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SFAA | Buying the Best Toilet | by The Editors of Consumersearch.com | September 2006 - http://www.sfaa.org/0609toi...
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- Mark Bacas
Adam Lasnik, Michael Habib, Dinis Correia and 51 other people liked this
wha ... ?
- dkb
I wish he weren't such a dick then I could feel unconflicted when I feel sorry for him.
- Dave Winer
Zombie McCain
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
tryin to goose obama
- jeneane sessum
Lyrics: John Lennon - Crippled Inside
- David Newman
No, he wasn't trying to goose Obama. The camera angle is playing making it kinda look that way. This was at the end where McCain was gonna go to his right to shake the moderator's hand and the moderator went to McCain's left so there was a little foot-dancing going on. So, McCain was like okay, left or right, left or right?
- Mark Bacas
@Mark hasn't McCain made up his mind if he's left or right yet then? :)
- Ian May
classic, when I saw that live, I was like, "hmmm...how presidential" But at least he seems to be in good spirits.
- nilo ayson
from twhirl
Seriously...WTF?
- Devlin Dunsmore
from twhirl
"Brainzzz"... scnr :)
- Holger Eilhard
ACK, hairball!
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
A real professional -- almost as good as tossing your cookies at a state event in a foreign country
- Aaron the Librarian
i wonder if a picture can have the same impact as a video...i.e. does this picture have the chance of being the equivalent of the dean scream? My guess is not because Howard Stern and Rush can't play a picture on repeat.
- mike
Power Grab
- david beckwith
So, I can spend $999 and get a 2.1GHz MacBook with a FireWire 400 port or I can spend $1299 for a 2.0GHz MacBook without one? Huh?
I mean, my 4 year old iBook has a FireWire 400 port. I have several FireWire drives and was thinking about upgrading. I think Apple really dropped the ball on this one. I'm assuming this will be the only Apple computer without the FireWire port(except for the Air, which makes a little more sense on that). If they wanted to differentiate between the MBP and the MB they could have just put the FW400 port on the MB.
- Mark Bacas
love the new macbook's, really considering getting the new 15" - ya know, to support the economy and all
Sweyn Venderbush, James Furlo, Kipp Bodnar and 2 other people liked this
While you are at it pick me up one too... think of it as helping my economy :)
- Brian Roy
Really wish they would have put FireWire in the new Aluminum 13.3 MacBook.
- Mark Bacas
I am really looking at the top level Macbook but I just got this one a year ago and don't have much cash. : (
- Sweyn Venderbush
from twhirl
The 3G iPhone crashed AGAIN. I'm at LAX with no phone. Sitting in baggage claim trying to restore. Please fix this Apple, I beg you.
Tyson Key, Joe Dawson, Sally Church and 15 other people liked this
Man, those iphone stability issues are a bummer. Good luck with that man.
- Trevor Lee
wow, thanks sucks, sorry Leo
- Ryan
Friday, Leo. :)
- Mona Nomura
think it may be AT&T, my vodafone BB hasn't worked since 9am today. 3G is up, but can't send/recv
- clarke thomas
2.1 update coming on Friday, my man. The Steve says so.
- Paul Reynolds
It is really hard to believe that with such issues people continue to line up for the Iphone. Are the only people that are happy with it the ones that have more than one cell phone (i.e. another phone that lasts longer than a few hours and actually works 100% of the time)
- Brian Sullivan
Human and Internet nature, Brian. People tend to complain about things more online than praise. I don't think anyone would tweet stuff like "Oh yeah! I made a call on my iPhone right now and HAD NO ISSUES!" on a regular basis.
- ronin
The iPhone 3G is my only device and I love it. No complaints whatsoever. But this is my first iPhone and I don't install a gazillion apps. I can do heavy web browsing, listen to podcasts and make occasional calls all day long.
- Paul Reynolds
I had to restore mine last night for the first time. Took hours.
- Steve Rubel
You gotta wait until Friday like the rest of us who are suffering. :P
- l0ckergn0me
@Brian: Do you own an iPhone? Probably not. I do, and I've had no major issues. What Leo forgets to say is that he keeps loading umpteen million apps onto his iPhone (as he's freely mentioned on MacBreak Weekly), so perhaps that's got something to do with it? There are plenty of iPhone users who have no problems with their phones. It's really easy to make pithy remarks when you're basing them on fluffy, secondhand information.
- Cheryl Jones
I'll add that I've used "dumbphones" (like a Moto RAZR), Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 *and* UIQ3 phones in the past, so I'm not a typical phone user who barely knows how to use all of the functionality on my phones. The iPhone isn't necessarily a power-user device, but for what I use on my mobile (mainly my browser and a few key apps, besides media player functionality), the iPhone fits my usage just fine.
