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Elastic tabstops - a better way to indent and align code - http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic...
HealingBrush, τorƍue, Hüseyin Mert and 41 other people liked this
"Each cell ends with a tab character. A column block is a run of uninterrupted vertically adjacent cells. A column block is as wide as the widest piece of text in the cells it contains or a minimum width (plus padding). Text outside column blocks is ignored." The page includes a Java applet demo of a simple editor which uses this concept. This actually looks pretty sweet.
- ⓞnor
from Bookmarklet
You mean, tabs should be 4 spaces? That's okay but did you read this article?
- ⓞnor
It would require changes to any editor; I see no reason those changes would be harder (or easier) to make to vi. (The changes are to how tabs are rendered; actual editing is unchanged.)
- ⓞnor
Those are good points about time travel, but this could be a relatively incremental improvement that would actually make things a lot better. Not that I'm about to adopt it or anything (as far as I know it is implemented only in gedit), but table-based layout of code fits the way I move code around better than the line-at-a-time reindenting most editors use. Maybe a good intermediate solution would be an editor that works with this model but translates it to a more conventional format on exit.
- ⓞnor
I wasn't smart enough to make the demo do anything interesting for me, but what does this do that you can't do with the emacs commands that in/outdent the selected block of text?
- j1m
j1m: try making one of the variable names (or types) much longer than it currently is. You'll see the entire next column of stuff shift over to adapt without you having to do anything special. Also, since it's only the rendering that's changing, and not the number of space characters on every affected line (as would be the case if you indented everything with spaces), your revision history will be cleaner: only the line you meant to edit will show up as "changed".
- Laurence Gonsalves
What Laurence said -- try editing the "try making this comment a bit longer" text, or the "makeThisFunctionNameLonger()" function in front of it, and watch how things reflow. Or, edit the name of the someDemoCode function and watch the argument list move. Some of these things could be done through fixups and block-move commands, but I think this is quicker and better.
- ⓞnor
@Laurence, yeah, the bit about the revision history seems pretty valuable.
- j1m
What I want is something that can reflow gracefully to variable column widths, so we don't have to argue about 80 columns vs. 100 vs. whatever all the time.
- ⓞnor
This makes sense to me. Neat find.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Very interesting idea, seen it a few times before. Sad thing is that it isn't really supported anywhere I can find. I only indent with tabs myself, spaces are evil. I hate having to retab files that have to few/many spaces to be readable. =)
- Daniel Bruce
omg i love you. <3 <3 <3
- Will Higgins™
I haven't tried this, but here's a related package for Emacs: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-e...
- Amit Patel
The problem is that we still edit code's textual representation instead of structure. I'd be more of a fan of a 2d layout of code.
- Jonas S Karlsson
@Jonas: Agreed.
- Ihab Awad
Алексей Мельчаков, Phil Smirnov, taoge and 68 other people liked this
EEK!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
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o_O scary
- Manuela
AH
- Mona Nomura
مزیدی در حال لبخند
- Mil∂d
Creepy! We have a stuffed frog puppet at work with a full set of false teeth. It's there to amuse the pediatric patients, but it kind of creeps me out just a little.
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
eek!
- Carmen
Haha, scary!
- Kaan Ertürk
that's er, disconcerting!
- Rick Cogley
:|
- Anna Haro
But look, its smiling at you!
- Joe Pierce
Reminds in a strange way of Donnie Darko!
- Michael VanDervort
i think what makes it worse, it the teeth are so damn shiny... :-\
- Live4Emma (L4S)
AHHH!!! No no no!!!
- Katie: Whelmed Overly
I'm gonna make this my Spirit Animal. Sorry, nutria, your services are no longer needed.
- Christopher Harley
Don't be afraid. I mean look at it, Its stomach is tiny, how much off you could it possibly eat at once?
- Joe Pierce
ack!
- BeeLing
مزیدی :دی
- atalmatal
Scary and reminds me of a Dan Le Sac video :)
- Joe Dawson
:))))))))
- mhmazidi
EWWW!
- Toby Graham
Looks like a character from a Tool video.
- Paul Grav
that's just freaky looking...
- Sebastiaan van den Akker
Scaring lovely!
- Smeerch
I knew my Gramma's false teeth were out there somewhere! :)
- Carlos Lorenzo
creepy as hell!
- felix
CREEPY!!!
- Meredith
:-D
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
GYAH! *opens fire*
- Mo Kargas
:O
Alexey Ivanov, Bret Taylor, Jemm and 192 other people liked this
lolness
- Brandon
oh behave!
- Pascal
hahahaha
- Anna Haro
We should never shake hands. :)
- Morton Fox
:P
- Alemsah Ozturk
I WIN MUHAHAHAH
- Caroline
Look at his face... the dude on the very right. HAHA!
- Mona Nomura
SaaWEET!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
omg, a cracker
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Truth hurts!...Ahahaha!
- Olcayto Cengiz
hahahha, super
- Ozkan Altuner
alls fair in (self)love and thumb war!
- Joe Pierce
HEE! :-D
- Ladybug Heather
lolls.
- Danny Peck
Awww, too late!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
lawl!
- Christian (Simply X)
ROFL
- Abbas Haider Ali
just showed this to Tad in a restaurant and he's laughing so hard people are staring. LOL!
- Her Lindsay-ness
Excellent!! rofl!!
- Penny
I don't know who bumped this, but thanks. I forgot I even posted this. That very last character's face is PRICELESS. And Lindsay. LOL!
- Mona Nomura
LOL!!! This is great!!!
- David Cook
Smiles
- Bob Gannon
haha
- Ted Roden
Holy FUNNIEST. COMIC. EVER!!!!
- Morgan Haley
hahahhahahhaha
- Mona Nomura
+1000000000000000000000000000000000 Mona for posting this.
- ld
You guys, this is SO old - from November LOL
- Mona Nomura
Hey, Mona! Pull my finger!
- Steven Perez
ROFL
- Anika
hahaha, cool
- Peter Efland
ROFLMAO
- Dennis R.
PMSL
- Elis
I tried this on the gf yesterday. She just rolled her eyes.
- ld
Ha ha
- Brandy Lea
hehe :p
- alessandro
C&h ftw
- mjc
love it!
- Greg
ROFL
- Kaz
that's wrong. so wrong. :)
- felix
This was really posted 97 days ago?
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Not that I'm complaining, it is funny. :)
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
New rumored iPhone 4G modeled after aluminum Mac Book... - http://i.gizmodo.com/5145151...
guilherme, Jason R. Hunter, TheHenry and 8 other people liked this
Am I the only one who thinks this is probably bogus because there isn't a volume control? :)
- Brett Kelly
I think there *is* a volume control, on the left side. Kind of hard to see.
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
The Financial Crisis Is Driving Hordes of Americans to Suicide | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet - http://www.alternet.org/workpla...
Daniel Rowley, Nicholas James, Jim Graham and 4 other people liked this
"Pushed past their breaking points, people are robbing banks to pay the rent, setting homes on fire -- even taking their own lives."
- infodiva
from Bookmarklet
I blame Obama. He led people to believe everything would change once he was president, and yet almost nothing has. Even gravitational acceleration remains a crushing 9.8 m/s/s. Clearly we need a federal gravity bailout.
- Rob Sterling
Just making sure Scoble and Gray are right here on Friendfeed where they belong on New Years Eve (Happy New Year All!!! :)
Keith - @tsudo, Franklin Pettit, Joe Dawson and 14 other people liked this
They are, and I am happy that Arrington didn't pull Scoble off of FF... I'd have to go deck him if he did :D
- Susan Beebe
Susan - I think I would pay to see that! :)
- Charlie Anzman
Happy New Year Charlie. :)
- Mona Nomura
Happy New Year, Charlie!
