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Warner Crocker posted an entry on Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2

Dear Barack and John

June 30 at 7:20 pm - Link

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Bats: Did an Umpire Cross the Line at Shea?

June 27 at 12:41 pm - Link

The umpire in question has since apologized. He was definitely wrong. - adventureran

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Post to your blog using email « WordPress Codex

June 26 at 2:03 pm - Link

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Ballbug

June 26 at 12:40 pm - Link

baseball meme - adventureran

AnswerFeed: Ben Parr posted a message

“I'll start this off - I'm looking to switch to a smartphone next month. Should I grab an iPhone 2.0 or a Blackberry? (and please also tell me why I should buy it)”

June 22 at 9:02 pm - Link

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I hate Blackberry's because they are inflexible and I dislike the navigation very much. I have never had an iPhone, but I would assume the user experience is much better and you can probably do more cool stuff with it. - Rahsheen Porter

Ben, to get a true answer you need to tell us what you plan to do with your phone, for example if music is more important, go with the iPhone. If email trumps all, go with the BB. Another important factor is what service are you on or has great coverage in your area. - Globecode

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Reading news via Google Reader's real important to me with what I get next. Emails and texts are pretty damn important, as is Internet speeds and functionality. I'm looking for something that's going to allow me to get actual work accomplished during commutes. - Ben Parr

For me, the deciding factor in favor of the iPhone is the development platform. Apple is making third party development so easy and convenient (at least as soon as they open up their beta program for everyone) that I expect tons of high quality software for the iPhone. Admittedly, I don't know much about the state of the third party software market for the Blackberry but I can't imagine it will be able to keep up with the iPhone. - Ole Begemann

If you want to get work done, and if that includes writing, you need something with an actual keyboard. I am unable to type with any reasonable speed on the iPhone, so I would rather go for a Blackberry or a WM smartphone with a pull-out keyboard. Probably the latter, because of the keyboard/device size quota. - w0nk0

Your mileage may vary on that. I always had difficulty with the Cingular 8525's (HTC Wizard, I think) slide-out keyboard but I can type like a madman on the iPhone's keyboard. Best bet is to just head into an Apple store and give the keyboard a whirl. - Akiva Moskovitz

If typing is important to you, get your hands on both and try them out. Some people absolutely have to have physical buttons (even if they're minuscule) in order to feel comfortable typing while others don't really care. The iPhone still gives you the best browsing experience out there if that's important (and it should be ;-). Until BB comes out with their iPhone look-alike, you're also getting pretty much half the screen-size compared to an iPhone. - saeba

The one real drawback to my iPhone is the lack of keyboard - even via bluetooth. Based on your goals, though, internet usage (including wi-fi) and even email I like better on the iPhone. However, if you need to carry docs, tasks or edit anything, a WM smartphone is a better option. The upcoming 2.0 software and accompanying apps hold a lot of promise for the iPhone. - adventureran

Saeba brings up a great point on screen size. Physical keyboard seems to be another big issue. As for Google Reader, if you have to use Google Reader, a bigger screen is probably going to be better. If you don't mind using a 3rd party RSS reader, then you may be able to get away a smaller screen. I agree on testing out the iPhone's keyboard because you will find out in a few minutes if it will work for you regarding work accomplished. - Globecode

Re "if email trumps all" - unless you have Enterprise support then most providers' BIS is a paltry few megs of storage. And when a BB goes wrong it goes badly wrong and it is not usually something you can fix yourself. Go with the iPhone with proper IMAP email service, or your company's Exchange Server. Once you get used to the soft keyboard you can rock out a reasonable email although you won't be writing novels. It might be a cliché but the iPhone knocks socks off Windows, Symbian, and Palm in usability. - John Samuelson

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Martha Stewart denied visa to travel to Britain

June 20 at 1:37 pm - Link

Bloody hell! Take her, please. - adventureran

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McClellan to Testify Before House in CIA Leak Investigation

June 20 at 4:32 am - Link

I don't see the big deal. They're politicians. Of course they lie. - adventureran

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FOX411: Christie Brinkley Fights Back

June 20 at 4:32 am - Link

Are we seeing a pattern here? Joel, Cook ... Billy's sitting back with his 20-something wife saying, "see. I told ya." - adventureran

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How to cut a toddler’s hair in 25 easy steps

