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Ptw ROYGBIV Corps rings

Ptw ROYGBIV Corps rings
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sun 01-31-10 17:16:40 -0500


Sat 1/30/10 5:25pm #

Jeff using Dan's prototype driving simulator stand at last week's game night. Fun stuff.

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Sat 1/30/10 3:46pm #

Let's Go Surfing


- HoverCam scans your documents from on high
source: DVICE

A little expensive, but I could see using one of these.

- McDonald's expands free Wi-Fi to 11,500 U.S. locations
source: DVICE

Looks like all the McDonalds in this area now have Free Wi-Fi.

- Asphalt 5 Free demos 3D gaming at zero dollars
source: PreCentral.net

Great Demo game for the Palm Pre.

- Small Space Ideas from a Toronto Hotel The Drake, Toronto, Canada
source: Apartment Therapy - Chicago

The fold down shelves that recess into the wall are a neat idea.

- OpenShot
source: Linux App Finder - All Applications

Looks interesting, I will probably give this a try in Ubuntu.

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Sat 1/30/10 12:06pm #

Let's Go Surfing

- The Apple iPad: starting at $499
source: Engadget

I'll probably get one of these, unless there is a knockoff to market first.

- Investors Didnt Like The iPad Until They Heard Its $499 Price
source: TechCrunch

Interesting to see the stock price spike in real time.

- Palm stock rallies 11% after Verizon iPhone not announced
source: PreCentral.net

Hooray for Palm!
Cool.
- Strangers, Critics, Friends or Fans
source: Seth's Blog

Nice. concise.



- Google Twists Knife In IE6, Pulls Support From Docs And Sites
source: TechCrunch

Hooray... Google is phasing out support for IE6!


- iPad v. A Rock
source: TechCrunch

Ha!


- Instant Mask freeware makes it super easy to remove annoying backgrounds from your photos
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

Cool.

- Ustream Helps Give Your Live Broadcasts A Professional Feel With New Desktop Client
source: TechCrunch

Looks very cool. Mix recorded clips with live webcam input. Neat.



- Random Image Generator fast free way to grab placeholder images for your project
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

Picking the size first is sortof neat.

- Google: Would You Like to Be Connected?
source: ReadWriteWeb

This is neat, but I've already accidentally started to dial a business instead of going to it's website a couple times because of this.

- NBC Maintains The Superheroics With New Drama [The Cape]
source: io9

NBC does more superheroes.

- Nobody Cares Winter Olympics T Shirt Winter whats that you say?
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

ha.

- Unique Tales: golden age Taskforce
source: Google Blog Search: \"Adam Withers\"

Very Cool. Art Designs for upcoming Uniques Tales.

- Thought For The Night
source: Warren Ellis

Harsh, but interestingly put.

- DESIGN FETISH: Magazine Chair by Jules and Jeremy
source: BeaucoupKevin(dot)com

What do you get if you cross the Enterprise with a Library?

I want to hear your



Ptw Jeffs carefully constructed Tacos

Ptw Jeffs carefully constructed Tacos
At Dan's Game Night.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Wed 01-27-10 19:28:08 -0500



Wed 1/27/10 10:00am #

Random Non-Sequiters

This morning as I was going out the door, I realized I was out of podcasts for my morning commute. Engadget is a podcast I usually listen to and I remembered I did have the Engadget WebOS app for my Palm Pre, so I thought I'd give that a try. I clicked to the Podcast page and the podcast started right up and it buffered quickly enough even while driving that I never skipped or missed a beat.

Nice App and a nice change to know that I don't have to be quite so mindful with preloading my MP3 player with morning podcasts now that I can also stream them from the internets straight to my phone while driving.

Let's Go Surfing

- Google Voice comes to iPhone and webOS, as a web app
source: Engadget

I tried this. It worked especially well for a web app.

- Your Brain Can't Handle Your Facebook Friends
source: Mashable!

Dunbar's Number. Know it. Learn it. Love it. Live it.