- David Cook
Check that box off!
- Louis Gray
Susan I love ya but NO ONE gets to deck Arrington before me
- Erin @queenofspain
I feel a new (heavily attended) event coming .... Who gets to deck Arrington !! Someone call Don King. This could be HUGE
- Charlie Anzman
I am here and having a great evening. See you after desert!
- Robert Scoble
“Anyone using TwitterBerry? Thoughts?” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
RALPH, Pilgrim Five, Bill Moore and 3 other people liked this
I have used TwitterBerry, when I was using the Curve. It worked much better than what's available for my new E71!
- Tink *~*~*
Im using it on a bold , here in canada .. for the most part its been good .. had some real issues ,, the guys are quick to respond , use this @Orangatame
- johnpiercy
Thanks, I'm trying it now :)
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
I'm using it on the Pearl. Occasionally I have to cancel the upload and retry with pictures, but other than that it works fine. I'm liking it more than TinyTwitter.
- matthew john ernisse
It's pretty good, i use it on my curve
- Gordon Swaby
barebones -- it works.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
usint it now with the Bold. It's good enough. With the Nokia I used the web-based but fully functional m.slandr.net
- Andy Sternberg
I didn't like it (used Tinytwitter instead) until the latest version which allows customization of startup page. Now that I can make my Friend's update page the startup page, the app makes more sense. I now use TwitterBerry instead of TinyTwitter.
- James Hoang
I've just started using it on the Storm, works pretty well, I couldn't get TinyTwitter to work on the 9530 so I can't compare.
- Stephen B
Works fine for me, except for the "Send to Twitpic" feature, that doesn't work at all.
- Jordi Soler
Just started using a BlackBerry (Bold), noticed, that one must not exit TwitterBerry with the Esc-key but with the hangup-key, otherwise background polling won't work (at least for me).
- Martin Carpella
make sure you are following @orangatame
- johnpiercy
Yes I am using it on my Storm.. it works fine so far that is
- Bill Moore
from twhirl
I use. Me likey. (BB Pearl)
- Hans Eisenman
I use on Bold and it is ok!
- Erol Kavas
I <3 Twitterberry
- Jacob Nahin
I have a Bold and its your only choice ... I have a Bold , but not for long
- johnpiercy
Twitterberry is great. I think you will find it a good choice
- RALPH
I think that you will find that using Twitterberry on the Bold is very addicting.
- RALPH
Have a look at SocialScope, it is the current best contender with TwitterBerry
- Mark Stahler
I cannot, for the life of me, get myself to enjoy this app. For now I've been using plain old SMS or the m.twitter.com site. I used to live religiously by Twitter updates on IM via Jivetalk, but that has been dead for what, a year now? *tear* I will check out the other options mentioned here though, thanks and keep them coming!
- Rob
Good luck fellas - http://sunran.com/2009...
James Hoang liked this
If Madoff can hide $50B, Raju can surely hide $1B.
- James Hoang
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - summer of 2009. Auto-bots? ROLL-OUT! http://www.transformersmovie.com/
Ken Stewart | ChangeForge, Kevin, mikepk and 15 other people liked this
Star Trek, WatchMen, Transformers, Monsters Vs. Aliens, etc.; the year is starting to look pretty good.
- Robert Miller
Transformers!!
- Mona Nomura
More than meets the eye...
- Lisa L. Seifert
I bet it ends up being woefully disappointing as usual.
- Alex Scoble
Bite your tongue, Alex! It's robots in disguise! They never disappoint!
- Lisa L. Seifert
Au contraire...case in point, the recent Michael Bay movie.
- Alex Scoble
Megan Fox - sorry sweetie, but your fifteen minutes are ticking away.
- Morgan Haley
I watch it when it comes on tv, but it wasn't very good. But I like robots and I like stuff blowing up. I'll watch some French New Wave to make up for it later.
- Derrick
Needs more ...eye lasers
- Mo Kargas
Blockbuster summer movie and no trailer yet? Can't be good.
- Jared B. Luther
why...why.........why...
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
@jared b. luther - They has a shame. Cannot release footage of lame-ass robots. I think one of them should refuse to be an american car and appear as a Honda or something.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Let's look at that list...Star Trek, will undoubtedly suck...was doomed to suckage the moment they cast whatshisname as Spock...casting FAIL...Watchmen...is that even coming out this summer? I've heard rumblings that it will suck too. Transformers? Unless they focus on the transformers and not on the stupid humans that are here to be saved and not vice versa, it will suck...Monsters vs Aliens? haven't even heard of that one yet until now.
- Alex Scoble
Transformers site uses Flash. Can't see it on my iPhone. FAIL!!
- Roberto Bonini
Is anyone else willing to admit they went just to see if Megan was in this one...?
- Cody Heitschmidt
C'mere, Alex. *arms wide open* There, feel better? :) In all seriousness, I like your passion. Movies have been sucking lately, and they spend so much money on them. But I'm optimistic. Watchmen, I know is wrapped up in all kinds of legal drama. Supposed to be out in March, but we'll see.
- Derrick
The unbelivably good looking girl in Transformers?
- Roberto Bonini
Yeah, Hollywood hasn't been batting above the Mendoza line of late with the summer blockbusters.
- Alex Scoble
Yes Roberto
- Cody Heitschmidt
I remember some cringe-worthy quote about TF2 by her. Wait, found it.
- mikepk
MTV talked to Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen star Megan Fox, who says that the sequel is "is 10 times as big, 10 times as many set pieces, explosions, and acrobatic stunts."She added that "Shia and I make out a little bit; I don't know if anyone wants to see that."Fox says that they have been reworking the script as it was written fast because of the writers strike, mainly to add...
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- mikepk
FAIL!
- Alex Scoble
That's cringeworthy alright.
- Roberto Bonini
I do appreciate that Bay can laugh at himself http://friendfeed.com/e...
- mikepk
Alex, I have hopes for Star Trek
- mikepk
I have hopes for whatever the next Pixar movie is, the 2d stuff Lassiter is working on, the next Iron Man (although not great hopes, as origin stories are much easier to do right than sequels), a green lantern movie, captain america, etc. I have no hopes for Star Trek whatsoever. I can't stand the actor they got as Spock and that immediately ruins the movie for me.
- Alex Scoble
Me too. Dosent Bay have a blog? I distinctly remember Reading it.
- Roberto Bonini
Wow Alex. How about something you are looking forward to watching instead of dissing what anyone else might want to watch.
- Robert Miller
I just took care of that Robert. And hey if you want to be disappointed by Mr. Bay yet again, that's your choice, but I reserve the right to call crap when I see it...and compared to what Transformers could have been and SHOULD have been, it was CRAP! No thanks on the sequel.
- Alex Scoble
doesn't the new Terminator film come out the week before??
- Jez Arnold
What was everyone who was disappointed in Transformers expecting exactly? Have you re-watched the source material lately? Do you really expect something Shakespearean to come out of giant alien robots that can turn into cars and planes? It had a quick pace, explosions, and some witty dialogue while making me go 80's nostalgic - that's all I can ask of a summer blockbuster.
- Eric P
Well, I am looking forward to all of the movies I listed. I am not sure Hollywood would do Green Lantern justice as each GL seems to be filled with serious angst and Hollywood seems to hate that in the Comic-to-Movie adaptations. I would pass on a Captain America movie, but that is because I never really got attached to the comic series. An IR-2 would be nice, but I have to agree (re: origins are easier) and hold up the Matrix trilogy as exhibit-A (One was o.k. while 2 and 3 sucked).
- Robert Miller
I loved Transformers...
