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Fwd: Is there a way in iTunes to convert a digital copy of a film down to a more iPhone-friendly size? The Inglourious Basterds digital file (from the bluray package) is almost 2gb; other files I've converted straight from Vuze or Handbrake to iPhone size are around half a gb. (via http://friendfeed.com/faithx5...)
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Forgot to crosspost this question here from my feed; Googling suggested using Quicktime Pro, but I only have the basic Quicktime, so I don't have the export option. [I'm on OSX.]
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
you can probably use ffmpeg to solve this.
- Prolific Programmer
Hmmm...is there an ffmpeg that isn't command line based? I am not a programmer, and I looked through the documentation on ffmpeg.org, and it all looks like gibberish to me.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Yes, but there are enough Google hits from people who've figured it out...try the simple: ffmpeg -i <filein>.avi <fileout>.mp4 and let me know how it works for you.
- Prolific Programmer
If you rightclick the video in itunes you should get a "Create iPod or iPhone" option.
- Joshua Schnell
Prolific - never got past the compiling the program stage. Couldn't even get that done. Tried ffmpegX, but that created a 2 1/2 hour long blank file. Joshua, that option is greyed out, possibly because it's already iPhone compatible (it's an m4v), it's just huge - I just want to lower quality/resolution settings to knock it from 2gb down to about 500 or 600mb.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
from iPhone
I have the same file... it's protected / DRM'd, the only ways I know of are analog hole, gray-market software that gets around the DRM, or software that captures what's being displayed on your screen (e.g., Snapz Pro).
- LogEx
LogEx, that's what I was afraid of. Dumb of them not to include multiple file sizes on the digital copy disc, I think. Tempts me to rent the DVD and rip it myself.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
As Joshua Schnell said - "If you rightclick the video in itunes you should get a "Create iPod or iPhone" option".
- Khürt Williams
Khurt, but you don't. That was the first thing I tried. I think LogEx is right, they've DRMed the usefulness out of it.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
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Just, you know, trying to break the internet and stuff...
- Josh Haley
Interesting..
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
super
- K.D.
You spin me right round, baby Right round like a record, baby Right round, round, round
- pea
the guy in the middle is behind :0
- jcunwired
...hahahahahaha! very amusing. i could watch this for hours and hours....
- .LAG liked that
LMAO!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
wINAGE
- Johnny Worthington
i don't know about hours and hours but it is mysteriously fascinating.
- pea
ohh trippy
- Jay
mommy make it stop.
- Jim Halligan @jim
这是啥么意思？
- FlyMeToTheMoon
Um, yes, this is what I mean?
- Josh Haley
@flytothemoon 看这个 https://friendfeed.com/junrxu... 他这是gif版本的，看起有点晕：）
- K.D.
Wooop wooopp woooppp
- Mo Kargas
Dude, quit jacking up the tubes!
- Brett Kelly
from iPhone
Oh my... yup, just oh my!
- Rachel Lea Fox
holy moly... this is what you do when i skype with my mom?
- Trish Haley
O
- sean percival
M
- sean percival
G
- sean percival
Maybe I should have added some music to go with it all. Hi honey. I'm not bored, honest!
- Josh Haley
I leave you guys alone for a few hours and THIS happens! What did you do to him?!?
- vijay
i'm getting dizzy... and now we're talking about MJ dying... :(
- Trish Haley
DIZZY ASS SHIT.
- Caroline
going by the view stats on twitpic, the middle dude is the most popular! =P
- vijay
We hate that one. He gets all the attention.
- Josh Haley
they ALL freak me out.
- Tim Hoeck
I'm feeling a little nauseated.
- Anne Bouey
+Anne--Right about the time I forget about this, it shows up again. Too funny.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
interesting. I've tried a few times to get animated images to work on FF without success.. I guess piping it through twitpic might be the answer!
- veo
veo, yeah Twitpic, RSS (MediaRSS), Delicious, Tumblr all seem to work. There are more than that but those come to mind.
- Josh Haley
can i get this as a screen saver?
- Joshua Schnell
Sure, how's $200 sound?
- Josh Haley
sembrano le mie palle che girano ... ops lo sapevate che ho tre coglioni ?
- Ilbellodelweb
translation of ^^^ "my balls seem to run ... ops did you know that I have three hilt?" I think I need another translator.
- Josh Haley
nope.. that sounds about right ;)
- Tim Hoeck
اسکل
- Mil∂d
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winneh!
- Christopher Harley
you evil genius!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Feeling a little dizzy?
- Kevin J Hatton
Just one question, Josh: are you by chance spinning on 9 different Aeron chairs that were a steal after the first dot-com bubble burst? The future of the internets: you're looking at it =)
- Micah Wittman
Bingo!
- Josh Haley
could anybody describe how to create such a picture? thx
- Arnaud Fischer
Arnaud, see http://friendfeed.com/mokarga... for tips. And Josh correct me if I'm wrong, he uploaded to Twitpic the same animated GIF 9 times, then created a friendfeed post and attached all 9 images by URL (instead of choosing images from his hard drive). Images coming from twitpic, soup.io, etc will animate, but photos hosted by friendfeed itself won't.