- The Era of Location-as-Platform Has Arrived
source: ReadWriteWeb

Cool news about 4square tying in other services to start to deliver people location relevant news and information.

- Assassin's Creed hits webOS
source: PreCentral.net

Sexy Games are coming now to the Palm Pre.

- Office Pod A little office at the bottom of the garden
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

I've posted this before, but i always like when it pops up.

- ASUS DR-950 to be released in April for a likely Ł250
source: Engadget

Too bad this Asus device is going to be so high.

I want to hear your



Ptw Skittles Corp rings thanks @jeffbrz and Tom!

Ptw Skittles Corp rings thanks @jeffbrz and Tom!
Friend Jeff was at Apparitions this weekend, and apparently employee Tom had been holding some Lantern Corps rings for me. Jeff picked them up. Sortof a bummer I haven't been by the comic store in awhile. My unread stack just got so rediculously huge, plus with @TheUniques moved across the state, it just has seemed a waste to keep buying the books without anyone reading them.

Since I have a Black Ring already (thanks to Tom), I now have them all (until the White Lantern Ring, ha)

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 01-25-10 08:32:08 -0500



Sun 1/24/10 7:40pm #

Let's Go Surfing


- Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes
source: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

The guy who shot Dave at the Comic Book Store gets 27 years n prison.

I want to hear your



Ptw Shelf I built today to span over the sink.

Ptw Shelf I built today to span over the sink.
The towel rod was a last minute addition that worked out well. Frees up some counter space and makes use of otherwisee wasted air space. I used the legs instead of bolting it to the wall or cabinet because, since I'm in an apartment I can't drill holes in those.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sun 01-24-10 16:57:02 -0500



Sun 1/24/10 11:32am #

Random Non-Sequiters

I saw The Lovely Bones this weekend. Nice enough looking movie, but basically the same problem as Where the Wild Things Are. Nice visuals with no story and no plot. Just a collection of strung together scenes. Seriously, very little actually happens in this movie, plus unlike WTWTA where I know the protagonist is the young boy, I'm not even sure who The Lovely Bones was even about. I recommend skipping this movie.


Let's Go Surfing

- Netflix Just Gave iTunes A Big Fat Kiss
source: TechCrunch

Interesting.

- Posterous Turns Post.ly Into A New Media Sharing Service For Twitter
source: TechCrunch

Mostly this is just another way to post to your Posterous Account that auto enables Twitter tweets back to that Posterous Post, but it is an easy way to start posting files to Twitter.


- First Look At Steven Spielberg's Alien Invasion TV Series [Alien Invasion]
source: io9

Dr. Carter against the aliens from Mars.

- A Twitter App for Power Users: SocialVisor
source: ReadWriteWeb

Stock Ticker Style Twitter App.


- Yelp Taking Big Investment From Elevation Partners
source: TechCrunch

Good for Palm Pre?

- Watch Tony Stark Banish The Mighty Hulk Into Space Slavery [Exclusive]
source: io9

Planet hulk DVD comes out on February 2nd.

- Journeyman Creator Returns To SFTV With Powers [Powers]
source: io9

Journeyman was a great show.

- Green Lantern's Director Speaks! Plus A Weird Mad Max Rumor, And An Iron Man Character Joins Thor [Morning Spoilers]
source: io9

Green Lantern: Director Martin Campbell was doing interviews for his new film Edge Of Darkness, and people got a chance to ask him about Green Lantern. Among other things: The film will stick closely to the origin story (the script we read was basically Emerald Dawn, minus the alcoholism). Campbell wants Peter Sarsgaard for Hector Hammond, one of the film's villains, and Sarsgaard may be contracted already. Campbell wants a sense of realism in spite of the surreal-ness of a guy with a ring that can make green shapes, and he's running every scene through a "cheese-meter." And he doesn't want it to be like most superhero movies, where people get knocked into brick walls and then get up unharmed to fight some more. The film will be closer to Iron Man than Batman Begins in tone, and Hal Jordan will be "the sort of shoot from the hip, irresponsible kind of cocky test pilot." His powers are psychological, based on willl, rather than coming naturally like Superman's. Green Lantern will definitely go off to another planet (probably Oa.) And we'll see the lanterns, as well as the Central Battery. Both Sinestro (Campbell wants Mark Strong to play this role) and Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) will be good guys in this movie, but you'll be able to see the seeds of how they both become villains eventually.
Unfortunately it's starting to feel like this movie may actually happen. Sigh.

