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There's a missing product

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:32:22 GMT

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I accomplish this with a folder named "--ShortList" in my feed reader (the "--" makes it appear at the top of an alphabetical list). In it, I place the feeds that I never want to miss. Stuff that I always want to read. People who I want to stay in close contact with. The stuff I read first thing in the morning. It's worked very well for years, but I can see what Dave's ...

Blogging epic kludges

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:39:23 GMT

MAKE Magazine

The latest addition to my feed reader is There, I Fixed It, a site collecting fantastic and hilarious examples of jury-rigging in daily life. My favorite so far is the point-of-use hot water heater shown above, but the "Franken-chair" has to take a close second. Thanks to Melody for steering me to it.

Steve Rubel

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:36:01 GMT

Steve Rubel

It's Official: I am Moving from Blogging to Lifestreaming - http://www.steverubel.com/its-off...

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"Honestly, the design is better over there but the features rock here. Especially auto-posting and email. They will get the theming part right next." - Steve Rubel

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MeFi: Three colors, not four

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:51:17 GMT

Review: iPhone 3GS lives up to its speedy claims

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:30:00 GMT

Ars Technica - Infinite Loop

Right on schedule, Apple has introduced the third iteration of the iPhone to the public. The new model, called the iPhone 3GS, is much like the iPhone 3G introduced in 2008 but, as Apple says, the "S" stands for speed. There are a number of other improvements made to the iPhone 3GS that differentiate it from its less-speedy sibling, but the one thing that will stick out in any...

WifiPDX Goes Geo

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:15:40 GMT

Simplicity Rules

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The only other site I know of, besides m.flickr.com, that uses this. And I know the guy (@Adamd) who did it! :-)

It’s been awhile since I added any functionality to the WifiPDX site. With the release of the third generation iPhone OS, I decided to add some geolocation capabilities to finding Portland WiFi.

Now when you search for hotspots, you’re automatically taken to ...

Recent iPhone Web apps take advantage of iPhone 3.0 features

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:07:52 GMT

Ars Technica - Infinite Loop

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There's also WifiPDX.com that can grab your location from Safari in 3.0, courtesy of @adamd.

Just because native apps are all the rage doesn't mean that Web apps designed for the iPhone are no longer useful. We spotted two new ones that can take advantage of new functionality in the latest version of Mobile Safari.

Glyphboard 2.0 is a Web-based app for...

Seeking Apple in the Couv (updated)

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:03:30 GMT

Silicon Forest

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Whoa. Who knew that Apple had a "secret" office in The 'Couve?

Another lousy photo by meNo secrets?While iPhone junkies clustered at Pioneer Place this morning, I drove north to check out Apple's office in Vancouver. I'm writing a story for Sunday's paper on Apple's Oregon ecosystem, and wanted to see for...

Jammie Thomas fined $1,920,000 for sharing 24 songs

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:25:08 GMT

Boing Boing Gadgets

The RIAA seems not to realize that the more it gets per song, the worse it looks. What could this do except further the impression that it is simply a public enemy?

Flickr: Nearby on Your Phone

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:51:49 GMT

Daring Fireball

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Sweet! First web site I've seen to take advantage of the fact that you can now access location via Safari on the iPhone. Looking forward to many more.

Wonderful example of iPhone OS 3.0’s new support for location services for web applications. It prompts you to allow permission for “m.flickr.com” to access your location, just like for native iPhone apps.

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Layar Points the Way

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:18:30 GMT

MobHappy

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I can't wait for this to hit the iPhone. A perfect future magic use case for all of the 3G S's features.

Raimo van der Klein, who among other things is a founder of the excellent MoMoNe (Mobile Monday Nederlands) has just launched Layar, the world’s first mobile augmented reality browser.

If your response is WFT? - maybe you shouldn’t be here? As chance would have it...

Marshall Kirkpatrick

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:04:12 GMT

Marshall Kirkpatrick

My favorite ideas are ones that I used to think were stupid. (via @mattgillooly)

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Andy Ihnatko’s Flickr Set of Photos From the 3G S Camera

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:38:44 GMT

Daring Fireball

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These are really impressive. A few look like what I'd expect a cameraphone photo to look like, but the rest are extremely good. I can't wait until Friday! :-)

Vastly improved optical quality over the old camera, but I think the real win is the software touch interface for setting the focus and exposure point. The quality here is high enough that I’m wondering whether I...