June 19 at 7:38 pm - Link

Don't try this at home. Thanks @mollywood - adventureran

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Sports of The Times: Celtics Show That Bryant Is No Jordan

June 18 at 11:15 am - Link

I don't think we needed the Celtics for that. - adventureran

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Mets fire manager Randolph

June 17 at 5:05 am - Link

This always shocks me. How do you fire a guy with an overall winning record and so much of the season yet to play? If you're going to fire someone because of their mouth, how does Ozzie Guillen still have a job? - adventureran

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Bush, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad least trusted leaders

June 16 at 2:11 pm - Link

No shock here. - adventureran

Don Reisinger posted a message on Twitter

“OK, I'll leave it up to you: Would you rather read about Macs, Blu-ray or Playstation?”

June 16 at 8:02 am - Link

Of the three ... PS. - adventureran

l0ckergn0me posted an entry on Chris Pirillo

Palm vs iPhone

June 15 at 7:32 pm - Link

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Is ANYBODY out there still using Palm devices?! - l0ckergn0me

Unfortunately, yes. 700P with Sprint. I want to upgrade. - elroy via twhirl

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I think the last Palm I had was a Clie. - l0ckergn0me

I had the Handspring Visor with VisorPhone, then went to Treo 180g, and finally, to BlackBerry. Still no iPhone. - Louis Gray

The Centro is actually a pretty decent smartphone - nice form factor, great price. - Leo Laporte

Last Palm device I had was the Treo 600 - Bwana McCall

755p right here. I'll still take it over Windows Mobile anyday, but the iPhone is calling to me - Roger Benningfield

Yes, I'm a lifelong (US Robotics Pilot to PalmPilot to Palm (last one was a T|X) to now the Treo 700P) Pam user. Really dig my Treo. Thinking about a BlackBerry when my Verizon 'new every two' is up, but I have too many programs to part with. - David Price

Palm TX user - loren Feldman

Best Palm device I ever had was the Clie NR70 (http://www.mobiletechreview.co...) ... Got it at the end of my freshmen year in high school... way ahead of it's time... Unfortunately... Sony decided that their awesome devices were too cool or something... so they discontinued the Clie line... - Ross Miller

I have a red Centro (from Sprint) and I like it a lot. - Shannon Jiménez

Loved the Clie - definitely a great Palm-based device, and I think I had them all. - Leo Laporte via twhirl

I would take the iPhone any day over Palm. Regardless of document editing. - Chris Rodgers via fftogo

its not even a contest. Palm was innovative 6 years ago. That interface is stagnant now. - Joe Mac Stevens

I still have a 700p with Verizon and a Lifedrive. Dreaming of an iPhone to dump one of them. - Raymond Phillips

Palm was great. Emphasis on was. It's still better than WinMo when considering general usability. But, Apple came along and changed the landscape and I think both Palm and Microsoft were caught off guard. It will be interesting to see how they respond once better understand what Apple has done (if they ever understand, that is). - Ben Vaughan via twhirl

I have a Treo 600 that I can't wait to get rid of. Problem is, it seems that where I'm going Verizon reigns supreme and everything else is a mistake. If it wasn't that way, I'd already have an iPhone. - Robert Konigsberg

I never got my loyalty card after 3 palm devices so I've switched to a windows mobile device which was worse. Now on a Symbian. - Carolyn

Like David, been using Palm since the original Pilot, now on a Treo 700p with Sprint. Have many 3rd party programs that I depend on. I use and like it a lot but the regular crashes annoy me. May move to either a Blackberry or iPhone when my 2yr is up. - Larry Huffman

I just shelved a Palm Tungsten because I got my Blackjack II. However, I have to admit, the calendar and contact functions in the Tungsten were quite robust. I miss them. And I've used both Palm and Windows Mobile (remember CE?) for many years. The Tungsten stares out at me from time to time when I open the desk drawer. It may convince me to give it a revisit and simply answer my phone and check email on the Blackjack. iPhone? Meh. If I want an iTouch, I'll get one of those. - Rich Palmer

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Google Docs Adds PDF Uploads and Previews

June 13 at 7:54 pm - Link

Tested and it works! Another fine addition. - adventureran

dannysullivan posted a message on Twitter

“if you search for google logo today, well, the images might surprise you http://tinyurl.com/5o4pwq”

June 12 at 7:01 am - Link

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Looks like it's already been removed, LOL. - Joel Gray

Funny... - Daniel Schildt

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Thems some big O's - Andy Roth

I can still see it... albeit in third position. - Philipp Lenssen

Holy crap, that's hilarious. - Steven M. Cohen via twhirl

It hasn't been removed, lol. - Aaron Myers

as of 9:37A CST it is still listed on first page of results - tsudohnimh via twhirl

psst...please say something like might not be SFW - Judith S.

