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Leo Laporte posted a message on Twitter

“Having Bob Llewellyn in studio today was a special treat, though. He was a great guy and very interesting. Can't wait to see Red Dwarf!”

Wednesday at 10:53 pm - Link

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I thought I just read Doug Llewellyn (from the People's Court) - Thomas Raymond Tibbitts

When is the movie slated to come out? I loved the series. - Sam Ee

I am a huge Red Dwarf Fan, I loved the show!! - Ernie Foss

KyleM posted a message on Twitter

“Sad to watch the exact moment that a great show jumped the shark.”

yesterday at 12:15 am - Link

Baywatch? - MG Siegler

Airwolf - Matt Musgrave

Happy Days? - Nikhil Dandekar

It's funny that Seinfeld waited until the last show to jump the shark. - Chris White

MG Siegler posted a link

Mozilla Labs’ Aza Raskin talks about the big picture for Ubiquity » VentureBeat

Wednesday at 5:30 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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i liked partially because, um, he is cute. - edythe

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The Mac at 25: Andy Hertzfeld Looks Back - O'Reilly News

Wednesday at 3:22 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"This is James Turner for O'Reilly News. I'm speaking today with Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original designers of the Macintosh and author of the book, Revolution in the Valley, which chronicles the efforts to create the Mac; he currently works at Google as a Software Engineer." - Chris White via Bookmarklet

Matthew Maroon posted an entry on Matt's Homepage

Mud Slinging and Lolcats

August 22 at 10:21 pm - Link

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Chris White posted a message

“Only communicating to my wife with Mac text-to-speech now”

Wednesday at 8:43 am - Link

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which voice are you using for her speech? - Jon Price

Mostly Victoria. It seems to annoy her the most. - Chris White

btw nice to see the whole MacInTalk gang still kicking around in Leopard. yes, even you Albert. sorry to hear you still have a frog in your throat after all these years. - Jon Price

Fred Wilson posted a message on Twitter

“@garyvee I'm with you. Jets will win 10 games this year if Favre is healthy. J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets”

Tuesday at 7:39 pm - Link

Chris White liked this

hahahahahaha.... no. - Jason Carreira

bret favre, retires again midseason. finally. - gregory lent

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Image:TheWave GB.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wednesday at 3:17 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P... - bob via Bookmarklet

darren posted a message

“Anyone else think it's a coincidence that gas prices are falling during the Democratic Convention? Rising gas prices would give them way too much fodder against the current administration....”

Wednesday at 8:14 am - Link

No, the republicans would just say it's the democrats fault for not allowing offshore drilling. - Chris White

Good point. Sad, but good point. - darren

Todd posted a message on Twitter

“I don't get why developer geeks like OSX. Parents, grandparents, and regular folk, hell yes...but those in the know?”

Wednesday at 7:01 am - Link

It's the best of both worlds: great user interface and design, with unix underneath. - Chris White

Shey posted a message on Twitter

“Why are people with the flashiest cars the worst drivers? Way to look out for pedestrians douchebag!”

Wednesday at 5:07 am - Link

edythe, Tyler Gillies, Mitchell Tsai, Sally Church and 10 other people liked this

I think a prerequisite to having a flashy car is to drive like an asshat. - Michelle Martinez

Because most of them are men suffering a midlife crisis and driving a penis car? - Patricia(Trish not Patty)

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In order to start a flashy car, you need a cocked hat and a popped collar: two signatures of the modern douche bag. - Mark Trapp

This is also true with people that have extremely large tires. If you need a ladder to get into your truck, you are an asshat. Calling him a douchebag would give that person too much credit. - Michelle Martinez

I've seen the same in proud drivers too - driving way to fast for conditions and cutting everyone off as if their hybrid gives them the right - mike "glemak" dunn

It's actually the car. The car takes control of the driver and turns them into a raging douche. It's not something the car industry likes to talk about, but they did a documentary on it back in 1983. .... Wh- what do you mean "Christine" was fiction? - Nine (9)

lol guess iphone thinks prius = proud (I rest my case) - mike "glemak" dunn

lol@mike - Shey

+1 Trish - Shey

Give these folks a break. It's hard to see pedestrians with your head up your ass. - Jason Kucsma

