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Just leaving a comment to test a Wordpress plugin. - Dom Barnes
Paul Reynolds
Revision3 > AppJudgment > Episode 17: Android: DoggCatcher - http://revision3.com/appjudg...
Sounds like this pod catcher for Android needs to be hooked up to AmigoFish! - Paul Reynolds from Bookmarklet
There is also Listen, by Google, for podcatching. If you're an Andriod person... - Dom Barnes
uh, yeah. She's got a ticket to block but she don't care. - Dave Slusher
Oh, that's just rebecca coleman. She does that sometimes. - Paul Reynolds
lol - Fee501st
LMAO! - Victor Ganata
Dave Slusher
I'm going to dump Technorati.com as the delegate for my open ID. Does anyone have suggestions for other providers that they use and like?
I've had no problems with http://www.myopenid.com/ - Paul Reynolds
http://openidenabled.com/php-ope... is a easy-to-setup php script to let you do it yourself on your own server, no delegates required. - James (@willia4)
What is the advantage of doing that? I have a fairly restricted set of stuff I can do on my web host and zero desire to maintain this or spend more than 5 minutes setting it up. Is it philosophical or do I gain something tangible for running my own? - Dave Slusher
Myopenid or I use ClaimID.com - Kreg Steppe
Wait...isn't Google an OpenID provider now? - Kreg Steppe
I use myopenid as well...no issues. - Ken Kennedy
i've been using claimid.com - works fine - mike "glemak" dunn
I'll set up myopenid.com and claimid.com tonight. I'd do it right now but I'd rather not do such a thing over grocery store wifi. - Dave Slusher
Wordpress.com provides OpenID, and chances are you have an account there for akismet spam filtering - Dom Barnes
Dom, I did not realize that. If I can use an account I already have, that's better to me than creating a new one. - Dave Slusher
myopenid allows you to cname one of your own domains (myopenid.kurtiss.org in my case). i thought that would be a huge win, because i could swap out providers or host my own, whenever. however, i've noticed most (or maybe all) authenticating parties store the *.myopenid.com address to which my cname resolves. this may actually be necessary to be secure, but i found it unexpected. - Kurtiss Hare
@Kurtiss, I believe Dave uses OpenID delegation like I do, so you already get the ability to use your own domain. You put some bits in your site's header info, and the OpenID provider gets picked up automatically, and you can swap out providers, etc...that's the exact use case for delegation. My openid url is ken.kennedy.myopenid.com, but the URL I actually give everyone is kenzoid.com. It's very handy! - Ken Kennedy
Here's a couple of good overview links on the process: http://www.windley.com/archive... http://intertwingly.net/blog... - Ken Kennedy
Sorry for the posting delay. I got distracted by work. The only real advantage I can think of to hosting everything myself is that I don't ever have to think about it again. I don't have to worry that my provider is going to shut down or get bought by a company that wigs me out or swap in a weird draconian TOS. If I ever switch hosts, I'll have to remember to copy a directory; but since... more... - James (@willia4)
Dave Slusher
maybe I didn't get FriendFeed blocked on my company proxy after all. I accidentally clicked a link and it worked. Must have just been weirdness last week + my guilty conscience.
Lucky you. Its been blocked at work, as has any bit.ly link. It makes goofing off when I have nothing to do very difficult. - Dom Barnes
Scott Paterson
iTunes 9 - Shows podcasts that have been listened to but not finished with half moon icon, nice touch....
You get that on the iPhone and iPod touch too, as well as a note of how many minutes are left. - Dom Barnes
Dom Barnes
82Mb. Got it in about 90 seconds. Installing now - Dom Barnes
Requires 260MB of space roughly - Dom Barnes
Dave Slusher
Join the Subgenius affiliate program: send friends to http://subgenius.com and if they sign up you get 10% off NOT GETTING KILLED BY ALIENS!
Hell I'm down with that. - Dom Barnes
Dom Barnes
"Good food and a nice decor inside, but service is often lazy. They're happy to bring you drinks but trying to get service to pay or get anything after we were given our food was a pain. I've waited…" - Dom Barnes
Mark Povey
Hidden Google Gem: My Tracks - http://www.mattcutts.com/blog...
Looks cool - Dom Barnes
Paul Reynolds
What you PC people are missing out on...
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On the left is Firefox on Windows XP. On the right is Firefox on OS X. Same laptop screen. This is why I feel yucky when I have to work in Windows now. Granted, I don't have ClearType installed on the Windows side. But it doesn't make things THAT much better. IE7 is even worse. - Paul Reynolds
Pay no mind to what that text actually says, I'm still editing it :o) - Paul Reynolds
I thought Firefox did its own text rendering regardless of the OS. Hmm. This clearly shows that I was wrong. - James (@willia4)
Meanwhile, I'm missing out on low priced commodity hardware and a large selection of game titles. (Figured I'd beat any Windows zealots to the punch) - Paul Reynolds
Windows: it's all about minesweeper. You think I'm kidding... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I have noticed things are a lot clearer on my MBP than on my PC. Font and graphics-wise. It's refreshing. - Araceli
Araceli - Yeah. OS X's text rendering is a trillion miles ahead of anything out of Redmond. - James (@willia4)
My fonts are on Vista and they look TONS better than what you are seeing. ClearType DOES make a huge difference to me. I can't use a computer without it. Reminds me too much of 1994. - Robert Scoble
Hell, I'd even take XP in VMWare over an actual PC any day - Dom Barnes
Why is there a fuzz filter on the one to the right? How annoying. :) - Daniel Bruce
Maybe I've been in glasses too long, but the OSX displays always make me feel like my eyes are out of focus... - Alex Conner
ClearType does make a bigger difference than I remember: http://i.friendfeed.com/b53b81b... - Paul Reynolds
wrong use of "you're" in the "If you don't understand these guidelines" paragraph. Should be "your" - Imabug
I have to say I far prefer the non-cleartype one. Is something wrong with me? =p - Daniel Bruce
imo, this discussion is of... dubious value. 1.) most folks would prefer the rendering that they're most familiar with- personally, I prefer the vista/ff rendering, and find the osx rendering artificially bold. 2.) the exact clear type (or osx font rendering) settings is hardware dependant. what looks great on your monitor may end up looking crappy when screenshotted and displayed on my monitor, due to things like pixel ordering, DPI, resolution, screen technology, etc. - Chris Hollander
This, this right here, beautiful text rendering, is the one single reason I'm lusting after OS X. Safari on windows has the OS X style rendering, so it's possible on windows; just that Msoft has adopted clarity over font smoothing. Joel from Fogcreek has a good article detailing how the company philosophy is reflected in the font smoothing choices: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items... - vijay
