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  • February Flickr Photos
    and Youtube Videos

  •  It's just gray and cold.
    It's just gray and cold.
  •  Bacon Flavored Lip Balm @shatteredhaven got me
    Bacon Flavored Lip Balm @shatteredhaven got me
  • Leki is napping while waiting for @shatteredhaven to come home
    Leki is napping while waiting for @shatteredhaven to come home
  • OLIVE Garden with @shatteredhaven
    OLIVE Garden with @shatteredhaven
  •  Little Plane but at lest I have my own seat in an aisle of one
    Little Plane but at lest I have my own seat in an aisle of one
  •  Greeted by Gone Google Ads
    Greeted by Gone Google Ads
    Greeted by Gone Google Ads
  •  Weird, the Gate waiting area shares a half wall with a Chili's
  •  The Chili's
    The Chili's
  •  Ohare Terminal
    Ohare Terminal
  •  Rob using Acenture Touchwall
    Rob using Acenture Touchwall
  •  Window Seat!
    Window Seat!
  •  Gonna be a full plane
    Gonna be a full plane
  •  Hyatt Lobby
    Hyatt Lobby
  •  Hotel Room
    Hotel Room
  •  View from Hotel Balcony
    View from Hotel Balcony
  •  Some pretty serious fog in back
    Some pretty serious fog in back
  •  Hotel breakfast area
    Hotel breakfast area
  •  Breakfast area for the conference attendees
    Breakfast area for the conference attendees
  •  Conference start
    Conference start
  •  Comics! At Internet Retailer summit. Lol
    Comics! At Internet Retailer summit. Lol
  •  Conference Day Over
    Conference Day Over
  •  Window seat but the view is um, limited.
    Window seat but the view is um, limited.
  •  Rock Band
    Rock Band
  •  Hmmm @shatteredhaven desk is a little cluttered at moment, yet  Leki not detered.
    Hmmm @shatteredhaven desk is a little cluttered at moment
  •  Haircut
  •  It's Leki's 2nd birthday today!
    It's Leki's 2nd birthday today!
  •  We put some candles in some cat food to celebate
    We put some candles in some cat food to celebate
  •  Wish made, now time to eat!
    Wish made, now time to eat!
  •  Trying on Comfort's Superhero mask.
    Trying on Comfort's Superhero mask.

I want to hear your

Sun 2/28/10 12:48pm #

Lets Go Surfing

- Digital Counting Money Jar Look after the pennies and so on
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia


- Haleron's 7-inch iLet Mini HAL costs $199, ships March 1
source: Engadget

Very cool. There is an Android CBZ reader (but no CBR reader that I'm aware of.) A $199 Tablet does make things interesting, and this looks like a very nice alternative to the iPad.

- What Comes After the iPad? [Humor]
source: Gizmodo

Nice.

- Web Page Analyzer: Find Out How To Make Website Faster
source: MakeUseOf.com

Interesting.

- The Real Version of Buzz Lightyear [Image Cache]
source: Gizmodo

To Reality and Beyond!

I want to hear your



Trying on Comfort's Superhero mask.

 Trying on Comfort's Superhero mask.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 02-27-10 14:07:56 -0500


Posterous Post #

345/365 - Happy Second Birthday Leki!

via Jennifer's 365 Project by noreply@blogger.com (shatteredhaven) on 2/25/10

Leki is officially 2 years old today. That might not sound like much, in fact it's not really much in the scheme of things - but it marks 2 years of owning a cat. And a very cuddly, curious, orange cat at that.

Leki (aka Meow Meow) was 5 weeks old when I got him from a family in Greenville. I nearly got him at 4 weeks, they were so anxious to be rid of all the kittens!

And at 5 weeks Leki was still not fully weaned. He milked all sorts of tassles, wouldn't use the litter pan unless I was present for months. It was adorable but obvious he'd left his mother too young.

Fast forward 2 years and it's time to celebrate the birthday of a kitty who loves to be involved in anything you're doing - at any cost.