Guys with vans (trucks in America I expect) are the worst. They're working, running from job to job, and they have to kinda speed around a bit. - john conroy

rofl @jasonK - john conroy

perhaps it's a sense of entitlement that makes them impervious to others? i can't say it's all people though - Cee Bee

Most of the time, they're not just the worst drivers, they're also the worst people. - Iain Baker

I guess no one in this thread drives a flashy car. What do you consider flashy. And why is the word 'ass' being used so much? - Mo Jawhari

I believe it was a BMW Z4. I guess even having the top down wasn't enough to prevent him from trying to run me over - Shey

@johnconroy - we call them panel vans in northeast and you nailed it they are a danger - some of the worst drivers are those who drive for a living - nyc cabbies too for example - mike "glemak" dunn

Because they are new, having just replaced the old one from a wreck. - Louis Gray

flashy cars usually mean a higher level of self-centeredness - it's not in their nature to look out for anything but themselves. - Morgan

You got "it's" license plate number, right? For attempted hit and run? Seriously, in my neck of the woods, people do report stuff like this. Keeps the asshat population from getting higher than it already is. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy via fftogo

Hey Shey, glad you ok man - imabonehead

What's the difference between a Mercedes S Class and a Hedgehog? Answer: with the hedgehog, the pricks are on the outside... - john conroy

I've often thought that there should be a car switching program based on driving ability. So you can simply pull-over the Jaguar and make a 'citizens switch'. So the worst driver's get the Pintos which might inspire them to drive better. (Yes, it's fantasy.) - AJ Kohn

aj: in our household of 4 drivers the fantasy is for car mounted rocket launchers - but that's just us ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

Wow, I just discovered that I'm an asshat, douchebag, having a midlife crisis, am a bad driver, am self-centered, should wear popped collars, have my head up my ass, and are one of the worse people. - Chris White

ahem ... lovely Sellek's character in Magnum P.I. ... - silpol

Or it could be that bad drivers come in all flavors, including 'flashy cars', taxicabs, contractor trucks, bus drivers, soccer mom vans, and old volkswagon jettas, just like asshats come in all sizes, including those who judge others by a material possession. - Chris White

@mike: lol. nice! I've also thought of LED communication on the front and rear. "Thanks for using a turn signal dipwad!" - AJ Kohn

Actually there is some real statistical evidence on this via actuarial tables for car insurance. Granted that's accident potential and not always a proxy for good or bad driving - but it's close. - AJ Kohn

Mo Jawhari, I think flashy in this thread means over $35k usd. I thought it must have been a Lamborghini or a Ferrari when I first read it. I think asshat is being used because they have just discovered the word and are still tickled whenever they use it. - Chris White

I think a $20k Mitsubishi Eclipse can be flashy, too. Is that incorrect? - MiniMage via NoiseRiver

AJ, like when the kids in an old beat up car ran a red light and crashed into my brand new flashy car, spun me around 3 times so that it hit 3 other cars, and totaled it? I suppose that wouldn't make it into the tables, since they didn't have insurance. I would like to see these tables, since my guess is that lots of really bad drivers don't report accidents, and most flashy car insurance claims are for high speed highway accidents (which typically don't have pedestrians). - Chris White

MiniMage, I would have to say, yes, it is incorrect that a Mitsubishi Eclipse is flashy. - Chris White

Hey, I drive like an Asshole but I don't have a flashy car....so get out of the way. (But then again, I live in Boston so you already know to be out of the way.) - Todd

Todd, someone told me in NYC, driver's only look ahead of them, and the only worse drivers are in Boston, where they don't look at all. :) - Chris White

I don't know, I see plenty of AssHat drivers cruising around in beat up Honda Civics or equivalent. - Jeff P. Henderson

bottom line - glad shey is ok :) - mike "glemak" dunn

From my observation, BMW drivers definitely do drive more aggressively and recklessly. I once saw two people get out of their cars shouting, and nearly to blows in a PARKING LOT over a parking space in front of a freaking Togo's and guess what - both had BMWs. - Jason Kaneshiro

I can't stand SUV and Mini-van drivers.. .rrrr - orionstarr

Jesse Stay posted a message

“Just got a Sling Box - absolutely, utterly in love with it!”

