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I listen to To Kit’s Summit radio show on CR1. There is a text version, which is more like a summary of the show.
Commercial Radio’s website is just so 1990s. Funny thing all the websites of local media are pretty much alike for being backward, taking no note of web standards, usability and new technologies. [...]

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Most Coop members are using their ISP’s SMTP server, and not mother to send out email. No big deal really. In any case, here is a discussion on ISPs blocking incoming as well as outgoing port 25 traffic.
I am just pleased w/ HKNet my ISP.

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Wilson has made a request. He will be expanding his photo library, and wants some sort of search engine for it.
My plan is to develop something generic and flexible, and adaptable to different gallery package software. It should be able to read EXIF data, grab metadata from ACDSee and iPhoto, etc. and store all such [...]

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I was somewhat disappointed that there is no easy way to sync a Palm device with Apple iCal or Mozilla Calendar. I was even tempted to make a crack at writing a Palm conduit to sync w/ iCalendar files (it would in fact be a worthwhile project to persue). Regardless of the fact that a [...]

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I have just had a meeting with Ken and Max. Max is preparing a proposal to bid for a project to rebuild the website for a job placement advertisement publication, and seek our partnership and assistance in this project.
I am putting down my ideas here for record purposes. I am not too optimistic about Max [...]

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