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Posted at March 29, 2007 11:09 pm | In Research | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Annoyances, Apple/Mac, Technology, Work

I don’t see the point.
Does everything have to be digital?

Anyway, I’ve been trying to setup a softphone on my laptop to login to our allworx VoIP system at work. I tried iSoftPhone, with no luck. I finally found X-lite (free), which has both a Windows and Mac version. That works perfectly. Well, almost. It’s good for a softphone anyway. I may have to buy it’s big brother, eyeBeam though, as X-lite doesn’t allow you to transfer calls…. which is a problem.
I just wish they had an educational discount or something.

I’m also looking into getting a bluetooth headset to use with my MacBook. I have a Logitech USB headset which I love to death, but it is a pain to carry around (even though it’s their “notebook” version). I’m looking at the Plantronics Explorer 320, mainly because it’s cheap and still got pretty good reviews.

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LAN PARTY ‘07

Posted at March 25, 2007 12:15 am | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Gaming, Halo, Halo 2, Microsoft, Xbox Live

LAN party ‘07, got some mad Halo 2 going on.
Also playing Magic and WoW cards.
And whatever else.
Good stuff.
May have video later, if we get this capture card working.

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Are the rumors true?!

Posted at March 18, 2007 10:46 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Media, Minimal Perfection

Streetlight Manifesto + Less than Jake + Reel Big Fish + Rochester, NY = OMG where can I buy tickets?
Please let the rumors be true. My 3 favorite bands, under one roof.

Also, Streetlight Manifesto is apparently looking for a web developer. I sent them an email asking if I could help out. X Fingers. Thanks to Bill for pointing this out to me.

And the last bit of good news for the night is that the new episode of Minimal Perfection is out. We were a bit more casual in this one. Let us know what you think. Do you like it better when we’re just shooting the breeze, or when we have actual topics and stick them? Rat holes?

Hope everyone had a good St. Patty’s Day, and a late Happy Birthday to Bill. I wish you’d been in town.

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