Tuesday at 11:23 pm - via twhirl - Link

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Just need an iPhone client now. - Jesse Stay via twhirl

Ashwin Bharambe posted a message on Twitter

“objective c's verbosity is driving me nuts. [a stringByAppendingString: b] for "a" + "b"? WTF!”

Tuesday at 11:30 pm - Link

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WTF Indeed. - Yuvi

I feel your pain. I'm trying to do some stuff on the iPhone, but not familiar with the Apple dev environment. - oregon_tony

yep, it makes iphone dev not fun at all - Dmitry Skavish

Sacca posted a message on Twitter

“I've heard so many arguments about the University of Life. Yet, I think people should just finish their degrees. Learn now. Train later.”

Tuesday at 3:11 pm - Link

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Speaking as someone who jumped head first into the world without first finishing his degree, I completely agree. I eventually finished it, but still wish I had done it first. - Allen Hutchison

Some say you only apply 10% of what you learnt in college in your career. The question I ask is, "which 10%?" :-> - Jeff Sandquist

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This assumes you learn more in school than by working. Some of the smartest people I've known don't have degrees. - Chris White

Done right, I think you can learn a lot about yourself in school. I know there are exceptions in either direction. But generally, I believe a good liberal arts education, which healthy amounts of study abroad, a few opportunities for crappy manual labor or tipping jobs, and volunteer work produce quality people with good self awareness, positive dispositions, and great attitudes about collaborating with others and building things that matter. - Sacca

Don't get me wrong, I think school is great. I especially like that you mentioned a good liberal arts education. I was thinking more along the lines of computer science, and how some particular companies are so focused on academic achievements during hiring that they miss out on people that are scary smart. - Chris White

Left college my junior year to get a job and have not regretted it for one instant. And I learn more about myself every year to this day and going forward, never felt like finding oneself was something limited to college :-) - KC Lemson

trust me, the older you get, the less the degree matters. I finally finished mine, and I've never had a call for it yet - Duncan Riley

Chris White posted a link

Jeff Han: We're Just Scratching the Surface of Multitouch

Tuesday at 2:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The multitouch pioneer and his company, Perceptive Pixel, have devoted the better part of two years to building an entirely new multitouch framework from the ground up. Instead of simply mapping multitouch technology to familiar interfaces and devices, Han's goal is far more sweeping: To use the technology as a foundation for an entirely new operating system." - Chris White via Bookmarklet

Kevin Fox posted a message on Twitter

“Just sold a Nikon lens for $80 more than I paid for it 3 years ago. Apparently the Olympics caused a run on good telephoto lenses. Woot!”

Tuesday at 11:37 am - Link

Alex Williams, Chris White, April Buchheit, Hakan Dahlstrom and 7 other people liked this

Wish I were having that kinda luck trying to sell my stuff! Congrats! - Spidra Webster

I'm still waiting for my fraud payment from Paypal after selling the nikkor 12-24. I'm out one lens at $800 - Dustin

I thought that you weren't allowed to bring in "professional" cameras unless you had a press pass. - Robert Felty

I don't know about that, but from what I heard it was both that amateurs were buying more telephoto lenses for their trip to China, and Nikon diverted more of its resources into churning out the really high-end stuff for the pros going to Beijing, resulting in limited production of consumer lenses made on the same lines for a few months. - Kevin Fox

michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch

Tapulous Cofounder Mike Lee Ejected From Company

Tuesday at 1:12 pm - Link

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Here Comes Kindle 2.0 - BusinessWeek

Tuesday at 11:13 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"I can confirm what McAdams Wright Ragen analyst Tim Bueneman is saying — that Amazon.com plans to unveil a larger-screen model of its Kindle e-book player, aimed at students, in the coming months. And I’m also hearing some details, similar to TechCrunch in July (my apologies to TechCrunch for the use of “Kindle 2.0” in this headline; I somehow missed this post that uses the same phrase while writing this post), about an upgrade of the base model, that I’m told is coming in September (though Wright Ragen thinks it may be in October). My sources say the new version is significantly thinner, has a better screen, is more stylish and includes fixes to some of the user interface annoyances with the first version" - Chris White via Bookmarklet

