http://www.mattsilverman.com Staying on top of technology is stressful. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:20:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ooma Overview: With a lack of anytime minutes on the cell phone, and poor reception in our new apartment, I was forced to look at our VOIP options.  Long story short, I ended up purchasing an Ooma VOIP kit from Amazon, and so far, it's amazing.  The difference between Ooma and other ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2009/01/ooma-review-free-voip.html When Twitter first started getting popular, it was primarily used by people wanting to update their friends on one of the following: what they are doing: "watching Lost 2night" where they are going "going 2 the gym" what they are eating "going to pinkberry.. mmmmz!" what they are thinking. "i need to get out ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2009/01/why-you-should-be-using-twitter.html In these tough economic times, even Craigslist scammers are not as creative as they once were.  Every time I post something on Craigslist, I get at least 1-2 scam replies offering to pay with a [fake] money order.  When trying to sell my bike, this most recent scammer sent me ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/11/craigslist-scammers-lacking-love.html Today marks our official launch of DrudgeFeed.com, a very simple, yet accurate, Drudge Report RSS Feed.  DrudgeFeed crawls DrudgeReport.com every 3 minutes, scrapes the links and link text, and throws it into a database.  It only picks up new links, and we are able to assign a timestamp to each ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/10/drudge-report-rss-feed-from-drudgefeedcom.html [caption id="attachment_169" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ping.fm is down."][/caption] Ping.fm, my favorite aggregation service for facebook/twitter/status updates, seems to be having domain name problems with GoDaddy.  Just helping to relay the message. Hopefully they get it up soon.  I would think that Godaddy could at least remove that hideous ad page from ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/10/pingfm-is-down.html [caption id="attachment_161" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Is this legal?"][/caption] Just came across instructions on how to make bacon cups.  So many possibilities. http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/10/bacon-cups.html [caption id="attachment_153" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Golden Oolong Tea 12-Pack"][/caption] Description of Oolong Tea: "The raw leaves are sun-wilted and then bruised, which exposes their juices to the air, so the leaves oxidise and start to turn brown like a cut fruit. They are allowed to oxidise only partially, giving them a rich, floral ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/10/teas-tea-golden-oolong.html [caption id="attachment_143" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Vodka Sauce Pizza (Left) Mahgerita Pizza (Right)"][/caption] While I have not been to a lot of NYC pizza joints yet, I am still comfortable in saying that my current favorite by far is Pomodoro's Ristorante at 51 Spring Street.  If you know of a better slice of ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/10/pomodoro-ristorante-pizza-nyc.html Google recently released a revolutionary gem into its increasingly robust Google Docs platform.  Meet Google Forms: a flexible form and survey development interface with built-in reporting.  Why is this significant?  Well to start, it means the days of SurveyMonkey are numbered.  While still in its infancy, Google Forms is the ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/10/introduction-to-google-forms.html Not only are there no lines at Trader Joes at 9AM, but they apparently also sample the best stuff in the morning as well.  Today they were sampling a Cherry Peach Cobbler, which is made using the standard Trader Joes pancake mix.  It was delicious. [caption id="attachment_116" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Trader Joe's ... http://www.mattsilverman.com/2008/09/trader-joes-demo-cherry-peach-cobbler.html