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Ptw Leki is napping while we play Maio Wii

Ptw Leki is napping while we play Maio Wii
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 01-23-10 21:03:15 -0500



Sat 1/23/10 12:27pm #

Let's Go Surfing

- If Push Series Succeeds, Maybe Heroes Can Finally Die [Push]
source: io9

I liked Push I thought it was a great small matinee film. It will be interesting to see how they handle this as a TV Show.


- Improv Electronics Boogie Board brings the chalkboard into the 21st century
source: Engadget

Not sure what this really is, by the description it seems to be a halfsheet of paper sized Magic Slate type board. Interesting.
Nice.
- ASUS DR-950 touchscreen e-reader spotted in the 'wilds' of ASUS UK's office
source: Engadget

There will probably be some decently priced LCD tablets out before these eReaders get cheap enough to make them worthwhile, but this Asus device does look nice. No word on price.


- ColdAvenger Mask Heats and Humidifies The Air You Breathe In [Clothing]
source: Gizmodo

This actually looks pretty cool for $80.

- Ustream Launches Pay-Per-View Live Video Platform
source: Mashable!

Interesting model. Upcoming Dane Cook Show for $5.

- Verizon Mobile Hotspot App on Sprint devices: Works, but Takes Work
source: PreCentral.net

Go Homebrew, Go Homebrew go!

- Darth Vader Clock Radio – The kitsch is strong with this one
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

Nice Clock.

- PDFmyURL – Instant web page pdf maker
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

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Download now or listen on posterous
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Just a beep. I'm testing posterous' post.ly file posting service. try 2

Mobile Update: Thu 01-21-10 13:20:10 -0500


Thu 1/21/10 12:15pm #

Random Non-Sequiters
I just found out that our regular cafeteria short order cook is being transfered to our other office building. Bummer. Let's Go surfing

- The Cornucopia: MIT's 3D food printer patiently awaits 'the future'
source: Engadget

Food printed from my PC... sign me up if it can print Oreos with double stuff.


- Hulu Considering $5 Monthly Fee For Older Episodes [Hulu]
source: Gizmodo

$5 subscription. Not bad really, Similiar to a cheap Netflix account, but as stated eariler in the month on my blog: How many of these types of services is one person likely to subscribe to. Everyone wants to go to a subscription pay model, but there's only so many of those people are going to want to maintain, and with so much competition for your entertainment attention, will any of these numerous competing services be able to achieve any sort of critical mass and low enough price point to be a sucesss? Seems like a very big hurdle to overcome.

With Newspapers like New York Times wanting to go to a pay model next year, and all these previously free services reaching the point where they need to start producing some sort of revenue. 2011 is shaping up to look to be a time where the conventional content mediums try to put the Genie of content back in the bottle.

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Thu 1/21/10 10:23am #

Let's Go Surfing

- Tweet Treats: Sweethearts Candy Get Hip to Twitter
source: Mashable!

According to USA Today, Twitter and Sweethearts candy plan to unveil the brand partnership today,
"Tweet Me" on a candy heart is a "brand partnership?"

- Bill Gates Joins Twitter
source: Mashable!

Wouldn't it be cool if his twitter background was a blue screen of death?

- Trexa EV development platform is modular, extremely customizable
source: Engadget

Cool. Electric Car Platform designed for interchangeable tops.

- ASUS' Tegra-powered Eee Pad tablet to make sub-$500 Computex debut?
source: Engadget

I just can't see spending $500 to run Android. Windows, Linux or MacOSX Sure, but Android? that would have to be a sub $200 machine to interest me much.

