Sol Young

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I picked up the Nokia N82 yesterday from Import GSM, a great hybrid brick-and-mortage / online store. Think Dynamism for phones. It was my first visit, right at closing, and despite trying to get stuff out the door for the evening shipment the guys helped out with descriptions and subtle nuances between the [...]

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A YouTube video spread like wildfire around the iofy office today…
At a startup you look forward to the day when people recognize your product and respond with positive words. At iofy we’ve received many many positive letters, thank you notes and feedback, but this is the first video we’ve found reviewing our audiobook chip product. [...]

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When following a lot of friends in a flow environment and using XMPP, one sees the above numbers in less than ten minutes. I’d been using Adium, but Adium doesn’t smooth scroll between each received tweet. It constantly jerks messages upwards and has made it virtually impossible to have a meaningful [...]

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So after three weeks, five calls, two visits, and a reinstall of the twisted pair to-and-inside my house, DSL is back up and running. Ironically, Verizon’s EVDO was the only thing keeping me connected.
Of interest: Verizon’s EVDO is faster than their cheapest DSL. If there wasn’t the 5GB monthly cap, I’d switch [...]

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A BlackBerry 8800 had been my mobile of choice for about six months in early 2007 prior to picking up an iPhone. I moved to the iPhone and the honeymoon lasted for a while, but the loss of instant email and being able to use real software ultimately killed the love. If you [...]

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