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Pixily Scans Your Dead-Tree Documents for You [Document Management] - http://lifehacker.com/5040600...
Definitely something to look into!!!
- Gabriel Madrigal
Mexico's Rich Embedding GPS-Assisted RFID Tags Under Their Skin In Case of Kidnapping [Security] - http://feeds.gawker.com/~r...
Awesome! Can I put this into my cats?
- Gabriel Madrigal
iPhone OS 2.0.2: Fix for Apps Crashing, Not Launching and Missing Music - iPhone Atlas - http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008...
Yep, this happened to me. I have an out-of-service iPhone 1.0 effectively turned iPod Touch and three pages of downloaded apps. After 2.0.2 firmware upgrade, all music is gone and not one app (except for the standard Apple ones) will work. They start, pause and close. Waiting to try suggested resolutions later today when I am in WiFi range.
- Alexei Tolkachev
from Bookmarklet
you must destroy it, it's pure evil!
- Gabriel Madrigal
Wii Music Parody Really Gives Nintendo What's Coming [Wii Music] - http://feeds.gawker.com/~r...
Hilarious!
- Gabriel Madrigal
Strange product, funny parody.
- Alexei Tolkachev
It's Not Just Hot Dogs, LAPD After Fruit Carts - http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click...
Yet another battle in the food gentrification war!
- Gabriel Madrigal
What do you say to Lisa Simpson? - http://rigelgmadz.livejournal.com/32602...
Did you take a picture with her? Ask her to record a message for your voicemail? You have to think fast when these opportunities come along.
- Alexei Tolkachev
I try not to disturb celebs when I see them, but I find her to be very interesting. As for asking for a voice mail, that's somewhat cheesy. And the photo? Really, really, why not just ask her to hop into my car and get a burger?
- Gabriel Madrigal
Brando's iPhone Kit Lets You Replace Busted Screens Yourself [Busted] - http://feeds.gawker.com/~r...
This has ATolk's name all over it...
- Gabriel Madrigal
Cool animation of Wal-Mart's spread across US - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
Like a virus, well.. not really LIKE a virus
- Gabriel Madrigal
I always thought Nestor Carbonell wore guyliner on his lashes, but he doesn't! What a lucky dude! (Mayor from Dark Knight, btw)
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He's come a long way from 'Suddenly Susan', no doubt. Can't wait for next season of Lost.
- Jericho
Yeah, could he have thicker eyelashes? Makes me jealous!
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I see what you did there..."guyliner" heh. clever girl
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
and non-aging mystery dude on LOST
- Roger @ CineVegas
um... guyliner? Where's The Fish?
- ha3rvey (business time)
He is a great actor. Richard Alpert FTW. Do you watch LOST, Veronica?
- Grant
Wasn't he the voice of the Taco Bell Chihuahua?
- thepete
Yes, I know he's from Lost too, but people probably most recently saw him in Dark Knight.
- Veronica
ha, i always thought the exact same thing.
- MG Siegler
Are we SURE that isn't eyeliner?
- Sean Oliver
he was the mayor, correct?
- Grant
Grant, yeah, that's in the tweet ;)
- Veronica
Suddely Susan? Lost? We're talking about Batmanuel, people.
- Roger Benningfield
I asked my wife about the "guyliner" when we watched the movie yesterday. She didn't answer, she just put her head down.
- ha3rvey (business time)
"Guyliner" just added to my list of the words I hate next to mandals, murse and manny.
- Alexei Tolkachev
Sorry veronica:(
- Grant
what about bro-mance?
- Gabriel Madrigal
Yeah, that, too.
- Alexei Tolkachev
There is no reciprocity. - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote...
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters. -Alice Thomas Ellis
- Alexei Tolkachev
from Bookmarklet
Very cynical view, especially for you... no?
- Gabriel Madrigal
For me, maybe, but for Alice Thomas Ellis it's par for the course.
- Alexei Tolkachev
Father-Daughter Purity Balls - http://www.time.com/time...
As a father of a daughter, I find the story and the practice both cute and not a little bit creepy at the same time. Oh, the times we live in.
- Alexei Tolkachev
from Bookmarklet
I read the article, why not just put their daughters in a chastity belt. And dude, that photo is so creepy.
- Gabriel Madrigal
First hints of Microsoft’s “fight back” ads appear | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott...
linkman77, Ernie Oporto, Nikhil Dandekar and 27 other people liked this
Personally I'm a huge fan of Vista and think that it is a *vast* improvement over XP. Media Center, especially, in Vista is so much faster and more reliable. In order to really enjoy Vista though I think you need more power, memory, etc. I upgraded to even just a low end $1,100 Dell PC and it was like night and day over my old PC with XP on it. I'm a big fan of Vista.