- Micah Wittman
Hahaha, nice :)
- Simon Wicks
Sir... my muse
- Johnny Worthington
@Micah: awesome, thanks!
- Arnaud Fischer
Did not sleep well with all the spinning. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
It's infinitely more amusing when they don't all load at the same time. Spinning chaos!!!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Why the friendfeed limitation on animated .gifs? It seems arbitrary and odd to me. I could see wanting to limit filesize (animated .gifs can get large) but you can upload huge .jpgs without any trouble.
- veo
@_@
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Mesmerizing like a lava lamp. Hey! You are a 'Lame-o Lamp'! And you might want to call the folks in the makeup department and get that forehead de-sheened. Remember, your forehead is an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle - And you don't want to blind the crew on their final approach, do you? :-)
- Morgan Haley
Good luck trying to land anything on that while it's moving. :p I can always count on my brother.
- Josh Haley
/ : )
- © D/\\/IIID ℠ ®
Hypnotic!
- Gordon Herd
ay tweetted 17 hours nonstop
- Petr Buben
Without clicking on 57 comments, it's probably been said but 'Hair cut.'
- beersage
Is that a question or a remark, beersage? And why not read comments before you comment?
- Josh Haley
You spin me right round, baby Right round like a record, baby Right round, round, round You spin me right round, baby
- BEX
This is warping my brain
- Alex Scoble
aaaaccckkkkkk!
- AJ Batac
OMG! That should be the next installment at some fluecy deucy art museum!!! AWESOME. :) It's like whack-a-mole... I keep trying to figure out which one will show your face next and for some reason I'm always wrong.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Thanks, Lindsay! :) I think that's the first time someone described wanting to systematically hit me on the head repeatedly, yet have it come off as a compliment. I would love to take credit like I was Andy Warhol or something, but alas I was just tired and felt like doing something silly. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
yep, what Lindsay said. That was one of the first bona-fide instances I've seen of using Friendfeed as a medium for net art. You could get in the Whitney & stuff. GOOD JOB
- Kamilah Gill
LOL! I actually didn't mean it the way it came out (the hitting you on the head part, the compliment part is ok ;)). But I'm in tears laughing when I read your reply. Whack-a-mole always frustrated the heck out of me... I did a lot more staring than hitting when I tried to play. It was mesmerizing.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Mil∂d :))))))
- © D/\\/IIID ℠ ®
جلال بیا این اسکل رو بببین
- Mil∂d
شبیه پاپک هست
- Mil∂d
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) میلی نکبت
- Papak
feeling dizzy !
- Swaroop
don't laugh now, but i'm in the process of making this a screensaver!
- Joshua Schnell
I gotta see that!
- Josh Haley
WANT
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
funy !
- سیدیونس
*splodes*
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Hypnotic, eerie, dare I go so far as to say "scary"? I dare not, lol
- Slappy Line
You just did. ;)
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
you wait - the scary part of this comes when one of these ffoodoo heads stops turning, starts grimmacing and talking to you ..... have you seen one of these heads actually get up off the chair and curse the world??? ... the seeming dissynchronicity, the haphazard discord with which these dollheads turn might drive you ...nuts
- Petr Buben
inquietante...
- Miketrevis
How can you not like this? I wish I knew!
- Goran Zec
The middle one KNOWS something.
- Goran Zec
:(
- Josh Haley
ya done broke it. . . . head is spinnin'.
- Rob Schieber
It's my birthday and I'll spin if i want to.
- Josh Haley
Happy birthday Josh!!!!!!!!!
- Rachael Worthington
from iPhone
why do you spin right?? why not left? you should spin left ..... its your party, so spin. but balance it reasonably..
- Petr Buben
you remind me of six apostles showing the time .... showing up spinning on top of the hour ......
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- Petr Buben
Ahhhh...the Spinning Haley...yes, I am smiling again. Thank you good people. :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
If you hit escape, I might stop spinning.
- Josh Haley
There is no escape!
- Micah Wittman
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- سیدیونس
AYBABTU
- Josh Haley
To everything - turn, turn, turn // There is a season - turn, turn, turn...
- Micah Wittman
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Macgasm Videocast Episode Four: World of Goo, 33rd Division, MagicMouse, and more: http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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Comments always welcome. Love to know what you guys think.
- Joshua Schnell
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Dear BBC: We don’t want your set top box. We want your content where we want it, not where you want it. - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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When are these companies going to learn that we want to access their content on a multitude of platforms, and not just some proprietary box. Blows my mind that in 2009 we're still dealing with this crap.
- Joshua Schnell
The attraction of control a settop gives you is almost impossible to resist. They can fully monetize their content and do whatever they want whenever they want. If it works the payoff is big.
- Todd Hoff
The key word there is *if*. If it was only the BBC doing this it wouldn't be so bad, surely the rest of the television companies are going to follow suit. That means a bunch of set top boxes in a home. I don't think consumers will pay for an ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, Fox, and a CBC box. It's just too much in my opinion.
