Ben Wern - Comments

Jason

The ghosts must've escaped! Had to evac Haunted Mansion mid-ride... Funny to see on-stage used as a warehouse when all the lights are on.

November 7 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Looks like you guys had fun. - Ben Wern

Ben Wern

I have 5 Google wave "nominations" for the first 5 people to respond to this.

October 30 - Comment - Like - Share

Wow - sent this on twitter and got about 20 responses in the first minute or so. Zero on Friendfeed. - Ben Wern

Ben Wern

Thought we'd be heading to China near Thanksgiving. Going first week in October. Only off by 2 months.. Panic!

September 16 - Comment - Like - Share

Remind me, it's been a while since we've spoke -- what's going on over there again? - Jon Butler

Adopting Austin (aka #2) - Ben Wern

Jon Butler

Has anyone had experience with Evernote? Trying to get organized ...

August 26 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Yes; used evernote and onenote extensively. - Ben Wern

Right now, I am mostly using Onenote due to tie-ins to sharepoint, etc at work. Like Evernote a lot though. - Ben Wern

Lindsay is in 20-ten to Lindsay's feed, Evernote Addicts

Help! I need some freeware that will let me use my NeatReceipts scanner and just scan straight to a file. The NeatReceipts software is TOO SLOW and I don't want to use it's database, just want to scan stuff to pdf or image so I can stick stuff in Evernote. Anyone know of something simple and fast I can use??

August 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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Which OS? - Brett Kelly from iPhone

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Windows XP - this is on my new netbook. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

DO ANYBODY NO? - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Sorry. Only tried NeatReceipts for about a day -- sent it back and switched to a Fujitsu S510. - Ben Wern

Does the built in Windows Scanner software not recognize it? You could try to use that. I’m not familiar with the device, but I use the Visioneer Road Warrior. Jeff - Jeff Cox from email

Can't you just scan as pdf, then drop the digital copy to evernote? - jcunwired

I think I figured it out... using this software: http://icopy.sourceforge.net/ and then "printing" it to PDF with http://primopdf.com - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Ben Wern

It's nice to see Google offering priority Google Voice invites to (US) military.

August 4 - Comment - Like - Share

Jon Butler liked this

Saw that too -- that's fantastic. - Jon Butler

Not that it gets me anything (not military and already have Google Voice), but still.. - Ben Wern

Lindsay is in 20-ten

"Take the sh out of IT" - LOL! I love this slogan on an ad I just saw for Splunk (http://www.splunk.com/downloa...)

August 3 - Comment - Like - Share

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A great tag and a great product. - Ben Wern

Keith Barrett

Just got my invite for GoogleVoice

June 26 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

It's been great for me (using is since Grandcentral) - looking forward to better call origination at some point from my mobile. - Ben Wern

Tamar Weinberg

score! after 2 yrs of listing the same little exercise toy product again & again on craigslist, it's GONE! someone finally didn't flake out!

June 24 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Why not ebay? - Mo Kargas

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I didn't want to ship it. It was kind of heavy. I wanted local pickup, though I normally do use eBay. - Tamar Weinberg

I've had some limited success on Bonanzle for local pickup as well. - Ben Wern

I would like to say that I've never heard of that service but am willing to try it :) Thanks Ben. - Tamar Weinberg

Keith Barrett

Dear Google, my eyes want to know when will the Android Gmail app support setting bigger fonts?

June 17 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

How are you liking the Android? I'm waiting (very, very impatiently) for Sprint to carry one... - Ben Wern

I like it fine. You know you can purchase it unlocked at Wal*Mart. - Keith Barrett

True, but won't work with Sprint where my current plan lock-in is. Very tempted, but hoping against hope Sprint will release it as a dual GSM/CMDA "worldphone" config. - Ben Wern

peter royal

For example, the research of Hart & Risley has shown that over half of the variance in a child’s vocabulary at age 3 can be attributed to the ways in which a parent talks to their child, and the way parents talk to their children varies dramatically depending on socioeconomic status. Specifically, they estimate that by age 4 the children of... - http://osi.tumblr.com/post...

June 7 from Tumblr - Comment - Like - Share

Seems like they are inflating their own numbers by repeating themselves two or three times in the same paragraph. :) - Ben Wern from fftogo

Guy Kawasaki

My review of the Sprint MiFi card. http://adjix.com/ejp6 Pls mark "found useful" if you did.

June 2 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Found useful & marked; aren't you going to burn through 5G pretty fast with all 4 macs, iphone, and the touch going at once? - Ben Wern

Keith Barrett

More sadness; Puck's also changed what use to be the best Mac & Cheese on the planet. I'l have to see what the Market Place one has

June 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Damn. - Ben Wern

Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Funny Pics and Videos, Funny Funny, Fun Stuff

That ship looks a little too close to shore! - http://bi.gazeta.pl/im...

May 27 - Comment - Like - Share

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If that isn't 'chopped than they beached that there ship. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Beached in 2007, according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Ben Wern

Hmnn. So whom in Newcastle remembers..."Blame it on the Pasha Bulker"? - Mathew A. Koeneker

Jon Butler

I'm amazed that there are 15 people this call, and none of them understand how the process works.

May 20 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

That's nothing - you can easily have 50+ people on a call and have no one understand anything at all. That's amusement! - Ben Wern

Ben Wern

Easy thing that could make healthcare a little better? Don't make me sit here while you take 4 drug reps back.