TweetDeck iPhone App vs Tweetie: Twitter App Smackdown

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:05:32 GMT

Mashable!

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I've been tweeting about this, Tweetie vs Tweetdeck on iPhone, all night as I've been playing with the new Tweetdeck app. They're different. They're both outstanding software. I'm going to keep and use both of them.

TweetDeck and Tweetie are at the top of the Twitter client food chain, respectively holding the number two and three spots after the web (according to

Top Gear ‘Thoroughly Tests’ a Ford Fiesta

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:02:06 GMT

Daring Fireball

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ZOMG this is epic. I LOVE Top Gear, and this video is exactly why. :-)

Stick with it through the first few minutes, it’s worth it.

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Weird Al: I’m on Craigslist, Baby!

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:31:54 GMT

Mashable!

You’ve got a 65 Chevy Malibu, with automatic drive, a custom paint job too. I’ll trade you for my old wheelbarrow, and a slightly-used sombrero, and I’ll even throw in a stapler, if you insist!

Those are the first couple of verses from Weird Al Yankovic’s latest single, in which he makes fun of both Craigslist and the Doors in equal amounts. Known for his quirky humor, and being able to walk...

Ignite Portland 6: Tickets? We don’t need no stinking tickets

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:55:43 GMT

Silicon Florist

Put down the flux capacitor. It seems that you won’t be needing that time machine to get Ignite Portland tickets afterall.

“Why?” I can hear you asking. “Are you going to sneak me into the theater?”

No, my friend. This time around—to paraphrase the infamous line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre—Tickets? We don’t have to show you any stinking tickets! Ignite Portland 6 will be first come...

Come to Ignite Portland 6, No Ticket Needed

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:00:21 GMT

Ignite Portland

Ignite Portland 6 is coming up on July 16. We’ve announced the talk lineup, and lots of you have been asking when we were going to give word on when our free tickets to the event would become available. So here’s the deal:

You won’t need a ticket to attend Ignite Portland 6. Just come on down, and walk right in.

What? No tickets? I know, right? The thing is, given the fact that all 500 or so...

Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:46:47 GMT

ReadWriteWeb

Note: This post was written at midnight PST last night, at which point CNN.com was hours behind much of the rest of online media in prioritizing the big news in Iran. The site has since focused on Iran but we believe this post remains relevant in discussing concerns about what sources are first in covering important events.

The western world's most feared government is shaking with...

Iran streets after election

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:02:13 GMT

Scripting News

Amazing photos coming out of Iran on Flickr.

Brian Enigma

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:01:40 GMT

Brian Enigma

Here's how to get tethering on any iPhone right now, no jailbreak, for free | 9 to 5 Mac - http://www.9to5mac.com/9to5mac...

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One shot: the default iPhone wallpaper, LittleBigPlanet style

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:20:04 GMT

Offworld

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Very nice. This is my new iPhone wallpaper. I'm very picky about my phone wallpaper, for some reason. I've tried several, but I kept coming back to a nice FailWhale one I found. I think this one might stick around for a while.

Media Molecule offer this felt and yarn stitch-up replacement for the default iPhone wallpaper, giving you a LittleBigPlanet of your very own.

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My kid’s novel is now an e-book

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:59:39 GMT

Joho the Blog

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Grabbed this to put on my Kindle and read. I've been reading David's blog for years, and he's one of the original four Cluetrain authors. Definitely a Smart Cookie.

My $100 Million Dollar Secret, my novel for young adults, is now available for free on your Kindle. In fact, it’s available in multiple e-book formats, thanks to ManyBooks. It’s available there because it w...

#Cluetrain @10

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:29:13 GMT

Doc Searls Weblog

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ZOMG Squeeeee! 10th Anniversary Edition of the Cluetrain, with 4 new chapters by the original authors, and 3 new chapters by others? Yes, please! Just pre-ordered from Amazon. Can't wait.

