My other web site, Kuwan.net, is now up and running again along with a nice new redesign.  So if you're into Mac software or just wonder a bit about what I do, then go on over to Kuwan.net and give it a look.  I've still got to add a lot of content, but the basic stuff is there. 

 

Also, I should hopefully be updating my applications there soon as well.  I really need to get Universal versions of them up and running.  Now that I've got Kuwan.net redesigned maybe I'll put some time into making Cutterpillow look pretty too.

I've finally gotten around to updating the RSS feeds with a much better engine.  IMHO, the default syndication component of Joomla is horrible.  It never seems to be formatted correctly and just plain looks bad.  I've replaced it with DS-Syndicate which provides what I originally wanted for my feeds.

 

What does this mean if you're a subscriber?  Well, you'll have to subscribe to the new feeds because the URL has changed.  You can subscribe here as well as under the Syndicate section on the left column.  The old feeds should still work, but you can no longer access them from the site.  I'll probably disable them eventually.  Let me know if there are any problems.

 

If you bring your laptop or other device to Central Park, you just might notice that there's free Internet access available in certain sections of the park.  Beginning on August 24th, 2006 the park officially became Wi-Fi enabled.  Right now there are only a few locations that have Wi-Fi access, six locations to be exact - The Dairy, Summer Stage, Sheep Meadow, The Delacorte Theater, The Dana Discovery Center and The Arsenal. 

 

This is really a very small number considering the size of Central Park.  And I'm not sure what the range or speed is in these areas.  The Sheep Meadow for example is a huge grass field, I'd be very impressed if you get Wi-Fi access over the whole field.  There's only one way to find out though, so grab your laptop and head to the park to see how well it works.  I for one will probably check out the area around the Dana Discovery Center since that's pretty close to my apartment.  More locations will be coming in the future so hopefully it won't be too long before most of the park is wired, err I mean wireless.

 

Here are maps of the Wi-Fi areas:

 

The Dairy

Summer Stage

Sheep Meadow

The Delacorte Theater 

The Dana Discovery Center

The Arsenal (link is to the Zoo, but the Arsenal is right next to the zoo)

 

  digg this

 

Oh no! Ernesto has finally reached New York! It's the end of the world, run for the hills, take shelter!

 

OK, so maybe not really.  But if you'd been listening to the news for the past, what is it now, probably almost two weeks, then you'd think that Ernesto was some kind of super storm that was going to destroy us all.  I mean the amount of news coverage that this tiny, little, huricane-for-a-minute storm has received is unbelievable.  Never underestimate the power of the news media to turn a non-event into a major news story.  

 

As far as Ernesto in New York goes, all it's done is cancel a few matches of the US Open and turn Labor Day weekend into a rainy mess.  Oh, and it gives Andre Agassi an extra day of rest before his next match.  Anyone catch his match on Thursday night?  Wow what a match!  OK, now I'm just wandering all over.  I just had to rant a little after not being able to escape Ernesto coverage anywhere.

 

I was reading The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) and saw a headline describing a time management application called Procrastinatr.  I went to the web page to take a look but the web site consisted of only two pages - 1) the front page and 2) a download page that asked for your name and email address.  There were no screenshots, no information describing what it does, nothing.  This should be the first warning sign to anyone - if they want your name and email address and there's no other information available about the application then you want to stay as far away as possible from that application.  Needless to say, I didn't want to have anything to do with the app and didn't download it.  Unfortunately a number of other people weren't so lucky.  

 

Apparently the application was just meant as a joke, and if you read the ReadMe then you'd have known that, but how many people actually read ReadMes?  Well, not many I guess.  What Procrastinatr does is open iCal and add a week to the deadlines of all your events and To Do lists.  Ha ha ha, what a great joke.  Well, this also effectively destroys all of your calendars.  There's supposedly a fix now available, but I don't know how well it does or doesn't work.  
 
Shame on you TUAW for recommending such a malicious app, apparently they don't do their homework over there before recommending applications to their users.  And to the moron that thought an app like this was a good practical joke, well I'm thinking of a place where you should go.
 
The bottom line is that you should beware of what you download, even if it is recommended by a clueless friend.