- Too much data leads to not enough belief
source: Seth\'s Blog

Interesting.

- Amazon to Launch App Store for Kindle
source: Mashable!

Interesting. Is there a Homebrew community for Kindle, will this give them the fotting to start one?


- Official MacGruber Trailer Hits the Web [Video]
source: Mashable!

This looks absolutely terrible. Works as a sketch, but as a feature length movie?


- I'd Live Here, But Alas, I'm Too Large [Art]
source: Gizmodo

Very Cool Dollhouse.

- Table Fort Offers Amnesty From Clean Plate Club [Design]
source: Gizmodo

The breadbox-like roll side actually looks very useful. not sure i need the fort part, but I could see making one of these.

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Tue 1/19/10 7:14am #

Let's Go Surfing


- It's on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its 'latest creation'
source: Engadget

Don't Know, but Apple's choice of paint splatter is interesting. Wonder what their thinking is behind that.


- The Subscription War: You're Bleeding to Death [Subscription War]
source: Gizmodo

Interesting chart of various subscription fees a techy might be paying.

- New York Times to Charge for Online Content?
source: ReadWriteWeb

Hmm... Far Fewer people to read the Online New York Times soon.

I want to hear your



Ptw Jenn at Outback

Ptw Jenn at Outback
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sun 01-17-10 19:44:52 -0500



Sun 1/17/10 2:11pm #

Let's Go Surfing

- PlaceWidget Allows Venues To Show Off Their Foursquare Mayors With Pride
source: TechCrunch

Foursquare Place Widget that venue owners can use to show their "mayors" and comments.

- Who Banned Bizarro Batman? [Nemesis]
source: io9

Ah Marvel... again with your publicity stunts... yes the upstart "edgy" Marvel. Sigh, you guys do know your owned by Disney now right? Who's buying the upstart image anymore, really?

- A "Brightest Day" After The Green Lantern's "Blackest Night" [Green Lantern]
source: io9

And from the obvious, saw this coming a million miles away from the first solicit of Blackest Night. The creative minds from DC bring you: Brightest Day and all the skittle colors of the rainbow united into a White Lantern. *sigh*

- DC Universe Classics Wave 11 Part 2
source: ActionFigurePics.com

Another nice Group of DCUS Wave 11 Pics.

I want to hear your



Posterous Post #

Great Ad for a Star Sapphire story

See the random inserted Google Ad at the bottom lower left of the
attached Star Sapphire Story.

LOL.

Mobile Update: Sun 01-17-10 12:43:07 -0500


Sat 1/16/10 8:13pm #

Let's Go Surfing

You may have noticed I've been blogging more again. Mostly that has been due to my using the custom sendto feature on Google Reader to send RSS post links directly to my handrolled blog engine. Well this evening, I refined that process a little and I am now using the sendto feature to compile multiple Google Reader posts to comment on, in one post much like I used to. Not as many pictures still, but expect my link posts and commentary to be back in a big way now.

- Google Docs: Now for Storage as much as Collaboration
source: ReadWriteWeb

This is pretty cool, but with USB sticks as cheap as they are, this almost seems not really that needed anymore. Lately I've been carrying around (2) 8 Gig sticks that take care of most of my mobile storage needs.

- Mobile Web Meets Internet of Things: Barcode Scanning
source: ReadWriteWeb

I'm still waiting for a nice barcode camera app on the Palm Pre. This is still something I think will really change shopping once a few retailers start participating in this, being in one store and being able to instantly get the price of the same product on the internet or at a competitor will really push low price retailing as a necessity.

- No, Seriously, a Working Star Trek Phaser With DIY Instructions [DIY]
source: Gizmodo

See the link above for video of a "toy" phazer that actually will pop a balloon. Very Very Cool. Great for birthday parties.