<-- thankful that no one at his work has a cow about what pops up on his monitor - Adam Lasnik

ha. especially when someone across the aisle might be *responsible* for what pops up on his monitor... :) - Erik Dafforn

so funny...nice find - Corey Hammond

Jonathan Coulton posted a message on Twitter

“Yes, that was me playing guitar on The Daily Show last night with Hodgman. The shirt was borrowed, the beard was mine.”

June 12 at 6:49 am - Link

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Shoot... now I have to look for this on YouTube.... - Mike Wills

It was great! Nice to know the shirt was borrowed. LOL - adventureran

You can view it on Hulu. - adventureran

view it here http://www.thedailyshow.com/vi... very nice :) - mike "glemak" dunn

almost thought it was too shaggy to be you. - Perry Gerakines

Funny when I see Hodgman on Apple poster at local computer mall-reminds me how flat earth is becoming. - Mark Forman

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 to be released June 17

June 11 at 8:24 pm - Link

Hopefully the extensions I use will follow shortly after. - adventureran

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World’s most powerful celebrities

June 11 at 5:41 pm - Link

No kidding. Ask Obama. - adventureran

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Canned Bacon

June 11 at 8:30 am - Link

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Jess, you scare me with your bacon obsession - minus3

Everybody who does _not_ have a bacon obsession scares me. :-) - Louis Gray

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Have you tried it? - ⓞnor

saw a good Bacon Vodka recipe a few months ago - Jeff Quinton

Bacon chocolate is the way to go. - Steve Lynch via Alert Thingy

Hell, I keep kosher and I'm STILL obsessed with bacon. - Akiva Moskovitz

wow, this would go really well with some bacon salt: http://www.baconsalt.com/ - Adam

Hi, My name is Geoff, and...I have a bacon obsession. HI Geoff! - Geoff Schultz

I have all three varieties of bacon salt, and am a proud member of the Bacon of the Month club. http://www.gratefulpalate.com/... - Louis Gray

Who doesn't love a good BLT, or bacon on a burger or wrapped around a scallop? MMMMMmmmmmmM! - Scott Cropper

hmmmm bacon - Britney Mason

It's not just bacon - it's post apocalyptic bacon! It's nice to know our bacon needs will still be met in a nuclear wasteland :) - Jennifer Dittrich

I recently got my friend the bacon wallet (http://is.gd/vdY) for his bday, I wanted to get him the bacon tux (http://is.gd/vdZ) but my wife put her foot down. :) Who doesn't want a bacon tux?? - felix

If you guys love bacon, check this out..They say it makes EVERYTHING taste like real bacon... www.baconsalt.com - Anthony

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Kucinich Forces Vote On Bush's Impeachment

June 11 at 3:18 am - Link

What does it say about us that the last two presidents (that's 16 years of US history) have had the word "impeachment" attached to them? - adventureran

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Bush expresses regrets about divisions over Iraq

June 11 at 3:18 am - Link

"I'm sorry y'all don't agree with me. But Dickie and I ignore you just like we ignore our own citizens." - adventureran

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Top time-sucking airports

June 11 at 3:18 am - Link

Retitled: Airports to avoid - adventureran

Charlie Anzman had a new status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“It ws so hot here today I almost Plurked http://www.plurk.com/user/char...”

