Anyone out there using an SMC Barricade who has gotten the new iChat voice chat stuff to work? I’ve tried opening up the needed ports, putting my machine on the DMZ and nothing works. Anyone got any other suggestions? Luckily these boxes are cheap enough that I can change brands or get a new one if needed (this is an old old old Barricade).

Yow. I feel like a switch went off inside me yesterday. I’ve been a bit more bouncy for the last 36 hours or so. I’m not sure if it’s the Lexapro finally really kicking in or just the sun being out, but I like it. Had lunch with my friend Gabe today, might be getting some work via him. I’m gonna meet up with him and the people he’s working with on Friday to see what I might be able to contribute. Then met up with my new friend Carolyn for coffee (Hi Carolyn!) And now back home relaxing. I think it may be an early night if I don’t get too into reading.

It looks like zannah’s playing with Trackback over on vox.machina.

Nintendo is releasing the GameBoy Player for the GameCube. It’s a hardware attachment that lets you play all your GameBoy and GameBoy Advance carts on your TV through your GC. It looks pretty keen. And GamesDomain gives it a good review too.

William H. Mauldin: “I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.” [Quotes of the Day]

AUGH. The Orbulon level in Wario Ware is going to be the death of me.

So, over a year ago I posted about Heinz releasing some new types of frozen potato products called Funky Fries. Guess what. They were a flop. Is anyone surprised that nobody wanted to buy chocolate fries?

“Kids already like the plain french fries,” said Marilyn Raymond, director with New ProductWorks, a Michigan-based product marketing consultancy. “Why try to make them more friendly to kids?”

“What bothered me the most were the chocolate fries,” Raymond added. “What was Heinz thinking? Chocolate in french fries is so different that consumers found no cord of familiarity with it. There aren’t even chocolate-flavored potato chips out there.” [CNN Money]

This paint is transparent when you paint it on, but shine a black light at it and TADAA! Bright neon colors! Here are some before and after pictures:

NetNewsWire 1.0.3 is out and it’s great. The newest feature is the combined view option, which i’ve already fallen in love with. It makes scanning for things I want to read much easier. If you’re a user of NNW I definitely recommend the upgrade. Also, for new users there’s currently a 25% discount on it.

George Price: “Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t the fine line between sanity and madness gotten finer?” [Quotes of the Day]