Twitter appears to be down for me. Attempted to access it via web with both accounts; no luck. TweetDeck and Seemic isn't pulling up Twitter; nor can I access any Twitter pages. Web gives an error that reads "problems loading page connection was reset". However, the "IsTwitterDown" page says it is functioning.
- H0llywoodWh0re
Thank you Bill. However, I tested that site with other social media networks and it's telling me everything is down. Maybe an error within the site.
- H0llywoodWh0re
Thanks everyone. I thought twitter wasn't liking me this morning -- seems it isn't liking quite a few people. :~(
- Dee
Twitter is still down for me. I can't even log in to try and contact someone.
- Dee
Twitter has not released any information in regards to their site being down. I'm going to attempt to contact a few employees to see what I can find out. I'll keep everyone posted. ✽ It also looks like Twitter has been down for some users for 4+ hours (via research)
- H0llywoodWh0re
Twitter is down for me as well. I'm just outside of Toronto.
- B2B Specialist
I'm also golden horseshoe and twitter is down for me. The official status blog does not report anything wrong as of 11:05am EST
- Canageek
They've updated their status site with the following:"We are currently investigating a problem whereby some Twitter clients in widely scattered network locations are unable to connect to twitter.com." They could learn something from Saleforce.com who post their uptime stats.
- B2B Specialist
Thanks B2B Specialist -- I'm relieved to know I'm not going crazy.
- Dee
Version 3.1.1 of the firmware broke a highly-important feature, as indicated in several different support threads. In short, when an application is opened, you can no longer double-tap the home button to pull up the iPod controls.
- Joshua Schnell
from Bookmarklet
Jeremy, are you running an app with music? I mean apps with its own music effects - not your music player. Trust me - it's broken.
- Tamar Weinberg
broke, broke, broke. I keep retrying it hoping that i'm just a little slow, but it stays broke every time.
- Joshua Schnell
LOVE this post. I won't say why I haven't upgraded yet, but I haven't, and I'm glad.
- Brad McCrorey
Not working for me in Safari. EDIT: Im an idiot and was trying it without music playing in iPod. With music on it works for me still.
- Robert DeBord
from iPhone
iPod Touch (2nd gen) w/3.1.1 seems to work perfectly fine for me. Maybe the problem only occurs with 1st-gen iPod Touches?
- Glen Mistletoe
Glen, it doesn't work on my iPhone 3g. It seems to pop up sporadically when music is already playing, but if you're going from no music to trying to get that media player, I get taken out of the application and into the iPod application.
- Joshua Schnell
iTunes tells me that 3.1 is the latest version for the iphone
- Glen Mistletoe
Glen, I have a 1G and a 2G. Are you running an app that is actually playing music? What apps are you trying?
- Tamar Weinberg
The screenshot associated with this post is actually one I created where it doesn't happen (Dactyl has no sound effects). But try it with a PlayFirst game or any game that actually prioritizes sound effects and music soundtracks, and you'll see that I'm not making this up.
- Tamar Weinberg
Jeremy/Glen - do you guys see what I'm talking about or do I need to be clearer in the post?
- Tamar Weinberg
Glen, open up Flight Control. When it says "Would you like Game Sounds?" click YES. Then double tap on the home button and tell me if you see your controls. You won't. Exit out of the app and reopen it. Now click NO for the same question. Then double tap on the home button. You WILL see your controls. That's the problem. When app sounds take over, you have no way of accessing your iPod controls. Does that clarify?
- Tamar Weinberg
I started music in the iPod. I started FlightControl. I selected "YES" on Play Game Sounds? I double-clicked the HOME button, and I see my "Music" controls—Prev, pause, Next , volume, Close, and Music. I don't mean to be obstinate, but they're there when I expect them. Under Settings, General, Home, I have "Home" selected for double-click, and "iPod Controls" set to ON ("when playing music, show iPod controls").
- Glen Mistletoe
Yes, so do I, but it seems that Josh and I don't encounter what you say exists. Are you SURE you're actually running your phone with 3.1.1? I just find it strange that 2 of us can replicate this issue on three (I have an iPod touch 1st and 2nd gen) devices.
- Tamar Weinberg
Shrug. I'm not sure why so many people are impacted by this but you're not. I just don't get it. There are at least 3 threads with at least 30 people impacted by it in Apple's forums and it's as if you're the only one who isn't affected. Don't know what else to say. I'm in disbelief.
- Tamar Weinberg
Okay - since Glen showed me a video, I thought I'd clarify further given that I have more information. Maybe Flight Control isn't a good example then. You need to run an application which actually *turns off your songs* first. If you try it on an app like that (with no changed settings - I've never run Flight Control prior to testing this for Glen), you'll see that the controls are not there.
