- Vongo revisited [Hmm Vongo review] - currently having some trouble with “can’t find media errors” when trying to watch a movie a second or third time.

- spellcheck in comments has been fixed [site news]

- TiVO heart still beating, plans to let Verizon subscribers program their TiVo via Verizon’s Get It Now service. No prices will be announced, but Get It Now should have been called Get Billed Later. $5/month says moconews. Mike at Techdirt also wonders who will pay $5/month for the ability to program their TiVo via their phone? Answer: people who don’t stop and realize that they will be charged for this extra service (even with disclaimers). The fact that you can’t disable stuff like this on your phone is maddening (if you can disable this stuff, please tell me how in the comments). Yet another reason to dislike cell phone companies.

- Towards the end of February PRWeb adding some trackback functionality (thanks Toby). A debate over the value of press releases came up recent and I disagree with those who don’t see the value in them. They are still a professional way for smaller companies to get their word out about their product/service along with the big boys. Yeah, we might be buried somewhat, but it’s a place to announce new products/services and I don’t think blogging alone replaces press releases.

- JohnnyRS shares some Second Life building tips at VTOR. Handy stuff for those new to SL. Also, see the VTOR sidebar for information about how to link to in world locations from the web via the new SLurl service. This is our group blog about MMO sites which is now up to over 45 unique visitors a day and has made a whopping 19.3 cents. Nothing can stop us from world blog domination now.

- A lot of talk about GDrive, Google’s rumored next step in storing the world’s information, including what’s on our hard drives. I’m not the only one who is a little weirded out by any company having access to all our data. Not that there is anything salacious (ok, maybe a little bit) on my hard drive, I just don’t like the idea of any single company knowing all of the following: what I search for, what I save, where I visit (Google Toolbar with PR on), etc. I know the 1984 references are wayyy cliched among the tech rags but really, it’s getting kinda eerie. Agree/disagree?

- Hey hey hey, Bill Cosby’s not laughing today over parodies on some of his older material. I wonder about Kenan Thompson on SNL who plays Fat Albert. Did they get some special permission for his satire? If not, seems like hypocrisy to me.

Looking for more Hmm quickies?
When I get jammed up with lots to do and want to say a little about a lot, Hmm quickies come in handy. This week is very hectic with our plans to head down to spring training this coming weekend (week before vacation and week after vacation always crazy).

Instead of these quickies I could hammer out a bunch of really small posts and have done that a few times. And posts like these throw off the contextual ad programs, but it’s kind of fun to see what ads they try and put next to these posts. Maybe that will make us all go hmm?

To find the past 21 installments, just do a Hmm search for “quickies.”

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