I went from programming full time (a heavy text reading occupation) exclusively on Windows for 8 years to OS X and it was something to get used to... it seemed blurry. But now Windows feels to aliased and clunky to me. - Paul Reynolds
How does it look on Linux? ;) When I first moved to the Mac, the fonts did feel slightly blurry, but they feel perfect now. Depends on what you've been used to. - Paul Grav
If that's all I'm missing then I'm pretty sure I'll survive. I can adjust my fonts in windows, turn off cleartype or turn it back on, so it'll be ok. - Jason Shultz from twhirl
I love my Mac, but I still have trouble stomaching it's font antialiasing. ClearType++. - Evan Sims
At first I thought the point was showing that based on browser/OS sniffing, the Baker's Dog website WAS charging $4.95 to Windows customers and WAS NOT charging Mac visitors at all! Then I realized the same text flowed differently and was outside the screenshot. Now that would have been a new kind of Windows tax. - Micah Wittman
Hrmm... Micah... the wheels are turning. Maybe a discount if you're using Firefox (read: not IE) to buy your dog treats? :oB - Paul Reynolds
C'mon, XP is a trillion years old. Get Win7 and enjoy it's nice font smoothing. And here's a great article for those who is praising Mac font rendering: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items.... Mac and Win font rendering mechanisms both have advantages, Mac is more print-optimised, while Win is screen-optimised. - Kirill Petrovsky
You only need to activate ClearType and the page looks like it should. And yes, it makes a difference... - Flynn (Michael A. Volz)
so...we're supposed to spend $500 more for a computer that renders texts differently? I think I'll use ClearType or other fonts on Windows and treat myself to another tech gadget. - brainno722 (Peter)
Yes. - Paul Reynolds
Enable cleartype and yes it makes a tonne of difference. - Adi
Leo Laporte
Live now: MacBreak Weekly 153 with the return of Merlin Mann! Andy Ihnatko and Alex Lindsay. http://live.twit.tv.Discuss here...
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Welcome back Merlin!! We missed you!!! - Dasutin
Is Merlin going to be back on semi-regularly? Or is this a one-episode thing? - Brett Kelly
What if Andy's sideburns combined with Merlin's hair and created an uber techy wookie? - Kevin
Good to see Merlin back! - Jason Thompson
Adam's idea about the phone recording even when you're not actually snapping a picture or taking video: a pretty damn reasonable idea. - Brett Kelly
what was the panorama photo app that Alex mentioned earlier? It seems pretty nice. - Hugh Crissman
Autostitch - Leo Laporte
AutoStitch and Pano are the two fave panorama apps - Dom Barnes
autostich is incredible, pano you can only do in-line panorama - alex
Gruber wrote a great post recently about android http://daringfireball.net/2009... - Dom Barnes
that you kindly. Bought it! - Hugh Crissman
i spent 280$ in 2year in iPhone App...and you? App Store Expense Monitor http://wetfish.de/ - alex
Awesome! Welcome back Merlin - Christian Cable from Android
I almost stopped listening to MBW but Merlin's return has changed everything. - Lloyd Doppler
"Catholic experience", it is great to have Merlin back. (me - laughing my ass off.) - Hugh Crissman
I'm still waiting for a non-phone device with Andriod & Tegra in it. - Lare2
Boxee feels a bit too Microsoft-like for a media centre. Plex is so much nicer in UI, design, plugins, etc. - Dom Barnes
love instapaper, now integrated with Google Reader! - chipmason
+1 here in iTaly - alex
Try the feedly integration with Google Reader. - Nils Sandin
Wells Fargo ATMs near Leo http://maps.google.com/maps... - Steve Dickey
Most of the reviews on Roadee say that it isn't quite up to par just yet, but it shows promise. - James Hacker
Man. cheques are almost all obsolete in the UK. Everything is direct debit or debit/credit cards. - Dom Barnes
Attention TWIT sound guy, sounds like Leo and other guy have some clipping on the higher levels somewhere in the audio path. - DANA SMITH
TWiT sound guy? You mean me? - Leo Laporte
stream output level fine but I here clipping like studio mikes too hot on the peak levels into board or into compressor or somewhere else. - DANA SMITH
I agree. Merlin's the best. I get the sense that having a beer and a chat with Merlin would be a great time. - Jeremy Cartee
How Many times can Merlin say "douchie" - jackygreen
Yawn..... Garmin on my Blackberry for two years now, don't get the excitement of GPS app on iPhone - chipmason
Can you keep iPod music playing while using TomTom? - James Hacker
1.21 gigabytes? Great Scott, Leo! - Simon Abrams
#free http://xgps.xwaves.net xGPS is a free project aiming to bring powerful and easy to use navigation software to the iPhone and iPod Touch. xGPS has many powerful features including: turn-by-turn directions, vocal instructions, offline maps support and more - alex
I've got about 1.74GB free, but I do have like 90% of my music library, the last 3 eps of all my podcasts, and a few videos. - Dom Barnes
do you remember www.dash.net ? still waiting for a Gps app ffor iPhone with real time traffic user-generated - alex
The operative word for this podcast is......"MINDBLOWING" - TWITsuperfan
@Alex= "the creeps" ;) - alex
Take a drink every time Merlin Mann says "mindblowing." :/ - TWITsuperfan
is watching leo and mac break,on my "legal" hackintosh" box. :P - pcguru626
hi from georgia my vedio screan justb wnt out but cane back on it looks ok now - daveccorey
ciao a tutti! arrivederci - alex
Leo, the link to the Macbreak Discuss doesn't work for me. It's trying to make Discuss the TLD - David Gallo
Playing "Thunder Road" doesn't help my mood, but it's awesome to hear it :) - Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
leo ,is that how you spell his name? bob dylan? found one from 1967 not sure if thats him... - pcguru626
mindblowing ;-) - Lyudmila
I'm loving the YouTube replay screen. Very moving. - Jason Thompson
Great show Macdaddies, glad to see the Mann is back!!! - Frank Watson
Indeed. I hope Merlin is going to be coming back more often (i.e. full time). - Jason Thompson
Merlin was great, he brings a lot of energy and humor to the show. - Tim Alatorre
hi from georgia - daveccorey
buffering bues - daveccorey
The best part about early Macbreak Weekly's was the chemistry between Merlin and Andy. Glad to see him back. I think Merlin by himself gets a little grating, it's why I never much liked "You Look Nice Today". - Ron
A return to great discussions and ego-less arguments. Much better - Stuart Paul McCann
Regarding the Attention feature in NNW, how is it different from Google Reader trends? Should I be using NNW's Attention rather than GReader's trends? Hopefully no one else covered this in a previous comment. - Sam
Gina
Survey: You're in a strange land & you need Wi-Fi asap. How do you find it? Will round up best tools/tips/apps. Thx in advance!
