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in the living room….

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There must be close to half a dozen people at work that have PSP’s and took the jump to 2.0 today. It’s really amazing to see how many adults are sporting these little powerhouses.

Here’s a few things I’ve found out :

Bookmarks.html – You can edit the bookmarks.html file very easily with your favorite text editor. In my csae I use BBEdit. The file is located at /Volumes/your device name/PSP/SYSTEM/BROWSER/bookmarks.html It’s sure a lot easier to edit a text files, as opposed to keying in the letters.

A short list of decently formatted sites for the PSP:

GA Navigator – Local travel information

Weather Underground – Mobile version

Google News – Text version

BBC News – PDA with graphics

Bloglines/public/markx – need some RSS action, if it works – it’s been a long time since I’ve updated these feeds… Time to look for a non-framed navigation.

de.licio.us/markx – now this is SWEET.

Mobile Technorati - search for PSP

ESPN for the Pocket PC

[update] – flickr mobile – fantastic

[update] – bloglines mobile – nice

Another interesting thing I noticed, along with the history button when manually entering an url, was the file:/ selection. Let’s see if I can set my bookmarks file as my homepage. Sure enough. Browser sure starts quicker without loading a remote page.

A couple things that I don’t care for as much with the browser – the status bubble. While it looks nice, it’s a bit difficult to see the status on white backgrounds.

The second is that I haven’t figured out how to get the browser settings to stick. I’d sure like to be able to hold the small text and just fit modes (under view settings).

In the background Solid Steel (02 JUN 2003) from the album “The Broadest Beats 02″ by Dj Vadim

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Yeah, I did it….

Painless following these instructions.

I also found a use for my 32 meg card – drop the update on there, just in case something goes wrong, I don’t lose my Hot Shots standing….

[update] – Browser FAQ

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A Local Eating Rhapsody:

Why not try a Hundred-Mile Meal? Third in a series.

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I’m so tempted to jump to 2.0. We’ll see how that holds out through the evening. I might jump in, too.

Russell Beattie installed PSP Update 2.0:

It looks like Russell took the plunge and installed the v.2.0 PSP Update. Evidently, even though it is the Japanese version of the firmware, it works…

Features in 2.0:

* Web Browser. No Flash support yet. There is also a setting so you can lock access to the web browser.

* Video performance for UMD Video and UMD Music discs increased

* A-B Repeat mode for video playback

* 4:3 Ratio added to picture mode

* Audo performance increased for Memory Stick Playback

* MP4 AVC (H.264) playback from Memory Stick

* ATRAC3 playback from Memory Stick Duo (as opposed to just Duo Pro) supported

* Memorystick support of MP4 AAC and WAVE (PCM) added

* Wallpaper support added (get wallpapers from pspthemes.com)

* TIFF, GIF, PNG, and BMP file types can now be displayed

* Korean Fonts and language supported

* Theme support (remember that /vsh/themes folder?)

* WPA-PSK (TKIP) wireless settings now enabled

* Web input support for the Onscreen Keyboard added (http:// shortcuts, etc…)

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I figured I might as well try to get my own top ten list going to see what podcasts really fell into that category. Or at least in late July 2005.

Maybe the best thing to do is to break it up into specific shows, and then those that I’m subscribed to and listen to nearly everything that is downloaded (in no specific order).

The by show and vodcast are going to take more time. I need to go back and listen to some things from the past. And why didn’t I rate them…

By Show:
G’Day World “On The Pod” #36 – Doug Kaye – what more can I say. A must listen.

By Subscription:
The Chris Pirillo Show – Chris has been cranking out the shows, and he’s hanging in some cool circles
Portable Gaming Revolution – all the latest PSP bits
Geek News Central
Tokyo Calling
IT Conversations – I pick and choose out of this feed for those that I want to listen to.
Evil Genius Chronicles Direct MP3 Feed – sorry I’m not on the Bit Torrent feed, but once NNW adds the functionality, I’m there.
Slashdot Review
Earthwatch Radio
MAKE: Blog MAKE Podcast
Gilmor Gang
[update] Bluggcast – How could I have missed the Bluggcast….

Vodcast:
Eric Rice
I Make Things
Rocketboom

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Sweet. Is greasemonkey now secure?

Greasemonkey Script for IT Conversations:

Carsten Clasohm has developed a Greasemonkey script (for Firefox) that bypasses some of UI stuff. He writes:

itconversations-download.user.js modifies the details page for shows on IT Conversations so that you can download the MP3 with one click.

[update] – I’m a donating subscriber to IT Conversations – support those you listen to….

Via Blogarithms

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Download Cory’s new book:

Author Cory Doctorow has released his latest book — Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town — online for free download. So, read it, then buy it.

JD has the exact same thoughts as I do….

Via JD Lasica

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And that’s a good thing.

The gathering in Seattle may be over, but still meeting people who shared the same ideas to this day (literally) just proves that it’s not over. I don’t think it ever will be.

In the background Two Bass Hit from the album “‘Round About Midnight (Remaster)” by Miles Davis

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Last night got me started on the text reader for the PSP hunt. I want to get Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town on my PSP.

I’ve found CN Reader to fit the bill. while it’s not the perfect application, I think it’s pretty handy to have a book on the PSP. I followed these instructions (scroll down to CN Reader) to get things working.

There’s some great homebrew PSP action…..

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