"Suddenly, after two years of crashing through the underbrush, the Appjets were in the right place the right time: they had cool real-time technology just at the moment when real-time was what everyone was after. So they had a lot of options; investors and acquirers were all over them. The reason they decided to go with Google was that they were literally overwhelmed by Wave: after meeting the Wave guys, they were so impressed that they (a) wanted to work on Wave themselves, and (b) didn't want to compete with it. After watching the Appjets tough it out for the past two years, I knew they weren't simply being cowards. The technology in Wave must be pretty impressive, and we're happy for the Appjets that they not only managed to land safely after so many ups and downs, but that they landed in a place they actually want to be."
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Great team. Looking forward to working with them again.
- Joel Webber
So when I add the second TiVo and another Apple TV (for Boxee), I'll be out of sources! No room for Vudu or Roku. :(
- Cristo
Hrm, I thought the Wii communicates from the remote to the system and the bar is just for triangulation. Do the remotes have enough range to cover your whole house? Likewise, what about Xbox controllers? Also how are you getting around the annoyance of switching disks when the player/system is tucked away in a cabinet?
- Benjamin Golub
Benjamin, the house isn't that big (~1700sqft). Most of it is open or partially open, and the media closet is in the center. I've had no problems yet with either Xbox or Wii controllers. As for switching disks, I have not gotten around that problem, and if I do, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to talk about it online. ;)
- Cristo
So if you have two screens within wiimote range and you get another ir bar, you could have two people playing multiplayer on different screens in different rooms! Cool!
- Kevin Fox
and they say the family unit isn't what it used to be!
- Morgan Haley
Kevin, yes. I have 3 wireless bars, but I only have one in the photos. The kitchen makes a great bowling alley, but Beti told me she doesn't want people in there bowling when she's cooking. :)
- Cristo
Add a screen in the bathroom along with a rock band drumset that slides out of the wall and consider it complete.
- Rodfather
from Android
We have a place in the downstairs bath we were originally going to put one, but it seems unnecessary, and probably takes away from the zen-like atmosphere of the spa-bath. I know. But hey, I live in San Francisco, right? :)
- Cristo
Rod, were you planning on playing rock band on the toilet? Not sure everyone would want to use those instruments.
- Cristo
Mike, I suck at games. I'm doing this for the intellectual challenge as much as anything, and also so people will come to my house so I don't have to go anywhere. :)
- Cristo
My media closet/distribution additions for this week: 3 x Wireless Wii Sensors, Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard w/trackpad for Mac, Panasonic 26" LCD, Atlona Pro2 Video Scalar, Mac Mini w/500mb HD.
Note that I don't endorse whatever it is that is going on in that TV screenshot. :)
- Cristo
Also, Wii playing works in multiple rooms now, although the sensor placement isn't perfect, so it's a little touch and go. I'm considering modifying the original sensor to be standalone with it's own AC adaptor, which would eliminate batteries running out, as well as having to turn on the sensor whenever you want to use Wii in that location. I had a few issues with the scalar too, so I need to test it more to see if I should return it and try a different model.
- Cristo
The Mac Mini is going to be my media server for now, plugged into the HDMI matrix switch for display, and the wireless keyboard/track pad should work in every room for input. Nothing like writing code on a 54" or 65" monitor. :)
- Cristo
Russell Beattie on how Android is splintering and how it harms app ecosystem and users at http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog... - applies to WinMo & Symbian
"We've recently learned the secret behind the Swine Flu Vaccine that is being pushed so strongly on the public. While the vaccine may make you sick, its real purpose is to greatly increase the fast-kill mechanism of the pandemic still to come. Worse yet, the vaccine is being used to target specific groups of people who are simply not welcome in our brave new world. In the USA these include Blacks, American Indians, and Baby Boomers."
- CW™
from Bookmarklet
Oh noes! Ze plan iz ru-ined! Interestingly, if the numbers we have so far are to be believed, people 65 and older don't seem to be getting severe cases of H1N1, so maybe they don't need the vaccine? Fast kill averted!