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
Nothing compares to Mac.
- orionstarr
Nice artwork, not sure I get the point though.
- Wes Hoogenboom
orionstarr, I definitely love my Mac too -- my MacBook Pro is still my primary computer. And those Mac ads are funny as hell. But Vista was a huge step forward for Microsoft in my opinion and Apple can't touch MSFT in the home media/entertainment market. Media Center is about 2 years ahead of AppleTV, what I call the iDongle.
- Thomas Hawk
I agree, Thomas. Now, I've only used the 64 bit version of Vista Ultimate, but the memory management far surpasses that of XP (32 bit and 64 bit). I'm current;y running a 2.4 GHz Core2Duo with 2 GB of RAM, and the comparison of 64 bit XP Pro vs. 64 bit Vista Ultimate is night and day. For 64 bit Windows it's Vista all the way (but I'll stick with FreeBSD).
- Raymond Mendoza
it will be interesting to see what this develops into. We may not take this into account but MS ads are pretty freakin kool looking. Ever see their Server ads in the trade publications? What will be interesting is how they go about dealing with the Mac ads. I just hope it doesn't turn into the spin-game we are used to seeing in politics. If they are smart about it, it will work. The fanboy isnt going anywhere. And then you have the tech whores, like me, that use both products happily at work and at home.
- Carlos Ayala
My disappointment with Vista wasn't with Microsoft. It was with other vendors and their lack of support for the OS. With the release date being pushed back for years, you would think getting your software and drivers ready would be pretty simple, but it must not have been. One core application that I *have* to run is Cisco's VPN client. Cisco did a terrible job creating a Vista version...
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- Otto R. Radke
I have five machines, all running Vista. Two are Sony VAIO laptops and two are 64-bit. They all run flawlessly. Only issues I've ever encountered have been driver issues which are not Microsoft's fault. Do I think that Vista is the greatest operating system on the planet? No, of course not. Everyone with any sense at all knows that's OS/2. Sheesh!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Otto, I think the issue with the vendors (especially hardware vendors) was that they didn't have anything to write drivers for. For the longest time Vista was supposed to be what they are now promising in Windows 7. I agree a lot of software vendors really dropped the ball, but when it comes to the hardware, I think it was Microsoft's fault.
- Raymond Mendoza
Raymond, that doesn't hold water because drivers continued to be an issue long after Vista hit the shelves. There were quite a few issues with the pre-release driver SDK (especially for sound cards) but the fact that it took 3-6 months after release to stabilize the drivers says a lot about the vendors. In fact, many took the stance that they weren't even going to bother until they were convinced that Vista was going to be worth their effort.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Heck, some vendors have yet to produce any Vista drivers at all such as Kensington, for example. I can't program the four buttons on the Kensington Expert Mouse so I'm at the mercy of installed software to (hopefully) set some defaults (thank you, Firefox, for using all four buttons).
- Akiva Moskovitz
I think they're going to have to do a lot better than that to sway public opinion.
- Paul Grav
@Thomas. Media Center is indeed a nice piece of software, shame nobody's using it.
- Paul Grav
I think it's a good start but the only thing that will really right the wrongs that Vista has wrought will be positive word-of-mouth. The more people who hear success stories from friends and friends-of-friends, the more people will begin to re-evaluate their negative [and, sadly, often unproven] bias.
- Akiva Moskovitz
what was the last mac operating system to fail? thought so.
- orionstarr
What about MacOS?? This OS really good!!
- obolonskyi
How quickly people forget: System 7 had extremely fragile and strict hardware requirements (moreso than Vista, I dare say). I had never spent more time on a tech support line for an OS in my life than when I was dealing with those two operating systems and a pair of 7500s and an 8100 (if I remember correctly). Constant lock-ups, crashes, compatibility issues with a variety of software (Aldus Pagemaker, for example). It was a nightmare.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm trying to figure out what this ad is supposed to suggest. The strongest message I'm getting is a romantic tip of the hat to Thomas Kinkade and high seas piracy. Or, maybe they're suggesting I'm just a sheep and need to be better informed about the state of the world? I'm confused.
- Peat Bakke
from Alert Thingy
A better ad caption would read "Arrrrr. Tis true matety. Vista. She doesn't blow"
- Andrew Smith
Arrr. Ye need at least 2 gigs of memory to walk this here plank!