- Mona Nomura
In the end, movies are never perfect to what we are able, and do, imagine and one actor or director should never take away from our personal enjoyment. If your goal is to enjoy, then you will and, conversely, if you goal is to critique and nit-pick, then you will never enjoy the movie and are disappointed before the title scene begins. Frankly, I watch movies to enjoy them and will continue to do so.
- Robert Miller
I had a kid once say to me... "are you a transformer"...pointing to my hearing aid...lol... "what do ya turn into?" lol... I had to laugh at that... :o) he was only about 4, maybe 5.. his mum went beetroot red! :-D
- Rob Sellen :o)
BTW, I also loved Transformers and Iron Man and bought, Bought, the movies. For me, that is a serious investment as I only buy those which I want to sit through several more times. Then again, I also like the "Dark Crystal" and that probably makes me a bit weird. :)
- Robert Miller
I watched Transformers looking to be entertained, but in the end watched a cringeworthy lovefest between Shia and Megan...Who cares about the humans...it's all about the transformers, but do they center on the transformers? No...they center on all the GM cars and the babes/hunks of the week in Hollywood. It was just totally wrong.
- Alex Scoble
LOL Rob. +1
- Robert Miller
Lol.. i loved it.. thought it was very,... um ... creative lol. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
For the record, I also have Transformers on DVD and will buy it on BluRay eventually...because the opening sequence is gloriously good for demoing a home theater.
- Alex Scoble
We agree to disagree?
- Robert Miller
Seems to be the current configuration of this discussion, Robert. :)
- Alex Scoble
Brown Can Thrash Your Packages With A 30-Yard Delivery Toss, That's What - http://gizmodo.com/5123563...
Anne Bouey, James Hoang, jyamasaki and 23 other people liked this
Um, MM? Is that Brown? ;)
- Mona Nomura
from Bookmarklet
wow...i hope those were documents....
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I want see if UPS will issue a PR statement LOL
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Touchdown!
- Mark Krynsky
UPS is terrible in Memphis. Of course FedEx HQ is here so they are usually superb.
- Sean Davis
Just Wow! Out here in the sticks, Brown actually does stop and take the time drop off the package by the kennel-gate and give my dogs their dog-biscuits.
- Robert Miller
Do you have a milkman too, Robert? (not snarky)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
thats fucked. unless it was a shirt or somethiing
- Caroline
[shrug] You can usually tell from the box what's inside (breaky things vs. clothes) and if the package is from say a clothing store or accountant, that's not a big deal. I saw on the site people are calling for this guy's job. Typical internet mob think; making statements with no facts. Loading a truck your precious packages get even more trampled. I used to stand on boxes marked 'fragile' to build my wall. I'd toss all kinds of small packages to get them behind my wall.
- Anika
LOL...No milkman. Though, there is a company here in the valley that does to-residence dairy deliveries.
- Robert Miller
oh wow
- AJ Batac
I was an unloader for a season, Anika, I know what you mean. The fastest way to empty a truck is to start pulling on the wall of boxes and get out of the way while it falls. Good times.
- Rob H.
Sorry, if you have to unload any of my trucks, Robert. I'd get really creative is sticking small packages into nooks. I'd also try to create walls were I could slide golf clubs, skis, architectural plans into the holes. My goal was to do that before I got busted for doing it. :)
- Anika
bastards. damn bastards.
- Morgan Haley
I worked at UPS for a bit during my freshman year. God I hated that place.
- Shawn Farner
I've seen much worse behavior from commercial airline employees stowing packages on planes, especially when it's USPS packages. They will actively slam it onto the belt, then when it falls off half way up, they will throw it toward the hold, when it misses and falls to the ground they try again until they realize they suck, then slam it back down on the belt in anger. I've seen this at multiple airports.
- xero
United Pitching Service.
- James Hoang
my former landlord was a UPS driver. he told me horror stories about how they would treat packages. 'fragile' meant 'kick me please'. sad.
- Morgan Haley
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Nick Humphries, James Hoang, Rob McNair-Huff and 8 other people liked this
Sharing for Johnny.
- vijay
The archives will be gone by the end of this week, so get them out as soon as you can.
- vijay
Coolio dude.
- Will Higgins™
Lenovo adds multi-touch, facial recognition to its S10 netbook - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
James Hoang, mikepk and Robert Scoble liked this
I just sold an iPhone. Do I get a commission. How? Google and Shazam apps. Developers!!!!
Daniel Brusilovsky, Rob Brammeld, "Joey" and 13 other people liked this
What? did you just pawn off your iPhone in NYC Robert?? Hahahaaaha!! Cheers!
- Susan Beebe
No, we are in El Granada, CA. Maryam's friend needs a new cell phone and now is going to buy an iphone
- Robert Scoble
No, you should get a swift kick in the privates for selling an Apple product.
- Alex Scoble
Hahaha I thought you said you where in "times square" ooops...wrong city... I thought you were at home. iPhone is amazing...so glad you persuaded me to get one!! NO other phone even compares...seriously, this product sells itself!!
- Susan Beebe
I'd pay to see that, Alex ;) !!
- James D Kirk
If said owner gets their groove on friendfeed, you may have a new person of interest to follow, and therein lies thy reward :)
- Micah Wittman
Susan: we are near @hardaway's house in El Granada. Google's voice searchis freaking cool.
- Robert Scoble
As much as I'd like a phone with a real browser, I'll be damned before I ever pay the Apple tax or use a phone without a QWERTY keyboard...Blackberry for life!
- Alex Scoble
Robert Google voice search is hawt! One of my all time *fav* apps. Show them Google maps - Streetview ...show them their own house...that always freaks people out! :D
- Susan Beebe
Alex, have you seen the T-Mobile's G1 yet? :)
- imabonehead
Alex - if you want a REAL browser and a qwerty then you need a G1, :P
- Internet's Tad
Alex - I was a hardcore crackberry addict with my Curve, etc. but dude the iPhone totally owns the BB platform now... no joke. I can type FASTER on the iPhone than the BB... no sh*t! Plus that damn little screen is a freakin joke... Robert is right...he should kick YOU in the balls! hehehe LOL :)
- Susan Beebe
No...I haven't...unfortunately they are only on T-Mobile. Then again I'm not particularly authoritative on the subject of phones...I don't even own one...my BB is from work.
- Alex Scoble
Alex: why do you need a keyboard? Oh yeah, you don't have voice search!
- Robert Scoble
unlocked g1 is ~$400
- Peter Warnock
Alex, me too! I've got to touch and feel the keyboard. I can use it without looking at it; with iPhone no chance. Finally a Blackberry user. :-)
- Moushumi Kabir
How ironic that BB got rid of the keyboard
- Peter Warnock
Yeah, you can bet that I won't be getting a Storm anytime soon, Peter.
- Alex Scoble
Peter, not on Bold, just on Storm. :-)
- Moushumi Kabir
I got a BB Storm tonight. Wanted an iPhone but was edged out by my older brother who is actually running our shop. After watching Ed Dale run a multi-million dollar business, and, his house, from his iPhone, while traveling from Melbourne to San Fran, I was convinced. First peek into this BB tonight; too complicated, non intuitive, for what it can do. Web access is painful.
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
Bold is pretty neat. Storm, didn't like the feel of it.
- Moushumi Kabir
i am an iphone convert. onscreen keyboard is amazing if you just trust it. the faster i type the better it is. acuracy is not really needed (within reason of course). i didnt believe it until i tried it.
- Chris Johnson
Didn't you say you were logging out for the evening? Welcome back! :-)
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: never believe an addict!
- Robert Scoble
My New Year's resolution is to buy an iPhone when my contract with T-Mobile is up
- LA Snark
Robert, I never believed it when I saw it, just like no one believed me when I quit Twitter back in July. :-)
- Jesse Stay
I sold mine on eBay for 525.