June 10 at 7:40 pm - Link

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Cyndy - You are 3 Karma things from the A list - Charlie Anzman

Say WHAT? - Cyndy

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Almost. - Dan Covington

Lured me over there. Heathen. Blech. Sent an invite to the husband just to torment him. Shouting will commence from living room in 5... 4... 3... 2... - Cyndy

Gotchya .. he - Charlie Anzman

that means you were getting dillusional huh Charlie... be careful... have some iced tea...relax - Susan Beebe

48 hours to join my Friendfeed room and then it goes private (and /or you have to beg) http://friendfeed.com/rooms/an.... - Charlie Anzman

Plurk...that sound a cat makes as it's working up a hairball - Dan Covington

I think you lose karma for stuff like that, Charlie... and I'm talking REAL karma, not plurking plurk karma. - Cyndy

Cyndy is NOT in the Plurk 100 - Hawk and Bwana are! http://kot.ereality.org/plurk/ - Charlie Anzman

AWESOME! Continuing my life's goal of never making a leaderboard anywhere except Steven Hodson's comments. - Cyndy

Cyndy, you're #4 for me. http://louisgray.disqus.com/ - Louis Gray

I've commented on your blog that many times? Seems like only yesterday I wasn't even subscribed. ;) - Cyndy

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Virtually waterless washing machine edges closer to production

June 10 at 7:49 pm - Link

Okay, but what cleans the plastic chips that cleans the clothes? - adventureran

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Last.fm Re-design: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

June 10 at 7:36 pm - Link

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Completely agree with this. I like the current design much more than the new one. - adventureran

Amanda posted a message on Twitter

“Today was lost in a haze of work.”

June 10 at 7:01 pm - Link

I empathize. I had 3 weeks of those and finally had today to just enjoy. The haze will lift. - adventureran

Akiva Moskovitz posted a message

“Going off of Louis Grays' 'Best concerts ever attended', I offer now the bands I'd love to see: Neutral Milk Hotel, Einsturzende Neubauten (circa Tabula Rasa), Current 93, Underworld, The Orb, Johnny Cash, Stereolab, The Fall, Ruins, The Pogues, Sebadoh, Tom Waits, Benga, Beirut, Gogol Bordello...”

June 10 at 7:13 pm - Link

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I agree on StereoLab. I had the chance and missed it. Added to your list would be Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren and Blonde Redhead. - Louis Gray

BTW, I tried to keep it to bands I could have realistically seen. Otherwise, I could easily have said Mozart or Robert Johnson. I also just thought about Pan Sonic and Merzbow (if he was doing analog and live noise; no laptops). - Akiva Moskovitz

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It's been so long since I've been to a non-school or symphonic concert I can't remember. But I'm hoping to get to see Jonathan Coulton when he hits Cleveland in July. - adventureran

so, Akiva, now that I've subscribed to you, you don't have a last.fm profile? - Trent Olson

last.fm? Never heard of it. BWAHAHAHA. No. [head hangs in shame] I'm incredibly album-oriented. The only time I listen to music piecemeal is when I listen to KEXP. - Akiva Moskovitz

ok, get on it then. I need people like you on there so that music discovery will work better for me... - Trent Olson

Last.fm for me: http://www.last.fm/user/louism... - Louis Gray

Okay, okay, I signed up: http://www.last.fm/user/moskov... - Akiva Moskovitz

ok, added, Akiva. Now get scrobbling... - Trent Olson

just thought of one more concert I had been at: apparently Tortoise & The Sea and Cake played a set as "Sea Tortoise" in Japan...would have been great to see. - Trent Olson

Scrobble, Akiva. Scrobble like you've never Scrobbled before. - edythe

There are bands I have seen that I would also like to have seen in a different time period. R.E.M., for instance. - edythe

@edythe: yes, absolutely (I only saw them for the Monster tour. Was more interested in Sonic Youth opening at the time though). for me, i would have loved to see U2 in the eighties, preferably pre-1986. - Trent Olson

Stereolab is a fun live show. I remember being startled when Laetitia Sadler sang the pretty intro to "Baby Lulu," then walked across the stage and picked up a freaking TROMBONE and played it. - Karim

@Karim: absolutely...i've never been to a bad stereolab show...they are fantastic live... - Trent Olson

@Trent O: Saw U2's Blood Red Sky tour! my first concert. :) - edythe

Julian Baldwin posted a message

“I signed up for a Plurk account I don't use. ”

June 10 at 2:07 pm - Link

me too, what's worse is I knew I would never use it - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I even imported my Twitter and it is extremely quiet - adventureran via fftogo

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Google Docs to Add PDF Storage

June 10 at 11:03 am - Link

Good news here. Been waiting for this one. - adventureran