08:56 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Someone hacked into computer system of NYC's subway yesterday and changed the LED message at the West Fourth Station to read "PRETTY GIRLS DON'T RIDE THE SUBWAY." The new message appeared for several hours before it was removed. New York Daily News has the scoop:

Some riders at the busy hub that serves seven lines took offense, while others laughed it off. "It's a vicious lie," said Rachel Russell, 37, an East Village arts-program coordinator, mostly in jest. "I think someone is trying to be clever." Lucia Morales, 31, a social worker from East New York, Brooklyn, was waiting for a downtown A train to take her home from celebrating a promotion. "That's horrible," she said of the sign. "I'm pretty, and I take the subway every day."

02:54 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Mobile Sites

To test-drive a new automated system I've been working on, I am going to share with you new mobile links to (highly demanded) web pages that don't offer native mobile support. Those mobile links can be used with any offline and online browser. So... Avantgo, iSilo, Plucker & Co users, please enjoy Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Today's links: Slate Mobile, The Inquirer Mobile
Link-Depth: 1

Slate
The Inquirer

02:49 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Dell Home has the new Dell Axim X50v 624MHz VGA PDA for $499 - automatic 10% off - $45 off $425 code GCBMDDS79ZD?F8 [Exp 11/12, 11:59pm CST] = $404 with free shipping. That is almost as good as the deal which you would get if you call Deal reps directly and ask for a discount

Via BestPrice.

06:50 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

This is the second time that eBay first did some changes to eBay US, then waited two weeks, and then applied the same changes to all other local eBays on this planet. Anyways, you are advised to upgrade to eBayFeed 1.12 for a fix.

source code: here and here.

full package, zipped: here.

You can still see the script in action at halted.de (make sure to copy it on your own server as this server is only for temporary demonstration purposes!)

If you want to give it a quick try, use this feed link with your favorite feed reader like Bloglines, FeedDemon, etc.

About:
eBayFeed/1.12 allows you to create customized RSS 2.0 feeds of your favorite eBay searches. Compared to other eBay-to-RSS solutions, ebayFeed has the following advantages: it is fully customizable and extensible (open-source), it supports eBay platforms of other countries (take a look at config.inc), you can run it on your own server, it doesn't log your clicks on items, nor does it advertise your search habits to others (such as qksrv.net), and it allows you to fully utilize eBay's advanced search forms. It currently supports eBay USA, eBay UK, eBay Germany, eBay France, eBay Italy.

05:03 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Iambic has released a first of beta of Agendus Pro 9.0 with lots of new features.

You can find the download here, the necessary demo code here and screenshots here.

And as usual (cough, cough), upgrade fee from Agendus 8 Pro to 9 Pro will be US $9.95.

04:40 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Dell Home is currently selling its PDAs with an instant 10% discount. In other words, its current high-end model X50v would cost $449 instead of $499, including free shipping.

04:10 PM by Colin Dunstan in More E-Book Readers | Fictionwise eBookwise

eBookwise, an affiliate of fictionwise, is a new commercial e-book store that sells e-books for Gemstar GEB 1150, GEB 2150, REB 1200, and GEB 2200 devices.

If you don't have a dedicated e-book reader yet, you can also buy their new reader eBookwise-1150 (a re-branded GEB 1150 device) for $99.95, which includes a $20 content bonus. Not a bad deal for a dedicated hardware reader with a viewable screen area about as big a paperback book. I would like to know if you consider buying this device!

11:02 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Mobile Sites

To test-drive a new automated system I've been working on, I am going to share with you new mobile links to (highly demanded) web pages that don't offer native mobile support. Those mobile links can be used with any offline and online browser. So... Avantgo, iSilo, Plucker & Co users, please enjoy Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Today's links: Washington Times Mobile
Link-Depth: 1

Washington Times - World
Washington Times - Nation/Politics
Washington Times - Business
Washington Times - Editorials/Op-Ed
Washington Times - Commentary
Washington Times - Metropolitan
Washington Times - Sports
Washington Times - Entertainment