Fon (fon.com) could be a way to get some (free) wifi... - Holger Eilhard
Use 3g on your phone and tether. (might be a little costly) - Mete Donmez
Find the nearest Starbucks or other coffee shop. - Dom Barnes
Strange land? I'd go be a tourist, try the local beers... the Internet can wait. - DGentry
Find the nearest coffee shop or Kismet & aircrack-ng. - Brian Hubbard
+1 for trying the local beers - Devrim Baris Acar
Dom Barnes
iStudiez Pro helps to get you back on schedule - http://www.tuaw.com/2009...
Its a nice looking app. Would have loved something like this when I was still in school. It would be nice to see some sort of server base where a school to advertise the assignments due. Still, very well designed. - Dom Barnes
Leo Laporte
Live now: Windows Weekly 118 with Paul Thurrott. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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Paul sounds louder than Leo to me. - Charles LePage
I am a total mac fanboy but I love this show, its one of my favorite on the network. - Jordan Patterson
One of my favorites too. Paul should do more podcasts. - Charles LePage
Hello Leo, Paul, great to see you live for the first time - and I just signed up to this friendfeed thing :-) - Kris Chaplin
welcome Kris! We hope you'll enjoy being part of the new Facefeed family. - Leo Laporte
Wow - Thanks Leo :-) - Kris Chaplin
Item 1: Is Microsoft screwed? There's a lot of silliness going around that the era of Microsoft is over I looked into this and contrary to public perception, Microsoft's approach to cloud computing is a winning strategy Open your eyes: We may never have the same single vendor issue in the PC industry, but Microsoft will remain viable if not dominant in the future This was the subject of... more... - Leo Laporte
Never tried these "rooms" before. This is pretty neat. - Daniel Drake
Agreed - would be good to be able to work out how to get the video with this friendfeed in the same browser window. Anyone know if that is possible? - Kris Chaplin
Interesting idea, Kris. it's very possible to have the non live version in here, such as a youtube video. But live? That might require some FF innovation, and now that FF belongs to FB, dunno. - Charles LePage
BTW, stand-alone pop-up - http://friendfeed.com/twit-co... You can get there by clicking on the post timestamp twice. - Ken Sheppardson
I wonder if one of the successes with "TWiT Conversations" is that not everybody is on it, though, as in IRC... - Daniel Drake
perhaps I should move upstairs onto my 2x monitor setup :-) - Kris Chaplin
@Ken - Thanks! I'd been wondering how to pull out single discussions from the main feed! - Angelo Stavrow
Have Leo and Paul discussed the Mac Office announcement today? Bit late tuning in. - Dom Barnes
No. Not that I heard. - Charles LePage
"In a world..." *music* - Daniel Drake
Unless Microsoft come out with a strategy to move Windows from Intel to ARM, or other truely mobile embedded platform, I dont see them being dominant any more as a consumer OS in the next 10 years. Interesting times, I think it is cloud and enterprise focus or bust for Microsoft! - Kris Chaplin
Paul's voice always reminds me of Keith Olberman. - Jim Graham
Is it right that Windows 7 does not come with a email client? That seems ridiculous. How come Paul is up in arms about the EU decision forcing users to download a browser but hasn't criticised MS for stripping out a key aspect of the OS for many users? - bobrudge
How many consumer still use a desktop client for e-mail though? Isn't it more of a cloud-based thing for most non-enterprise users? - Angelo Stavrow
One thing that Apple may have done in the new context is Apple realizing they're a hardware business and only charging $29 for Snow Leopard. If they only charged $29 for every software company they're no longer trying to make money on the OS. Microsoft doesn't have that freedom, but they may need to rethink in ways like that. - Dan Ficker
I know people who prefer a desktop email client, but I always steer them to Thunderbird. - Charles LePage
And I would always steer people toward Firefox but it doesn't stop Paul being outraged at the removal of IE which I think we can all agree is dreadful. Windows Mail was fine and I know many, entry level users who use Outlook Express/Mail for their email. Without it they'd struggle for offline access. - bobrudge
I think damn cheap netbooks with integrated browsers such as firefox etc are going to dominate in the next few years, so cloud, yes, but I foresee a gradual decline of windows in the domestic market. - Kris Chaplin
"fast followers" save so much on R&D and risk - bleeding edge is painful - Kris Chaplin
With early market leaders not making it..what does that say for the patent system? Are the vanished innovators sitting back reaping their well earned rewards or battling in court?..or? - Dale
Perhaps Linux isn't so much an "experience" as Windows or Mac OS. - Daniel Drake
I know almost nothing about Mac OSs. But, Linux installations, for me, always require much more work to get to a usable point than Windows installations. I always find some hardware driver issue, or a software issue, with Linux. But XP and 7 have worked extremely well wherever I have placed them. - Charles LePage
Paul is so good at this, he is crushing Leo's argument :D - Mark
a "legacy" of hundreds of millions of customers - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
It's ok Leo, you can talk about global warming. ;) - Daniel Drake
If this question was posed on TWiG or MBW, the snark level would have been through the roof. - Adi
Global warming is my fault. I did it. And there's nothing you can do to fix it. BWAHAHA - Charles LePage
I just built an HTPC on an Ion-ITX. Started with UBuntu 9.04. It was sluggish and could not get drivers to work for all features of the board. Windows 7? Installed flawlessly, all features work, and it responds faster than Ubuntu. - Brian Merriman
He's not crushing Leo's argument. It's a mirror of this week's MacBreak Weekly in which Apple apologists defended Apple to the hilt through one-eyed praise. Much as Paul is defending MS by saying most of what they're doing is brilliant, which is questionable at best - bobrudge
will people really care what OS they are running, if everything is in the cloud? - Kris Chaplin
