<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Ronald Heft's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Ronald Heft's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:03:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:05:39 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>U.S. Schools Weigh Extending Their Hours</title><description><![CDATA[School principal Robin Harris used to see the clock on her office wall as the enemy, its steady ticking a reminder that time was not on her side.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/24/584754-us-schools-weigh-extending-their-hours</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/24/584754-us-schools-weigh-extending-their-hours</guid><category>time</category><category>education</category><category>school</category><category>fletcher-maynard-academy</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Apple Takes the Mac Out of This Year's Macworld Keynote</title><description><![CDATA[This year's Macworld keynote was, well, different. With rumors flying left and right and the next generation of operating systems right around the corner, this keynote had the potential to be the biggest of them all. Now that they keynote is over, I feel a little disappointed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/09/513238-apple-takes-the-mac-out-of-this-years-macworld-keynote</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/09/513238-apple-takes-the-mac-out-of-this-years-macworld-keynote</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>mac</category><category>leopard</category><category>vista</category><category>ilife</category><category>macworld</category><category>keynote</category><category>iwork</category><category>apple-tv</category><category>iphone</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:02:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is Parallels Leopard's Secret Feature?</title><description><![CDATA[If you haven't heard, the Parallels team is at it again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/03/467089-is-parallels-leopards-secret-feature</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/03/467089-is-parallels-leopards-secret-feature</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>boot-camp</category><category>leopard</category><category>os-x</category><category>parallels</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:30:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>PlayStation 3 nabbed at gunpoint</title><description><![CDATA[A 17-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint today in a parking lot at the Lehigh Valley Mall for his new PlayStation 3 console, less than 12 hours after the game was released to the public, police said.

No one was injured but the man escaped with the boy's game console.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/18/447053-playstation-3-nabbed-at-gunpoint</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/18/447053-playstation-3-nabbed-at-gunpoint</guid><category>technology</category><category>gun</category><category>robbed</category><category>ps3</category><category>lehigh-valley-mall</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:09:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Voter Smashes Touch-screen Machine</title><description><![CDATA[A man who reportedly believed Republicans were conspiring to steal today's election entered an Allentown polling site, signed in and proceeded to smash the screen of one of the electronic voting machines with a metal cat paperweight, poll volunteers said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/07/432079-voter-smashes-touch-screen-machine</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/07/432079-voter-smashes-touch-screen-machine</guid><category>poll</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>diebold</category><category>allentown</category><category>electornic-voting-machine</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>North Korea Suspected of Preparing New Test</title><description><![CDATA[ABC News has learned that U.S. spy satellites over North Korea have picked up suspicious vehicle movements near the location of last week's nuclear test.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/17/403314-north-korea-suspected-of-preparing-new-test</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/17/403314-north-korea-suspected-of-preparing-new-test</guid><category>nuclear</category><category>test</category><category>north-korea</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are You Talking to Me?</title><description><![CDATA["What do you think you're doing?" Those are the words I heard as I stared at the customer in confusion. What could I have possibly done to this person? Just as I was about to confront the customer, he pointed to his right ear. He was wearing a Bluetooth headset.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/07/389948-are-you-talking-to-me</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/07/389948-are-you-talking-to-me</guid><category>technology</category><category>cell-phone</category><category>bluetooth</category><category>headset</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:23:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Facebook Has Opened Up (And It Isn't a Bad Thing)</title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the college social networking site, Facebook, unlocked its doors and is now open to the public. Now anyone of any age and status can join the site. This is a big change from the previous requirement of enrollment in a college or select company.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/27/376422-facebook-has-opened-up-and-it-isnt-a-bad-thing</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/27/376422-facebook-has-opened-up-and-it-isnt-a-bad-thing</guid><category>technology</category><category>privacy</category><category>expansion</category><category>facebook</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:35:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Comparing Hackintosh to Macintosh</title><description><![CDATA[To start off this article, you should know a little bit about my Mac background. About a year ago I had never used Mac OS X in my life. Back then I never even saw a Mac computer in real life.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/26/268314-comparing-hackintosh-to-macintosh</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/26/268314-comparing-hackintosh-to-macintosh</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>intel</category><category>mac</category><category>os-x</category><category>osx86</category><category>hackintosh</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:14:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>English Only at Famous Philly Cheesesteak Joint</title><description><![CDATA[As the debate rages on about whether the national anthem should be performed in languages other than English, there's no question about which language you should use to order your sandwich at one of Philadelphia's most famous cheese steak joints.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/09/249699-english-only-at-famous-philly-cheesesteak-joint</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/09/249699-english-only-at-famous-philly-cheesesteak-joint</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>philadelphia</category><category>philly</category><category>national-anthem</category><category>cheese-steak</category><category>genos</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>RFID: Cool Technology or the Mark of the Beast?