May 12 - Comment - Like - Share

Why is the patients time (with an appointment, mind you) worth less? - Ben Wern

Lindsay is in 20-ten

Well, this sucks. Met Tad for dinner tonight while Avynn is being tutored and since we are in separate cars he told me to go on home... get here and remember that I gave Avynn my house key this morning since he lost his somewhere in the house. :(

May 11 - Comment - Like - Share

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so I am locked out of my own house...no point in driving back over there since they'd be on their way back before I got there. So sittting in my dark back yard and waiting. :S - Lindsay is in 20-ten

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Oh no! How long until Tad gets home? - Rochelle

no hide-a-key? - mjc

:( Did Tad go to pick up Avynn? - Derrick

@MJC no, unfortunately... gave Avynn the spare and haven't replaced it... @Derrick Tad is still over at the bookstore where Avynn meets with the tutor. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

@Rochelle well hopefully I won't be stuck more than 45 min or so... the hard part is that Nature is calling! - Lindsay is in 20-ten

At least it is only 98 degrees out here. *pant* - Lindsay is in 20-ten

drop by your neighbors - mjc

I've been thinking about getting a biometric lock for this very reason... something like http://www.amazon.com/Kwikset... - Ben Wern

DOH! - BEX

@MJC we have no neighbors for all three of the closest houses to us and I don't know anyone else in the neighborhood... Not quite extroverted enough to come barging in on a stranger's evening otherwise. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

@Ben, I have been talking to Tad about a biometric lock or a numberpad one for a while but he is convinced that our stupid screen door (which would interefere with getting a single lock) offers too much security to get rid of... I think I am going to press the issue now. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Wish I could at least turn on our back porch light. It is annoying being in the dark. Thank Eris for my cellphone to keep me company and offer some light. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Your chances might be better between the mother's day residual niceness and post stuck-in-the-heat sympathy.. - Ben Wern

Yay! Tad called to say they are on their way... I am so not an outdoor person... all these little noises are driving me nuts since I can't see anything. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Sorry to hear that happened to you. I'm glad it won't be long for you now. Liked for thanking Eris. :) - Tony, Paradox of FF

Just in case anyone was wondering I did make it safely back inside!! - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Lindsay, I don't have first hand experience with the biometric-based locks, so I can't speak to that. But I just installed (http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... ) one of these http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999... which I highly recommend. I replaced another model/brand (http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999... ) which hasn't... more... - Micah Wittman

aww, poor lindsay. glad you are back inside now! :) - edythe

Keith Barrett

Calling Mon to purchase DSL at least as backup for the downtime my cable broadband has been experiencing. I've lost days of productivity

April 26 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Keith, I get that every 1.5 years on Brighthouse. I call, they come out and assure me nothing is wrong and it's all in my head. I show them disconnects/speed drops, they replace the modem, re-run cable back to the pedestal, reground things, etc and it works again. They insist none of the things they did fixed it, but it works again. For a year or so. Where's my FIOS? - Ben Wern

Emilio

Inbox zero is so hard... down to 70 from 340...

April 22 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

No lie; and if you ever go on vacation or get sick --- you get to start again! - Ben Wern

Christine Lu

it looks like Jackie Chan will be spending less time hanging out in HK and Taiwan after this one. http://www.newstribune.com/article... #fb

April 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Yeah, I had to read that twice. - Ben Wern

Felicia

Trying to figure out the most economical way to make calls from England. Skype App? Buy a data package through phone co?

April 18 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

free international calls http://www.talkster.com/ - Kevin Wells

Skype / VOIP would probably win on cheapest. If you have an unlocked phone, maxroam has worked well for me. - Ben Wern

Amber Mac

En route to the home of the world's most famous mouse!

April 15 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

The Logitech MX500 Laser Mouse? - Ghworg

That mouse's home is not in Orlando, its in the hearts of all the little boys and girls in the world.... or no wait your right. - Michael King

Enjoy; it's crowded out there! - Ben Wern

Emilio

I have started to use DimDim for scheduling video conferences... it works pretty good!

April 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Agreed - I've only had a few issues with it fighting with firewalls -- otherwise, it's been very good. - Ben Wern

peter royal

watching my apt being packed!

March 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Good luck with the move! - Ben Wern

Bwana ☠

Looks like I got to wait a bit longer for Google Voice http://img.skitch.com/2009031...

March 12 from Ping.fm - Comment - Like - Share

Me too, Bwana :( - Mona Nomura

Mine rolled about an hour ago. I wonder if hitting refresh every 10 seconds helped or hurt... - Ben Wern from fftogo

Ben Wern

Any thoughts on my next purchase for personal phone? Blackberry for work, Windows Mobile for personal right now. Perhaps an Android?

February 17 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Did you buy a phone yet? I say wait! - Mona Nomura

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Why not an Android or a Symbian-based phone? - Thierry R. Andriamirado

No, didn't do it yet - still a month or so from the end of my contract, and probably won't buy right away so definitely still in wait mode, but looking about. Digging the Android, and the Pre though.. Decisions, decisions. - Ben Wern

Thierry, it's all on the table as far as I'm concerned -- though I'm not entirely sold on the Symbian these days. - Ben Wern

Mona Nomura

"Google upgrades Grand Central, launches Google Voice" via ZDNet - EXCITED. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL...

March 11 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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FINALLY. Good lord, it feels like I've been waiting for this for years somehow.... - Ben Wern

Make that two, Ben!! - Mona Nomura

peter royal

this is fucking awesome. Kutiman - 01 - Mother of All Funk Chords (via downwithutube) - http://osi.tumblr.com/post...

March 6 from Tumblr - Comment - Like - Share

I concur with your assessment. - Ben Wern

peter royal

really enjoying the nytimes article skimmer ... http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst...

February 22 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Yeah, that is a pretty nice interface, isn't it? - Ben Wern

Jeremy Zawodny

why is the no Perl module on CPAN for AMQP? Do Perl folks just not do messaging?

February 5, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Sean Scanlon and Ben Wern liked this

Been wondering the exact same thing. - Ben Wern

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