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ReminderFox

Extensions. The Mozilla Foundation was really thinking with this.
Now these extensions turn into almost full programs that have a lot of functionality.

Case in point: ReminderFox.

ReminderFox is a Firefox extension that displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDo’s. ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar system. In fact, the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) without having to run a fat calendar application.

This Firefox extension is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Thank you Mozilla and Developers!

Thanks to Karan from GeekRamblings.com for this.

Yes the nano was cool. And yes iTunes 5 was awesome. But you know what ruined it for me? The Motorola ROKR. We all waited and hoped that the ROKR would bring something new to the world. And indeed it did. unfortunately, it was for the worse. And now, humble readers, I am here to tell you just why the ROKR sucks. So without further adieu, I bring you:

The top five reasons for why the ROKR sucks:

1) Ugly as a three legged rhinoceros: Let us start with the basics. The phone looks like a fake metal brick. It has shiny stuff all over it, and ribs that serve no apparent purpose. Not only that, but the iTunes button looks like it was just smooshed in there. Like it doesn’t belong.

2) You call THAT an interface?: Is Nokia the only company that can get this right? The interface is slow, with at least one second of a delay when you try to do anything at all. Whilst it tries to look like an Apple GUI, it isn’t. It just isn’t. And the whole resuming a song thing? Steve Jobs couldn’t even get it to work during his Keynote. Smooth, Apple. Real smooth.

3) I want more songs!: The phone may have the same amount of storage as the smallest iPod shuffle, but you can only fit 100 songs no matter what you do. Why? Reader, meet DRM. DRM, meet reader. Apple doesn’t want to undermine their sales, so no more songs for you! Unless of course, you want to splice two or more songs together, completely ruining your listening experience.

4) Stereo Sound? Psh: That’s right. That amazing stereo sound? It sounds like crap. That’s right. It sounds worse than mono. It doesn’t work because the speakers are too close together. So unless you want a mammoth sized phone, kiss your stereo sound goodbye. Not only that, but with headphones, the sound is reversed. Right plays through the left earbud, and vice-versa. You’ve got to be joking! Whilst you can just swap earbuds, I can’t figure out why this bug wouldn’t have been squashed beforehand.

5) Realtime copying: These songs, for all intents and purposes, copy in realtime. That’s because they travel over outdated USB 1.1. 1.1! You have got to be joking. It took one guy more than an hour to copy a hundred songs. No one has that amount of time to waste. No one.

So please, don’t get a ROKR.

Sprint and Nextel have a merger. I’ve just noticed this.
Nextel has provided elite-class wireless, such as all phones have GPS capability, Walkie-Talkie, and more.
Sprint had, well, we kinda forgot. This merger, in my opinion, will be in line with Verizon Wireless.
The merger will be under Sprint’s name.
Sprint and Nextel. Together, with a cooler logo. And better service.

PRINT NEXTEL ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY STOCK AND CASH
CONSIDERATION FOR NEXTEL COMMON STOCK

RESTON, Va. –Aug. 15, 2005–Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) today announced that, in connection with the completion of the merger transaction between Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, Inc. on Aug. 12, 2005, based on preliminary calculations, holders of Nextel common stock will receive approximately 1.2675 shares of Sprint Nextel common stock and approximately $0.8463 in cash in exchange for each share of Nextel common stock. The per share cash amount is based on the estimated cash ratio of 0.0325, multiplied by $26.04, the average of the per share closing prices of shares of Sprint series 1 common stock during the 20 trading day period on the New York Stock Exchange ending on (and including) the closing date. The actual stock exchange ratio, cash ratio and per share cash merger consideration are expected to be announced on or before Aug. 17, 2005.

The actual stock exchange ratio, cash ratio and per share cash merger consideration will be computed in accordance with the adjustments set forth in the merger agreement and will be based on, among other things, the actual number of shares of Sprint and Nextel stock outstanding immediately before the effective time of the merger.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business and government customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.

View Merger Details on Sprint.com: http://www.sprint.com/yesyoucan/
By the way, look at the TV commercials…I especially like the “More Morning” one.
http://www.sprinttvads.com/SprintMicrosite.html