Obviously from the picture we put on the obligatory party hat (photo courtesy of Chris). We then put some candles in his birthday food (not sure he was impressed). Once those were removed and we were done singing (yes, we totally sang the cat happy birthday), he came over to check out the food. Finally we chopped it up and he dug in.

After he stopped eating he spent another 10 minutes or so just purring loudly. Loving all of the food and attention.

Mobile Update: Sat 02-27-10 10:13:52 -0500

Sent to you by Chris via Google Reader: It?s easier to teach compliance than initiative via Seth?s Blog by Seth Godin on 2/26/10 Compliance is simple to measure, simple to test for and simple to teach. Punish non-compliance, reward obedience and repeat. Initiative is very difficult to teach to 28 students in a quiet classroom. It?s difficult to brag about in a school board meeting. And it?s a huge pain in the neck to do reliably. Schools like teaching compliance. They?re pretty good at it. To top it off, until recently the customers of a school or training program (the companies that hire w [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Fri 02-26-10 07:23:32 -0500

Wish made, now time to eat!

 Wish made, now time to eat!
We chopped it up a little for him after this shot.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Thu 02-25-10 19:02:36 -0500


We put some candles in some cat food to celebate

 We put some candles in some cat food to celebate
Leki wasn't as excited about the flames though.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Thu 02-25-10 19:01:14 -0500


It's Leki's 2nd birthday today!

 It's Leki's 2nd birthday today!
Here he is in a Birthday hat.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Thu 02-25-10 18:59:39 -0500


webOS 1.4 to Arrive Feb 25th?:

While Sprint may have been ready for webOS 1.4 since the 15th, actual roll-out of the OS hasn?t happened yet. That?s not too surprising - we?ve seen internal dates from Sprint slip in the past. But Palm promised a February release and time is quickly running out. A Verizon tipster has let us know that the ?hard date? for the rollout is going to be February 25th. As in updates past, the update will roll out to around 100,000 devices at a time. However, as in updat [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Sun 02-21-10 17:06:04 -0500


Sun 2/21/10 11:37am #

Random Non-Sequiter

Mobile Pre Charger I saw a thread about portable chargers for Pre on PreCentral. This one seemed favorable:

It was on Buy.com (which you can purchase using Amazon Payments) Motorola P790 Portable Cell Phone Charger 12.98 with shipping.

plus the mini-usb cord: $5.48 with shipping

It's supposed to be able to charge the Pre twice.

For $18 I bought them. Hopefully it works well, as my Pre can often use a mid day pick me up and wall chargers can often be hard to find or inconveniently located.


Lets Go Surfing


- No Good DVDeed Goes Unpunished [Movies]
source: Gizmodo

This graphic is fantastic.


- What Consumers Will Pay for Online [STATS]
source: Mashable!

This chart shows that without a large cultural shift, content people who want to get paid on the internet are going to have hurdles to overcome.


- Babies With Laser Eyes: Nadir Or Gutter Of Web Culture? [Rant]
source: io9

OMG! Babies with Laser Eyes!





- iiView Vpad enters today's tablet fray with yesterday's netbook specs
source: Engadget

Very cool. I'd definitely get this over the iPad. If we didn't just buy the TV, I mightive bought it now.

I want to hear your



Haircut

 Haircut
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 02-20-10 13:28:37 -0500


Hmmm @shatteredhaven desk is a little cluttered at moment, yet Leki not detered.

 Hmmm @shatteredhaven desk is a little cluttered at moment, yet  Leki not detered.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Sat 02-20-10 12:37:46 -0500


CSSColorEditor: Easily Change CSS Colors Online:

Re-designing a website can be a hassle if you have a large and messy CSS file. CSSColorEditor makes it easy for you by allowing you to change CSS colors without writing any lines of code. Simply upload a CSS file from your computer and load it into the tool. The editor will than list all the colors present in your file and let you replace them easily by either choosing a new color from the color wizard or by entering the hex code for the new color. If you don?t want t [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Sat 02-20-10 07:39:04 -0500

Posterous Post #

339/365 - Rock Band Friday

From Jenn's blog:

http://www.shatteredhaven.com/2010/02/339365-rock-band-friday.html


Friday evening Chris & I headed over to his friend Jeff & Stephanie's house to play some video games.