</title><description><![CDATA[Even since I saw the latest edition of Systm, I've been doing a lot of thinking about RFID, short for Radio Frequency Identifier. RFID is a technology where small radio transmitters can be used to store data.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/06/245697-rfid-cool-technology-or-the-mark-of-the-beast</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/06/245697-rfid-cool-technology-or-the-mark-of-the-beast</guid><category>technology</category><category>rfid</category><category>666</category><category>systm</category><category>mark-of-the-beast</category><category>speedpass</category><category>blue-card</category><category>ezpass</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:29:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What's Wrong With Saving as a PDF?</title><description><![CDATA[PDF. It's the format that everyone hates to deal with. However, when it comes to creating exact duplicates of documents, there's nothing out there that can do it better. It's perfect for businesses, allowing them to share pixel perfect copies of documents within the company.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/03/241902-whats-wrong-with-saving-as-a-pdf</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/03/241902-whats-wrong-with-saving-as-a-pdf</guid><category>technology</category><category>office</category><category>microsoft</category><category>adobe</category><category>pdf</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:08:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>I Give You the Wii 360</title><description><![CDATA[Late last night Sony revealed their "new" PS3 controller. We all knew they needed a better controller than the boomerang, so this new controller came as no surprise. However, I couldn't help but notice that it was a complete rip of both Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/09/192503-i-give-you-the-wii-360</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/09/192503-i-give-you-the-wii-360</guid><category>technology</category><category>sony</category><category>microsoft</category><category>gaming</category><category>nintendo</category><category>xbox-360</category><category>ps3</category><category>controller</category><category>wii</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 02:40:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/tn/cavemonkey50/192505.jpg" width="75" height="46" /></item><item><title>Mac Browser Choices</title><description><![CDATA[Last night I just had it with Safari. I couldn't handle Safari freezing and crashing on me every time I opened a new tab. Since there are a number of Mac browsers out there, I figured I give them a try and see if I could find a replacement for Safari.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/05/188557-mac-browser-choices</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/05/188557-mac-browser-choices</guid><category>technology</category><category>opera</category><category>browser</category><category>safari</category><category>mac</category><category>firefox</category><category>os-x</category><category>camino</category><category>omniweb</category><category>shiira</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 May 2006 19:12:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Apple's Announcement Streak</title><description><![CDATA[Has anyone else noticed that Apple recently made a ton of announcements? Ever since Apple's "failed" April 1st birthday, we've seen roughly an announcement a week. It started with the release of Boot Camp on Wednesday, April 5th.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/03/186736-apples-announcement-streak</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/03/186736-apples-announcement-streak</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>boot-camp</category><category>aperture</category><category>macbook-pro</category><category>get-a-mac</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 May 2006 00:42:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Windows Will Always Be in the Workplace</title><description><![CDATA[On Monday I had a wonderful opportunity to visit Air Product's Allentown campus as a part of the Academy of Information Technology's shadowing program. This program allowed me to see how a major corporation conduct's their technology business.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/30/183021-windows-will-always-be-in-the-workplace</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/30/183021-windows-will-always-be-in-the-workplace</guid><category>technology</category><category>microsoft</category><category>windows</category><category>air-products</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:38:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Verizon Enabling File Transfers on RAZRs</title><description><![CDATA[This is a monumental moment for all Verizon Wireless users. Verizon finally seems to be listening to its customers. For the longest time Verizon would disable all non-cellular methods for transferring images and music.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/19/171694-verizon-enabling-file-transfers-on-razrs</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/19/171694-verizon-enabling-file-transfers-on-razrs</guid><category>technology</category><category>verizon</category><category>razr</category><category>motorola-phone-tools</category><category>obex</category><category>v-cast</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:20:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why You Should Watch ABC's Invasion</title><description><![CDATA[I've been dying to write this entry ever since I saw the first episode of Invasion. If you haven't heard of Invasion, Invasion is ABC's latest sci-fi show. It tells the tale of two families and their experiences in recovery from a tragic hurricane. It's more that though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/14/166912-why-you-should-watch-abcs-invasion</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/14/166912-why-you-should-watch-abcs-invasion</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>tv</category><category>abc</category><category>invasion</category><category>science-fiction</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:25:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why I Won't Use Google Calendar</title><description><![CDATA[Unless you've been living under a rock the past twenty-four hours, you've probably heard that Google has finally released its highly anticipated online calendar, Google Calendar. 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It was to be a glorious reunion for O'Brien and three childhood friends from Dublin, Ireland, who hadn't been together as a group for 25 years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Heft]]></dc:creator><link>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/13/165736-a-15-year-old-girl-served-alcohol-on-cruise-ship-falls-overboard</link><guid>http://cavemonkey50.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/13/165736-a-15-year-old-girl-served-alcohol-on-cruise-ship-falls-overboard</guid><category>cruise-ship</category><category>world-news</category><category>alcohol</category><category>costa-magica</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:23:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>