- "Joey"
Yeah - I actually made money on my first iPhone - one more reason I buy Apple
- Jesse Stay
Alexia Sinclair
Ken Morley, shamim, Kol Tregaskes and 13 other people liked this
Beautiful. Great job! I especially like the 2nd photo with the hummingbirds.
- James Hoang
Second Picture is so creative
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Piece of happiness .. - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Sameer Panchangam, shamim, Rob Brammeld and 9 other people liked this
مرسي. من سمت چپي كه با توت فرنگي هست لطفا:)
- وارش
وارش این هم از شیرینی امروز :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
ممنون ممنون. توي اين برف خيلي خوبه خوردنشون :))))))
- وارش
من ۲ ساله برف ندیدم :((
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
:( ما اينجا به وفور ميبينيم هر سال
- وارش
Those delicious looking cupcakes would surely be exquisite with my champagne right about now.
- James Hoang
James, I hope you enjoy :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
CNBC says: "Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine" and the author "spoke to Apple" - but why aren't there quotes? http://www.cnbc.com/id...
Sidharth Dassani, Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF), Alistair (alpinefolk) and 10 other people liked this
-crickets- ... I am very curious to hear people's thoughts about ease of publishing, journalistic integrity, and what constitutes a 'credible source' - You (edit | delete)
- Mona Nomura
- more crickets-
- Mike Lewis
Ya, tell me about it.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I am very curious to hear people's thoughts about ease of publishing, journalistic integrity, and what constitutes a 'credible source'
- Mona Nomura
My first thought is that although it's exceptionally sad to have the guy's health / illness / current condition dredged up so often in the press; this is also another situation in which Apple's tight-lipped approach does them, and him, no favors ...
- Patrick Jordan
Jobs should be allowed to be "fine" until proven terminally ill. And medical blog gizmodo distances itself from their own "source".
- Thomas Bøhm
by not addressing the issue... they're removing jobs from the stock issues that surround his personal health news...trying to separate themselves from a stock crash both now and in the future.
- Joshua Schnell
I have an issue with the ease of publishing and irresponsible megaphoning. We're all gonna speculate, but is it our responsibility (readers) to become critical thinkers? What about people who aren't? CNBC is a major network and considered 'credible', yet he doesn't use quotes. And that's ok?
- Mona Nomura
News agencies are far from responsible. They just publish sensational stories, and then retract them later if they have to... Frankly, I think Jobs as CEO is way overhyped. The lack of Apple officially responding is an attempt to convey that in my opinion. A day with out Jobs is on the horizon, and they're trying to officially remove the stock fluctuations that will occur on that news.
- Joshua Schnell
CNBC is primarily talking about the stupid nature of Gizmodo´s piece, and they only need a link for that, not quotes. It´s like demanding a photo of me *not* falling down the stairs today. It´s Gizmodo you are after, which acted like Joshua describes.
- Thomas Bøhm
I trust Giz more since: 1. they were correct about the nano. 2. they were correct about the new Macbook and 3. the iPhone (amongst others). CNBC's Jim Goldman was mistaken about his Macbook Air predictions, iPhone, and Zune. The "CNBC" label doesn't mean anything to me. Does it to you, Thomas?
- Mona Nomura
That said: Josh I disagree. Apple = Jobs. Therefore, Apple - Jobs = Apple - (real) jobs.
- Mona Nomura
Apple >> Jobs. Jobs is a charismatic leader, but he's no dummy, has known of his health risks for some time, and has done much to make sure there is a solid organization behind him. He knows that a good legacy will not be that Apple could be great only under his leadership, but that Apple could be built to be great without it.
- LogEx
I basically agree with Jason: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Thomas Bøhm
(wrote my feedback in the thread) I am still curious as to what constitutes credible sources -- especially since news spreads like wild fire these days.
- Mona Nomura
It's no surprise about the Gizmodo piece... when you get paid by the view... you tend to pick sensational stories... i'd do it too... lol
- Joshua Schnell
Integrity and accountability go hand in hand. Predictions and news reporting are very different in this context. What is the downside for Gizmodo to publish rumors as news?
- scott anderson
The lines are getting crossed, and that's my concern. CNBC - that is a 'trusted and credible source' (well specifically Goldman) has been incorrect two times that I know of about Apple stuff and most recently w/ Microsoft and the Zune phone - how responsible is that? Why is it ok for him to be wrong? As more publications become digitized, who do we trust? Or do we need to fact check all our sources since everyone's chasing headlines online? Who do I believe?
- Mona Nomura
Was Goldman incorrect about a statement of fact in those three instances you cite (quotes would help) or was he incorrect about predictions he was making? If it was the former he could potentially lose his reputation and his job. If it was the latter and no statement of fact was made then it does not matter ethically if he was wrong. The story about Jobs health was a news report and not a prediction. I doubt that the Gizmodo blogger will be fired or that the SEC will investigate him or his source.
- scott anderson
"In a just-aired broadcast on CNBC, the network's Jim Goldman reported that a source close to Apple's manufacturing facilities has confirmed that the company will launch its much rumored sub-notebook at Macworld in January and that it will also have a 3G iPhone on store shelves by June at the latest." http://www.cnbc.com/id... and http://www.appleinsider.com/article... So that's not reporting, but a prediction?
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I don't care who you are, what your background is or the number of awards you may have earned. I will respect your past work, but today is today. And wrong is wrong.
- Mona Nomura
I would not classify the sub-notebook statement as a prediction by Goldberg but no statement of fact was made. Just like the Gizmodo report today it references a source with unknown credibility. Goldberg is not vouching for this source but Gizmodo qualifies their source with "previously reliable" yet qualifies the article with "Rumor:" That said, the headline of Goldberg's article today "Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine" is not confirmed by a known source.
- scott anderson
In my opinion both Gizmodo and CNBC should not have published these articles.
- scott anderson
Thank you!! You're the first person to say "both"
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine - Tech Check with Jim Goldman - http://www.cnbc.com/id...
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Never mind the Gizmodo report was flimsy at best. Never mind the blog seemed to distance itself from its own report. Traders and their hair triggers swiftly yelled "Sell!" — and rumor overshadowed reason once again. I spoke to Apple after these headlines crossed and the company, which officially doesn't comment on rumors, reiterated the reasons it offered two weeks ago: Apple was pulling out of Macworld because the company didn't see the need to continue its investment in the expo, which included Steve Jobs' keynote. I was told this morning (Tuesday) that nothing has changed since then. The same reasons apply today that applied two weeks ago.
- MG Siegler
from Bookmarklet
Jack Skellington wants his costume back.
- Derrick
If he's beta testing the new iDiet, I can tell you this: it's broke.
- Akiva Moskovitz
but gizmodo walks away with 100,000 pageviews for it - did one reader stop reading ? nope.
- Allen Stern
The tech blogosphere is so PR-whipped, they won't know if he's really sick until a memorial statue is erected in his honor. And, even then, a Twitter slap fight will break out about whether he's really dead or just keeping a (very) low profile.
- Sprague D
everyone wants the pageviews
- Allen Stern
Jobs as modern business version of Jim Morrison?
- Valeria Maltoni
Who to believe in?
- Gadiel Rivera
Valeria, I guess that means one day he could be the modern-day version of Elvis or Tupac or Kurt Cobain.... "Steve Jobs is in my basement, building an amazing new iPhone"
- Eric Eldon
Liked for Allen's insightful comments.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Eric - it will be really interesting to see what happens. Seems to have that kind of charisma.
- Valeria Maltoni
As somebody whose husband died of cancer, he does look like he's seriously ill.