Most of the crowd is composed of fans of the ever popular Rock Band, which afforded me an amusing evening watching people swap instruments and sing away.

So here's a shot of some people starting another round of Rock Band. :)

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Mobile Update: Sat 02-20-10 07:36:48 -0500

Rock Band

 Rock Band
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Fri 02-19-10 21:12:04 -0500


Window seat but the view is um, limited.

 Window seat but the view is um, limited.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Tue 02-16-10 16:54:51 -0500


Jabra Clipper stereo Bluetooth headset gets official:

Well, it just wouldn?t be MWC without a few Bluetooth headsets to go along with the new phones now, would it? Thankfully, Jabra has come through with its new Clipper headset which, like Jabra?s BT3030, packs a standard 3.5mm jack to let you pair it with your own headphones (although Jabra also supplies a pair of its own noise-canceling buds). Otherwise, you?ll get some full, discreetly hidden controls on the clip itself, and a promised [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Tue 02-16-10 06:33:31 -0500

Toy Fair 2010 ? Mattel DC Universe Classics Update:

Another big day at Toy Fair ? Mattel held its Collector Preview Night and showed of the latest across its collector-oriented brands. I?m going to bite off a big chunk of that now with DC Universe Classics. There was a lot of DC product on hand, not even counting DC Infinite Heroes, Retro Super Heroes, Justice League Unlimited, and the Brave and the Bold, which will get their own update separately. For DC Universe Classics, we saw the 2-pa [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Mon 02-15-10 22:22:32 -0500

Toy Fair 2010 ? DC Direct Blackest Night and other Action Figure Lines Pics:

Jim Fletcher was kind enough to give us a tour of the DC Direct showroom today. For this update, I?ll focus on the action figure products, or what I think of as Blackest Night and ?everything else.? I?ll be sure to post pictures of the other products, mostly statues and busts, within the next few days. Blackest Night In case you?ve been living under a rock, Blackest Night is the hottest co [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Mon 02-15-10 22:15:31 -0500

Conference Day Over

 Conference Day Over
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 17:49:07 -0500


Comics! At Internet Retailer summit. Lol

 Comics! At Internet Retailer summit. Lol
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 12:46:17 -0500


Conference start

 Conference start
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 09:08:20 -0500


Breakfast area for the conference attendees

 Breakfast area for the conference attendees
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 08:58:55 -0500


Hotel breakfast area

 Hotel breakfast area
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 08:57:18 -0500


Some pretty serious fog in back

 Some pretty serious fog in back
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 07:41:13 -0500


Adobe brings AIR to Android, promises Flash 10.1 in the first half of the year:

Convergence has always been a big theme in tech, and its focus at MWC this year seems to have landed firmly on procuring an application platform that is OS-agnostic. Earlier today, we heard of the big carrier cabal intent on slaying the beast that is multi-platform development through cooperation, but if you ask Adobe the answer is much simpler: just slap AIR on your phone. The company?s grand visio [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Mon 02-15-10 07:35:31 -0500

View from Hotel Balcony

 View from Hotel Balcony
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
Flickr: Mon 02-15-10 07:26:02 -0500


Ironwoman? http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/02/rescue-me-pepper-potts-armored-alter-ego-gets-a-one-shot-in-may/ Rescue I guess I missed the fact that Tony Stark?s former assistant Pepper Potts, who put on her own set of armor recently in the pages of Invincible Iron Man, actually has a codename now. She?s aptly called Rescue, and she?s getting a one-shot in May courtesy of writer Kelly Sue DeConnick. The comic will tie into Marvel?s Siege event, as the charact [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Sun 02-14-10 06:45:32 -0500


Sat 2/13/10 3:34pm #

Lets Go Surfing


- The iPad Costs Apple As Little As $229.35 to Build [Apple]
source: Gizmodo

Looks like they have some room to drop the price.