- Akiva Moskovitz
i've always used mac. just simpler, not buggy, no viruses. easier to create my art and podcasts on it. Plus you get more for your money in my opinion. Macs also hold up longer in time. I'm still running my mac at home that is over 5 years old! still fast! never crashed once.
- orionstarr
Thomas: "Apple can't touch MSFT in the home media/entertainment market". Um, I REALLY beg to differ. I can rent a movie and play it on my iMac, my Air, or my iPhone(!). Not too shabby home media wise. The only thing I can't do is DVR stuff, which my TiVo handles great and I don't need that from my computer. BTW I have an Apple TV and I love it - it could use more rentable titles but the interface is wonderful and it works almost perfectly.
- Steve Isaacs
Damn, they should have hired a washed up actor who will never be able to act again without hinting at the product he once sold his soul for.
- Stephan Miller
from Alert Thingy
Cheers to that, Andrew! It's practically begging for someone to add in a Jolly Roger ...
- Peat Bakke
from Alert Thingy
Thomas: "Apple can't touch MSFT in the home media/entertainment market". Um, I REALLY beg to differ. And I have an Apple TV and I love it. - Steve Isaacs "Well for home media entertainment my PS3 does the trick. Soon i'll be able to download HD and SD movies right online. Plus so much more
- orionstarr
As a quote "Apple Fanboy", I will tread lightly here. There were plenty of Mac OSes that failed. I think Akiva rightly pointed out that System 7 was a severe headache. Most also don't remember that prior to System 7, you couldn't even multitask on a Mac. In my opinion, the only truly stable older MacOS release was MacOS 8.5 (and 8.6). I hated using all of the releases of OS 9. Most current Apple users don't remember these days, sadly, and have only recently reaped the benefits of being a Mac user.
- Raymond Mendoza
Apple Fanboy you are talking about an OS that is like 10 years old! Since the release of OSX those versions have been the best for mac!
- orionstarr
I'd also like to suggest that a lot of Mac fanboyishness/Vista hatred is more emotionally driven than empirically driven.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva: How quickly people forget? System 7 came out 17 years ago!!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...)
- Steve Isaacs
True it is emotion because i'm tired of mac being put down when they put out one hell of a product and OS. Windows always gets the credit though and windows users think their crap doesn't stink.
- orionstarr
Steve can your AppleTV play a netflix DVD? Does your AppleTV come with a built in dvr? Can it support cablecard HDTV? Can it easily handle a library with 100,000 mp3s? Can your AppleTV play games as well as an Xbox360 or allow you to easily stream content to cheaper extender boxes throughout your home? Apple's iDongle is a pretty big failure in my book.
- Thomas Hawk
MY PS3 does everything media related I need. Movies, games, music, computer and internet can all be accessed wirelessly through my HDTV love it!
- orionstarr
orionstarr, are you kidding me? Many Mac users are the most smug, self-righteous OS proselytizers on the planet. They make Linux users look like Zen monks in the midst of a winter's-long zazen session. I happen to adore OS X and plan on buying a MacBook Pro later this year and I fully recognize that Vista has had a ton of problems so at least I try to be practical about it. But, if anyone gets put down constantly, it's Vista users.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Steve, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You'll ruin my argument!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Thomas: Actually, yes. My iDongle (I like that name) can play and stream a lot of the content you speak of via iTunes. Sadly, you've got me on the DVD part, though I could probably rip them via HandBrake and play them via iTunes (though there is the legality issue with the NetFlix part). No gaming, either. Doesn't effect me much. I don't game.
- Raymond Mendoza
To the Mac not failing, don't forget that Apple almost died an untimely death because their business model was horrible and the only reason to run a Mac was to run Photoshop or Pagemaker. It took Steve coming back and making extreme changes, like moving towards a UNIX base for OSX and removing the floppy from their machines. By the way, there was plenty of complaining about those moves...
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- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I don't know Akiva from my experience mac users always get the shaft as if they use an inferior product. You wonder why we are so smug! lol
- orionstarr
orionstarr, yeah, it's all anecdotal at this point. Most people I know have the following opinion about the Mac: I'd love to have one but I can't afford it. I fall into that category myself. The MacBook Pro I want will run me nearly $3,000. For 1/3rd that price, I built a faster, bigger PC that does everything that the Mac will do. So, yeah. For what it's worth.
- Akiva Moskovitz
CS Techcast, well put.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I agree with CS Techcast, Mac did have to make a lot of changes back then. I remember it to. Most users hated the direction mac was going. I originally hated jaguar and didn't understand what Apple was doing. But now it all makes sense. I'm more proud than ever to be a mac user. I want apple everything! Ooops i'm being smug again!
