http://jasonbrummels.com Lies from the Midwest Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:27:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Has our ability to easily work with all of the data and APIs available on the web been handicapped? I've been thinking there must be a better way for non-technical users to work with Google Maps, flickr, search, and Wikipedia - and a better way for us all to post ... http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/27/ubiquity-prototype-released-by-mozilla-labs/ http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/25/where-will-you-be-september-14th/ I've stayed up a bit late tonight to upload my new design for jasonbrummels.com. I'm headed to toward making this blog a little bit more personal, and a little bit more informative.  I hope I can bring something interesting to your screen on a more frequent basis. (I'll be working ... http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/25/ive-got-some-new-digs-hope-you-likem/ I promise... :) http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/24/new-posts-coming-soon/ I apologize for mentioning her here. I hope I never do it again. Did I mention that this video was viewed 2,800,000 times in 24 hours? http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/06/ok-i-am-not-a-paris-hilton-fan-but-this-video-got-28-million-views-in-24-hours/ I picked this story up at the Huffington Post. Stephen Colbert's take: http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/06/obama-calls-mccains-campaign-what-it-is-ignorant/ http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/08/01/jon-stewart-continues-to-be-one-of-my-personal-heros/ VMWare Fusion 2 Beta 2 includes Unity 2.0, mirroring of Mac folders, virtual machine snapshots, video improvements, and better memory management. I regularly run Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.04 using VMWare, and it really is quite impressive already. I'll be testing out the beta today. http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/07/31/vmware-fusion-2-beta-2-released/ Not really the best news piece, but it is still interesting that the mainstream media are taking notice.  If fuel prices continue to be higher (seems likely...or almost fair?), those old bikes shown in the video will turn into newer bikes and scooters, creating a motorcycling environment similar to (but ... http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/07/29/the-motorcycles-are-coming/ I regularly check the Google Operating System Blog looking for what is new with Google, new Google products and projects, and interesting new technology.  Considering how much traffic the blog gets, I find it very interesting that they regularly talk about new and upcoming services that are similar or in ... http://jasonbrummels.com/2008/07/29/cuil-better-search-results-format/