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The amazing new group “Blue Midgets” played an impromptu set this afternoon. That’s Amy on vocals and the Snook on lead guitar. (Yeah. We bought another guitar. Like I said, we’re obsessed.)

Google Calendar <—> iPhone
I wanted to figure out an easy, secure, and free(!) way to sync my Google Calendar to my iPhone. (I know it’s now built into iCal, but that’s only if you’re using OS X 10.5, which I’m not.) This morning I found GCALDaemon, and I quickly had that up and running. It’s pretty neat! It provides two way syncing between my Google calendars and iCal, and the iPhone then of course syncs to iCal. So it’s perhaps not the most elegant solution, but it’ll do the trick until we finally upgrade to 10.5. (And yeah, I could’ve just used Safari to access Google’s mobile calendar site, but where’s the fun in that?)

This article about real Neopolitan pizza mentions Da Michele, the place we went when we visited Naples in 2003.

Hooray! I finally got my iPhone today! My number hasn’t been ported over from my old carrier yet, so I can’t use it to make any actual phone calls til that happens. But we’ve got it on the house wireless and we’re having a play. Snookums is sitting next to me watching “Jesus is my friend” on YouTube.

For those that have one, any good app recommendations? I’ve got Facebook, RTM, and AroundMe. What else is good? Any usage hints or tips?

More rockin’ fun from XKCD…

Credit Crunch Embroidery Sampler. Neat-o! Using a traditional craft to commemorate a very modern event.

Top 10 Countries by Robot Density. A fascinating little graph that tells you where, you know, the Singularity is likely to occur. Remember, folks, robots are everywhere, and they eat old people’s medicine for fuel.