Outstanding, Brian. To me, Ubuntu works well where it is designed to. Windows OSs seem to work well even when you don't expect them to. Which is probably due to the years Microsoft has spent working very hard to not leave anyone or anything behind. - Charles LePage
Not sure I agree with Paul's argument, don't know why but his main argument seems to be is Microsoft has been successful because it has been and so it will continue to be - Kim Landwehr
I doubt cloud computing will really take off until web connection no matter where you are becomes the norm. - Jovanni Bello
I don't think "everything" will ever be in the cloud. Think business users such as CAD users. - David
If all you do is read email and web pages, the cloud is fine. For everyone else, you will need more than just the cloud. - Charles LePage
exactly - David
I hate the idea that 'everything' is going to be in the cloud, it's ridiculous. We'd need universal open access super-fast broadband for it to be even conceivable. Am I expected to have my movies and games stored online and streamed? - bobrudge
I think the Zune is cool - Ryan
cloud won't replace what you have, but add to it - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
My wife and two daughters each have a Zune. - Charles LePage
And my seven year old son wants one. I want the HD Zune. - Charles LePage
Please explain "Custom XML". - Daniel Drake
I use my zune daily, haven't used my ipod nano in at least 6 months - Ryan
I only use my ipod nano because no one has bought me a Zune yet. :( - Charles LePage
We love the Zune... One 80G and two 120G in this house...thinking on the HD. Sold my iPod Classic to get the Zune. - Brian Merriman
I have the original 30 myself. What I loved was the fact the software updates were free and applied to the first gen as well. That and the zune software on Windows>>>>iTunes. - Adi
Are the ODTV twit broadcasts available in the Zune podcast marketplace? - Charles LePage
Leo MUST have noticed this show gets some of the most engagement on Friendfeed than other TWiT shows - Mark
Well people listening live to Windows Weekly are quite likely to have a Zune aren't they, at least in comparison to general takeup. If you lot aren't buying one, then no one is. - bobrudge
Good point, bo. - Charles LePage
I think alot of people listen because Paul is just so damn good at his job - Mark
if there was a TWiT awards 2009 he would win several awards :D - Mark
Item 2: Microsoft Word enjoined by Texas court, http://www.pcworld.com/article... - Leo Laporte
Paul said "screw you" :-) hehe - Kris Chaplin
Paul's great, even if he is a Celtics fan! - David
alex is also great at holding his own - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Microsoft, small and soft acting like a man yee right - Tobias Sundstrand
I understand Leo is changing the name of the network from Twit to SYTV (screw you television) - Charles LePage
lol - Kris Chaplin
Paul's right. They need some of that pre-antitrust mojo back. http://i29.tinypic.com/30ctw1z... - Adi
leo's still at the top of a google screw you mike search. it's practically a cliche now that i'm tired of hearing... but it's "legacy" (heh, fancy that) - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
haha - Kris Chaplin
see? never ends - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
drink. - Daniel Drake
I think he says that at least once every show now. - David
Item 3: Microsoft and Nokia What this means And why I think Office on the iPhone and Google phones is inevitable Remember "knifing the baby"? This is it, and Microsoft does this all the time - Leo Laporte
i bet if you google scew you the first result will be Leo - Tobias Sundstrand
nope - not even on the first page! - Kris Chaplin
wintel platform - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Item 4: Microsoft rebrands Windows Mobile as Windows Phones No it doesn't Once again, people just aren't paying attention - Leo Laporte
I would probably use office on my Nokia if the price is right - Kris Chaplin
"Knifing the baby" Isn't that what Paul said the softies called it. - Adi
I wonder if Leo got Dave Winer's email last week about hosting Reboot The News and Bad Hair Day - Mark
Off topic, but cool geeky thing for the iphonehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009... - Tobias Sundstrand
MS won't let the Zune work on Macs - bobrudge
Does anyone want to use a Zune on a Mac? - Charles LePage
I would think there is probably not a great overlap between mac and zune users, but I would be surprised if it didnt work - Kris Chaplin
can that be done? - Tobias Sundstrand
It took Apple how many iterations before iPod was Windows compatible and it didn't have 3% marketshare. - Adi
I want a drobo, but i have no money left from buying a scottevest jacket that Leo recomended - Tobias Sundstrand
@Adi He means Apple doesn't have the marketshare to care if Mac users use a Zune or not. Meaning, Apple had to make the iPod Windows compatible since Windows has the majority marketshare - DeskTube
Paul just mentioned Microsoft Exchange as an example of interoperability. I support Exchange for one of my clients and I think it is very limited in it's interoperability. - Matthew Schrock
will spinrite work with it? - Kris Chaplin
It should. - Charles LePage
two and a half drobo - Daniel Drake
Well, a quick bit of googling indicates you can't run Spinrite on a drive while it inside a Drobo. - Charles LePage
oh thats a shame... is it a raid thing, or just compatibility with dos? - Kris Chaplin
Google, always shattering dreams lol - DeskTube
When I've used Spinrite, it has insisted on booting to the CD, and I don't think a computer that a Drobo is connected to will see the Drobo before booting into Windows. - Charles LePage
hmm.. how about in vmware? - Kris Chaplin
I don't know, I've never thought about trying that! - Charles LePage
Watch as Leo tries with great effort to steer this back into an Audible ad. - Daniel Drake
I'm surprised there isn't an Audible podcast. :) - Charles LePage
This week in Kindle - Kris Chaplin
There isn't? No Audible bookclub? - Daniel Drake
Item 5: Zune HD Coming September 15 You can preorder today 16 GB is black only (during preorder), $220 32 GB is platinum only (during preorder), $300 - both MUCH cheaper than iPod touch If you wait, you can choose between several colors Looks good - Leo Laporte
