information architecture and UI design (her latest post is about design considerations when building AJAX applications ). I've been pestering her for years to...
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Choosing a corporate entity for your startup by Tim Marman

Generally speaking, tax and liability drive the choice of entity. Taxation From a tax perspective, all of the entities except for C-Corps are known as "pass-through" entities, where any income and losses show up on the owners' tax returns. With a C-Corp...
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DHL Sucks by Tim Marman

I ordered a package from Amazon and noticed they now have an option for Saturday delivery with Prime. Excellent... What I did not realize at the time is that this ships with DHL. Every single time something has been shipped to me via DHL, something went...
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