- Tamar Weinberg
"Some believe that Twitter has the power to change big events like Iranian elections. I think that its strength may be in much smaller, but still significant, ways. In fact, I was the matchmaker recently between a Barcelona cabbie and an American employee of a pharmaceutical company. Well, a matchmaker between the cabbie and this lady's BlackBerry, anyway. It happened like this: I have a Twitter search in TweetDeck that alerts me every time the word "Asay" is used on Twitter. (I need to be able to track down libel somehow!)"
- Amani
from Bookmarklet
I have to keep that a secret, because otherwise everybody will be shutting down my Mac via Twitter :)
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
from email
This just doesn't sound like a very secure idea =p
- Mac64
You are supposed to use a locked account that only you follow and follows back, and works via DM.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
from email
So, what the point of using twitter in this case. Jabber-shell will be much better if you have no SSH.
- nonsleepr
Maybe the possibility of using any mobile device or anybody's computer (but maybe Jabber can do that to). On the other hand, because of the multitude of Twitter tools and connections, you could have more apps/situations trigger the action. A word found in a Twitter search could result in a command being sent to your Mac. Like 'eartquake' and 'boston' would automatically start your...
more...
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
from email
If Apple does release a tablet and that tablet is a glorified iPod Touch, I'll never buy one. It had better run a version of Snow Leopard and I had better not be required to go to some specific App Store to get programs for it. OR ELSE. [clenches fists]
- Akiva Moskovitz
If they go with multiple sizes for a tablet, I think the smaller ones will be glorified iPhones, and the biggers ones would have snow leopard on them. The bigger the screen, the more users are going to want to multitask.
- Joshua Schnell
I see 3 possibilities. 1) a tablet that uses an app store and basically is a large iPod Touch. 2) A tablet that is a Mac with a keyboard interface and modified UI to accommodate using a finger as a pointer. 3) A table that is a Mac but has a iPod Touch emulator to allow people to use the touch-based apps from the app store.
- Paul Franz
Joshua, I hope they don't do that. That would be HORRIBLY confusing to consumers. Unless maybe they're completely differently marketed. The "little ones" are just big iPods and the "big" ones are a new MacBook line...
- Internet's Tad
from fftogo
Tad, that's kind of how i'm leaning right now. Touches are getting bigger and more tablet like, and then a full tablet release.
- Joshua Schnell
No, they won't do that. Thats imbicillic. They'll have one (possibly two, since both Kindle's are selling so well). I can't see iPhone/iTouch Apps running - it'll screw up the graphics and Jobs will never allow that.
- Roberto Bonini
Differentiating product lines is imbecilic? Touch gets a little make over, and having a full fledge tablet released isn't really a huge change up.
- Joshua Schnell
actually I see the point Roberto's making here. iPhone doesn't come in multiple screen sizes 'cause then the UI for all the apps is screwed up. Making the iPhone OS run on a 10 incher will mean the devs will have to recreate the whole UI for the 10 inch screens. Not very likely that Apple will be taking that route.
- vijay
Vijay, that's a good point, but it wouldn't be the first time Apple's screwed over devs. lol
- Joshua Schnell
So this is a screenshot of FreeBSD/MacOS X Snow Leopard version ?
- Thierry Lhôte
iPhone/iPod apps will run as windows in Snow Leopard on the new tablet. And it will have A/V out so will replace the AppleTV. I just totally made all that up.
- LogEx
Hm. I'm trying to think how I'd want it to work. If anybody could, Apple could. But the idea of making a version of OS X that doesn't need a keyboard just sounds like a bad idea. That's *never* worked out as well as it sounds. Trying to force applications that are used to one size of screen work on another size screen also doesn't work out so well.
- Wirehead
I also don't think a iTablet as a separate OS is a good idea. If anything, it's probably easier to get all of the iPhone app writers to iTablet-enable their software, because all of them have been written recently. Hm. Will be interesting to watch. Next iPhone or next Newton? Only the shadow knows, and he's still trying to repress those naked Steve Jobs pictures he found.
- Wirehead
LogEx, windowed iPhone apps is a definite possibility. The ( allegedly fake ) screenshot leaks from the iTablet had shown the exact thing - standard iPhone apps running in windows.
- vijay
from iPhone
Yeah. I saw the fake screenshots. But they did have a good point and that is an Apple Tablet could easily be used to run multiple iPhone at the same time. Because could handle it. There are some things that I have problem with in that regard though. That is would a Table have the accelerator sensors like the iPod Touch/iPhone. If so, that would be very weird to try to play a game with such a big screen.