- Cheryl Jones
No I don't own an iPhone -- I barely use a cell phone at all but when I do I want it to work reliably. The apps on the iPhone causing problems I find immaterial as an argument-- that is a feature that is heavily promoted and controlled by Apple supposedly they said to prevent these types of problems so it should just work.
- Brian Sullivan
Doh. In the time it took me to type up my comments, I got beat out. Oh well, I still meant what I typed. **smirk**
- Cheryl Jones
Mine got hosed last night. Tried to restore from a backup and then tried to set it up as a new phone. Now I just get the 'Apple Logo of Death'. The really neat thing is the Genius Bar at my local store doesn't have any appointments until Thursday afternoon. Just as well I have my N95 as a back up.
- Jonathon
Bah. The annoying thing about these complaints is that other smartphones have had these same issues in the past, even when people don't load up 3rd-party apps. For the most part, I feel the iPhone does pretty well at sandboxing apps so that they don't catastrophically incapacitate the phone functionality, but it's unavoidable if someone's going to load a ton of apps that will eat away at the processor's memory.
- Cheryl Jones
@Brian: the iPhone -- or any other smartphone -- is not for you, then. Move along, nothing to see here.
- Cheryl Jones
Cheryl -- I will move along when I am ready thank you very much
- Brian Sullivan
I'm on my third palm treo, and I have the same issues with stability.
- Trevor Lee
Let me check, yup, Blackberry Curve up and running.
- Vince Green
yea - i have had to reset more times than i should and apps are definitely crashing more lately :(
- Riaz Kanani
I've gotten the new BlackBerry Bold for its reliability. Satisfied my Apple urge with an 2G iPod touch. This is a good combination of devices.
- Joseph Thornley
Happened to me again today.
- Steve Rubel
Happened to me last night. I messed up and tried to install an app right on the phone. Hopefully the 2.1 that is due this Friday will fix everything. :)
- Mark Bacas
@Mark that's what happened to me as well.
- Steve Rubel
iPhone 2G is stable enough but distinctly slower on 2.0 - hopefully 2.1 will fix that as well.
- Alexander Carlill
I played with the whole line of Samsung smartphones yesterday, absolutely no innovation in the UI, packed with PC-style thinking. Sure, they may be more reliable, but without 3rd party apps it's clearly easy to make a phone that works. I'll take the crashes I've been experiencing over those, any day (partially because I believe in the almighty Firmware Update!)
- Marko Bon
I had a Blackberry Curve. It was rare, but it did crash. I could only do about 1/3rd what I can do with the iPhone 3G and that 1/3rd was an ugly and slow experience (compared to iPhone).
- Paul Reynolds
It's gotta be the over the air app downloading. Ever since I've told people to download through iTunes only, everyone I've given that advice to has had no more problems. Come on apple fix this in 2.1!
- Justin Flood @justinflood
Just be glad it didn't lose its mind. I had to restore my 5 times (on 2nd iphone now). No over air installs. I would listen to a podcast or music or video. Then it would stop playing. Nothing would work then and it also showed no iPod content, even though it was there. Since the last one, I have limited myself to less than 40 apps, limited ipod content, no custom ringtones and so far no more issues.
- Alan Ashley
So then don't get apple products, i'm sick of people bashing them. you have plenty of other selections.
- orionstarr
i've seen this with both OTA app install and iTunes app installs, numerous numerous restores over the summer
- deeje
that stinks, 5 of my buddies and i haven't had any problems. Is it cuz we jailbroken'em ?
- videopixil
yes @videopixil, its because we jailbroke them :-)
- Noe Ruiz
The iPhone is not really a iPhone untill its Jailbroken..well atleast useful untill it is. :D Sorry about your iPhone Leo.
- Noe Ruiz
I've heard this anecdotal evidence about OTA app download/installs vs. app installs via iTunes, and while it is possible that this is the cause of a lot of the instability people are seeing, I personally have not experienced this. I don't have 10 million apps on my iPhone, but just about all of them were downloaded and installed OTA. And my iPhone has been pretty solid.
- Cheryl Jones
The only major problem I experienced was while I was on a trip and couldn't dial out, probably because I was in an area with low/no 3G. Once I turned off 3G, I was able to dial out fine. And that only happened once. The hubby's iPhone gave him a lot of grief at the beginning because I guess his work building has awful 3G coverage. But after he decided to turn off 3G while he's at work, his phone was fine. Of course, that's not ideal, but hopefully that's firmware fixable as well.