- Marvel To Trade 1 Comic For Every 50 Destroyed DC Comics [Comic Books]
source: io9

You know this is just kindof wasteful, wouldn't it be better to have retailers donate comics to some childrens hospital or library or something. Makes for an interesting headline, but this is a FAIL Marvel.

- Getting PreCentral on your Mobile Device
source: PreCentral.net

Very cool, mobile version of the PreCentral Forum on the Pre. http://m.precentral.net

- Yelp Enables Check-Ins On Its iPhone App; Foursquare, Gowalla Ousted As Mayors
source: TechCrunch

Yelp is getting into the Location check-in game. Cool. There's alot more GR data on Yelp. Hopefully they add this to the Palm Pre version of the App soon, because right now the Foursquare app on Pre is driving me nuts.

- Everything That Was Cut From Avatar: Sex, Drugs And Suicide [Avatar]
source: io9

Interesting scenes that were cut from the movie. I'm not sure I'd really want to see a longer version of Avatar in one sitting though.

- Avatar vs Modern Warfare 2: Billionaire Earnings Fight! [Movies]
source: Gizmodo

Neat chart that shows a comparison of Avatar and Modern Warfare 2 earnings to date. They are closer than you would think.

- This Will Be The Year Adobe’s 2 Million Flash Developers Come To The iPhone
source: TechCrunch

Not native on the iPhone, but Adobe is going to create a Flash to iPhone converter so you can develop in Flash and run the results as an app on iPhone.

- The Ultimate Guide to Ebook Readers We Care About [Readers]
source: Gizmodo

Nice guide to the various eReaders.

- How To Create An RSS Feed For Your Site From Scratch
source: MakeUseOf.com

Nice breakdown on how to create an RSS Feed.

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Sat 1/16/10 5:10pm - McWiFi! #

McDonald's starts dishing out free WiFi at most of its U.S. restaurants
source: Engadget

I want to hear your



Ptw Wave 11 Katma Tui and Shark

Ptw Wave 11 Katma Tui and Shark
Just saw 5 out of 7 of Wave 11 at Walmart. Couldn't pass up Katma Tui or Shark. Debated hard on Jon, but I have so many Johns already. Question was very nice but since I have the DCD, I also passed. Steppen Wolf I came close to buying out of Super Powers nostalgia, but I decided to hold off for now. No Deadman or Cyborg Superman, which is ok since DCD versions of those that I have are also good enough.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 01-16-10 15:33:31 -0500


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NYTimes: The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion

From The New York Times:

The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion

By JOHN TIERNEY

If the mantras of ?open culture? and ?information wants to be free? have produced a destructive new social contract, how can it be reversed?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/science/12tier.html

-- Interesting article. Flawed thinking but interesting.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Sat 01-16-10 07:50:13 -0500


Wed 1/13/10 10:01am - Google Reader Post #

HUGE: Google Considers Pulling Out of China in the Name of Free Speech
source: Mashable!

While this could just be Google getting their hat handed to them by that Chinese Search engine, Bandai or whatever it's called-- maybe, just maybe they have decided that their minor operations in China (again since they are getting clobbered) aren't worth the negative PR they get for censoring Chinese Search results.

I have my doubts that the "Do No Evil" policy is the prime motivator here though.

I want to hear your




Mon 1/11/10 8:36am #

Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays.

Office Space will be an eleven year old film next month. I'm guessing you have to be mid 30s for that film to have it's maximum relevance. I'm sure there are plenty of people younger, that like the film, but if you are mid thirties you can remember office life before and after Office Space.

Office Space Quotes here

Has much changed in the last 11 years since this film?

