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Blogger Twins vs. The Amazing Race

Cam and Damien are the Blogger Twins. I’ve known these guys for a while now, and I have watched the Amazing Race religiously for the last few seasons. I think they would be great for the show, and I am not just saying that because I want to be able to say I know someone on the Race. They are quality people, and I don’t say that lightly. Here’s hoping that the producers of the show get it.

Widgets for the Webbish

Best of Dashboard for web developers edition lists some excellent widgets for the Web person. I have really not gotten too enamored with Dashboard. It takes forever to load. I swear I can command-tab over to my web browser and grab whatever information I am seeking faster on the Web itself. That is not to say that the potential of Dashboard is lost on me. I think I might use it more when it works well.

The Ultimate Kitchen Appliance

For one such as myself who enjoys an egg and cheese sandwich better than virtually all other foodstuffs, the Back to Basics Egg and Muffin Toaster looks like it could be the world’s most perfect kitchen appliance. I’m wondering how hard to clean this bad boy will be. Guess I have to wait until September to find out.

Dave Chappelle loves World of Warcraft and so do I

Dave Chappelle loves World of Warcraft. I don’t blame Dave. I confess that I too love this video game, perhaps a little more than I should. I have played this game more than any other game I have ever played over the last eight months. Lately, I have realized that I need to tone it down a bit, as I have been dedicating many nights to playing the game that I used to dedicate to other things. This should take care of itself with the start of two softball leagues this week and the advent of the super busy season at work.

Oddpost + Yahoo = ?

SiliconBeat: Behold, the new Yahoo Mail. I was one of the early users/subscribers to Oddpost. It was, for it’s time, an incredible Web application. Since Yahoo bought Oddpost, I’ve been wondering what they were going to do with the technology. Well, the news looks good, although I have not been a tester or anything, so I have no hands on experience to base my enthusiasm on.

Flickr/Blogger Meetup/Rumble

Tonight is the monthly meeting of The Atlanta Flickr Meetup Group, which , as far as I know, is the oldest group of Flickr users who actually meet IRL. In addition, Lori’s monthly Atlanta blogger get together/drink off is tonight. We have combined these into one uber meeting/rumble. Should be fun and interesting. Come out to the Highlander at 7:30 tonight and join us for some social fun afk. Directions and all the information you need are on the page linked above.

Sitemap Protocol(s)

Google Sitemap Protocol. It’s interesting because this is somewhat similar, albeit simpler, to a personal project I had been working on. I’ve been working on defining an XML standard for modeling and prototyping Web sites. Although the intended usage is very different, both take advantage of the generally hierarchical nature of Web sites. Hopefully, I will make more progress on my project now that Google got me thinking about it again.

Site Outage Over

Well, a 24 hour site outage that started early Monday morning came to end last night. Over the last day, lots of ideas and opinions about Apple deciding to switch to Intel chips over the next two years. It’s one of those concepts that is hard for you to wrap your head around and feel like you have a good understanding of how things may play out. My personal analysis keeps getting interrupted by “I wonders.” So much of how this affects the marketplace and Apple itself depends on decisions they will make as they make the transition. In reading other people’s opinions, I try and keep in mind that people generally are not fond of change. Gizmodo has a little roundup of stories around the Web that is a good starting point for further reading.

Just a quick Tuesday update...

Had a phenomenal weekend, my good friends Mark and Sarah Richards got married. It was nice to see two people so right for each other embark on their “official” life together. Many out of town friends all came in for the wedding, and much fun was had as a result of this. I have put up about a third of the wedding pictures that are good enough to be seen publicly on Flickr, and hope to get the rest up tonight, assuming that our softball game is rained out, which looks pretty definite. The bachelor party was also fun, from what I remember. The weekend also included trips to both The Majestic and Waffle House.