- Paul Franz
"Twistory supports Thunderbird, Google Calendar, Apple's iCal, and any other application that supports feeds using the iCalendar format. This means you can even download your Twitter posts to Microsoft Outlook or any other Web service you use to keep yourself organized. The service stays on top of your Twitter feed and adds your new tweets instantly, so it's not a one-time export that you have to repeat every time you say something new."
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
Would be nice for it to not be web-based. Or rather: Would be nice if someone makes some sort of script equivalent that could be run to create an ical file or something.
- Jalada
@jalada: It actually does that. Sign up and see, an iCal file is one of the output options
- LANjackal
from IM
however it's still web-based, e.g. Twistory are trawling my tweets, rather than something I'm running myself on my machine
- Jalada
from IM
Hmmm well I've added the calendar feed to GCal, but nothing's showing up. It's not working for me on this end :(
- LANjackal
It's working now. Guess it took a while to import all my Tweets :)
- LANjackal
I had is for some months, but it laid a heavy load on the functioning of iCal. And I realized I never ever read them back or something. It was just cool it exists.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Twistory archiving of your Twitter updates to e.g. GoogleCalendar is better than nothing, though I find that the lack of back-link to the original Twitter status, as well as any links in the tweet not being clickable from the pop-up view in GCal are a major drawback. I have been importing my tweets into Tumblr (via the RSS feed), and it solves those two issues, though it's definitely...
more...
- Alex Schleber
Sounds interesting. I use GoogleCalendar only. Perfect for me.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
Is there another way to sort/search my own Friendfeed (or Twitter) by date? I have Friendfeed going to Twitter, then Twistory, then Google Calendar already, but it skips some days.
- Kamilah Gill
Great, I wish emails can be sorted out this way.
- TrafficBug
I've been using this for a while now and overall its pretty good, but then sometimes it just randomly stops working for a day or more. Probably a symptom of being a web-based product.
- LuluGirl896
from Viigo
I have used this for about a year, intersting to go back.
- Sean Oliver
Importing Tweets into GCal will be very useful. Now my public Calendar will be updated, as well as a hard copy synced to my iPhone calendar :)
- CannonGod
Hawt, but the one in the tub is just kind of odd. Is there water in there? If so, she's sitting in the tub with clothes on which has to be uncomfortable. If there's no water, well then, what the heck is she doing sitting in a tub with no water in it?
- Kenton
Kenton just made me spit out the iced tea I was enjoying.
- Derrick
Mac Question: Any advice on where I can buy 2 x 2GB of RAM for my Macbook Pro 15" Unibody? I'm not willing to pay the ridiculous price at Apple and I know there has to be some quality RAM out there on Newegg or something. Any help with link and/or spec recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I usually get my RAM from newegg. Haven't had a problem with any brand from them. BTW, 4GB isn't max on a MBP Unibody. 6GB is, 8GB for the newest ones. =)
- ronin
Ronin: Oh really? Hmm, maybe I'll shell out the cash for 6GB :) What brands do you get from neweggs for your macs?
- Johnny
I usually go with whatever price is relatively low. Which was usually G.Skill. munchkin has worked well as well. Never had a problem with them. If you want to stick with the name brands like Corsair and Crucial they have those too but are usually more expensive. I just max'd mine out to 6GB (like an hour ago) with the Super Talent 4GB from NewEgg and so far so good.
- ronin
Ronin: How much RAM did you have before? 2? 4? How big of a difference in performance?
- Johnny
the first upgrade I'm gonna do to my alu macbook is to swap out the HDD to one that spins at 7.2k RPM - I'll let you know what impact this has on the video editing I do on it. Many people underestimate the impact your HDD has on system performance.
- alphaxion
Alphaxion: I just ordered a 7.2k RPM HDD for my PowerMac G5
- Johnny
mine is just the entry level macbook from the first gen of unibody models. It should give me a good idea as to the effect of these upgrades.
- alphaxion
Alphaxion: Where did you order your parts?
- Johnny
Always get mine from crucial.com. Quality service, and quality product. Never had a problem with them.
- Paul Grav
I've not ordered anything yet, it's supposed to be an anniversary gift from my GF... but I'll be buying from either aria.co.uk, scan.co.uk or ebuyer.com depending on who has the better pricing :)
- alphaxion
Johnny: I had 4GB before. So far no difference really but I haven't started opening multiple RAW files in PS4 yet. =) And yeah, a 7.2k RPM HD vs a 5.4k one does provide a performance boost although I wouldn't be able to put a number on it.
- ronin
@ronin with my work being video editing, I think I'd see a greater performance boost in that activity from a HDD upgrade than I'd get from a RAM upgrade, whereas you'd prolly see a bigger improvement from more RAM in your image editing.