- Dawn
Dawn I was just looking at pictures of my dad from his last Christmas and was thinking exactly the same thing.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Anyone else remember the 1980s with dying soviet leaders. Is apple the kremlin of the techworld minus the secret police and gulags? Secrecy and information control can get out of hand.
- Claes Krantz
So, Claes, you're saying that you think Apple does not have secret police and gulags?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
one anonymously-sourced blog post and AAPL loses $4 billion in market cap? somehow i don't think it's about pageviews.
- Karim
when Engadget did the same in 2007, CNet interviewed Brian Lam of Gizmodo, who said that "the important thing on the juicy stories is to be extremely cautious, especially with Apple." riiiiiiight. http://news.cnet.com/Welcome...
- Karim
I expect that any morning I will hear on the radio that Steve Jobs is dead.
- CW™
Their SEC filing lists availability of "key personnel", including Jobs, as a risk factor -- wouldn't it be due diligence for them to have an estimate of his loss baked into their financial projections? Especially when the brand is so identified with him. Or are they really at the mercy of rumors?
- Sprague D
Yuck. I find the whole death watch thing revolting.
- Hayes Haugen
Where are his sources? If he is so certain that he is correct, how come he's not quoting Apple's PR department? (Kattie Cotton, to be exact)
- Mona Nomura
If Gizmodo's report on Steve Job's declining health seemed "flimsy" (http://tinyurl.com/7gwc9k), Jim Goldman's post seems equally "flimsy".
- James Hoang
I just re-read the thread and Allen? Giz already gets 8923749283749283 gajillion page views, daily. I don't think that's the case. @Hayes: This is more than a death watch. Did you actually read the article on Giz? @James: A-MEN. FINALLY someone with PERSPECTIVE
- Mona Nomura
James, are you equating a report from journalist who has won several national journalism awards, who has worked for ABC, CNN, and NBC, who talked to a source at Apple -- with a blog post sourced from an anonymous tipster whose motives are unknown, and whose editor is a self-confessed rumor whore? Facts aside, are you claiming both sources are equally *credible?*
- Karim
Karim? After this award winning journalist published the post basically damning Giz, bloggers, and yelling at us "I KNOW BEST AND YOU DON'T" http://www.cnbc.com/id... he then writes a piece stating: "It's a classic case of "no news is good news." Stop the rumors. And stop believing them. Until Apple says something different, or I get my hands on something tangible and trustworthy,...
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- Mona Nomura
And in his first piece, there were NO quotes. If he's an award winning journalist then where are the facts? Where are the quotes? Why should I believe him? And WHY do I need to think about these things when turning to 'credible' sources? So where does that leave us (the readers)?
- Mona Nomura
Ok, sorry, you lost me :-D How is suggesting that people report *news* and not unsubstantiated *rumors* irresponsible? EDIT: or hypocritical, for that matter?
- Karim
He is not reporting news either and contributing to the noise...
- Mona Nomura
I personally just found a guy who majored in journalism -- where presumably they teach you stuff like journalistic ethics, how to source a story, fact checking, etc. -- and who has won awards for journalism, who has been in tech journalism since 1989, who has worked for several national news organizations, etc. ad nauseam, to be a *slightly* more credible witness than just some random guy on a blog. Am I too trusting? :-D
- Karim
Gizmodo had their one anonymous source. Goldman says he called Apple. Did he quote anyone at Apple? No. Again, I'm assuming that when a respected tech journalist says he called a tech company, he actually called them. I'm also assuming that a quote wouldn't have been useful in this case, since it is Apple's policy *not to comment on rumors.* All they did (according to Goldman) was repeat the previously-given reasons for pulling out of Macworld, and state that nothing had changed.
- Karim
Trust me, I want to believe that guy too. But he was wrong about the Macbook Air, iPhone, http://www.appleinsider.com/article... and the Zune phonehttp://www.google.com/search... (project pink). :(...
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- Mona Nomura
In addition, Goldman says he talked to anonymous sources inside Apple, and they told him nothing had changed. So (assuming he isn't making shit up) he is at least trying to corroborate what he's been told from MULTIPLE SOURCES. This also makes him more credible than Gizmodo and their one random guy. I'm guessing they teach that in Journalism 101.
- Karim
Ghouls and grave robbers hovering like vultures, Karma will find you.
- Phil Boiarski
If Goldman is lying, he is destroying his career, his reputation at pretty much every major media outlet in the country. Whereas Gizmodo's editor -- a self-confessed rumor whore -- is probably just going to say "oops, our source mislead us" and go back to blogging. Or better yet, they'll wait until Jobs actually dies and then run a "told you so" post.
- Karim
So even if Goldman was wrong he gets away with creating, spreading rumors because of his awards? And he's not a hypocrite for calling out bloggers for doing the same thing?
- Mona Nomura
You'd expect Apple to act in their own best interest and downplay whatever health issues Jobs might have. I expect Goldman to be honest because, as a "real" journalist concerned with ethics, he's not allowed to buy shares of Apple. That leaves the question of Gizmodo's anonymous source and whether they stand to benefit financially from tanking shares of Apple. Doubt you'll be reading about *that* in their blog.
- Karim
Mona, going back to reply to comments -- it *is* news to say that the reason why a major tech stock got hammered today was an unsubstantiated rumor. it is also news to report on the efforts you made to confirm or deny the rumor.
- Karim
Gawker's policies prohibits employees from trading stocks, taking trips on companies, invitations to events. Can you say the same for Goldman? Look, I don't work at Gawker, nor do I work for Gizmodo. But just because this guy has this award, that award, it doesn't mean anything to me. I look at the facts, assess the situation. I don't understand why this guy thinks he's better than the next when he's doing the same exact thing.
- Mona Nomura
Mona I'm starting to wonder if we're looking at the same story. lol What rumors were spread by Goldman? I was simply saying that the stakes are higher if Goldman is wrong than if Gizmodo is wrong. If Goldman is wrong, either he is lying and his career is over, or someone at Apple is lying and the lawsuits begin. If Gizmodo is wrong, they'll just go "oops." It's just a blog, right? ;-)
- Karim
That's thing that frustrates me!! Goldman has been wrong with the Macbook Air, the iPhone release and most recently the Zune phone and he's still a credible source? Wrong is wrong! And with the increase of digital media, it highly concerns me because I no longer know who or what to trust.... All I want is fact checking and not headline chasing and it seems like I'm asking for too much haha
- Mona Nomura
lol Mona, in the 2nd Goldman story you linked to, he says flat out, he's not allowed to buy shares either. And I am not talking about Gawker/Gizmodo motivation here (though *that* can be questioned as well), but rather the motivation of the *anonymous tipster.* If Goldman calls up Apple, we *know* what Apple's motivation is -- to not comment, to downplay concerns. But this anonymous tipster at Gizmodo -- what's his motivation? Does he stand to gain financially?
- Karim
But the same thing is said for the corporations - they're protecting themselves financially, too. LOL So is it now up to us (the readers) to be critical thinkers and not allow publications to manipulate us like this? What does this mean for people like me who's subscribed to a lot of these said "credible sources"?
- Mona Nomura
I'm honestly ignorant of how Goldman was wrong with the Macbook Air, iPhone etc. but honestly I have more respect for him picking up the phone and calling Apple, and getting confirmation from multiple sources, vs. Gizmodo's single tipster. Likewise Goldman managed to get Apple to say *something,* even if it was repeating what they had already said, vs. Gizmodo's "Apple did not comment on this story after being contacted."
- Karim
lack of direct quotes aside, what Goldman did, by calling up Apple and attempting to confirm the rumor, fell into the category of fact-checking. What Gizmodo did, by reporting a rumor from a single source, fell into the category of rumor-mongering. I honestly can't see how the two are equal.