Do you think not having a camera on the zune hd is going to hurt it ? - Kashif Khan
have they got a sdhc socket in the side? That would be a neat expansion feature - Kris Chaplin
Can the Zune HD be used as a PDA? That is, does it have an address book and calendar that can be synced with a PC? - Dale Feinstein
I'm surprised that it doesn't do flash even with Tegra under the hood. - Adi
I've never been able to get my 80GB Zune to sync over WiFi -- probably due to my GRC perfect passwords WPA passphrase. - Angelo Stavrow
knew basically nothing about zune hd and googled it, got not much, then I tried http://spezify.com/#/zune%20hd. much nicer search result for such a query. - Oskar Gunnarsson
Hang on Paul, my phone's ringing... - Daniel Drake
waiting for the "I'm Zune, I'm IPOD" adverts :-) - Kris Chaplin
wouldnt it be a showstopper for a forced chkdisk on boot? - Kris Chaplin
Item 6: Upgrading to Windows 7 vs. Migrating Are Windows XP users getting the shaft? Sort of. But two things 1) This isn't "news" - I documented this process back in May 2) Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this doesn't affect a big group of people - Leo Laporte
omg, so grandma can't do her chkdsk? - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
lmao - Adi
Audible pick of the week The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen http://www.audible.com/adbl... Note: this one is abridged, but this topic is very relevant right now "Great companies can fail: not because they do anything wrong, but because they do... more... - Leo Laporte
Did someone write a book about the Obama campaign's social media strategy? - Daniel Drake
Screw you leo :-) - Kris Chaplin
joke :-) - Kris Chaplin
Tip of the week: Check out Microsoft Springboard for some great in-depth Windows 7 feature walk-throughs and other information about the next Windows. Aimed at IT Pros, and includes some topics I have not examined yet, like VHD booting. http://www.microsoft.com/springb... - Leo Laporte
Why not use GoToMeeting? :P - Daniel Drake
I just logged onto my old facebook acct for the first time since January 6 and am getting writer's cramp and carpal tunnel repeated motion stress pain from clicking ignore and no thanks! - Dale from email
I don't usually go out in public if I am irregular. - Charles LePage
Software pick of the week Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC Release Candidates Some interesting functional changes Final will ship by Windows 7 GA Discuss: Some misconceptions about what this is for, also that "XP mode" isn't just for XP http://www.microsoft.com/virtual... - Leo Laporte
thanks paul, Leo great show - Kris Chaplin
good show! - Daniel Drake
Outstanding show - Charles LePage
see you guys - nice chat - Kris Chaplin
I really like this show too even though I'm a Mac fanboy. :) - Hunt from BuddyFeed
Dave Slusher
Facebook acquires FriendFeed: My early vote is "this sucks" http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
I wonder why they bought them. Hadn't they pretty much ripped off the basics? Are they just buying up the developers? At least Twitter didn't buy them, I guess. - Paul Reynolds
Very worried that they're buying the developers. "Friendfeed.com will operate normally for the time being" is not a vote of confidence in the service's future, and that's a bloody shame. - Jared Smith
Agreed, Dave...I'm feeling the icy winds of "I Want Sandy" down my back. I suspect that "for the time being" isn't going to be too long at all. - Ken Kennedy
I'm gutted by it. I always liked friendfeed, and was hoping to make an iPhone app for it. Guess I'll quit that idea now. I already see that FB is very similar to FF so I can't see what features they would be able to integrate that aren't already there. Perhaps its just for the developers, rather than the product. - Dom Barnes
Leo Laporte
This Week In Google 1: In Beta - http://twit.tv/twig1
Liking without having listened yet, but sounds like it should be great. - Neil Saunders
Not up on iTunes yet... I guess I will subscribe later! - Alex Morrison
The show was great. Just watched it on odtv.me. Gina was awesome. (I love Lifehacker.) I have an idea for the next show. On Lifehacker, Gina made a post called "The Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing". Check it out: http://lifehacker.com/5325169.... You could talk a lot about that one. ;) - Barry Nolette
TWiT network is kicking some ass. This is going to be a really good show if it remains this dense and substantial. - Christopher A Carr
Thanks Christopher! It takes a day or two for the iTunes feed to go public. Meanwhile you can add it manually to iTunes with the following URL: http://leo.am/podcasts/twig Thanks for listening! - Leo Laporte
I would add it to iTunes, Leo, but I never use that crappy, glorified storefront bloat-ware (#1 reason I don't have an iPhone). ;-) Keep up the good work. - Christopher A Carr
Thanks Leo, looking forward to it. Please twitter once it is available in itunes. - Michael
Thank you Dane Golden for this new show. - shelter watch
Awesome. - Zachary TG
Great show! You will always have content. - Rob Truman from fftogo
Great idea. Should be a good podcast. I follow all of google on twitter, but i would love to listen to it more than read it. - Ray H
Am liking the first episode of This Week in Google, I just wish it was called something else. Firstly, there is already a TWiG, or at least there was, plus it puts too much emphasis on the news side of the cloud computing revolution, where Leo, Gina and Jeff say they want to discuss other cloud stuff, and hints, tips and ways to use the tools. - Dom Barnes
#2 in iTunes! - Leo Laporte
. . .it's a hit. - Richard Merritt
TWIG name is already taken in iTunes store! - Stephan Romeo
the concept of developing open source or content for the android reminds me of "The Go-Giver". While freely giving, it's a profitable way to live and see what business comes back. @LeoLaporte - it's a great short book in Audible ;-) Read by the authors @BobBurg & @johndavidmann personally too - Courtney Engle
Thanks for the PubSubHubbub mention! - Brett Slatkin
Paul Thurrott
Microsoft kills Windows 7 E Editions - http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs...