- Joshua Schnell
I'm not disagreeing, it's just a mighty juicy carrot :-)
- Todd Hoff
Or, the forbidden fruit. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
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It’s time to abolish free apps on the AppStore - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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leave the free apps alone if you don't like them don't install them
- Daryl Hunt on FF
from BuddyFeed
no
- Will Higgins™
no
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Daryl, when a dev firm can't make more than 21 dollars a day, for each day they worked on the project there's something clearly wrong with the culture on the AppStore.
- Joshua Schnell
Also, the argument isn't about liking the free apps. It's about developers not being able to develop for a platform because it doesn't nearly pay out enough to employ themselves. If we keep expecting free apps from developers, the developers are eventually going to leave the iPhone behind because they can't afford to sustain themselves financially.
- Joshua Schnell
Shey, Will, care to elaborate?
- Joshua Schnell
They're not going to elaborate because they are merely reading the title and not reading the story. Daryl didn't read the story either it appears.
- Tamar Weinberg
Here are some snippets for the lazy (cough Daryl/Will/Shey cough): "When a development firm such as blacksmith games puts together an entire month worth of free downloads for the iPhone community, and the community can’t turn around and support the developer by purchasing a $1.99 application in the appstore, something’s clearly rotten in the state of the AppStore."
- Tamar Weinberg
Actually, I did read the article. But I'll forgive your snarky comment. :). Reading the article doesn't automatically mean I'm going to agree. Cuz I don't.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
"A dollar ninety-nine for a mobile game is a steal no matter how awesome or crappy a game is, and the fact that a development firm tosses out a tweet that says, “if 5% of the daily appvent visitors would buy plushed i would be happy” reveals a pretty grotesque commentary on iPhone users and their purchasing tendencies."
- Tamar Weinberg
Then why just a "no"? Maybe you can add a little more? Surely it's not that difficult...
- Tamar Weinberg
In the middle of typing a response... if you guys could just give me a minute...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Might've been a good idea to say that before the "no." I know it's FF culture not to read articles but only to comment on titles - so apologies if I was misjudging you there, but based on Daryl's comment, it's evident that at least one person didn't read it.
- Tamar Weinberg
No.
- Akiva Moskovitz
(Just kidding.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
LOL@Akiva
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I will let you do that, Akiva. ;)
- Tamar Weinberg
First of all -- products and services should be aimed at filling market needs. If you focus on that, you'll succeed. Secondly, if people want to download crappy free apps that are easy to find and that makes them happy, guess what? NEED SOLVED. If there is a market for people who want an app that does more and are willing to pay for it and you can fill that need --- NEED SOLVED. If there isn't a market for it, then don't complain about it -- create a better product or fill another need.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey, fair points, but it's not an issue of a "better product" when the culture of free makes "better products" harder to sell.
- Tamar Weinberg
Thirdly, it isn't the customer's fault that your development costs are too high.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
No, it's not. But this isn't that abnormal for this market. I bet development costs are high for every decent game in the app store.
- Tamar Weinberg
The bottom line is that the culture shift has made it impossible for GOOD products to sell. Look at this article from TUAW: http://www.tuaw.com/2009...
- Tamar Weinberg
@Tamar I totally get the damaging effects of "the culture of free". That culture will always be around, so you can a) fight it and reduce your share of the market or b) embrace it, and yes, competition will increase, but so will the overall iPhone share and your share of that share. Get it :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
It's a shame to have really great products that can't sell. But in the end, if no one is willing to pay for it -- competition or not -- that's all that matters.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I understand that. I also think Josh's argument is very valid. If App store apps had to cost money, it wouldn't always be around. Embracing it in a competitive market with over 100k games is damn hard. TUAW says it nicely, "Everyone is still working to unlock success in the App Store, but with over 100,000 products on the shelves, it has become increasingly more difficult for the good apps to stand apart."
- Tamar Weinberg
People would be more willing to pay for it if there weren't so many free games in the app store. I personally am guilty of it. I won't buy games because there are free apps that can consume my time, even if the games rock.
- Tamar Weinberg
@Tamar Then I think the problem is not with the free apps. The problem is with the iTunes' capability of showcasing good apps through social/recommendation engines.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@Tamar I agree there -- but you won't get anywhere close to 100% conversion. And when others find out that apps are no longer free -- they'll just go to another platform, like Android, and all iPhone devs will lose.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
The App Store needs Amazon's ability to produce recommendations based on what you've downloaded (and from other people who have downloaded what you've downloaded). Right now, it's these big pools of apps that aren't really, in any way, differentiated from each other except by title and icon and very loose definitions. 'New and Noteworthy' and 'What's Hot' don't really tell me ANYTHING...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Shey, maybe social recommendation engines work, but I'm not seeing the power in those that I'm engaged in. I'm also not looking at 100% conversion, but some conversion that translates to decent sales would be nice. And personally, I think it's close-minded and stupid for developers to only focus on the iPhone market. I personally am not going to buy an iPhone. I'll keep my iPod touch and get an Android phone. If only developers would flock to the Android platform.