- Karim
How do you know they relied on a single tipster Karim - because they didn't go into detail who and how many people they contacted? If this was the first time Giz leaked some Apple news w/ no history of being correct, I would not believe them. But they were right three out of the three times from one source, as opposed to Goldman's multiple sources that were incorrect. Not only that, he was most recently wrong about the Zune phone - a totally different company. How credible are his sources?
- Mona Nomura
the article implies a single tipster. it refers to "a previously reliable source" (singular), "this source" (singular), "our Deep Throat" (singular). there's no reason to believe they had multiple sources. again, i know *nothing* about Goldman being "wrong" about the Zune phone -- I don't know whether the context was a prediction, a rumor, a statement of fact or what. feel free to pass along a link...
- Karim
If you want to talk track record, last year, the *exact same* author at Gizmodo, Jesus Diaz, got pwned by some 16-year-old punk in his parents' basement. see http://www.smh.com.au/news... and http://www.stuff.co.nz/4154988.... how was Gizmodo convinced that they had a credible rumor source for Apple? The 16-year-old kid just signed his email with, "Tom Oliveri, Google Marketing Product Manager." That's all.
- Karim
they ran a story about Apple products because their so-called source *claimed* to work for Google. Guess that made him unimpeachable. Gizmodo then ran a half-assed non-apology (http://gizmodo.com/286511...) that basically said, welp, we got duped, shit happens.
- Karim
I'm in Palo Alto. Just had yogurt at shop that Steve Jobs eats at frequently. They said he was in a couple of days ago and is in great health.
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Now I'm hanging out in the Apple store where Jobs shows up frequently. Will let you know if I learn anything.
- Robert Scoble
Investigative journalism at it's best. :-)
- Andrew Dobrow
Scoble tracking Steve Jobs' eating route. Oh dear.
- Oyvind Solstad
Scoop McScoble.
- Thomas Hawk
What flavor does Steve like? [edit] Seriously, I think it would be interesting. Sort of like asking what your favorite animal is, I think it might reveal something.
- AJ Kohn
You know you are going to make AAPL stock rocket in the morning if you keep this up?
- Dominic Jones
Yeah, I saw him last month eating spicy Indian food and swiping through his black iPhone. He looked perfectly fine.
- Mason Lee
Are you stalking him or is this a 'walk a mile in his shoes' sort of thing?
- Anika
Scoble- our man in Palo Alto. Thanks.
- Roberto Bonini
AJ: they wouldn't tell me. :-) But they say that they deliver a whole bunch to Apple's executives every week.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Have missed your FF comments today!
- Michael Krigsman
You do realize that if you keep this up and you're going to be nabbed as a SJ stalked.
- amygeek
"In Search Of" LOL
- Von Glitschka
The store is http://www.fraicheyogurt.com/ by the way.
- Robert Scoble
it's the paparazzi on Steve Jobs!
- Elijah Nicolas
Of course they gave me a sales pitch for how their yogurt is keeping him healthy. :-)
- Robert Scoble
What is it with the reemergence of yogurt shops these days anyway? It's like it's 1983 all over again. Are they replacing coffee shops?
- Ciaoenrico
@Scoble @AJ I bet it's Schnozberry (sorry for the obscure reference)
- Andrew Dobrow
http://swanktastic.org/... I guess other people have met Jobs there.
- Robert Scoble
I'm watching the after-hours trading in AAPL to see if this great breaking news has any impact. Still four minutes left.... Will update :-)
- Dominic Jones
Ciaonenrico: I had a latte there too. The yogurt is the best in Northern California.
- Robert Scoble
They need some help with their blog: http://www.fraicheyogurt.com/blog...
- AJ Kohn
http://scobleizer.com/2008... is my report and photos of one of the co-owners. It always has a line of people waiting to get in.
- Robert Scoble
Why is it that Apple isn't confirming or denying anything do you think, Robert?
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Apple won't confirm or deny anything. Try asking them whether Steve Jobs is CEO. I bet they wouldn't confirm or deny that.
- Robert Scoble
@Mona N. Because they believe it's no one's business if Steve sneezes.
- Dominic Jones
The real CEO is clearly Dick Cheney
- Andrew Dobrow
So, he's still alive? ;) BTW, what is THE interview you wish to make in 2009?
- Konstantin
But clearly, he is not well... isn't it about time they say SOMETHING? :\
- Mona Nomura
Then what? Sell your stock? If Apple's value is so wrapped around one person isn't that a clear risk already?
- Hayes Haugen
Konstantin: 1. Barack Obama. 2. Steve Jobs. 3. Steve Ballmer. 4. Mark Zuckerberg. 5. Bret Taylor. 6. Evan Williams. 7. Jonathan Ives. 8. Vic Gundotra. 9. Barack's CTO. 10. A bunch of geeks who I don't know but who are changing the world.
- Robert Scoble
It has nothing to do with stock, it's handling smooth transitions IF there is something wrong so we (consumers) have confidence in them (Apple).
- Mona Nomura
Mona: we're all dying. I know a lot of people who have died that were very healthy. Or seemed to be. Marc Orchant anyone? I don't know that Steve isn't well. Having cancer can cause you to live healthy and lose weight. But, I already assume the dude will die. So will I. Until he's ready to talk I have to assume he's fine. Obviously he's not bedridden if he's coming into yogurt stores.
- Robert Scoble
Red Mango or Fraiche? I prefer Red Mango on University.
- Randy Ksar
from twhirl
Randy: I'm partial to Fraiche. Maybe we need a taste-off? :-)
- Robert Scoble
We're all speculating and won't know for sure until Steve Jobs either steps down or retires. Either which way, this is really bad on Apple's part because they are (to me) encouraging rumors and speculation, irresponsible journalism, and publishing. The question is: Are we ok with that?
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Apple is too secretive about everything. But that's who they are and they probably know that this publicity is good for them. It keeps us all wondering what the real story is. Guarantees everyone will attend Jobs' next press conference.
- Robert Scoble
If people are getting worried when a CEO is getting thin, shouldn't we be more worried over weight CEOs? They are more all of a heart attack time-bomb than SJ is a health risk. Why don't we ask all those fat CEOs to disclose *their* health record?
- Clarence Chiang
Clarence: yes. +1000.
- Robert Scoble
I'm not worried about him. Is no one familiar with the old adage, "An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away."
- Kevin Murray
Clarence: It's not just any CEO. It is Steve Jobs. Do you think his predecessor will generate this much news? Robert: I understand that, but that is so not ok, in my book.
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Apple doesn't listen to me on PR issues either. Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
hahhahahhahhahha
- Mona Nomura
There's a Red Mango here, and I've had Fraiche. I prefer Fraiche.
- Jesse Stay
I find myself wondering if SJ has an Alcor policy.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Who is Steve Jobs?
- Steve Rubel
Do they even make apple yogurt? It probably tastes better if you eat it with a mock turtle neck on.
- Keith Beucler
Great reporting Robert. The real losers here are the gossip sites like Gizmodo who perpetuate rumors with "anonymous sources" who are "100 %" correct.
- James
So I was there today with Robert when he got the scoop. Spiderman's frenemy James Defranco was spotted there. http://www.fraicheyogurt.com/
- Ross Mayfield
Why don't u interview him? I can see it now... "so who are you?"
- mal
That place is buzzing - why hasn't anyone else reported seeing him there?
- Jesse Stay
Hope he's well. In any case, despite all the coverage, what I haven't heard about is whether Apple's doing anything at CES? Do they usually exhibit? CES isn't something I've paid any attention to in the past but if Apple's becoming (as some are saying) the new Sony, wouldn't CES be important?