Glad to hear it. The EU sucks the life out of everything. - Dom Barnes from Nambu
Wow, that is great news. Though I was looking forward to what Opera would say when their market share didn't go up. - Steve de Mena from twhirl
The tides have certainly turned....I am not convinced though that the solution will see any major Market share increase for Opera or Firefox. That's not to say they don't have a good product, but the novices out there are just not really up on them; so will most likely stick with what they know - for better or worse. - Clifford Kennedy
Personally, I feel that Microsoft should be heavily encouraged to run rampant in the EU, It's in the US I want them to be tied down and nailed to thee floor in. :-) - Car Camper
The whole case shows the EU is off it's meds again. But at least awareness of different browsers will increase. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone
I sure as hell want that I get my full retail package for the upgrade price. Whether it is 7E or not. And for the record, the EU can do whatever the hell it likes, I couldn't care less if IE was included. - Jody Fanning
Dave Slusher
In a comment, I refered to the high level of drama iPhone users have with the phone as a "Sid Vicious/Nancy Spungen" relationship. "I love you more than anything!" "I stab you, you junkie skank!"
I'd agree with that. I am an iPhone user and it bugs me how up-in-arms people get over stuff like the Google Voice apps. - Dom Barnes
It also bugs me how much the media focus on it, Like the SMS exploit, even though Nokia, WinMo and Android were all subject to recent exploits, none of them got nearly as much publicity, despite the face that Nokia has about 50% of the mobile market (so I heard somewhere) - Dom Barnes
Don McAllister
So if I want to install Windows 7 in a VirtualBox or VMware VM, do I need the 32 or 64bit version of Windows 7?
32 bit runs better - nanochrome
You can run either. I've run the 64-bit RC and 32-bit RTM both in VMWare Fusion. 64-bit seemed to run a bit better though. - Dom Barnes
2 days ago I installed windoze 7 on VirtualBox running on OSX 10.4, went with the 32 bit version works ok so far. - LonelyBob
64bit if running it on a 64bit machine (as you are if it's on your Mac) - 32bit is sooo 2008! - Marcus Boyce
Dom Barnes
Chromium Nightly Build Updater - http://digg.com/apple...
"Cool. I couldn't find anything myself so built this quick and dirty tool. I guess I should add stuff to install it in the Applications folder too." - Dom Barnes
Dave Slusher
I think in a Starbucks so full there is nowhere to sit, keeping your backpack in the chair is the height of douchebaggery. Dude, you should not have to be asked about this. You are breaking the social contract about being polite, maybe I should break the one about not hitting you in the face with a pool cue.
I always wondered about that on public trains/trams... does anybody ever actually say anything to those people or do we all just glare and sneer? - Paul Reynolds
@Paul - on my commuter train, we said something -- or just move people's stuff to their feet if they were sleeping. There was no standing allowed on the train, so there was a lot of incentive to get people to shift over. - Jennifer Dittrich
I had already decided not to sit inside since it was unpleasantly crowded and noisy. I'd have asked for the chair if I wanted to sit inside, and if he had said no, I'd have said "Dude, that was just a formality to be polite. I'm taking the chair either way." - Dave Slusher
Kinda bugs me when people sit in the aisle, and won't actually get up to let you in to the seat next to them, they just kinda swivel in place. That doesn't help much. As you put it, douchebags - Dom Barnes
Leo Laporte
Settling down to Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.
While HelloTxt seems like a good idea, here on FriendFeed, we just got multiple entries for this. As Apple would say, "duplicates functionality" - Dom Barnes
Monday is my day to dick around with things. It's not unusual to see strange things in my feed on Mondays! - Leo Laporte
Leo you could make talking about Goat Herding interesting, I love TWiT!!! - Robert Burgin
Dave Slusher
Man, the city of Myrtle Beach is run by tax and spend Republicans. 11.5% sales tax? That's more than God asks for.
BTW, I'm blogging that at lunch time. I want credit for that little bit of pithiness. - Dave Slusher
Pretty crazy considering how low it is outside the city limits by comparison. I'm going to the City Council meeting tomorrow. I'm hoping to run into McBride so I sign his "No Ad Tax" petition and post it in my store as well. - Paul Reynolds
Use this as a meme: "God only asks for 10%." - Dave Slusher
It doesn't actually make that much sense, but memes don't have to. - Dave Slusher
Looks like I will have to take a little longer on lunch so I can drive out out the city limits. - Andre Pope
One aspect they never seem to look at is individuals. It is always tourist, business owners, etc. But what about the individual worker? How many are employed in the city limits. How many go out to eat on their lunch break? How many run errands? On the surface it might not look like much money but if you factor all the things people do while they are at work in the city it really adds... more... - Andre Pope
Hate to point out that UK sales tax, aka VAT, is usually 17.5%, more recently cut to 15% to help during the recession. - Dom Barnes
Dom Barnes
Google Latitude. Now for iPhone. - http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009...
Glad to see Latitude come to fruition finally. This was inevitable after Latitude appeared on mobile iGoogle. I'd like to see this in the Google Mobile App so hopefully Apple will lighten their obvious stance on this in the future. - Dom Barnes
Dom Barnes
Skype 2.8 for Mac Adds Screen Sharing, Wi-Fi Access, and More [Downloads] - http://lifehacker.com/5318857...
Skype finally catches up to iChat. About time too - Dom Barnes
Dave Slusher
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Extra: Balticon 43 Panel, “Peer Media vs Broadcast Media” - http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpre...
Woo for a new show. Your dulcet tones have been missing from my earbuds for too long. Glad you found time to do one, although I realise you've been mega-busy. - Dom Barnes
Actually, it's not a new show. It's a repurposed episode of Thomas Gideon's Command Line podcast, a Balticon session on which I was a panelist. - Dave Slusher
Yeah. Pass me the douche hat. Just realised that. - Dom Barnes
Well, my dulcet tones are on it. No hat needed. - Dave Slusher
Dom Barnes
Google City Tours Builds Itineraries for Multi-Day Trips [Travel] - http://lifehacker.com/5302452...