- orionstarr
It is always a disappointment when this type of conversation turns into a religious war between operating systems. How about we keep it on track and focus on how MS could improve Vista? Talking about what what worked and didn't work that relates to Vista and has a subtle tie into another OS is okay, anything over that derails the conversation.
- Otto R. Radke
I wouldn't say I love Windows Vista, but I do regard it as an improvement over XP. But I also regard XP has a *terrible* OS. My biggest complaint about Vista is that there weren't *more* improvements, but there's nothing I can complain about in Vista that wasn't already an issue in XP. OSX and Ubuntu are better than both. As for the media center thing, I went the Mac Mini route. It's not ultra-elegant, but it's cheap and does the trick for me. Personally, I don't think anyone has gotten that right yet.
- Eric P
if you have only Macintosh on your hand swinging, everything around turns into apples :)
- A.T.
Raymond, the Netflix 3 disc at a time plan is a *far* better deal than paying Apple $4 every time you want to watch a show/movie. It will take me about a 2 months on Netflix to go through the entire 60 episodes of The Wire. That costs me about $40. The same content on the iDongle renting it from Apple would have cost me about $240. Even if it took you 6 months to watch the Wire it still would be a better deal from Netflix than the iDongle.
- Thomas Hawk
Apple's "strategic" decision not to include a cheap $15 DVD player in the iDongle is just so that they can bone you by renting you overpriced content from iTunes -- the same iTunes that absolutely chokes on my 100,000 mp3 library due to "album art" and "gapless playback" processing. The bottom line is iTunes sucks for serious media consumption and that's where Vista and Media Center are two years ahead of AppleTV.
- Thomas Hawk
So, what is the ad saying? If you don't love Vista, you're a medieval-minded flat-earther? Fascinating approach. Not about the product, but the reader. If you don't love us, you're a dope. Works for me.
- Michael Markman
Michael, I think the message is more that sometimes what is the agreed upon consensus is wrong. I've seen a ton of stuff out there on the internet saying MSFT OS's sucks -- heck Apple built a whole marketing campaign out of this. I feel like I'm pretty open minded and use both Macs and PCs. That said I think XP *did* have problems but I think Vista is a far superior experience if it is installed on the right PC (i.e. a new PC vs. an upgrade on an old PC).
- Thomas Hawk
At one point, everyone thought you had to use Microsoft Windows for work, too. (I have both OSX and Vista, and god, Vista sucks.)
- Tom Karlo
Otto R. Radke, I agree, bashing helps no one, but it always devolves into that. That's from a former Apple IIe owner and I loved that computer. The things Vista could do better; deal with lag of screen re UAC (UAC will not and should not go away), require driver signing/WHQL testing on 32 bit as they do on 64 bit to get better support from 3rd parties for key components. Just a couple.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Disagree Thomas. Do you need 100,000 MP3s before you are a serious consumer of media? I have about 20,000 tracks and iTunes copes fine. I also route content around the house to an AppleTV and two Airport Expresses. Content I download from iTunes is synced automatically to the iPhone. Which is also used as a remote to stream music from iTunes to my wireless speakers & Apple TV. Podcasts paused part way through on the iPhone resume playback position on my Mac.Put simply, they all work together beautifully
- Jamie
..But I digress. Vista is not nearly as bad as people make out. While I prefer to use my Mac, Vista is a significant improvement on XP in almost every respect. But given XPs abnormally long innings as the industry standard, the transition to Vista has been more painful than it should in respect to drivers and hardware compatibility. Kudos to Apples marketing team for pouncing on that fact.. they've given Microsoft a bit of work to do to redress the perception
- Jamie
I'm glad Microsoft is starting to fight back. Vista does have its annoyances, but I can't imagine going back to XP. Due to work and gaming, I don't want to switch to the Mac or Linux.
- Alan Le
Ok, I just remixed the new Microsoft ad to make a friendlier more Pro-Pirate version. http://thomashawk.com/2008...
- Thomas Hawk
I can't believe I'm feeling sad for MSFT. I think they should clone the Avis "We Try Harder" campaign.
- Sean Savage
Thomas, your remix says this to me: Pirate Vista!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, if the shoe fits, wear it. Peace brother. Software wants to be free.
- Thomas Hawk
Not sure why all of the XP bashing. I have 3 machines, that are running XP and they are all extremely stable, do what I need them to do, network fine, do wireless fine. Now I'm sure that Vista has some nice new features, but I'm not sure how they could improve upon the stability that I have been experiencing on my XP machines for the past 4+ years. Can someone be specific about what makes Vista far superior to XP from a functionality stand point? (I'm not impressed with see through windows etc.)
