I've found the Konfabulator widgets to be very cool. The RSS widgets remind me of Pointcast in many ways - updated and current web content streamed to your desktop on your schedule.

I think that Yahoo!'s purchase of Konfabulator will make for a very interesting opening of Yahoo!'s API.

I also find the idea of widgets for TiVo very interesting, truly reflecting the convergence of entertainment, communications and computing. Especially as TiVo has opened their API to encourage outside extensions of the TiVo platform.

Now, using widgets for web services and SOA may finally help that technology take off the way feed syndication has.

via SiliconBeat

Update: one problem with posting after midnight - you sometimes forget what blog you're in. Sorry Clarise, I didn't mean to post this in Yackity, but in my Cynosural Blog.

My nephew is a budding songwriter-singer. His song Lovelost is currently being played on Monster Radio Rx93.1. Please help support him by requesting his song. Just fill the form and put his song LoveLost and the artist name Doval. Even if you can't tune in to Rx93.1, every request helps his budding career. You can listen to his song through Purevolume ...

We appreciate all the help.

Title: Lovelost
Artist: Doval

Where have you gone my friend?
Where have you sailed away?
Where have you walked my friend?
From where we used to play

And the hardest of hearts was dismantled by
The softest of eyes never seeming to notice me now
This is how you fall in love
But I'd barter my soul for one more last try
to bask in your presence and give you the best that I have
This is how you fall in love
Lost...

Where have you gone my friend?
Heaven has swept you away
Where have you ran my friend?
From where we used to play

And the hardest of hearts was dismantled by
The softest of eyes never seeming to notice me now
This is how you fall in love
But if you could bestow me an undeserved try
I'll bask in your heaven and give you the best that I have
This is how you fall in love

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I live by the coast. I think SFGate.com 3-D S.F. Bay Area Fog Forecast is neat.

I am a Supreme Nerd...


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Joseph beat me since he is a Supreme Nerd God. Thanks to
Joe Anderson who left a comment on my blog, we had fun proving who was nerdier. From Joe Anderson's blog he had a link to

Yes, we did have fun. Even if I lost.

It took us some time to publish our first podcasts.

• What is Open Source
• Why Open Source

We recorded it live at the Uptown Cafe in San Carlos, CA and there was a lot of background noise. So, we had to do a lot of editing to minimize that authentic cafe noise using Audacity.

Joseph, in his blog, Podcast Open Source Conversations mentions what we did to publish it. So, I won't repeat it here ...

I created the elements for the Podcast image, making sure that it uses our colors ...







Joseph chose the elements and put them together.



I thought the final design turned out well.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy our podcasts.