Essentials

Heard about these on Macworld Audible News. The first seems tailor made for switchers, while the second belongs on your keychain right next to your thumb drive:

• The TackyShirt learning DVD entitled Mac OS X: The Basics. Review: "I guarantee that everyone watching this DVD will get something out of it."


• The Kensington WiFi Finder, a pocket-sized, computerless WiFi signal detector that's unsurprisingly popular with bloggers, judging by its Technorati link cosmos. Here's more from MacCentral.

The Compleat Jurist

"[W]ho are the best anglers serving on the Eleventh Circuit and the federal district courts under its jurisdiction?" The answer to this question and more is revealed in Howard Bashman's interview with Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the Eleventh Circuit.

You're Thinking Too Much Like A Lawyer...

...when this Bambi, this Bambi, and this Bambi just make you think of Marty Schwimmer.

"...known as 'The Rat.'"

Reason no. 5,782 to have a computer with you while traveling: settling family disputes.

During what years was Clint Eastwood Mayor of Carmel? (Answer.)

Marriott Geeks Out

internetnews.com, "Marriott Touts Free Broadband:" "The hospitality industry, which has taken a drubbing over the last year, is looking for ways to fill rooms. High-speed Internet access is increasingly seen as a must-have amenity, especially for business travelers."

Reuters, "Marriott Giving Free Web, Though Not at Top Hotels:" "The world's largest hotelier said a fast Web connection had become a deciding factor for many business travelers looking for a place to stay."

Meanwhile, I'm here on dial-up at my in-laws' for the weekend. Word to the wise: unless the air travel industry undergoes radical efficiency improvements in the near future, do not, repeat not, endeavor to fly from Orange County, CA to San Jose, CA, on a flight departing between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. on a weekday (and if you try to do it on a Friday, you'd be better off walking). Trust me on this one.