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Nothing to See Here - Old Computers, Old Links edition

Continuing to clean out my virtual notebook with a bunch of links from the tech world.

Take a trip down 16K-memory lane with these scans of print ads for classic computers from Altos to Zenith.

De.lirio.us is a social bookmarking clone of del.icio.us. The main differences seem to be the capacity for longer notes, annoying videos built in to the posts, and an open code base. I’m not inclined to switch from del.icio.us after already committing so many bookmarks to that site, but perhaps there’ll be some way to share links between the sites. It does seem like it might be useful to use Delirious as an alternate site for finding stuff I’m interested in. I’ve already found a few very cool sites by browsing through the tags. If you haven’t tried a social bookmarking site yet, I do highly recommend del.icio.us. Check out John Udell’s screencast to learn more about what it is and how to use it. Also, Beelerspace offers a nice tutorial for Del.icio.us beginners.

Alright, Windows users. I know you’re tired of Mac fanatics, but this article by Mary Stamper on her conversion to the Mac world is one of the most lucid, cogent, and accurate pieces I’ve ever read on just what’s wrong with Windows and what’s right with the Mac.

I’ve just discovered MyBlogLog.com, and I love it. For those of you with blogs, MyBlogLog is an enhancement to the stats from your web host, in that it shows you which links your visitors are clicking on from your site. It’s dead easy to get started, too. Just sign up for an account, drop a line of java script in your blog template and start obsessively checking the MyBlogLog page.

If you haven’t noticed yet, Google has added movie times and reviews to their search results. In the Google search field, just enter “movie:” and a movie title and zip code to find show times in your area. “Movie:” and a zip code will give you a complete list of movies and showtimes in the area. (via Slashdot)

Speaking of Google, Gizoogle is good for a chuckle or two. Gizoogle (tag line: Fo all you beotches who wanna find shiznit) translates any site on the web into hip-hop. Word.

And, speaking of Google and Word, the Google Tutor and Advisor tutors and advises us on just what the heck Google Print is anyway.

Oh, what the heck. Let’s just make this a whole Google subsection. Google’s mail service, Gmail (ask me for an invite!), just upgraded its free storage space to 2 Gigs. They also seem to imply that, as you need it, you’ll be able to have as much more storage as you like. I wouldn’t have thought this necessary for any normal humans, but one of my co-workers who apparently never throws an email away has over 9G of archived email. Imagine if it was all instantly searchable! Anyway, for those of you who’ve been hesitating, check Grant McCracken’s blog post about his conversion to Gmail. He’s hooked, and so am I!

Via BoingBoing, we found this link to an interview with Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Computing. I had no idea Hawkins also studied brain theory. His new company and his thoughts on computing are very stimulating.

Via Slashdot, here’s an interview with Mac developer Jonathan Rentzsch. 90% of it is over my head, but I still loved reading it for the insight on the coding world and the dev’s perspective on the Mac OS. Lots of good stuff here.