- Cheryl Jones
Same here, well not at LAX, but had to restore 4 times in the last 2 days. Hopefully the Friday update will help. I don't install over straight to the phone from iTunes anymore, that is for sure. I think mine might have been an issue of getting overheated though. Anyone hear of that happening?
- Kat
Kat, the phone can get overheated from a lot of different reasons. Using GPS for long periods of time can make the phone very warm. If a 3rd-party app seems like it's searching for a network connection and isn't succeeding for a long while, that can heat up the phone. If a 3rd-party app is just generically stuck in a loop, that can heat up the phone. Do you know the circumstances that your phone is overheating?
- Cheryl Jones
hey man, watch your back. We don't mention iPhone shortcomings in public. We keep it on the low-down. You never know where Steve's soldiers will pop up. How can you not know this??
- john conroy
Retweeting @kenberger: Apple event: WOW- you can shake the nano for random next track! must be odd if youre jogging (sure im missing smthg)
Well I'm sure if you put it in the "hold" position or something it would probably prevent stuff like that. I'm sure Apple engineers thought of things like that.
- Mark Bacas
iPhone 3g case or skin. What do you use? - http://geeks.pirillo.com/xn...
I don't have the 3g yet, but went through many cases on the original iPhone before settling down on the Contour with the rubber edging.
- Mark Bacas
Invisible Shield. I swear by it. Takes about an hour to install though, and you have to let it dry. Done it on 3 iphones and 2 ipods, and several other devices. I love it!
- Ambar Pansari
my 3g goes naked. my edge phone had an incase olive canvas case that was perfect.
- sean808080
just had some kopi luwak coffee, pretty amazing actually - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Gavin and John Staton liked this
That stuff is the shit :)
- David O'Halloran
bahaahaa good one David
- David
Can't you use the berries BEFORE the weasel eats them???
- David
@David : Indeed
- Mattb4rd
You buy a cup or a pound? How much? Will need to watch the "Bucket List" again. I skimmed it and didn't see anything about the coffee in it.
- Mark Bacas
oh .. kopi luwak .. that is amazing! Where did you get it, heard it is only being sold in London at the moment
- Emmanuel Pozo
Emmanuel, Where in London? I would love to try some.
- Ash Matadeen
Peter Jones department store in London's Sloane Square
- Emmanuel Pozo
Thanks, will have to check it out!
- Ash Matadeen
Best iPhone Voice Recorder Roundup - Mac Forums - http://forums.macrumors.com/showthr...
Note2Self
- Mark Bacas
Best iPhone Voice Recorder Roundup - Mac Forums - http://forums.macrumors.com/showthr...
Note2Self
- Mark Bacas
Adam Bender | Heraldleaderphoto.com - http://www.heraldleaderphoto.com/2008...
Incredible story about 8-year old cancer survivor playing baseball.
- Mark Bacas
from Bookmarklet
The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte - http://twit.tv/151
Listening to TWiT about PayPal issues. Interesting that Patrick says sellers have all the rights, but other times you hear that buyers have the rights. Buyers can say they didn't receive the item or something and get their money back, etc.
- Mark Bacas
from Bookmarklet
New Park in the Peking - Highly Recommended to Visit - http://thehomebased.com/?p=57
Doug, Rey Ramos and Laurie Stoker liked this
Holy cow! Pictures are awesome!
- Laurie Stoker
I bet you like it because of the cool "hand holding the teapot pouring some into a cup" picture.
- Mark Bacas
Meet Disney World China.
- Vincent van Wylick
Man, the landscaping looks beautiful. I'd love to visit.
- Doug
Many people reporting that iPhone 3G looks AND feels inferior to the first one. Lower quality parts? Odd move for Apple.
Rishabh Mishra (p248), Wahoo Tide, David O'Halloran and Live4Emma (L4S) liked this
you know, when it's all said and done i think the bigger story will be the app store and software update and not the 3g iphone.
- grant fox
Yeah I'm not interested in paying more for a device that has coverage that will piss me off. I can be pissed with Edge and not pissed with Wifi. :)
- Eric Rice
Give 2 more years to the devil, spotty 3G at best, GPS with no turn-by-turn, SHITTIER battery life with no replaceable battery so FORGET playing media if you want to conserve power...why do I think I'm not missing anything? My UNLOCKED Curve gives me everything I would want in a Cell Phone and my iPod takes care of the rest. grant nailed it, if anything the apps store makes the iPod Touch more appealing...screw the iPhone
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Well it does cost less. :) - I agree with the App Store quote by Grant plus Exchange support for entry into business. I have mined setup to receive corporate Exchange eMail and showed to some people in the office and they're already trying to figure out how to get rid of their BlackBerries.