- Tamar Weinberg
Woah, I jump in the shower and come back to a boat load of comments... catching up... responses to follow. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
Akiva, there are recommendations, but I personally used them 1% of the time. There's a "Customers Also Bought" section on the bottom of each app's page though, but it's not very popular.
- Tamar Weinberg
I think this can all be summed up with "Free != Best Option". If we stop categorizing things as Free and Not Free we might actually get better recommendations, and find applications that can provide us with the greatest marginal utility. I'd love to see the analytics on the amount of users who just go straight to the free section of the store.
- Joshua Schnell
Akiva, I completely agree with the recommendation engine needing serious work. I've commented on it a number of times on the site, primarily here: http://su.pr/1TfAHz and here: http://su.pr/1I0Exv Apple really needs to rework the system. They're long overdue, and need to start embracing social media technologies.
- Joshua Schnell
On a tangent, Blacksmith Games sound like they were operating inefficiently, art, story, and level design can be done in parrallel, at least for a small portion of the time. They should also focus on building a game engine that can be used as a frame work, reducing overall time for initial production down a few months, and subsequent titles at maybe half the total time, the story and...
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- Jimminy Fuller
WinMo has had free apps since 2000, if not sooner. What makes iPhone so special that their devs -- many of whom switched over -- can't keep up? Palm has had free apps forever, too. No tears, no abolition.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Jimminy, those are excellent point, but what about the barrier of entry in to a market? If the barrier is so high that new comers can't compete, or even break even, won't developers give up on the system? It worries me that innovative applications might not make it to the device because a developer can't afford to develop for the iphone. Blacksmith Games was just an example, but they're surely not the exception to the rule.
- Joshua Schnell
If it's good, best of breed, then it will sell. That's why Tweetie beats out a lot of the free Twitter apps. But, seriously, how many tower defense/match-3/cute-adventures/on-rails-shooters do we need? Or Twitter clients? If the money is not there then stop complaining and take the development effort elsewhere. Android will be *the* platform next year so start now, and you also get to...
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- Andy Bold
Akiva, there's a 'Genius' for apps now. It's a little hit-and-miss, like Amazon's recs', but it's getting better.
- Andy Bold
Cecily, that's awesome. How funny would it be if Apple released that ratio. I'd probably be shamed publicly. ;) I think the problem is across the board. I know i'm guilty of looking for a free option first. Why pay 10.00 for omnifocus's app, when I can get something for free.
- Joshua Schnell
Isn't Joshua's argument centered on the advertising that takes place at the point of sale. If a developer wants to advertise their app to me, find me and present a compelling reason for me to buy your app. Trying to gain my patronage in the handful of minutes I spend browsing the app store isn't a winning strategy for positioning your product. I spend my life out in the world, reading...
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- Christopher Harley
I'll add this sidebar to the discussion. My cab company desperately needs to understand what our mobile app should do, correctly, right from day one. We can't afford to deliver a product to our customers that isn't immediately bulletproof. Yet no developers are beating down our door to describe to us what we can expect from their talents and what we should pay to tap into that talent....
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- Christopher Harley
LOL Christopher, in that case, I hope they aren't successful. They should be looking for prospective buyers who can pay up front, not at the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
- Tamar Weinberg
This is a really interesting article and discussion. While yes, there are many things the developers can do to improve their chances (and hey, if the market wants something, you have to work with that fact, not against it), I don't think that Apple is entirely blameless in this whole dysfunctional arrangement. The single choke-point (with not very good recommendation or exposure...
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- Chieze Okoye
Don't forget about in-app purchases feature, which was recently introduced for free apps. Some of the apps (namely, Eliminate) made a fortune off in-app purchases, while remaining free.
- Pavlo Zahozhenko
High quality, wall powered USB hub - I approve! Tonight I finally put together my all inclusive charging / back-up station!
Ladybug Heather, Kol Tregaskes, Jimminy Fuller and 19 other people liked this
what do you mean by wall powered? it directly plugs into the wall without a cord?
- Joshua Schnell
It is wall powered so it includes a hefty A/C adapter (which goes into wall) so that it doesn't draw the power from the PC's PSU. So A/C from wall->hub then usb from pc->usb on hub.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I have that one, works great
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
Excellent suggestion. Love the face you're making there hehehe. 7 ports! Very good then.. got only 4 ports and switchin' USB devices can be a pain.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
I got one of those last week. So far, so good.
- Glen Campbell, esq.
*dead* at the eyebrow.
- Derrick
Link please?!
- Baroness Von BusinessTime
Baroness: To purchase the item? I got it from Tiger Direct: http://bit.ly/76P40R
- Nicholas Kreidberg
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Just released our third video episode: http://su.pr/2Xo1iy Let us know what you think. Could use some suggestions, etc. :)
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I LOVE IT
- Shevonne
That's a lot of love in all caps... ;)
- Joshua Schnell
Am I the only person in the world who maximizes the icon size on the desktop? - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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It really unlocks some powerful tools. The ability to see what the file is clearly, and the ability to preview video is a big plus for me.