- Victor Ganata
"There is a word we are finding quite often now in reversed speech from Washington and London: DECEMBER. It’s always there, like the uninvited guest lurking in the corner of the room. When we are following current plans as they appear in the reversed speech, nothing seems to go past the next six weeks or so, and the thoughts trail off as the word DECEMBER appears again. Like a dark...
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- Cristo
"No one should take the swine flu vaccine – it is one of the most dangerous vaccines ever devised. It contains an immune adjuvant called squalene MF-59 which has been shown to cause severe autoimmune disorders such as MS, rheumatoid arthritis and Lupus. This is the vaccine adjuvant that is strongly linked to the Gulf War syndrome, which killed over 10,000 soldiers and caused a 200%...
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- Cristo
I wished people would stop spouting pseudo-scientific crap - it's making it increasingly more difficult to determine what is true, and what isn't, especially when it comes to something that could potentially impact a large subset of the global population...
- Tyson Key
Good, they caused all our financial troubles and killed the planet. It's about time they got some payback. </heavy-duty sarcasm>
- Kenton
I'm still having trouble figuring out how the baby boomers are targeted by this, since they are being encouraged not to take the vaccine. If the vaccine were bad, wouldn't the illuminati be pushing the baby boomers to take it?
- Cristo
I agree that it is to kill or harm more of the populace. I don't take any vaccines because I know what it is
- Mekkar
Funny. I don't take any vaccines because I'm lazy and don't feel like going to the doctor.
- Cristo
On the plus side, this should decrease the unemployment rate.
- Cristo
This is one level beyond pseudoscience: some sort of mental disorder. At least that's what I hear when I read their webpage backwards.
- Matt Mastracci
I think I'll write a Chrome extension to stamp "insane" on the background of any page that mentions "chemtrails".
- Matt Mastracci
I actually learned something from a factually incorrect, poorly written internet article!
- Kenton
Just because you're insane doesn't mean you can't be right. :)
- Victor Ganata
This is a great website! "We know that an active state of war between the aliens and what Eisenhower called the Military-Industrial Complex existed for a time, all in secret of course, and Earth lost. Big Brother had to sue for peace, and the result is that planet Earth has been under an alien-imposed blockade ever since." http://www.ken-welch.com/Reports...
- Nick Lothian
A man who doesn't even play video games calling my opinion worthless? Rating Wall-E better than Up is crazysauce!
- Alex Scoble
What Jon said. I loved Wall-E and Eve as characters, but the story wasn't my style. I love Up.
- Derrick
Alex, you speak and act like a child. I cannot tolerate you. Go away.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Well, they both made me cry but that's just because I'm a GIRL.
- Rochelle
Rochelle, me too. Up made me cry the most, though. In the theatre. Behind my 3D glasses.
- joey
Good grief, Akiva. :) I used the word "love". I thought Incredibles was better. Monsters, Inc. was good. I didn't love Up as I thought it was too dark and slow. Wall*E was good but only worth seeing once.
- Louis Gray
Up was the closest I've gotten to crying since Where the Red Fern Grows.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
I still haven't seen Incredibles, sadly. I need to do that! And I finally saw Cars the other week.
- joey
Oh, good gravy, Gray. Incredibles was like Joe Versus the Volcano. The first act was great; the rest was rubbish. I am scoffing! LOOK AT ME SCOFF.
- Akiva Moskovitz
SCOFF THIS. I AM DELETING MY ACCOUNT. (Can we replay that? I missed it yesterday)
- Louis Gray
Oh yeah, Cars was lame too. Bring it on.
- Louis Gray
LOL I love how Akiva's is resorting to making stuff up about me now. And Akiva, your opinion means less than that of a person who owns Bose now. Dissing Cars is just wrong...it had Michael Schumacher in it...SCHUMACHER!
- Alex Scoble
whoa, I ain't even seen Up yet and I'm kinda doubting that.