- Toyfair 2010 Is Coming [Exclusive]
source: io9

A Yellow Power Battery. Interesting.

- Google gets a fresh new look on webOS
source: PreCentral.net

Looks Good.

- Swivel Car Tray Keeps your food in reach
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

That's slick.

- Aviary Now Free As A Bird
source: TechCrunch

I don't have much need for this type of service, but free online apps are cool.

- Watch Out Who You Reply To On Google Buzz, You Might Be Exposing Their Email Address
source: TechCrunch

It's just a bad system... they did too much by tying it directly to gmail so tight.

- Google Brings the Power of the Pie Chart
source: ReadWriteWeb

Pie!


- Computer Engineer Barbie Has a PhD In FUN (And Breaking Down Stereotypes) [Barbie]
source: Gizmodo

I find it unlikely that most computer engineers would have a pink laptop. Someone needs to take this doll and customize it into a "real" haxor chix.

- Who Owns Your PC new Windows 7 update will spy on your computer for ever
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

This is becoming more an more an issue as programs get tighter and tighter tied to frequent online updates and APIs.

-
Wild Fling Popcorn Bowl Play with your food
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

Awesome Popcorn bowl.


- Googles Secret Weather API
source: ProgrammableWeb

Neat, I may use this API and my PHP feed reader to put the weather on my Blog.

- Desktop Fun: Starship Theme Wallpapers
source: the How-To Geek

Boldly Go for New Wallpapers.

I want to hear your



Link to this post: > > http://www.google.com/buzz/112685560970722160253/7HbPwdR9qVX/We-did-Valentines-a-day-early-Leki-wanted-in-on-it > > 10:25 am *Jennifer Oslund:* We did Valentine?s a day early - & Leki wanted > in on it >

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Tumblr: Sat 02-13-10 11:18:03 -0500

Sent to you by Chris via Google Reader: The Fatal Flaw With Google Buzz?s Edit Button [Comics] via Gizmodo by Mark Wilson on 2/12/10 Fixing a typo is handy, sure, but something tells me that the less morally scrupulous among us will have a field day with Google Buzz?s edit button?namely, this comic. [DogHouseDiaries via reddit] Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Gizmodo using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites

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Check out this web page?

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Tumblr: Sat 02-13-10 08:16:04 -0500

Techni Mobili Mobile Laptop Cart ? Escape your office:

Why stay tied to the desk? Pickup a Techni Mobili Mobile Laptop Cart and you can wander around the place [?] 106 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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Tumblr: Sat 02-13-10 08:13:01 -0500


Wed 2/10/10 7:33am #

Lets Go Surfing


- Big table, little man (link roundup)
source: Super Punch

Cool Card Table.
T-Shirt seen on the net. Based off of the Louis CK Conan O'Briend interview.

- Google To Unveil Broad New Social Product Tomorrow
source: TechCrunch

New Google Goodness. Wave II Electric Boogaloo.


Cool Time Lapse Snow Storm

- BREAKING: Google Goes Social with Google Buzz
source: Mashable!

Interesting. No Twitter Killer but Cool for Gmail Peeps.

I want to hear your



:::Well this sounds pretty terrible::: Sent to you by Chris via Google Reader: Captain America To Wield Shield, Microphone In New Movie [Captain America] via io9 by Graeme McMillan on 2/7/10 Wondering how the upcoming Captain America movie will fulfill its own hype about being unlike any other Marvel movie to date? It?ll be by having its titular hero singing and dancing. And, no, we?re not joking. Director Joe Johnston told the LA Times? Hero Complex blog that the musical Cap came about through problem solving: The costume is a flag, but the way we?re getting around that is we have Steve Ro [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Sun 02-07-10 11:53:02 -0500

Straight for the art | 'Pop Unintentional':

Left: ?Captain America; Right: ?Gossip? I really dig these abstracted superhero paintings by Bob Kessel. Apparently they?re part of a new exhibit of his work entitled ?Pop Unintentional.? The good news is some are available as prints, in case that Lilli Carre piece I mentioned earlier doesn?t do it for you.

