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Not sure why I didn’t look into this sooner. OData. Open Data Protocol. Not many providers, but this has huge potential. First off, PowerPivot can consume OData feeds! See the “From Data Feeds” button :) I used it to download Netflix’s whole library. I tried to download StackOverflow’s data (http://odata.stackexchange.com/) but had no luck. Either [...]

Yammer iPhone app goes Open Source – Yammer is a kind of Twitter clone, but for your company. I believe it is made by the same people that created Geni.com. Pretty cool that it is open source, just another way to get a good idea on how to build iPhone apps. WordPress has their app [...]

I really hate TV. I don’t even watch it. It is something that you should be able to pay for what you use, not pay for everything and use a little bit of it, so here is what I did. I went to Best Buy and picked up and HDTV Antenna. It rocks. I just [...]

Woah, well it has been a while since I talked about my “Media Center” experience I am trying go for, but I will get into that later. First, yes, I have the iPhone 3G. I was off Friday for other stuff and decided to “camp out” since I had the time, hoping I would get [...]

Well, I have no cable, so I look for ways to get some digital entertainment. Lately I have been watching the first two seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, so I can catch up and actually have a coherent conversation with Emily about the show (pretty sure it is her fave). I have been getting the DVD’s [...]

I have Vista Ultimate, with Media Center Edition. I also have an Xbox 360, which I use as an extender for MCE. I also subscribe to Netflix. They have a “Watch It Now!” feature, which allows you to watch some of their collection online. Well, It just makes sense that you would be able to [...]

So, I signed up for Netflix this week. Started off with the 3rd season of 24. I really like the rating and social features of the site. If you have a Netflix account and want to be my friend, here is the link http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/PjsorfqHmzu5xXFVQK5I