- Richard Lawler
I agree with the original sentiment. I mean, I loved Up, and it was really touching, but dang if I don't have a soft spot for cute little robots... :)
- Cheryl Jones
I loved the robots in Wall-E, it was the people I had a problem with.
- Derrick
Wall-e was pretty bad. WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA WALL-E EVA
- Cristo
And I'm not exaggerating that this is probably how many times they said that to each other.
- Cristo
Oh, well, if Cristo doesn't like it then it must be good.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Can I just say that I'm shocked, SHOCKED I SAY, that no one was blocked over this kerfluffle.
- Alex Scoble
Which one?? That harvey didin't see Wall-e?? Or that Akiva likes Wall-e better??
- Roberto Bonini
I'm shocked that this sort of mob-mentality, non-tech-related drivel is ALLOWED! YOU ARE KILLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE WITHYOURSOFTHUMANBRAINS!
- WorldofHiglet
The first 30 minutes of Wall-E were brilliant... apparently, the director had his team watch Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton to get it right. And the sound effects are insanely good.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
"Up" was better... :o) never cried to an animated movie before, - i did to this..
- Jeannette Høvring
I liked Wall-E a *lot* on first viewing it the theater. Now that we have it on DVD and have watched it a dozen or so times with out toddler, I find the first dialogue-less segment fantastic, and the rest of the movie lackluster and cliche. Oh, but it still blows the socks off "Cars"
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
I was going to leave a standard comment about Wall-E being slightly better than Up, though they're both pretty awesome, but instead I opened up the full thread and I'm backing away... slowly... *retreats into sketchbook*
- Kamilah Gill
Hell no. Up was much better then Wall-E.
- Jason Huebel
Omg I love it! Lately I've been doing more wireframes than actual mockups, and I wanted them to be team-editable as well, so I was using Google Doc's drawing tool. This is way better. Great find!
- Jess Lee
It's Hypercard! (edit: no it's not)
- Hayes Haugen
Anyone had experience with Balsamiq? Wondering how mockingbird compares
- Adam Kazwell
Nice, but I don't think many clients are going to enjoy being told to 'just upgrade to a PROPER browser!' when they discover they can't view the wireframes in IE
- Duncan
"Proper: Of the required type; suitable or appropriate" Could have chosen a less aggressive word, but it sounds like IE isn't a browser of the required type, so the word is technically correct in this context. The question of whether IE *should* be improper is another matter.
- Kevin Fox
I don't think it's a case of whether it's a proper browser or not, regardless of the definition; the usefulness of the app would be somewhat stunted if one half of team have problems using it. Or at least, I hope I'm not the only one who's had clients who still use IE6, and, for one reason or another, can't upgrade. Anyway, I'll shut up now, this is beta software, just hope that moving forward, they at least support IE8!
- Duncan
There is no sane reason to be developing software for IE6 anymore as it's past for even Microsoft. Yeah, they still make some random updates to it but if some companies are stuck with IE6 (for other reasons than having some software that are binded to that specific version) some might ask if their security policy is working or not.
- Daniel Schildt
It's good to develop software that works in most browsers but there is no good reason go get stuck in the past while creating something totally new. Mockingbird is meant as development tool and if some client does not want to have properly working browser, it's their problem. Wireframes are just the beginning part of UI development so there isn't need that have this kind of software working in ancient browsers (as if developers would still mainly develop everything first for IE6...).
- Daniel Schildt
I can see Cap Hill to the SW. Do we have line of site between our houses?
- Gary Burd
There's a slight ridge between me and the lake so no. Can you see the Man Spire of St Joseph's or the Lady Dome of Holy Names?
- Hayes Haugen
I think dome is visible halfway between the two clumps of tall buildings. I am guessing that spire is in front of the tall building on the right. Zoom in all the way and let me know what you think.
- Gary Burd
I think so. They are on the same street which is roughly parallel to the bridge. I'm going to go climb up on the spire and shoot my laser pointer your way. Give me 10....
- Hayes Haugen