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Tumblr: Sun 02-07-10 07:25:04 -0500


Sat 2/06/10 9:36am #

Lets Go Surfing

-

Custom Left 4 Dead/Zombies!!! Character Cards
source: Flash In the Pan:

Friend Jeff is customizing a Zombies board game to Left for Dead.


- TinyChat Upgrade Brings Etherpad, Whiteboard And YouTube Integrations
source: TechCrunch

Tiny chat keeps getting less and less tiny.

-
Heinz Dip & Squeeze World peace in a sauce packet?
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

I'm actually not sure quite how I feel about a ketchup packet redesign. Seems it will be less wasteful of ketchup... but I like ketchup packets.

-
Wind-Powered Highway Lights Disconnect From the Grid [Concepts]
source: Gizmodo

That's a pretty neat idea.


-
Samsung to Release Laptop with a Transparent Screen within 12 Months [Laptops]
source: Gizmodo

Very cool. I need this to complete my starship bridge dreams.

- Analysts on the iPad: It's a Winner
source: ReadWriteWeb

I also think this will do well. Time will tell.



- Free e-commerce catalogs managed with Google Docs
source: Official Google Docs Blog

cool Mom and Pop Solution.

- VIDEO: Comixologys Apple iPad App For Reading Comics
source: Bleeding Cool

Interesting concept video, but I think they'd be better off with that screen size, just showing one page in portait mode at a time.

-
VuPoint Magic Wand Super easy portable scanner
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

I like the idea of this. $99 while cheap for something this niche, still seems a little high for how often i'd actually use one of these I think.

I want to hear your



Sent to you by Chris via Google Reader: The relentless search for ?tell me what to do? via Seth?s Blog by Seth Godin on 2/6/10 If you?ve ever hired or managed or taught, you know the feeling. People are just begging to be told what to do. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I think the biggest one is: ?If you tell me what to do, the responsibility for the outcome is yours, not mine. I?m safe.? When asked, resist. Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Seth?s Blog using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites

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From The New York Times: After Escaping Jobless Rolls, Trauma May Linger By MICHAEL LUO Despite returning to work, many grapple with newfound insecurities, reshaped priorities and broken relationships. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/us/06return.html

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Tumblr: Sat 02-06-10 09:03:36 -0500

The Morning After The Night Before ? Comic Industry Wakes Up To The Apple iPad:

It can?t run Flash. It can?t run Photoshop. It?s basically a big iTouch. But it could be the biggest change in comic books. So now that people have had a little time to let it sink in, what?s the judgement? National Public Radio kindly links to Bleeding Cool as it prophesies that the iPad will save comics but damn the comic shop. Now that I think about it, and quite to my surprise, I?m a prime candidate for the Apple tablet. If there?s a l [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Fri 02-05-10 20:48:33 -0500

Are Marvel And Disney Heading For A Legal Quagmire?:

Giggety giggety. The Marvel/Disney deal may be the cause of anti-trust allegations, regarding the current deal between Universal Studios theme parks and Marvel. Cited as an interesting wrinkle when the original design was announces with the theme park rights for Spider-Man, X-Men and Hulk being exclusive to Universal on the East Coast of the USA and in Japan, including the Marvel Super Island in its Islands of Adventure theme park, depriving Disney World of exploiti [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Fri 02-05-10 20:24:36 -0500

Digital Comics Developers React To The iPad Announcement:

Oh you thought you?d had enough iPadness had you? No such luck my fellow men. Here?s a runaround from Jim Shelley of some of the people who were talking up the possibilities the other week? Jim: After seeing Apple?s unveiling, what do you think of the iPad now? Mike Meyer Weasel Floss Studios I?d say the biggest surprise, and probably the farthest-reaching feature of the device, was the deal with AT&T for a no-contract data plan. The pricing is still typical of [/end quote]


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Tumblr: Fri 02-05-10 20:21:31 -0500


Fri 2/05/10 10:43am #

The Hardware is done, bring on ubiquity

I was listening to a Pre Central podcast this morning on my way to work. At the end of the Podcast they do reader questions. One of the questions was basically: "After the upcoming update where we get Flash and Video Recording, what do you think we we will need next?"