I want to hear your



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Blake Lively as Carol Ferris - sigh

Blake Lively Loves 'The Green Lantern' - Cinematical

The more I hear about this movie the sadder I get.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Sun 01-10-10 15:23:53 -0500

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DCUC 13 pictures

Action Figure Insider ? Best Toy News on the Web! DCUC Wave 13 Official Pix

I still don't have the DC Direct Blue Devil, so that might be an interesting get. Negative Man would be a good pickup. Not even sure who the Kirby looking figue in the center is. Trigon build a figue would be nice, but probably not worth getting all the rest of these figures that are DCD dupes.
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-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Sun 01-10-10 13:05:34 -0500


Sun 1/10/10 10:47am - Group Insurance #

Alienation at Work
source: Jon Taplin's Blog

Found this quote amusing:

And of course it's socialism. These ignorant motherfuckers. What do they think group insurance is, other than socialism? Just the idea of buying group insurance! If socialism is a taint that you cannot abide by, then, goddamn it, you shouldn't be in any group insurance policy. You should just go out and pay the fucking doctors because when you get 100,000 people together as part of anything, from a union to the AARP, and you say, "Because we have this group actuarially, more of us are going to be healthier than not and therefore we'll be able to carry forward the idea of group insurance and everybody will have an affordable plan..." That's fuckin' socialism. That's nothing but socialism.

Full article at the link above actually has more to do with Job dissatisfaction.

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Sun 1/10/10 10:12am - Google Reader Post #

Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
source: ReadWriteWeb

Actually it probably has more to do with the fact that all this user data is far more valuable to companies and organizations than it is to individual users. ie: Companies will pay more for your data to be public, than the aggregate of individual users will pay to keep it private.

If there was a solid business model around a private Facebook, they'd probably still be going that route.

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[Dial2Do] About to sit down to dinner with

About to sit down to dinner with Jennifer for a pot roast that we've been cooking all day. Should be tasty.

I sent this email using my voice. Listen to it here: http://dial2do.com/1y95dn4f

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Mobile Update: Sat 01-09-10 18:53:24 -0500

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[Dial2Do] This is a test. This is only

This is a test. This is only a test. Had this been an actual message
it would not have started with the words this is only a test.

I sent this email using my voice. Listen to it here:
http://dial2do.com/1y8sejhf

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Messages, Emails and more - just phone and talk.

Mobile Update: Sat 01-09-10 18:14:01 -0500


Sat 1/09/10 6:11pm #



Man "terrorizes" Time Square with an iPhone Fart App.

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Airnergy WiFi power system gives RCA a reason to exist (video)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/airnergy-wifi-power-system-gives-rca-a-reason-to-exist-video/

Charge your gadgets by harvesting free wifi from the air. Cool.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Sat 01-09-10 16:45:23 -0500

Ptw Again with getting himself trapped in bag.

Ptw Again with getting himself trapped in bag.
He can't get out. I need to let the cat out of the bag.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 01-09-10 13:36:25 -0500


Ptw There is sun today!

Ptw There is sun today!
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 01-09-10 11:35:31 -0500



Sat 1/09/10 10:11am - Palm CES 2010 Presentation #

Palm CES 2010 presentation video
source: PreCentral.net



Lots of great stuff coming to WebOS.

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Sat 1/09/10 10:09am - Sling player for Palm Pre #

SlingPlayer to be Flash based, Will Work With webOS 1.4
source: PreCentral.net

Cool.

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Sat 1/09/10 9:50am - 2010 Sci-Fi and Genre Movies #

The 20 SF Movies We're Most Excited To See In 2010 [2010 Movie Guide]
source: io9

Great run down of upcoming sci-fi and genre movies for 2010. I used this to update my upcoming movies calendar.

I want to hear your



Ptw I would rather stay home today and play with Peppy

Ptw I would rather stay home today and play with Peppy
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Fri 01-08-10 07:14:11 -0500


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Check out this web page...

Here's a website I think you'll like: Live from Palm's CES 2010 press event -- Engadget

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Thu 01-07-10 21:23:31 -0500

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Check out this web page...

