Download Hmmcast #27 (mp3)

Most Hmm-worthy posts from October 21, 2006 - November 3, 2007
- iPod turns five years old, looking back, looking forward (5) [oct 23]
- Create a Google coop custom search and connect to an Adsense account (6) [oct 24]
- Don’t Rush to an idiotic conclusion, Limbaugh (7) [oct 24]

“I love the idea of adult stem cell research. According to clinicaltrials.gov there are a lot of open trials using adult stem cells. The main argument for using embryonic stem cell is that there is hope a benefit may someday be found. Adult stem cells have benefits now. Seems to me we can avoid the controversy and focus studying what has *demonstrated* to be useful.”
– Comment by Dean in Des Moines — October 24, 2006 @ 11:39 am

“Since he first stated it publicly, I’ve never doubted that Bush’s position on embryonic stem cell research was one of political expediency. I’ve always thought his pose of religiosity was utterly insincere, and if the consequences for this country of his actions weren’t so terrible, it would be laughable. I think the way Bush and team have conducted their war in Iraq and the ‘war on terror’ gives the lie to any pretense he might make of concern and respect for human life.”
– Comment by Vince Williams — October 26, 2006 @ 5:41 am

- Forgot where you put your keys, just summon Clark’s Nutcracker (5) [oct 26]

“To keep track of my keys the #1 thing is a standard location. Otherwise, if I throw them somewhere I always make an effort to leave them on top of something, not to the side, etc. Things will still get lost from time to time but this cuts down on the mornings with the “where are my keys”.
– Comment by Kman — October 26, 2006 @ 11:29 am

- Recommending music iLike (4) [oct 26]

“hey there, i’m the CEO of iLike & GarageBand. good post and discussion! I just wanted to note that some of the issues noted have since been fixed… the original blog was posted on Oct 26, a day after we first released our “beta.” In particular, there was a bug resulting in some obviously inflated “playcounts” (e.g. the 688 million example!) and we’ve since resolved that. We’re still barely a week old so there’s a *lot* of problems that need to be fixed. But I hope you’ll try it out.”
– Comment by Ali Partovi — November 1, 2006 @ 6:30 am

- Blue-collar workers set three Scrabble records (3) [oct 27]
- TechCrunch promotes PayPerPost again, unintentionally (16) [oct 30]
- David Lee Roth 2006 concert available from fans on YouTube (0) [oct 30]
- Amazon’s enters Q&A field with Askville (beta), Questville coming in 2007 (2) [oct 30]
- Trick out the Halloween in your reading list (2) [oct 31]
- Terrestrial radio internet opportunities still exist, if they go all the way (0) [nov 1]
- Zune, PS3 and Wii all go on sale week of Nov 13-19, what will availability be like? (0) [nov 3]

Historical news events and releases
- Evan Williams buys back Odeo from investors
- YouTube purging more copyrighted clips
- Windows Media Player 11 released
- Google acquires Jotspot, Wired buys reddit
- Microsoft to work with Zend on Windows PHP runtime

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Duration: 13:22

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• Hmmcast #25: Better late than severed
• Hmmcast #23: Linux, Live.com and the church of Google
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• Hmmcast #8: volcanoes, towels and contest
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