- Mark Bacas
Flipvideo waterproof case - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Jimmy Gardner, Paul W. Swansen, Evan Sims and 6 other people liked this
Whoa, sweet.
- Shawn Farner
You gotta do underwater test. I need this for my Reef tank.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
I was thinking about getting one of these for snorkeling. Would love to hear how you like it.
- Brian Oberkirch
Wow! Cool! Perfect for my daughter's flipvideo! got a link for this one?
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Awesome. Considering getting one before I go on holiday. I don't know how much underwater filming I'd do, but I'm terrified of dropping the thing in the pool accidentally. Better safe than sorry. ;)
- Jamie Clark
Carlos, here is a link: http://www.theflip.com/store...
- Mark Bacas
i would just go buy the Xacti waterproof camera. Its not that expensive, and its always a crowdpleaser at those beach parties I keep hearing about.
- Schlomo Rabinowitz
It works pretty well, actually. I'll post a test video here in a bit!
- justine
Well if it's good enough for iJustine, it's good enough for me - friend me on FriendFeed if you like http://friendfeed.com/acedtect
Barbara K. Baker, Leo Laporte, John Blanton and 2 other people liked this
what about ME?!
- Veronica
if @scobleizer is following you... he isn't now. at least for 48 hours. heh
- Lise
YES! More peoplez are moving to FriendFeed!
- Dillon K. Hoops
imported (forgot how) you from Twitter a couple days ago
- Carroll
I think friendfeed is much better then twitter today
- Doug Sampley
I believe I did. :)
- Sawyer
Welcome to the dark side. Actually it's not that dark. :-)
- Mark Bacas
Any friend of V's is a friend I want to have also! Now if only I REALLY knew Ms. Belmont but I think we all feel like we do from all her projects! :-) Consider yourself added!
- Jeff Garlick
Already subscribed to you. :-)
- JA Castillo
Welcome to FriendFeed Tom!
- John Blanton
Welcome!
- Barbara K. Baker
Bean Counter So, you want to learn Bookkeeping- Introduction - http://www.dwmbeancounter.com/tutoria...
Free Bookkeeping and Accounting Courses and Tutorials. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to learn bookkeeping!
- Mark Bacas
OK, now its getting strange... a sixth right foot in a sneaker has washed up in Canada -- http://www.mahalo.com/Canada_...
Joshua Smith, Kevin Shannon, Dewald Pretorius and 4 other people liked this
Sounds like something from the show Dexter.
- Angel Smith
that's such an awesome screenplay waiting to happen.
- Kingsley Joseph
from twhirl
Very odd indeed. I wonder if anyone has stats on this worldwide? Google Maps mashup anyone?
- Brian
how many people were on that small plane they theorized it came from?
- RAPatton
@matt or "now the shoe's on the ..."
- Kingsley Joseph
from twhirl
hmm, wonder if it's a smuggling operatiion; or it's not uncommon in china to take off appendages and have people work as beggars.
- clarke thomas
jason i think fondue did it!
- Susan Beebe
Gotta be somebody who works in a funeral home or morgue, screwing with everybody.
- Rob Sterling
Having two left feet should keep me safe from issues like this.
- Michael Faris
Turns out it wasn't a human foot but a dogs foot in a shoe.
- Mark Bacas
What did teacher say? "Keep your feet to yourselves, children."
- Mitch Ratcliffe
This a viral marketing campaign by Nike?
- Mark Forman
@jason your freaking me out
- Dave Peck
Umm, the first 5 weren't strange? Only after the 6th is it now getting strange?
- Barry Graubart
from twhirl
Dotso.com - http://www.dotso.com/
news feeds
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Dotso.com - http://www.dotso.com/
news feeds
- Mark Bacas
lib.rario.us - social media cataloging - http://lib.rario.us/
place to catalog media, books, etc.
- Mark Bacas
lib.rario.us - social media cataloging - http://lib.rario.us/
place to catalog media, books, etc.
- Mark Bacas
dude this guy can juggle.
- Mark Bacas
dude this guy can juggle.
- Mark Bacas
FSA and You - http://www.fsaandyou.com/page2...
qualifying expenses
- Mark Bacas
FSA and You - http://www.fsaandyou.com/page2...
qualifying expenses
- Mark Bacas
GoldenGadgets.com : Home of LED Lights and Solar Power Generators - http://www.goldengadgets.com/
looks like mostly flashlights.
- Mark Bacas
GoldenGadgets.com : Home of LED Lights and Solar Power Generators - http://www.goldengadgets.com/
looks like mostly flashlights.
- Mark Bacas
awesome photos of minature people working on food.
- Mark Bacas
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