At that point the Podcasters were essentially silent. As I was listening, so was I.

I think if you look at the Web OS hardware... It's pretty much a fully capable computer after they enable those two functions. iPhone as well (although I'd argue that iPhone still needs to enable multi-tasking) The hardware really doesn't need to change at all (and since the above are software upgrades, I guess technically it doesn't need to change now.)

It's pretty much all software from here on out. You can refine the hardware here and there but it's not going to be terribly dramatic. So the next real leap is going to be how do these devices interact as they become ubiquitous?

Am I off base? Are there still additional hardware functions that need to be in Android, iPhone or Palm Pre? Or do you agree... the hardware except for increasing speed and ram, is basically-- done?

And if it's not done... What do you need added to these platforms?

I want to hear your




Fri 2/05/10 7:39am #

Lets Go Surfing








- Captain Picard Laments Twitter, Lauds the iPhone [Star Trek]
source: Gizmodo

jean-Luc! on the internet! Video.


- Comic Books Will Look Incredible on the iPad [Ipad]
source: Gizmodo

Would be better if it was a CBZ/CBR reader but still, nice.

- Google Map Buddy awesome freeware lets you grab the maps you need
source: The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

Neat.

- What iPad Apps Are Going to Feel Like [Ipad]
source: Gizmodo

Interesting.

I want to hear your




Tue 2/02/10 7:35am #

Fantastic breakdown of the anatomy of a television news story. Funny.

I want to hear your




Mon 2/01/10 12:32pm #

Random Non-Sequiters

It's Monday, so what do you have going on today? It's also February, so according to average temps on Weather.com we should be moving out of freezing temperatures, to just grey and cold and 5 deg above freezing or so now. Hooray for that anyway.

I tweeted this over the weekend, but I'll post it here too, I finally got the boxes out of my back section of my studio. It's a stupid sounding thing, but it's something I'm excited about, there's actual room back in my studio again. Still a handful of things to do since the move in but things are coming along.

Also got iMovie installed on the Mac Mini this weekend. I'm looking forward to it being much easier to natively edit together video out of my iPod Nano now. I never really found a decent Windows app to handle MP4s natively, so this is a little computing victory for over the weekend.

- ckarath - 31-Jan-10 13:49
source: Cinch Feed For ckarath

This was my first Cinch Audio blogging test. nothing much to it, since it's just a testing testing, one two three sort of thing. Cinch looks like a good audio service repacement for Utterli, and I hope to post more with it soon. Listen to MP3.

Let's Go Surfing

- Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate their tablet PC strategies
source: Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks

See this is the best thing about this announcement. Other vendors will need to release cheaper competitors to the iPad. And they'll be likely to use Windows or Android most likely. I would like to say Linux. but Linux isn't doing very well in the retail netbook market right now it seems.

- [UPDATE] Bat To Exe Converter V1.5
source: The Portable Freeware Collection

Cool.

- Even in your company, I feel so alone. (Photo: Joćo Canziani;...
source: Unhappy Hipsters

UnHappy Hipsters. Dwell photos mixed with sarcastic commentary. Fantastic.

- Soon, We'll Have SmallQWERTY Keyboards For All Our Tablets [Peripherals]
source: Gizmodo

Ha... They better do this fast, with a proliferation of of smartphone keypads. T9 type input is going to be a dying skill soon.

- Hivision's Android-based PWS700CA netbook gets video review, may sport sub-$100 price tag
source: Engadget

Hmmm... Would be cool to see a $100 netbook out there.


- Green Lantern's New Concept Art Has Blue Aliens We're Actually Scared Of [Green Lantern]
source: io9

The way this art keeps leaking out, you'd think they were actually making a Green Lantern Movie. :P

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