- Joshua Schnell
from Bookmarklet
I believe you may be. Those are some massive icons!
- Jim in Real Time
Haha, I love the video playback option. It really helps in sorting multiple takes of video.
- Joshua Schnell
Jim, what size are the icons on your desktop?
- Joshua Schnell
I'm a bit funny with my icons. They have to be neat and arranged in a nice little line on the right hand side. Anything out of place and I can't deal with it! It's a good idea to have them quite big though to see exactly what you need where and when.
- Charlotte M
You put icons on your desktop?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I have no icons on my desktop. On the rare occasions that I put something on my desktop temporarily, it's very small. For example: http://twitpic.com/tmhqk
- Jim in Real Time
Icon see what you did there!
- Jemm
yes.
- denise
It looks good and prevents messing desktop with junk :) do it sometimes
- Yunus Tunak
from iPhone
Yunus, that's bang on. It helps me keep the most relevant files handy, but also forces me to archive stuff once I'm done with it. It's the best of both worlds if you ask me.
- Joshua Schnell
I like large icons.
- Khürt Williams
Like Charlotte I keep only one vertical line of desktop icons on the right side. Large enough so that the bottom-most icon is actually at the bottom (usually ~90 for me). And I only keep drive icons + aliases to my Upload & Download directories on my desktop.
- ronin
Are women as horny as men? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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AAHHAHAHhhahaa, she's jacking it!!!!
- sofarsoShawn
lol
- Joshua Schnell
BAhahaha! That first one is the best.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
snicker
- Michael W. May
Ugh. Working on my wife's old Mac Mini. There's a /big/ difference between Tiger and Snow Leopard. BIG. HUGE.
Tyson Key, RAPatton, Alex Scrivener and 4 other people liked this
[shudders]
- Akiva Moskovitz
Well, yeah! Tiger has stripes, leopard has spots. *sigh* *ducks*
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
I upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard. The difference doesn't seem that substantial to me. I've actually considered downgrading because Snow Leopard seems to have a bug that makes you lose Airport intermittently.
- Spidra Webster
OH YEAH WELL I WANT AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH
- Akiva Moskovitz
Spidra, I too have a wireless drop problem, but it existed on leopard and SL. *shrug*
- Micah Wittman
from iPhone
My main problem is connecting to my Netgear Wireless-N router. It refuses to work. So I have to connect to the G antenna instead.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
That's shameful that it's existed for a full rev cycle. I gotta motor down to Infinite Loop and pimpslap someone.
- Spidra Webster
I have to wonder if Apple's bug reporting pipeline isn't what it needs to be. There are a lot of little things like this that cause problems. I'm sure they're completely fixable. Maybe they just don't know about them?
- Jason Huebel
from IM
My wife spilled coffee on her Macbook, so it died. So I'm getting this Mac Mini (PPC) running for her again. Know what she just said? "It is going to take 10 minutes for Safari to open every time?" All I said was "yep". She wasn't amused.
- Jason Huebel
Not sure if you guys know, but there is an airport patch in software update. Might help you guys out.
- Joshua Schnell
I'm up to date with all the latest software updates. So unless it's something not in the regular patch cycle, it didn't help me.
- Jason Huebel
coffee in the laptop. this is why you never have open-topped containers near electronics. at least it wasn't a mixing console worth more than your house!
- Joe Silence is silent
Ah! I remember working with System7 on Apple Mac 2Ci's!
- Adrian Scicluna
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Trying our hand at a video podcast. It's way too much fun. http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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Would love thoughts/opinions...
- Joshua Schnell
Very nice. Green screen?
- Zachary TG
Yeah, it's a ghetto one as well... surprised how well it works.
- Joshua Schnell
I know. What lighting?
- Zachary TG
We're using three of these :http://www.henrys.com/webapp...
- Joshua Schnell
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2009 Holiday Giveaway: Currently sitting at a value of $550.00 | Macgasm - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Some of the stuff in the list includes... Skull Candy Headphones PKG Laptop Bag Teecycle Tee of your Choice DropZone PathFinder Acorn VooDoo Pad BookArc BacPack
- Joshua Schnell
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Marie drinks champagne, holly, Derrick and 5 other people liked this
Is it Friday yet?
- Joshua Schnell
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WTF???
- VAL D. Zone
LOL! OMG.
- Trish R
It was taken a couple of days ago for the intro to a video podcast, but it has since become my go to photo for when I'm having a crappy day.
- Joshua Schnell
I think this should be your CV picture.
- Trish R
Rochelle made some bean dip. She should jar it up and sell it. It is that good.
Jennifer Dittrich, tinypants - Hagitha of FF, CW™ and 2 other people liked this
I wanted to use up some pinto beans in the fridge so I threw some things together and called it bean dip!
- Rochelle
I'd eat more of it right now but I'm saving up for lunch.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'd buy a bottle.
- Joshua Schnell
Rochelle - I do not envy you the Dutch Oven's you'll be subjected to.