MG Siegler posted an entry on VentureBeat

Andreessen invests in and agrees to advise Qik

Monday at 9:00 pm - Link

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"Live video streaming from mobile devices is an exciting field in an exciting time." Is this really streaming from mobile devices or to them? - Chris White

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Three Dimensional Images in the Air

August 21 at 11:00 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Jigar Mehta, Cyvros/fyc, Chris White, ***™ and 19 other people liked this

"The device we have developed utilizes the plasma emission phenomenon near the focal point of focused laser light. By controlling the position of the focal point in the direction of the x-, y-, and z-axes, we have succeeded in displaying real 3D-images constructed by dot arrays in air (3D-space). ... The laser light source we used in this work is a high-quality and high–brightness infrared pulsed laser (repetition frequency of pulse: approximately 100 Hz), by which plasma production can be more precisely controlled, enabling brighter and higher contrast image drawing. In addition, the distance between the device and drawing points can be greatly extended (several meters)." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

I'm sure it could be made into a musical instrument as well; with the dots correlated to the note scales,and most certainly with multi-coloured light dots could create some lovely 3D art installations. - Jason Brooks

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I'm really curious how powerful the lasers are. It's a very clever solution, but I wonder if it will also set the ceiling on fire. - Paul Buchheit

Well, given that it turns *air* into *glowing plasma*, I don't think you'd want to run your fingers through that image. - ⓞnor

The future's so bright you gotta wear shades.~@^@~ - Jason Brooks

But only at one point. How tightly can you focus a laser beam? I have a similar idea for building a remote bug zapper -- use a laser range finder to measure the distance to the bug and then set the focus on the beam to concentrate a bright light directly on the insect (and if you miss it disperses again instead of blinding you or setting the house on fire). - Paul Buchheit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Jason Brooks

Jess Lee shared an item on Google Reader

Naomi Yotsumoto is the Asian Anna Kournikova

Monday at 8:37 pm - Link

Chieze Okoye, nouhad, Alex Mendes da Costa, Pokai and 3 other people liked this

That sounds self-contradictory, almost like an Asian Martina Navratalova - j1m

Jess, I have no idea where you find this stuff but it's always so awesome - Charles Hudson

she might have spiced up olympic table tennis a bit... - Mike Massey

Chris White posted a link

Amazon may enter college textbook market with new Kindle

Monday at 8:54 am - Link

"The student textbook market will soon welcome another newcomer to the market in the form of a revamped Amazon Kindle, according to McAdams Wright Ragen analyst Tim Bueneman. If true, it will have to compete with a number of other digital textbook options, but has the potential to win students' affections by changing the textbook market for the better." - Chris White

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Tired Of Your Hormonal Teen? Abandonment Law In Nebraska Fails To Provide Age Limit - DigitalJournal.com: The Power of Citizen Journalism

August 24 at 6:48 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Tired of those hormone-driven teens? A new law in Nebraska intended for "safe-haven" drop-offs may have opened the door for all minors whose parents are simply fed up with parenting. This potentially includes children with disabilities." - Chris White via Bookmarklet

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message on Twitter

“Life tip: when u buy electronics for your folks, you automatically become tech support --for the lifetime of the product”

August 23 at 4:47 pm - Link

Nkululeko Masondo, Matt Craven, Ray Metzen, rafiq and 33 other people liked this

This is so true. - Kyle Lacy

Yep. Very true. Then again, if you become an expert in computers, the same thing pretty much happens. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

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This is why I choose to be an expert in NOTHING. You don't owe anyone.. anything. :) - Kyle Lacy

You don't even have to buy the electronics in question. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

They don't even have to be YOUR folks. I've gotten help requests from people who know my folks. - MiniMage via NoiseRiver

