John Tokash

Entries from January 2006

links for 2006-02-01

January 31, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Categories: Links

Jason Calacanis on Google in China

January 31, 2006 · Leave a Comment

About Google/China.  I don’t think Google is being a Bad Guy.  Jason goes a few steps further and argues that Google is being a GOOD Guy.  Hmmmm…  The official Google blog tells Google’s side:

We’re in this for the long haul. In the years to come, we’ll be making significant and growing investments in China. Our launch of google.cn, though filtered, is a necessary first step toward achieving a productive presence in a rapidly changing country that will be one of the world’s most important and dynamic for decades to come. To some people, a hard compromise may not feel as satisfying as a withdrawal on principle, but we believe it’s the best way to work toward the results we all desire.

Categories: Google

More on the purpose of Reading Lists

January 31, 2006 · Leave a Comment

I’d like FeedLounge and Gregarius to support Reading Lists.  The key is that feeds will drop in and out of a given reading list transparently.  I can understand some of the technical difficulties.  What if your aggregator only understands that a user is either subscribed to a feed or he is not.  What if a feed can only belong to one folder?  I don’t think that stuff matters.  Reading Lists are here to stay, so the backend needs to support them.  Dave explains, yet again, why they are important in this post.

Categories: RSS

Feed Reset

January 31, 2006 · Leave a Comment

FYI, I just caused a feed reset.  If you are seeing a lot of unread items from my blog in your aggregator, it’s my fault.  Sorry, won’t happen again!

Categories: Blogging

New theme – Phoenixtheme

January 30, 2006 · Leave a Comment

My blog has a new theme!  I hope you like it!  The Phoenixtheme look was created by David Peralty.

Categories: Blogging

WordPress 2.0

January 30, 2006 · Leave a Comment

I did a one-click upgrade to WordPress 2.0.  So far, everything looks ok.  I have to fix the header and sidebar, but I might switch to another theme before doing that.  If you notice anything wrong, please leave me a comment.  THANKS!

Categories: Blogging

The Nintendo DS Mini

January 30, 2006 · Leave a Comment

I just can’t imagine that Nintendo would be stupid enough to release this in the same year as Revolution. A new handheld would be great, especially with all the features of the DS in half the weight/thickness, but such a device would definitely mean fewer Revolution sales.

Unless the DS has some tie-in to the Revolution, beyond what’s already known….

UPDATE: Oops, maybe I should catch up on my reading before posting.  Looks like the DS Lite has been officially announced.   Well, then….

Categories: Nintendo

links for 2006-01-31

January 30, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Categories: Links

I can’t stop laughing!

January 29, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Scoble has the best blonde joke ever!

Categories: Random

links for 2006-01-29

January 28, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Categories: Links