Ten years ago The Cluetrain Manifesto was a website that had been up for a couple of months — long enough to create a stir and get its four authors a book deal. By early June we had b...

Pie Champ 2.0: It’s So ON!

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:26:43 GMT

OurPDX

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chortle "Roman incident" :-)

I gotta make it over to the east side for one of these pies the cool kids keep talking about. I feel left out!

Who will take this weekend’s pie eating contest at 9 pm this Saturday night? Will it be our own Aaron Hockley? (@ahockley on Twitter) Chris Snethen - better known as either @ChrisTom or Butterbean (better known as just Bean

Danger: Mac and Linux builds available

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:48:26 GMT

Chromium Blog

In order to get more feedback from developers, we have early developer channel versions of Google Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux, but whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM! Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software.

How incomplete? So incomplete that, among other things , you won't yet be able to view...

Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker!

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:12:51 GMT

Boing Boing

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ZOMG hilarious. You definitely need to watch this. :-)

Newly minted Tonight Show Conan O'Brien did a really funny segment last night about Twitter -- or, more specifically, about the breathless, conspicuous insertion of Twitter into every news and entertainment program everywhere all the time, of late. Twitter Tracker (via @biz, and sadly, Hulu region-blocks folks...

CrunchPad prototype looks awesome

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:43:52 GMT

Boing Boing Gadgets

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The renderings look great, but I'm still skeptical on a couple of things. First, that they'll come anywhere near the target price of $200 without MAJOR compromises somewhere, and second, that the software won't suck. Hardware is easy. Software is hard. I'll be watching with interest.

This is the pic that explains why this thing is going to be hot. From TechCrunch:

[We] ...

Final Fantasy VII hitting PSN today

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:06:54 GMT

Joystiq [PlayStation]

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I am SO buying this, right now, so I can carry it around on my PSP and play through it again. Yay! :-)

The PlayStation One classic, Final Fantasy VII, will be available on PSN today, so keep your eyes glued to the PlayStation Store. In addition to this, Sony promises that there will be over 50 more PlayStation One classics coming to PSN in the remainder of the year.

[Up...

Ignite Portland 6: Who’s got the burning ideas this time?

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:18:07 GMT

Silicon Florist

From the sounds of things, choosing presentations for Ignite Portland 6 was a bit of a doozy. But the Ignite Portland team managed to soldier on and select a group of presenters to take the stage on July 16.

There were almost 70 proposals—and all of them were really good. So who made the cut?

"Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension"

Sun, 31 May 2009 03:22:09 GMT

Boing Boing Gadgets

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As noted in the article, this gives Firefox one of IE's most dangerous and undesireable qualities: the ability for sites to silently install unwanted software on your system. Most people use Firefox specifically because it doesn't do that.

Brian Krebs:

Big deal, you say? I can just uninstall the add-on via Firefox's handy Add-ons interface, right? Not so fast. The...

Pearls Before Swine - May 30, 2009

Sun, 31 May 2009 00:06:32 GMT

May 30, 2009 Comics

Intel's Level Up contest gives indie devs huge opportunity

Fri, 29 May 2009 20:26:22 GMT

Ars Technica - Opposable Thumbs

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Awesome to see this coverage from Ben at Ars on something my group at work is doing. Check out the rock stars on the judges list! Can't wait to see what cool game demos come out of this.

Do you think you have the next big idea in gaming? Intel has a good chance for you to find out, with a contest that allows independent developers to show off their game d...

Time Warner Cable asks customers for "loyalty" ideas but doesn't actually want to improve service

Fri, 29 May 2009 05:57:52 GMT

Boing Boing Gadgets

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Wow. Sad.

J. Christenbury blogs this hilarious exchange that occurred on Twitter between a Time Warner Cable marketing stooge and a customer who had real ideas:

@jeffTWC: Please RT: working on customer loyalty programs and would love your ideas/input - raffling an iTouch on Thurs to constructive suggestions

jchristenbury @jeffTWC I have a whole handful, where do I send t...