+1 MiniMage - Kyle Lacy

i'm looking to monetize this phenomenon - ishak via twhirl

or the lifetime of your folks, whichever is shorter... - Louis Gray

This was true until Vista. When my father CHOSE to get Vista (he seriously waited to get his laptop until Vista was released), I told him all bets were off. He misses our tech support. - Cyndy

so am I, ishak - Simian DA (Amber)

@Cyndy I got the exact same story with my dad. We all have Macs in the family, but he insisted on buying a Vista laptop. The thing is now sitting in a corner somewhere while he steals my old PowerBook 12. - Rubin Sfadj

that's why I got my mom an iMac. - Anthony Citrano

Two years ago I got tired of being tech support for Windows, so I bought most of the family Macs and other Apple gear. - Chris White

+1 Anthony - Kyle Lacy

"Just buy them a|an [insert Apple product name here]" is becoming increasingly less sound advice. - abacab

It's sound for me because I don't have to deal with Windows - Chris White

http://www.someecards.com/uplo... - Michael J Cohen

@Chris White: It's sad that many now think of Apple as the lesser of two evils instead of a wholly awesome choice that stands on its own merits. "It's not Windows" is certainly an OK justification for purchasing Apple stuff, but "It's _Apple_, a no-brainer buy" is how it used to (and should still) be. - abacab

it's even worse they expect you to help them as well with the nxt products they might wanna have :/ - Jaap Willem

abacab, I think most Apple products are "a wholly awesome choice", although no product line or product is perfect. Buying them all Macs and other Apple stuff makes upgrades easier, and since I don't use Windows much anymore, it's easier on my brain to just concentrate on one system. (I used to spend days trying to clean out viruses and other crap on Windows for them) - Chris White

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USA Basketball Returns to the Top - NYTimes.com

August 24 at 3:23 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"USA Basketball completed its extreme makeover today with a totally new Olympic experience. In defeating Spain, 118-107, for the gold medal, the Americans persevered in their first wire-to-wire competitive game of the 2008 Olympics." - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

some pics from the stadium: http://picasaweb.google.com/ma... - Maneesh Arora

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Brother: Wives handle McCain finances - Kenneth P. Vogel - Politico.com

August 23 at 4:58 pm - via Reshare - Link

It really is a tad unfair that Obama team makes so much of Joe/bama's rags-to-senate life story, but gives short shrift to McCain's rise, first the humble son and grandson of an Admiral, then marrying into ownership of a vast beer empire. - j1m

Funny j1m. But seriously, McCain coming from wealth and power isn't what bothers me about him. It's his stance on Iraq, Iran, and a conservative supreme court, as well how he doesn't always seem that sharp. - Chris White

Ah, I see you possess a lingering interest in the merits of the case. Obama is such a vastly superior candidate, when considered on the merits, that I can't remember the last time I thought about them. To me it's all just comedy. - j1m

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399999999999999 - 399999999999998 = 0

August 23 at 4:26 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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uhhmm... really? - minus3 via Bookmarklet

yep. turns out to be a little known fact of math - ⓞnor

with doubles? - Jim Norris

Works if you increment each down, too. How odd. - Michael Scarpelli

sure, 399999999999998-399999999999997 = 0 http://www.google.com/search?n... - Eugene

Oil Talk: Chris White posted a link

A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading

August 23 at 4:51 pm - via Reshare - Link

Sean McBride and Anthony Citrano liked this

"The CFTC, which learned about the nature of Vitol's activities only after making an unusual request for data from the firm, now reports that financial firms speculating for their clients or for themselves account for about 81 percent of the oil contracts on NYMEX, a far bigger share than had previously been stated by the agency. That figure may rise in coming weeks as the CFTC checks the status of other big traders." - Chris White

But the names of no individuals involved in the trading are mentioned? Why are they being protected? Why the lack of transparency regarding activities which so powerfully affect the entire planet? - Sean McBride

Jason Chen posted a link

A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading

August 23 at 11:57 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The discovery revealed how an individual financial player had gained enormous sway over the oil market without the knowledge of regulators. Other CFTC data showed that a significant amount of trading activity was concentrated in the hands of just a few speculators." - Jason Chen via Bookmarklet