This would've been very useful on my recent trip to NYC. We wasted a fair bit of time trying to plan where to go each day. - Dom Barnes
Leo Laporte
One 32GB iPhone 3GS is on its way from Shenzhen China. Scheduled to arrive Thursday!
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Yay! ;) - Peter Kruit
Nice. I have to wait until July 12 :( - Jim Graham
Congrats! - Terje Mikal Espedal
Enjoy, Leo! - Sarah-Jane Gray
a day early? Awesome for you! - Jim Oxenford
Nice. You'll have to give us a good review. - Tom Silk
You are a sucker for incremental apple upgrades Leo but I love you all the same :) - David Lloyd
Drat! I ordered on the 9th and still no shipment :( Look forward to some first impressions :) - Richard Goodwin from twhirl
Jealous. Screw you leo! - ihateatmfees
Unfortunately I won't be able to get one until December. grr - Tony Buser
GIve us a good hands on review. Debating if I should upgrade as I hit one year with 3G on 7/12 - Alan Ashley
iPhone 3G S[orry its not a Palm Pre] - Palm Pre shootout? :) - jcunwired
Congrats!!! I want one so bad but I don't want to leave T-Mobile. - Eduardo Contreras
Jealous! - Duncan Rawlinson
@jcunwired: I played with a Pre. It's nice. iPhone will kick it's ass. Frankly, so will the new BB's which is what Palm seems to be targeting. - Adam C.
When did you place your 3G S order? I put mine in to Apple on June 10th, and it's not showing as shipped yet; trying to judge how fast they're processing... - Paul Skudlarek
Mine was scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. Checked again this morning and it changed to Thursday.. Let's see if it changes again to Friday. - Rick Huizinga
iPhone will undoubtedly kick its ass, at some point in the future. The delta is too small between Pre and 3G S to warrant an ass-whooping. - jcunwired
I can't wait!!! - Jerry Lee
Lucky you, we can't preorder in Canada :( - Ray Slakinski
Uh, not sure displaying your tracking number is a good idea. That's about all it takes when requesting a package redirection - and that's pretty tempting! - Anil Rhemtulla
Mine says it will arrive on the 17th, which is tomorrow. I don't know how, since it hasn't left china yet - Nate T
I'm scheduled for delivery on the 18th... order placed June 8th. God... sounds like a baby... Cheers - Ross W. Prout
Ordered mine on the 8th and no shipping notice yet. :-\ As for iPhone vs Pre, it'll take awhile to fully see how the apps change the Pre since that's the iPhone's key right now for me. - Ken Chan
When can we stop calling these phones? - David J Lowe
I'm taking a chance and heading to the Birmingham Apple Store Friday morning to get mine. Hope they have enough. - Dom Barnes
Me too. Mine says the 17th! - Wo
kewl - emoqix
Gonna pick up my pre-ordered one at the "T-Punkt" T-Mobile store here in Germany on Friday. Picked the same You did, unless You chose the white one, that is. Personally I especially can't wait for the tomtom car navigation set with exta speaker and GPS enhancer to finally come out - it's gonna be so awesome! - weckman
I got that message too! Woo hooo!! sooo excited, where's that UPS brown truck baby?!! party at the front door!! - Susan Beebe
P.S.: Don't You love world-wide rollouts? So much more fun when we all get it the same day! - weckman
That's so cool - ramiles from Alert Thingy
I ordered it from Apple around noon Pacific on June 9. - Leo Laporte
Mine, too. - Jim Cutler
Ordered mine same time on the 9th, but no ship yet. Is this another famous Leo Laporte "free and early access to garner a good review"? Screw you Leo! :) - Richard Goodwin
Is - ramiles from Alert Thingy
Very interested on your reports about the speed increase and if it makes a difference. I may get one in December when my contract is up for this old Moto Q. - Eric @ CS Techcast
That's awesome Leo. My 3G will have to suffice though. Still looking forward to 3.0 - Joel Crawley
Anyone know how leo dealt w/ the AT&T contract/costs??? Just curious. I know he can afford to spend the extra for the phone, so that's not the question. - mark dekruyter
congrats, Leo! - Matthew Vaughan
How much did it cost? - Henrik Falk
See if it still has that date Leo. Mine disappeared. - Wo
My delivery date has just disappeared! It's beginning to look like UPS may hold the delivery until Friday. - Rick Huizinga
Wow, no 3G S for me only OS 3.0 update..waiting for the download - Gerard Marbeck
I'm really not understanding the i-phone thing. Frankly, I think the phone sucks. I hate the keyboard touch, I can't imagine a woman in this country with a decent manicure wanting to deal with that crappy screen! I have service at home with Verizon in the countryside where we live, my husband's crappy I-Phone drops out about ten miles from the house and not only that, the piece of crap is constantly dropping phone calls. Is the bay area better? - Jennifer Ragde
Boys like their toys, Jennifer. - Jeff
I love toys as well, I'm just not getting the I-phone thing, I have a DS, PSP, I'm a seriously geek game girl, just not getting that horrible phone. I can't be the only girl that thinks that touch screen is completely awful! The touch screen is so sensitive, if you have fingernails, good luck! - Jennifer Ragde
Clearly it's a counterfeit! - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed
UPS is holding delivery on the iPhone 3GS until Friday: http://tinyurl.com/n8gr8o - Joshua Blevins
I envy you Leo! - Rahul Mirakhur
did u get it leo? details please! lol - Arnold
Leo Laporte
TWiT 191: Corked - http://twit.tv/191
To counter the hate mail (and I'm sure you get more fan mail than hate mail): this episode was particularly funny. I tend to look at TWiT as more of a variety show with great tech commentary these days (because I get a lot of the news from other podcasts earlier in the week.) - Tyler Ham
TWiT isn't just talking heads, they are people. I like listening to people talk about the topics I'm interested in. - Johnny Worthington
I agree, Tyler. I also think that there was a tech agenda, and Dvorak crapped al over it with his distaste for all things Twitter. - Chip Duford
OH! and his love for all things female. - Chip Duford
I am really enjoying these mostly live TWiT's. Its partly the much warmer sound quality, and partly because there is not constant talking over each other that you get from Skype. - Dom Barnes
Ugggh, this was the least productive TWIT I've heard in years. Leo & Dvorack were very rude to the girls and talked over them at every chance. I counted 50+ sentences that they started but were cut-off. I'm so frustrated that I didn't get any news. - Bradley A Lau
this was such a good one :) :) - Christopher Harris
Epic ep - Jay Neff
Amsterdam spring cleaning day for Dvorak nice. - rob friedman
Bradley, check out episode 195 for a couple of ladies who know how to deal with John and Leo. - Ken Morley
You have a mouse in front of your eye btw - sofarsoShawn
Leo Laporte
Live now: it's Hawaiian shirt day on MacBreak Weekly, http://live.twit.tv - discuss here...