Yummm…watermelon

Thu, 28 May 2009 19:20:54 GMT

GadgetFamily.org

Is anybody tired of us talking about our chickens? What can I say, they are the excitement in our boring lives. BackyardChickens.com is my chicken bible. I go on the forum a few times a week to find answers to my chicken-raising questions. According to many other chicken owners, chickens love cool watermelon on a hot day. So I tried it today, and as you can see, they LERVE it. (how many times d...

We’re gonna need a bigger boat

Thu, 28 May 2009 03:49:58 GMT

Doc Searls Weblog

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Amen, Doc. The Web is eating TV, just like it did newspapers. It's already partly down the gullet, and starting to digest. That doesn't mean that they're going to go away, but they're changing fundamentally because of the internet. Someday, something will "eat" the internet, and change it, too. Change is the only constant. Ka is a wheel.

WebTV was way ahead of its...

Public Builds of Google Chrome for Mac

Thu, 28 May 2009 03:41:13 GMT

Daring Fireball

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Ooh. Need to check this out.

Not yet ready for prime time, but definitely getting there fast. I like what I see.

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8 Questions (and answers) about the Zune HD

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:35:26 GMT

Boing Boing Gadgets

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They left out the one question that's been bugging me ever since I heard of the Zune HD: "What is the screen resolution, and if it's anything less than 1280x720, the lowest HD resolution, isn't calling it HD just a buzzword, not to mention incorrect?" :-)

⌦ Why announce now, when you're not releasing the Zune HD until the fall? –"Honestly, the disclosure timeline was s...

Yahoo Music reveals five GH5 bands from the setlist

Wed, 27 May 2009 19:39:34 GMT

Guitar Hero® News

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As you gear up for the Guitar Hero 5 release, enjoy these videos from some of the artists that will be in the new game: Beastie Boys, Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Duran Duran, Gorillaz, Jimmy Eat World...

New Version of Skype Adds Screen Sharing

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:15 GMT

ReadWriteWeb

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This is awesome, and useful to me for a number of reasons. :-)

Skype, the popular VOIP client formerly owned by eBay, just released a new beta version of its Windows client. The new version finally brings screen sharing to the Windows client, something which already became available in the last beta version of the Mac client in January. In addition, Skype now also...

Josh Bancroft's Linkblog

There's a missing product

Blogging epic kludges

Steve Rubel

MeFi: Three colors, not four

Review: iPhone 3GS lives up to its speedy claims

WifiPDX Goes Geo

Recent iPhone Web apps take advantage of iPhone 3.0 features

Seeking Apple in the Couv (updated)

Jammie Thomas fined $1,920,000 for sharing 24 songs

Flickr: Nearby on Your Phone

Layar Points the Way

Marshall Kirkpatrick

Andy Ihnatko’s Flickr Set of Photos From the 3G S Camera

TweetDeck iPhone App vs Tweetie: Twitter App Smackdown

Top Gear ‘Thoroughly Tests’ a Ford Fiesta

Weird Al: I’m on Craigslist, Baby!

Ignite Portland 6: Tickets? We don’t need no stinking tickets

Come to Ignite Portland 6, No Ticket Needed

Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran

Iran streets after election

Brian Enigma

One shot: the default iPhone wallpaper, LittleBigPlanet style

My kid’s novel is now an e-book

#Cluetrain @10

Pie Champ 2.0: It’s So ON!

Danger: Mac and Linux builds available

Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker!

CrunchPad prototype looks awesome

Final Fantasy VII hitting PSN today

Ignite Portland 6: Who’s got the burning ideas this time?

&quot;Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension&quot;

Pearls Before Swine - May 30, 2009

Intel's Level Up contest gives indie devs huge opportunity

Time Warner Cable asks customers for &quot;loyalty&quot; ideas but doesn&#39;t actually want to improve service

Yummm…watermelon

We’re gonna need a bigger boat

Public Builds of Google Chrome for Mac

8 Questions (and answers) about the Zune HD

Yahoo Music reveals five GH5 bands from the setlist

New Version of Skype Adds Screen Sharing

"Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension"

Time Warner Cable asks customers for "loyalty" ideas but doesn't actually want to improve service