Video recording coming to all webOS devices in February (updated: Flash, too!) -- Engadget

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Thu 01-07-10 20:56:21 -0500

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Video recording coming to all webOS devices in February (updated: F lash, too!)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/video-recording-coming-to-all-webos-devices-in-february/

Very Cool.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Thu 01-07-10 20:54:37 -0500

Ptw Dan rocking Jeff's DJ Hero

Ptw Dan rocking Jeff's DJ Hero
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Wed 01-06-10 19:21:38 -0500


Ptw Stools in our "Think Tank" recovered with blue fabric to look m ore like (M) Blue Dots

Ptw Stools in our "Think Tank" recovered with blue fabric to look m ore like (M) Blue Dots
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 01-04-10 13:46:45 -0500



Mon 1/04/10 12:31pm - Is it Becoming a Wall-E World? #

My take on 2010
source: Flash In the Pan:

What will the new year bring? Neck problems, blisters, impaired vision and general laziness. Did you see the movie WALL-E? We are so rapidly approaching this society it scares me. Yes, they are a few exceptions out there---the fitness buffs, the anal retentives, the workaholics that will embrace technology into their lives and use it as a positive. But for the rest of us, it's just a easier way to make ourselves obsolete. The only thing technology hasn't and should provide for us is transportation. Flying cars, Star Trek transporter beams, Jetson elevator tubes and dare I say it: hoverboards. Hey Apple, Where's the app for that?
Friend jeff wrote the above snippet post, read his entire post here..

I'm inherently more tech driven, so I'm a little more excited about each little advance in tech.But January is a good time for self reflection, so I'll use Jeff's post as a conversation starter: What do you think about the state of Mobile, computers, web and all this social hubbub that's swirling around us now?

I want to hear your



Ptw Amanda and Jenn cooking up foods

Ptw Amanda and Jenn cooking up foods
Flickr: Sun 01-03-10 18:50:39 -0500



Sun 1/03/10 4:16pm #

House Bingo

Jennifer and I gave her Dad several seasons of House MD DVDs this year for Christmas. To go along with them, I made up some House Bingo Cards you can use while watching.

I'm not a House fan myself, so I used a House Drinking game that Jenn found elsewheres on the internet as the basis of the cards.

There are 10 different cards in one PDF. Download PDF here.

I want to hear your




Sun 1/03/10 11:47am #

Two Macs in the House as of this week

So as mentioned in some previous twitters and flickr posts, Jenn and I have two macs in the house now. Mac one is Jenn's netbook running a hackintosh Snow Leopard. Mac 2 is a PowerPC 1.42Ghz mac mini running Leopard that we just got for the living room, primarily as a media center and hobby machine.

I've been out of the Mac scene for many years now, and normally glance right past all those Mac Software app stories in my Google Reader, but now that we have a couple (and maybe soon a third... since Jenn's hackintosh turned out so well I'm thinking of getting the same model and having her show me how to do it.)...

What software apps are a must for us to add to these shiny new (for us anyway) Macs?

I want to hear your




Sun 1/03/10 11:25am - DCUC 2009 Figure Overview #

DC Universe Classics – The Class of 2009
source: thefwoosh.com

Really fantastic Overview of all the DCUC figures from the past year. Lots of pics. If you like Action Figures, do give the above link a look.

I want to hear your




Sun 1/03/10 10:01am #

Apple Tablet What if?

What if the Apple Tablet isn't a computer?

Would an unconnected Apple Tablet be very useful? Would Apple even release a Tablet that didn't have 3G connection given what will be their competition with the Kindle?

Does Apple think people are ready to pay for a second 3G device along with what they pay for their iPhone? Would AT&T even want a larger screen 3G device from Apple given how much they hate the smaller iPhone's data connection usage already?

I don't think so. Yet everyone expects a tablet from Apple at the end of the month.

What if that tablet from Apple was actually a touch screen your iPhone slid into? Not a computer in it's own right, but instead a larger video screen sleeve that made your existing iPhone or iTouch Better?

Done this way, you wouldn't need a second data connection. AT&T would be harder pressed to stop them (as this is an accessory for an approved device on their network) And it's an automatic upsell.