- alphaxion
I've always been a fan of crucial memory. http://www.crucial.com/ Before deciding how much you are going to get, you may want to wait for some bencharmk reviews of 10.6. Your MBP supports Dual-Channel memory as well, so you should install it in matching pairs for best performance. e.g. 2x2GB, 2x4GB vs 1x2GB/1x4GB.
- Mac64
@alphaxion That's true although PS4, being the memory hog that it can be also uses the HD for "scratch" space so a quicker HD will help when RAM gets used up. And yes, installing 6GB means you'll lose interleaving but the performance hit seems negligible compared to the fact that you're getting 2GB more RAM to work with: http://is.gd/2lvzQ
- ronin
I decided to go with Crucial memory - Thanks for all the help!
- Johnny
Just installed my new memory, Thank again! :)
- Johnny
The eight-part series was conceived by Bruce McCulloch and co-written by McCulloch and fellow Kids Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Directed by Kelly Makin, who helmed the original "Kids in the Hall" series and movie, "Brain Candy," the series is about what happens in a small town when all its most distinguished citizens are murdered. A suspect is arrested, there's a trial and many dark secrets are revealed along the way.
- veo
Twitterbugg: Backgrounds for your Twitter.. and they are pretty good | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News - http://startupmeme.com/twitter...
This is my first mac; almost two years old now. But when I get a new one next year, the essential ones will be: Quicksilver, Adium, Skitch, Aperture, iWork, Things, Evernote, Photoshop. Prolly Twitterific too, if it is still as good then.
- Parth Awasthi
What I run on a regular basis: Launchbar, Adium, Aperture, Evernote, Yojimbo, BBEdit, TweetDeck, Firefox, Photoshop.
- ronin
Every week when I get a new Mac (I wish) it's Adium, Quicksilver, Growl, Fluidapp and Mailplane first.
- Peter van Teeseling
Shimo (I guess that also means a Cisco VPN client), Office 2008 (but I've only had one new Mac) [edit: Remote Desktop Client, Firefox, Citrix]
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
TextWranger, Adium, 1Password, CS4 and Final Cut Pro
- dthree
Tweetdeck, Adium, Skype, Firefox, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop.
- Garin Kilpatrick
adium, perian, growl, netbeans, smultron, cyberduck
- Osman Üngür
Scott - last time it was CS3 with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver
- Robert DeBord
Quicksilver, TextMate, DefaultFolder X, TextExpander, Developer Tools (incl. XCode), iWork, MacPorts and then LaTeX, Hazel, Adium, BibDesk, Carbon Copy Cloner, Colloquy, Gimp, ImageJ, iPhotoLibraryManager, MainActOn, MailTags, Matlab, OmniALL, Snapz Pro X, SpiritedAway, Transmit
- Jason Miller
This thread is great for the sole reason that I've asked myself, "ooh, whats that?" about a dozen times already. Ooh, and I'll toss in AppFresh as the first thing I put on.
- Mark Howell
Arvin: yes I believe so... from gdgt.com "11:26AM - TomTom car-kit accessory: windshield mount (in portrait or laptop), dock + power, louspeaker, GPS enhancer, handsfree calling, and audio output. Looks nice!"
- Frankie Warren
Bit of a hoax.. Your provider has to allow this. Still, pretty cool. Is Australia the only country where unlocked 3G's are being sold by apple?
- Brad McCrorey
Australian carriers just unlock it when you ask them and request you restore your phone to take advantage of the unlock.
- Andrew Trinh
Yeah, or you can just buy an unlocked iPhone from Apple AU
- Brad McCrorey
After 500 years, the patter of tiny paws: Beavers start to breed again after being hunted to extinction in Britain - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
"Taking a swimming lesson in the tranquil water of the lake and then pulling themselves up to snack on tasty willow shoots, these shy creatures do not realise they are making history. But these exclusive photographs are the proof that beavers are breeding again in Britain for the first time in 500 years. The babies - known as kits or yearlings - are part of a programme to reintroduce the animals into the wild after they were hunted to extinction in England by the 12th century and Scotland by the 16th for their pelts and meat."
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from Bookmarklet
A breeding pair of beavers showed up in Martinez, CA and they've been quite the celebrities because beavers are NOT common 'round these parts, either.
- Spidra Webster
I confess, I didn't really read this before like-ing. I just saw the words "beavers" and "breed". /shrug
- Brad McCrorey
How To Create Your Own Website Design Using Gimp | Gimp-tutorials.net - Gimp , tutorials , brushes , downloads, forum. - http://gimp-tutorials.net/website...