- Matthew DeVries
Get a Free iPhone/iPod touch App Every Day in December - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
buoni presagi, Curtiss Grymala, Jim in Real Time and 5 other people liked this
Genius idea.
- Joshua Schnell
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Buraya biz mi uygulama ekliyoruz yoksa sen mi seçiyorsun Joshua?
- sy
sy, i'd love to respond, but have no idea what you've just said. Anyone able to translate?
- Joshua Schnell
I guessed it was Turkish because he posts about Turkmac forums in his feed, but this is all I was able to get from Google: Here we are adding the application you choose or you Joshua
- Jim in Real Time
Jim, that's probably just as confusing... lol. Hopefully he can translate for us.
- Joshua Schnell
Choose your applications on this site about? (i am sorry google translate) ((:
- sy
Can we also add applications?
- sy
Sy, I think it's referring to application developers. They can contact the Appvent team to have their application included in the list.
- Joshua Schnell
Apple and Psystar Finally Strike a Deal | Macgasm - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Joshua Schnell, Roberto Bonini and Jo Booth liked this
"On Monday, Apple and Psystar have finally strike a deal in the copyright case that has been going on for months. If you haven’t heard, Apple was suing Psystar for shipping out Intel-based systems with Mac OS X preinstalled on them. Apple finally got what they wanted because Psystar has agreed to stop selling these Mac clone computers."
- Shevonne
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I'm still torn on this whole debate, I'd love to see OS X sold on its own. I'd also love to be able to have OS X running in a vmware install at the very least. It would make testing applications a lot less dangerous.
- Joshua Schnell
@Joshua I know what you mean. Very hard case to take sides on
- Shevonne
Google - http://www.google.ca/
Jason Huebel liked this
Use it.
- Joshua Schnell
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Feeling Lucky, Eh?
- Jason Huebel
Did you mean: Toronto, eh?
- Jason Huebel
lol
- Joshua Schnell
Sorry, couldn't help myself. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
It's cool, I can handle the canuck jokes. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
I actually half expected Google to have something like that on their Canadian version. :-)
- Jason Huebel
Müjdat Korkmaz to Müjdat's feed, FF Gadgets, Crazy Gadgets, Design (Tasarım), Creative Design, The Apple Room, All Things Apple, iPhone, iPhone Türkiye
Bicio GoRide iPhone Bike Mount - http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/bicio-g...
Kazuya Yokoyama, Drew, Juho Tunkelo and 12 other people liked this
That sure kicks the crap out of the armband I use.
- Joshua Schnell
kaza yaptırır bu insana
- Ekin Ertaç
listening to "Japandroids - Sovereignty" - http://blip.fm/~gvynu
This is exactly how I feel right now.
- Joshua Schnell
from Blip.fm
Just because I'm feeling nice today, here's a Lexic coupon code for the iPhone/Touch. It's only redeemable once.
Tamar Weinberg liked this
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- Joshua Schnell
I wonder who is going to use a perfectly good coupon code for a really addictive iPhone/iPod touch app. It's been 6 hours and nobody claimed it yet!
- Tamar Weinberg
(and I have Lexic, so I'm not claiming it. Someone else should.)
- Tamar Weinberg
Hah. It might have helped if I knew how to use a coupon code. Ah, well, it looks like a good game and $1.99 is not too much to ask.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva--there's a Redeem link on the homepage of the iTunes store.
- Tamar Weinberg
Learn something new every day.
- Akiva Moskovitz
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Too funny! ~ "Too Late, Windows 7" I got a Mac - "Apologize" Parody - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Egonomik, John Wang, Joshua Schnell and Roberto Bonini liked this
EF'N fatal error sound!
- sofarsoShawn
rofl.
- Joshua Schnell
Drobo releases some new twins, just as hot as the old twins. - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Citizento, Travis Smith, Timothy Griffin and 4 other people liked this
Drobo S Specifications: 50% Faster than the current Drobo model, Now has eSATA connection, 5 Drive Bays instead of Four, Dual-Drive redundancy
- Joshua Schnell
That looks exciting, but the $800 price with no drives is a tough one to swallow :S
- Judah Richardson
Yeah, 800 Bones is steep, but they do offer a 399 model. It doesn't have eSATA, nor dual drive redundancy, but is a little more consumer friendly.
- Joshua Schnell
Has anyone seen a review for this yet?
- Judah Richardson
They're super stingy with the review model, but we're working with them to get one.
- Joshua Schnell
HOT THANKSGIVING DANCE!!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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alagbo, Tsali, The Native of FF, FF's Bubba of Arizona and 4 other people liked this
I...I feel embarrased for you all
- Mo Kargas
There is somehting wrong with you, girl! Awesome!
- Aaron Kendrick
anarchy!
- Mycaptain
And the Apple employee gets fired in... 3... 2... 1...
- Joshua Schnell
Ah, where else can a pretty girl dance with pork products and Steve Jobs? No where else but Amrika! I love Amrika!
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Intramural Zombie Hunter - http://www.seibei.com/shop...