- Gordon Vaughan
Apple never goes to CES. Apple has its own show from now on: it's called its network of stores and Engadget. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Schnozberry! Who's ever heard of a schnozberry?
- Kerri
Now that Jobs has made his January 5 announcement, we can all reflect. In my view, even if they didn't know anything, Apple & Jobs should have made some sort of statement in December, when the Macworld announcement was made. It wouldn't have been perfect, especially since they may not have known about the hormonal imbalance at the time, but better to say something than nothing. If nothing else, it would have kept Robert out of the yogurt shop. :)
- Ontario Emperor
Damn I hate my canon 5d so much. 60% of my shots today are returning error 99 when they try to write to the card. This camera is such a piece of crap. And a month after they were supposed to ship the mark 2 I still haven't received my preorder. I hate canon so much right now.
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You deleted you old entry that I commented to. :(
- Tyler (Chacha)
Oh yeah, that famous Err99... :(
- Holger Eilhard
Soon my friend, it will be all over and you'll be in happy Canon-land once again!
- Ryan
You should switch to Nikon, followed by a deeply discounted sale of all of your Canon gear.
- David Thomas
Headed over to shoot that giant Felix the cat head car dealership thingy.
- Thomas Hawk
yikes -- I'm thinking about going Nikon for my first DSLR. This a from Canon user
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Thomas, have you tried reformatting the CF card, or using a different CF card?
- David Sifry
This has nothing to do with your 5D. Which lens? That is a lens communication error. I used to get this with my 70-200mm L IS. Cleaning the connectors on the back of the lens is your first start. Check to see if the lens that this is happening with is known to have this problem. Some older lenses require a tune up by Canon.
- Jim Goldstein
Amazon is still showing kits available - http://astore.amazon.com/saouri-...
- planetMitch
Yeah I don't think it's the lens or the cards. I'm getting the same error on three different cards and on my 135mm, 50mm, 24mm and 14mm. The power keeps going out on the camera as well with the only way to revive it being to remove and reinsert the battery.
- Thomas Hawk
The following link has step by step instructions on isolating the cause of your Error 99 - http://www.richardsnotes.org/archive... - Look for "Update #2"
- Joakim Erdfelt
Grrr. It's getting worse. I can't believe I'm going to be stuck shooting with my 10d for the rest of this trip.
- Thomas Hawk
OI GRUMPY some would kill for a 10D so shhhh
- Phill Price
Sorry to hear of your camera troubles, Thomas...I've noticed a lot of places are starting to have the Canon 5D Mark ll kit in stock now... if that helps any.
- Susan Dennis
Yeah, I'm grumpy. I expect more from a $3,000 camera. These problems are costing me a lot of time today. I'm going to have to bail on John Candy's grave and just head straight to Peterson's automotive museum.
- Thomas Hawk
"Good, I can feel your anger. Take your D3X. Press that shutter down with all of your hatred, and your journey towards Nikon will be complete!"
- Johnny Worthington
Thomas -- I thought your 5D had already exceed by a long shot its expected shutter life? By that standard you have already received your $3000 worth of value?
- Brian Sullivan
Hey, thanks for that link joakim, I just used a pencil eraser on the contacts and will see if that helps.
- Thomas Hawk
Ok, not so grumpy anymore. First, thanks a million joakim for that link. The eraser trick worked and my error 99 problems are gone. 2nd, Peterson's automotive museum is spectacular. Highly recommended if you like to shoot fine automobiles!
- Thomas Hawk
where is this museum?
- Paula W
Pencil eraser? That's it? I'm amazed
- Morton Fox
I'm liking this just because it had a happy outcome.
- Alex Scoble
What Alex said.
- Derrick
How about a repair? Hope you get your 5D MKII soon.
- Håkan Dahlström
Where is Thomas Hawk? His last post was Tuesday. On second though I don't want to interrupt his family time.
- Russellreno
still around. Out in Angeles National Forest with dial up only access that's barely dial up at that. That and focusing on shooting alot. My 99 errors have returned to my 5D. Really sucks. Going to try and shoot Bukowski's grave today, the MONA (finally) and meeting up with a guy in Long Beach at 3pm to shoot some industrial stuff down there tonight. Should be a good day. Shot Ventura Blvd. on Christmas Eve night. The Cadillac dealership there is fantastic.
- Thomas Hawk
Ha! I was thinking of heading up to Angeles to do a photowalk with the kids.
- Anika
my 5D Mark II is still on backorder with Wolf. I wouldn't mind near as much if my current 5D wasn't handling so badly. It's really frustrating when you can't get 60% of your shots. It really slows things down.
- Thomas Hawk
send it my way, I pay top dollar ;o)
- sofarsoShawn
time to upgrade to Nikon!!!...
- Fernando
My Error 99 problem has gone from bad to worse on my 5D. i can barely get the camera on any more. I have to take the battery out and reinsert it about 30 times in order to get the power on the camera. As soon as I get my new Mark II this sick puppy is going in for repair. Fortunately I bought a 3 year warranty on it from Mack. Hopefully Mack honors the warranty as the camera's only a year and a half old.
- Thomas Hawk
Officially giving up on my 5D. Shooting neon signs this afternoon/tonight with my 10D.
- Thomas Hawk
Have you tried with a different card brand? What about a different size?
- Alejandro Ramirez
I started getting these for the first time last night and I had no idea what was going on.
- Andrew Trinh
Hey you camera enthusiasts, I called someone a shutterbug a few weeks ago and drew a blank. Is that a bad thing? I find nothing on Google.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
For Amazon this was the best Holiday Season *ever* with with a peak of 6.3M orders on Dec 15: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix...
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30+ Great Adobe AIR Apps for Designers and Developers ( http://mashable.com/2008... )
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The beginnings of geekdom:
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Milan just got a ton of toys. What got his attention? The one that made noise and has lights, of course. Lots of fun with grandparents and my brother, Alex is here too. He will be on friendfeed later. :-)
- Robert Scoble
from email
Patrick got Call of Duty, World at War and is in the background playing that.
- Robert Scoble
He's so cute in his pressed shirt :)
- Michael Krigsman
what about: http://gizmodo.com/5116747...
- The Pageman
so cute!
- Scott Menzer
The Pageman: obsolete skills! :-) seriously, that girl is impressive
- Robert Scoble
The camcorder next year Robert. Let him hold an old clunker or kids camcorder in a year. It is hysterical what they tape :)
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
Is he on FriendFeed yet?
- paul mooney
Paul: 40% of my friendfeeding is with him on my lap. Soon!
- Robert Scoble
My nephew picked our gift as his favorite toy. We got him a set of symphony blocks from Neurosmith. Unfortunately, this pissed off the grand-parents and everyone else, because now he won't play with anything else. But hey, he's 2, what do they expect? Besides nothing is better revenge on the inlaws than making them listen to Bach over and over and over again ;-P
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Heh: nothing like buying toys with annoying sounds for relatives!
- Robert Scoble
My little nephew (9 months) had a similar experience today. Nothing luke watching a childs eyes ignite.
- Alex Wilhelm (FF BLOWS)
Welcome back Robert. Thanks for sharing your joy.
- Russellreno
Very nice photo.
- James Hoang
lol, very cute!
- Kahlil Lechelt
I love watching children opening presents at Christmas...sooo sweet!! :)
- Susan Beebe
two words: munch & kin!
- sofarsoShawn
What a cute outfit!
- Daynah
I got the coolest Christmas present ever. I'm a kid again! http://vurtego.com/
Sebastian Wain, James Hoang, Anton Noginov х and 3 other people liked this
That *is* pretty darn cool. Congratulations!