Apple may have a hard time convinciong an army of iPhone and iTouch users that they also need a Tablet, but what iPhone or iTouch user wouldn't think about ADDING a larger touchscreen sleeve to their existing device?

Apple doesn't usually create markets, they refine them. The above might be a way for them to refine their existing product instead of creating a new competeing product.

Those are just my Sunday morning musings, what do you think?

Picture taken from this article.

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Ptw Opps All Berries review

Ptw Opps All Berries review
These were tasty as you'd expect. After scanning nutrition facts you quickly discover they have no nutitional value but you have to love a cereal whose primary, first listed ingredient is simply: Sugar.

My reccomendation: Make them part of your unbalanced breakfast today!

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sun 01-03-10 09:50:33 -0500


Ptw Mac Mini tucked to side of TV.

Ptw Mac Mini tucked to side of TV.
It takes up far less space than the Full siza linux tower did.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 01-02-10 20:40:27 -0500


Ptw @shatteredhaven rocking multiple monitors

Ptw @shatteredhaven rocking multiple monitors
Jennifer's side of the office. Dual monitor, dual laptops, and a cat assistant.

I still have to build a proper room divider too.

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Flickr: Sat 01-02-10 14:51:04 -0500



Sat 1/02/10 11:46am #

Thoughts about Foursquare

Left the apartment today to go get a haircut. Decided I would give the WebOS Foursquare App another try out in the field as it were. I figured my odds were pretty good of becoming the "mayor" of Borics. (People who check in at a location more than anyone else are given the title: mayor of that location. I figured if I added a new location, I'd probably autmatically be mayor right?) There was no Borics in the GPS found list of venues when I got there, so I tried to add the location. The app didn't seem to have any automatic discovery of location. I wasn't quite sure which cross street I was at either, so I opened Google Maps and then went to the web version of Foursquare to add the venue. When I added the name and cross streeet, Foursquare found a Borics further up the road than the one I was at. Basically a really poor experience with the WebOS Foursquare app so far. Maybe Foursquare works better on iPhone, but until they get a better WebOS app, I doubt I'll be creating any venues to check in at again.

Hopefully someone becomes the Twitter of this "location/check in/commenting" thing soon. It's a really neat idea, essentially creating comment sections for places and locations.

I want to hear your



Ptw Haircut

Ptw Haircut
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 01-02-10 11:26:34 -0500


Posterous Post #

DCUC GL Corp

Here's a website I think you'll like: 411beanies.com/1capt/kilo5.jpg

I don't have these Wave 12 yet. But they look nice from this Captain Collector picture.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Sat 01-02-10 08:46:25 -0500


Fri 1/01/10 4:01pm - Google Reader Post #

Hello sexy triple-boot netbook. Snow Leopard, Windows 7, & Ubuntu 9 .10
source: Uploads from shatteredhaven

My girlfriend is has mad hawt skills.

I want to hear your




Fri 1/01/10 3:47pm - Google Reader Post #

Live-Action Star Blazers Trailer Gives Us Goosebumps [Star Blazers]
source: io9

Very Cool looking. I hope a decent dub hits US shores too.

I want to hear your




Fri 1/01/10 3:40pm - Google Reader Post #

District 9's Neill Blomkamp Explains Why He Won't Make Big Budget Movies [Neill Blomkamp]
source: io9

Interesting, it seems that the District 9 guy has a Kevin Smith frame of mind: Make small sucessful movies for a genre audience that are small enough to stay out of the studios meddling radar. Here's hoping that there are more movies like this and Moon that are Sci-Fi Quality on the Cheap.

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Fri 1/01/10 2:41pm -What's New. What's out there. #

From A Geek’s Geek: Daniel Raffel’s Favorite New Projects, Products and Features of 2009
source: TechCrunch

Really nice round up of products and services from 2009 that will likely come into their own this year. Give the above link a look, and check out any of the services you aren't familiar with.

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Ptw Leki being a good boy for a.change.

Ptw Leki being a good boy for a.change.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Thu 12-31-09 19:16:28 -0500


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