Graham English and Mo Kargas liked this
I think I'll take two. Now if I could only find a tee that says, "I stabbed Edward in the face with a wooden stake and loved every minute of it"
- Joshua Schnell
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I use Windows daily, almost, and I’m a Mac user. - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Shevonne, Penguin It's Cold Outside, Bahaeddin [ MacinLife ] and Akiva Moskovitz liked this
Apple touted the first intel Macs as a machine that was best of the three worlds, it wasn’t because they had the best operating system (which I’d argue they do), but it was because the machines ran OS X, Linux/Unix, and Windows. All three, on one device. Heck, if you really want to get down to the nuts and bolts of it all, Apple plugged Windows in an attempt to get traditional beige box users to check out Apple’s products. Why couldn’t Microsoft do the same thing? That picture from the Cult of Mac could be the perfect marketing tool for Microsoft. “5 out of 7 Journalists are using a Mac, but how many of them are also running Windows 7 on their Machine?” I’d be willing to bet that a large majority of them have a virtual machine with Windows running on their laptops.
- Joshua Schnell
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that's just it tho, since Apple moved from PPC to intel machines, MS automatically supported them. Tho NT is built on the ability to run on different architectures - HAL (or Hardware Abstraction Layer) was designed for this very purpose and is how NT was capable of running on alpha based processors (the RISC CPU from Compaq) and on the Itanium (the totally 64bit chip from intel, which...
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- alphaxion
tho MS market driods have been very poor in pointing any of this out. Sometimes I think I'd make a fortune if I applied to work for the MS marketing team ;)
- alphaxion
alphaxion, maybe we should storm Redmond together. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
Mac or PC?
April Russo (app103), JSLeFanu, Tyson Key and 40 other people liked this
Mac ofcourse (:
- Batu
kesinlikle Macintosh... (:
- sy
5900 $ için PC diyorum :D
- ozztrojen
5900 dolar benim yaşam kaliteme feda olsun... (:
- sy
That's such bullshit that they leave "upgradeable" off the Mac side. Of course you can upgrade a Mac. You can't do it indefinitely because new technology imposes ceilings that old designers didn't necessarily foresee, but yes, you can upgrade.
- Spidra Webster
Where's the PC from?
- Kevin Fox
Your question is redundant since a Mac is a PC...so your choice is between PC or PC. :)
- Alex Scoble
So are the Apple commercials, Alex. :P
- AJ Batac
Yep, which is why I have to make this point every time someone makes a post like this. Counter the stupid and nonsense marketing.
- Alex Scoble
The displays and added memory also make it a very skewed comparison (never buy extra memory from Apple). Compare base machines, and don't forget to show specs... there are bound to be other architectural differences. And yes, those Mac towers in particular are very upgradeable, with 4 drive bays, 8 memory slots, and 3 PCI slots aside from the graphics card. Oh, and 2 gigabit ethernet ports that I link using LACP to get a 2 gigabit connection.
- LogEx
It should read "Wintel vs. Mac"
- Chieze Okoye
I want to know where I can buy that PC. :) I'm a Mac guy but some of my new code requires windows.
- mikepk
Wintel vs Macintel, you mean. There's very little difference these days between a Mac branded PC and any other higher end PC.
- Alex Scoble
Actually, Wintel doesn't cover it, either, Alex, because there are other processor manufacturers for PCs now.
- Spidra Webster
What is the specific model/manufacturer of that PC? Intrigued.
- Itachi
Depends on what are you going to do with it. If you're going to use adobe products, get a Mac. If you're going to be gaming, and everything else can be done in the Windows PC.
- Alfredo
Oh Come On, everyone knows the price of aluminum is through the roof these days... ;)
- Joshua Schnell
The Mac Pro wins.
- Danny Minick
This comparison is of a computer with Intel proc and presumably Windows, therefore Wintel is fine. And Mac is the name that Apple has named their computer, so that is fine too. Alex, you're right that PC is too general of a phrase to use correctly, but Wintel vs Mac for this comparison already encodes all the necessary distinction -- you don't really need to add "Macintel" except to belabor your point.
- Chieze Okoye
I can vouch for the Mac Pro being the winner as that is what I'm typing from right now: running OS X with two Windows 7 VMs smoothly chugging along for development, testing, and general Windows goodness.
- Akiva Moskovitz
LOL!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
PC
- `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN
PC 4ever !
- Farshad
Where can i buy that pc. Specifications are well when i compared its price :)))
- kardakayankardanadam
Mac ....
- johnpiercy
I'm a cheap bastard and a gamer. So there.
- Rodfather
I used to be a gamer ,, now Im a gomer
- johnpiercy
Wintel is so 1990's. Doesn't make sense if there's an AMD processor in there too.
- Rodfather
Rodfather says more clearly what I was saying upthread.
- Spidra Webster
The architecture is (essentially) the same. (Do most Windows machines have EFI instead of BIOS now?) It's Windows versus Mac on the x86 side. On the other hand, there are probably lots of Mac users who still own PPC Macs, so Mactel vs MacPPC is still a valid distinction.
- Victor Ganata
My memories of the 8-bit world are vague, but did people ever refer to Apple, Atari, Commodore, IBM, and Tandy computers as PCs, or was PC strictly an IBM thing?