- Michael R. Bernstein
Now that looks fun!
- James Hoang
I know i'm two years late on discovering this but an iphone makes twitter adiction so much worse
Steve Daly, Paul Papadimitriou, Alex Wilhelm (FF BLOWS) and 4 other people liked this
Totally true. I'm just thankful that there is no FriendFeed app, my god we would all be in such trouble.
- Alex Wilhelm (FF BLOWS)
Flickroid; A Google App Engine application - http://sunran.com/2008...
imabonehead and James Hoang liked this
Nice start, dude. Needs lots more roids in the Flickr!
- James Hoang
Looks like you're gonna have to school me in python, mr c++ man :P
- imabonehead
Blow into the iBreath and your iPod plays a blood-alcohol alert - Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/busines...
Baard @ Pixum, edythe, James Hoang and 3 other people liked this
"Now the iPod can answer the question: Am iDrunk? A new product called the iBreath turns Apple Inc.'s iPod into an alcohol breathalyzer. The $79 accessory plugs into the base of the iPod and functions like a field sobriety test. The person using the iBreath exhales into a retractable "blow wand" and the internal sensor measures the blood-alcohol content. Within two seconds, it displays the results on an LED screen. A reading of 0.08 or above sets off an alarm, signaling a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit in all 50 states"
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"Moreover, Dean-Mooney questions the accuracy of the device. Law enforcement agents use instruments that are calibrated monthly, and accurate readings require the person taking a field sobriety test to blow "deep lung air," she said. iBreath claims to offer results in as little as five seconds within 0.01% accuracy. "I'm afraid it not only causes young people to use it as a training...
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- RAPatton
Shouldn't this be more common sense. If you have to blow into your phone then you probably shouldn't be on the road
- Lindsey is Fierce!
A car breathalyzer is one of the last barriers to drunk driving prevention for DUI offenders who want to stay out of jail. A car breathalyzer, also known as an ignition interlock device, requires drivers to give a breath sample prior to starting their cars. If the breathalyzer detects a certain amount of alcohol, the car simply will not start. Often used by the courts as a combination...
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- Thomas Hawk
why not just one of those puppies.
- Thomas Hawk
Too easy to circumvent the car one. Get the passenger or some stranger to breathe in it so it will start, then drive off.
- Josh Haley
I wonder how many truly intoxicated people would have the presence of mind to check their blood alcohol level?
- Karen Swim
If you never drive after drinking - even a little bit - then you won't need this. Simple.
- Philip Tomlinson
I predict an iPod based pregnancy test coming soon.
- James Hoang
Not an iPod fan, but that's pretty cool!
- David Cook
from fftogo
o.0
- Caroline
Canon's 50mm f/1.2 lens is a piece of crap. I kick myself almost every day for spending so much money on this lens. How can such an expensive lens suck so badly at something as simple as autofocus?
Susan Dennis, Holger Eilhard, Alexander Arsky and 18 other people liked this
Was considering getting that among others, with a Cannon 50D. What are you using it with?
- Kevin Mullett
yeah too expensive to be failing like that... my 1.8 also sucks at autofocus but its a 70 dollars one. hehehe
- Oscar Juarez
So which 50mm do you recommend? the f/1.4?
- Alex Scoble
Try this for serious lens review: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews...
- Pierre
I was considering getting the f/1.4 it is better at autofocus then the 1.8?
- Mark Groves
Yeah, I was much happier with my f/1.4 for a helluva less amount of money. I'm using the f/1.2 on a 5d. What use is buying a fast expensive lens to shoot in low light if it's too dark to manual focus in low light and the thing can't autofocus for crap. This lens is my biggest regret of any photographic purchase I've ever made.
- Thomas Hawk
I didn't know anyone even made a f/1.2 autofocus lens. It seems technically very, very difficult.
- Kevin Fox
And that's saying a lot...because as far as I know you've made a lot of photographic purchases...well you sure saved me some money for whenever I get a Rebel.
- Alex Scoble
That sucks big time. The AF on my Nikkor 1.8 is also meh, but like Oscar said both of us paid about a fifth of what you did for the 1.2.
- Josh
Thomas do you have the same problems with your 1.2 in normal lighting conditions or just low-light? If it is only low-light it might not be just the lens. Just a thought.
- Kenton
1.2 is a quick lens, and should kick ass in low light. maybe defective?
- Morgan Haley
was it an 'L' lens?
- Morgan Haley
Low light autofocus sucks the most, but even in more reasonable light I've still been unhappy. I might not bitch so much if I only paid a couple hundred bucks or so, but when you pay $1,600 for L Series glass you really should get more than the performance that I've gotten out of this lens.
- Thomas Hawk
I'll agree that it does suck at focusing in low light, but the back focus issues some have hasn't been a problem for me. I do love the lens for normal use. I used to have the 50 1.4 too it was a great lens, far and away better than the 1.8 (some asked in this thread). I just got my 5DMII, so I'll be re-evaluating it on that body shortly...
- Ryan
Right. The jump from the f/1.8 to the f/1.4 represents great value. But the jump from the f/1.4 to the f/1.2 does not. A big part of the appeal of f/1.2 is to shoot in low light in my opinion and for the money I give the f/1.2 a fail in this regard. Will be interested in how it handles with your m2 - as well as mine if I can ever get one.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas, I've found that on a 5D, the 50mm f/1.2 only focuses reliably when using the center AF point (i.e. the sole cross-type AF sensor). This speaks more to the AF system in the 5D than the lens, methinks. FWIW, I've generally been happy with the sharpness of the low-light photos I've taken at f/1.2: http://bit.ly/50mm-f1...
- Jason Chen
if it's the L lens, Canon should replace or fix it for you because it sounds like it's not working as it was designed to work. i'm sure you have looked into this deeper than anyone, but just wanted to make sure you weren't forgetting that the lens is supposed to kick all ass. when it fails to do so, i'd tell Canon. the 'L' lens mystique is something like like to maintain. if that doesn't work, i'll buy it from you for $50 bucks.
- Morgan Haley
TH - don't chuck it in until you pay with the low light on the 5d'II ;)
- Phill Price
The 50 f1.4 on the 5DMkII is awesome - I used it on my 350D until I received the 5DMkII yesterday - cheez I love Full-Frame!
- meckimac
I have been shooting the 50 f1.2 on my RED. genius stuff.
- mikehedge
Good to know, then I'll make sure to get the 1.4 - THANKS!
- Richard G
Ex-Yahooers start social network to hire eachother http://www.readwriteweb.com/jobwire...
Jay, David Ward, Rob Diana and 10 other people liked this
So the question now is, which tech company will be the largest 'Purple People Eater'?
- David Wilson
It's a good question, David. There's lots of talent out there--and it's not just Yahoos. Hopefully we can help match a few folks up with opportunities.
- Ryan Kuder
Scott of Two Countries, CW™, Rodfather and 23 other people liked this
Wow these pics are amazing!! I'm so jealous
- Rob
that camera is amazing! and of course the photographer is too -- but the sharpness and the crispness of the pictures are just out of this world
- Bryce Campbell
from twhirl
I really love the content of the Santa picture. Thought provoking.
- Jim Bednarz
Great pics Leo! My favorites the pile of toe nails. :* You taking that Camera to France with you? Looks like it will serve you well in Paris at night with the Christmas lights.
- Bob Maltais
My wife will kill me but I think I may have to get one of these... Glad to see you got the camera before your trip to France!
- Lon Seidman
Wow. Pictures are really nice, but the video is truly amazing!!!!
- James Hoang
the video is amazing!
- Davide D'Incau
I can't believe the quality of the video clip! Phew!
- Juho Tunkelo
The video is very impressive.
- Rodfather
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