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God morning Leo and guests! - earl wallace
Its all about the wooden buttons! - Bush Williams
Why can't it be that everyday? - Mike Shields
morning - ralphsaunders
So it's hawaiian shirt/no pants day? - Jerry Schuman
Como esta usted Leonardo! - earl wallace
What are the odds of getting Merlin back on the show? - Jeff Scott
All: The popout video function (in Firefox) from live.twit.tv hasn't worked for me the past couple weeks. Anyone else having this issue from Firefox? - Mike Bracco
Could Alex appologize for ruining HotSpot shield for Hulu.com for the rest of us… :P - Thobias Vemmenby
Why not just use an open source flash based server like Red5? - Jerry Schuman
I had no idea Scott played Guitar. Any video of that online? Would love to see it. - Filippo Dinolfo
LEO: You run a PC for the same reason you watch Jerry Springer..LOL - Mike Bracco
cue the Jimmy Buffett - Jerry Schuman
"Wasting away again in Macbreak-a-ville..." - Filippo Dinolfo
Hey Leo Good Friend: i Am Wearing My Hawaiian Shirt Today with the Colors Of Twit and by the way My Memorial Day Barbecue yesterday Went Very Well after i had a Nice long Talk with you and i Will Post up my Pictures of the Memorial Day BBQ and Chef Uniform Tomorrow. - Robert Hellman
I feel left out i dont have a colourful shirt on today - AV
This week in clothes ! LOL ! - Leonardo R Nogueira
Waiting for the mac news to start.... - Dom Barnes
Isn't iTunes served by Akamai? - Mike Bracco
Maybe they're prepping for a book store? - Filippo Dinolfo
Andy must be directly tapped into what I'm doing, now I'll go back to casually listening - Dave T
They could open iTunes to additional countries. - Leonardo R Nogueira
If Verizon gets an iPhone then AT&T would be forced to offer actual 3G service. - Filippo Dinolfo
Psystar is going out of business http://www.engadget.com/2009... - Johan Nilsson
AAPl currently up +7.86 on upgrades - Jerry Schuman
I am getting weary of paying 3g rates for Edge performance with AT&T - earl wallace
I don't think I've heard any disappointment with O2 as iPhone carrier in the UK. I'm certainly happy with them. - Dom Barnes
Would a CDMA phone work outside the US? I don't think it would work in Europe. So no travel for Verizon iPhones! - Thobias Vemmenby
If Verizon gets the iPhone, I won't be able to pay the $200.00 per iPhone to get out of my AT&T contract fast enough - Bush Williams
Hey Leo Good Friend: i Am Wearing My Hawaiian Shirt Today with the Colors Of Twit and by the way My Memorial Day Barbecue yesterday Went Very Well after i had a Nice long Talk with you and i Will Post up my Pictures of the Memorial Day BBQ and Chef Uniform Tomorrow. - Robert Hellman
ilounge just put up an article on the 5gen ipod nano with a camera so i doubt the nano iphone - AV
I just saw yesterday an iPhone clone, nano size. $100... Why couldn't Apple do something similar and kill all the clones ? - Leonardo R Nogueira
Aw crap I'm missing it - Bwana ☠
Verizon wont build a tower for the 20 square miles where we dont have their coverage. AT&T put up a tower within 3 months after we requested(we=citizen petitions to both carriers) - earl wallace
LOL at iPhone auto correct - Bwana ☠
The iPod Nano took longer to be introduced after the iPod Classic. An iphone nano, yes, but not yet. - Robin Ramael
Visual VoiceMail is a deal breaker for me. It is soooo handy. - Ed Hunter
The BIGGEST FEATURE of new iPhone is not the iPhone itself - it's the fact that you will be able to use it as an interface for other devices. In my opinion. - Mike Bracco
I love my BB Bold but would get an Iphone if my carrier brings 3g here - earl wallace
If you want to talk hobos, you need John Hodgman on the show. - Ken Sheppardson
Alex--Is that Brian Miles across from you off camera? - Billy Adams
"Hobo Matters", John Hodgman -- http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Ken Sheppardson
FRIENDFEED PEOPLE: Check out http://www.feedstats.info/ really cool analytics for your FriendFeed account. - Mike Bracco
Thanks Mike. very cool - earl wallace
yes it is billy - Leo Laporte
Comment on FF adding live INLINE video playing in the FriendFeed FeedBack Room - http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Mike Bracco
I don't know who Brian Miles is. - John C Wesley Barker
John Wesley - he's the CEO TargetX - http://targetx.com - Billy Adams
Thanks Billy - John C Wesley Barker
Weirdest game design I've seen in a long time - Bwana ☠
Plants vs Zombies lol - Bwana ☠
youtube iphone painting and you will get lots of examples - Matthew
the music video for plants vs. zombies is pretty good http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Matthew
The iPhone is just a different form factor computer. I find this story not that exciting. - Mike Bracco
Leo, if you want to rip DVDs for your home theater mac, give Multiplex a try. It's from right here in Philly! http://multiplexapp.com/ - Colin Weir
Fairamount? - Anton Tanderup
Fairmount - Jerry Schuman
Super Thanks. That's going on the mini. - Anton Tanderup
Kosher No More - Dave T
tell him it's coconut buttons not wooden on tommy bahama shirts :p - sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
I will have a temp probe (and other sensors) that twitter at WWDC - Robb Albright
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