- Victor Ganata
It was first IBM PC's. Like when they had the 8086 processor. Back then I just called them IBM's even if it wasn't made by them. Commodore's were PC's too but everyone just called them Commodores.
- Rodfather
Tandy's were 'different' though. So everyone called them Tandy's. They had the graphics edge and could run King's Quest with more colors :)
- Rodfather
Actually I don't think people really said PC (until the IBM PC was released) but I do seem to remember that people called them all personal computers.
- Victor Ganata
Hope the one on the left doesn't suddenly break down... At least they aren't flash mob dancing at the Genius Bar
- Johnny Worthington
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When like Compaq starting making computers, it was called IBM PC compatible. Everyone just called them IBM's anyway.
- Rodfather
Anyway, from what little I've seen, those LED Cinema Displays look totally worth it :)
- Victor Ganata
And from the specs given, the Mac is only $7,287 :P LIARS! :D
- Victor Ganata
"Wintel is so 1990's. Doesn't make sense if there's an AMD processor in there too." Ah, but Rodfather, there isn't an AMD in this comparison, so Wintel is fine. Maybe AMDows if AMD suits your fancy for a different comparison. In any case, it's just to get words that encode the distinction more accurately than PC vs Mac (even though the meaning is already clear enough, and this particular point all just boils down to prescriptive-linguist nitpicking).
- Chieze Okoye
I tried configuring a Dell server to similar specs, although I can't figure out how to customize it to get 2 quad-core CPUs, and the biggest screens they offer are 22". It comes out to $5,549 pre-discount, so I guess you still save about $1,500.
- Victor Ganata
Ah, I figured it out. It actually comes out to $7,079 pre-discount if you get a similarly spec'ed machine from Dell. So what I've learned here is that the only way to save a buttload of money is to build it myself.
- Victor Ganata
Wintel is like saying 'Cherry!' or 'Gnarley!' It's over dude.
- Rodfather
PC and PC running Mac OS. :D
- Josh Haley
Technically speaking, Josh, both PCs can run OS X. :)
- Alex Scoble
Apple makes the best hardware for running Windows 7. ;)
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Is that not what I implied, Alex?
- Josh Haley
Wintel is redundant. It's not like Windows can run natively on any other architecture.
- Victor Ganata
Victor: It used to be able to. And it'd certainly be nice if MS started shipping for ARM.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
tough question:))
- Mehmet Ali Akyol
Chris, but how many people are still running NT on their DEC Alpha? Probably a lot less than the number of people who still run OS X on PPC hardware. :D
- Victor Ganata
I don't see how that price is even possible. Even buying used, a Xeon quad-core costs almost $500 each, and the cheapest motherboard I've seen that supports dual Xeons cost more than $200. You're telling me you can 12GB of RAM, a 1.5 TB hard drive, a 512 MB GeForce, two 24" displays, and Windows 7 64-bit for less than $200?!? Where is the van they're selling this stuff out of parked? :)
- Victor Ganata
Question should be with the same amount of money a new PC or a second hand Mac?
- Mahmood Padura
Victor: There are probably less people who ever ran NT on an Alpha, in total, then there are people still running OSX on PPC chips.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
This is nothing new.
- Will Higgins™
I think it's bogus. I don't think you can buy a machine with those specs for that cheap, even if you build it yourself, even if you're buying parts used, and even if you're pirating your copy of Windows 7. And if you can, please tell me where so I can get one :)
- Victor Ganata
Oops, I searched for the wrong Xeon quad core. The cheapest price I've seen for the Xeon Nehalem is $1,300 each.
- Victor Ganata
If the configuration on the left is accurate, I want to buy a few of those.
- Burcu Dogan
Ads in our OS? What Apple’s interest in AdMob means for the rest of us. - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Nispell, Christopher Harley, Trish R and 2 other people liked this
Do NOT want.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Movin' the money around keeps the system active. Didn't we see this coming?
- Christopher Harley
It may be on the horizon, but I think I'd rather pay the 30-50 dollars for an OS than let a huge corporation datamine my content to find appropriate keywords (if it turns out to be anything like Google's ad model) so they can feed me "relevant" ads.
- Joshua Schnell
Do you guys think they'll implement either system specifically, or try for both at the same time?
- Joshua Schnell
undecided if to buy the upgrade to iIife09 or to rely on Google Picasa, for my photo collections...
denise liked this
using both, my new year's resolution is to decide for one or the other and stick with it. wish me luck ;-)
- denise
i'd hold off on ilife09... 10 *should* be just around the corner.
- Joshua Schnell
Palm Surrenders iTunes Support | Mac|Life - http://www.maclife.com/article...
Nispell liked this
Palm has released an update to webOS that (for a change) doesn’t include code to bypass Apple’s attempt to block the Pre from syncing with iTunes.
- Joshua Schnell
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listening to "The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight" - http://blip.fm/~gfojt
Nispell liked this
Just wanted to share this track with everyone.
- Joshua Schnell
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