- Jeff P. Henderson
Vista is fine - kinda good even. Sorry if it doesn't work with your ancient HP printer or archaic Canon PowerShot A40. Of course a Mac is better - but Vista is fine.
- Noah Carter
I just don't think that an OS should be a political or sociological choice. Yet some people seem to believe that the OS you use defines you as a person. And Mac and Linux users are especially guilty of constantly intruding on Windows conversations to be smug or condescending. The solution to any Windows problem has fuck all to do with Mac or Linux. It's like suggesting someone buy a new car when one of their tires goes flat: it's not helpful.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Like Ian and JEff, above, I'm running XP still. It's tweaked to the gills. I'm sure I'll be getting Vista with my next PC by default, but I'm curious as to what Vista does so well compared to XP? I feel my XP experience can't get any better, or than I can be made more productive by Vista. I'm also sure that just like with my XP installaation, with Vista, I'll probably turn off a lot of the glitz. Anyone have any links to the must-have Vista features? Or what your favorite things about it are?
- Todd
I wish i could say "don't like" on friend feed..
- Brian Ries
Brian, it's called 'Hide'.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sorry it's partly my fault I shouldn't of made a statement that Macs are better. To each their own - happy computing
- orionstarr
This is not the Vista you are looking for. Take the red pill and get a mac.
- Gabriel Madrigal
A nun just tried to run me off the road. what's happening?
nun of your bizniz
- Gabriel Madrigal
The Louvre: France's Iconic Museum - Photo Essays - TIME - http://www.time.com/time...
What is the point of photographing the Mona Lisa. I mean, really? I wonder what the world's most uselessly overphotographed subject is.
- Alexei Tolkachev
from Bookmarklet
agreed, besides it looks like a postage stamp when you are 10 feet away
- Gabriel Madrigal
Not a moon base: the Abu Dhabi Louvre project is underway - http://www.time.com/time...
amazed at the amount of "stuff" being built as the oil reserves dry up. Now if only the can build a giant shade...
- Gabriel Madrigal
“Rock Band 2″ Track List: New Gn’R Joined By AC/DC, Dylan and 72 More - http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...
Must have this game NOW!
- Gabriel Madrigal
Russian Ravers Blinded By Laser Light Show - http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...
Must have been one hell of a party!
- Gabriel Madrigal
I wish you would have gotten more photos o the chick with the accordion and skipped the cheesy band (she seems way more talented)…
- Gabriel Madrigal
Yes, she was good. I have more shots of all band members, but wanted to pace myself. I think I gave the Red Beard (with the mandolin) too much flickr space. I will remove one of him. You can have a private viewing of the accordion player.
- Alexei Tolkachev
Remember, hold a guitar and you look cool. Hold an accordion and YOU BETTER BE cool.
- Gabriel Madrigal
What about a banjo? Nobody ever appreciates my Johnny Depp lookalikes. Still, my favorite is the John Lennon.
- Alexei Tolkachev
Scotty Doesn't Know - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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don't tell scotty!!
- Gabriel Madrigal
I favorited it like 2 years ago. Weird.
- Alexei Tolkachev
Halloween - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
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I did?
- Alexei Tolkachev
That's so "main stream" of you, o' the horror (pun intended)
- Gabriel Madrigal
Guest Post: July 4th- An Eco-American Holiday - http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click...
Thanks for the reminder of the amount of pollution fireworks create...
- Gabriel Madrigal
Sorry I missed your party - http://whateves.com/2008...
this is some FUNNY shit!!
- Gabriel Madrigal
Shakira Leaves Epic, Signs Massive Live Nation Deal - http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...
Live Nation is going to ruin the record biz or save it... I vote for the later.
- Gabriel Madrigal
Google Talk Launches for iPhone; Works Great in Sidebar [Google Talk] - http://feeds.gawker.com/~r...
The best phone keeps getting better...
- Gabriel Madrigal
i asked santa for a baby alive, and all i got was this stupid dishwasher - http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008...
funny stuff
- Gabriel Madrigal
Wall-E is a copyright criminal - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
get over it kid, just buy the record and shut up
- Gabriel Madrigal
Bad Company to Reunite for One-Night-Only Concert - http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...
(sound of crickets)
- Gabriel Madrigal
On the Charts: Coldplay’s “Viva” Hangs On to Number One - http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...
Great record
- Gabriel Madrigal
Manhattan Beach Bans Plastic Bags - http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click...
When will OC follow the lead????
- Gabriel Madrigal
Best Little Whorehouse in… Sherman Oaks - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
Way to go Sherman Oaks!
- Gabriel Madrigal
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