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ExtremeTech reviewed 6 RSS readers and gave FeedDemon the top mark (8 out of 10). “the Cadillac of RSS readers.” Congrats Nick! I am a regular user and even mentioned the product in Spider Hacks. I should participate more in the newsgroups to make this a really good app….

James Gosling : One of the nice things about developing in Java on the MAC is that you get to develop on a lovely machine. I thought James would be using something like the SPARCLE….

Anyone for a Chinese dinner at Henry Hunan’s next Saturday? So far it looks like at least Dave Winer and Scoble will be there….

Motion Computing has a new keyboard available that allows for a docked slate. Looks more flimsy than my Compaq dock, but much better than the standalone keyboard. Last month on a flight from Chicago I sat next to someone with an M1300. We compared Tablets, what we look for in a notebook, and our frustrations with the first generation technology. He was playing a balancing act with his keyboard propping up his slate as it moved around. I envied his 12.1″ screen and he envied my battery life and dock. I just lost my dock edge….

Over the past few weeks I have been thinking about the current state of programming. Languages seem to be more and more designed for high level interaction with the heavy lifting done at the compiler level. This allows for bad programmers to not do things that will be too harmful. At the same time it allows for sloppy and imprecise code. Most people do not consider clock cycles, memory usage, or disc usage writing code or designing a database. Embedded systems like a cell phone may be different. The use of an int to store a Gregorian year value. String…

Chris Pirillo has a secret section of his site up. Same content as his normal weblog, just with a different background….

Heather Mitts has a pictorial in this month’s FHM magazine. For those of you not keeping track, last year the WUSA put together modelling packages for a select few women and shopped them around to men’s magazines. Although none of the women were featured in Playboy, Heather won the Playboy Online poll for sexiest WUSA player. The FHM shots look mostly the same, just with different outfits. I think Heather looks more sexy in her soccer gear, but that must just be my weird fetish….

I found an Apple testimonial video that had me rolling in my cube. If you are a member of the Mac cult, you may be offended. Otherwise, laugh your ass off….

News.com reports that the new Mio 8380 phone from Mitac will “keep a diary.” Sounds like a blog to me!…

NY Times profiles some interesting roommate matching programs. I wonder how long until similar ideas make it out into the apartment or house sharing worlds? Most of San Francisco relies on Craig’s List for apartment listings, and some sort of profile matching system would be very welcome!…