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"Thanks! The lack of "you have to code this way" is what I love about backbone but it's also frustrating. I came up with at least 3 or 4 different ways to solve a problem I've been working on and could talk myself in or out of all of them. :/" - Jon West

"@derickbailey:disqus What's your take on this? I think I understand the example you used which is model-based but what about navigation links which aren't really tired to a model? I have a few links in the header: #projects, #admin, #reports and I have a method which grabs the data-fragment value and passes it to router.navigate. I'd rather just use plain hrefs. Thoughts?" - Jon West

"Great NY style pizza and pleasant family atmosphere. Garlic knots were OK but I've had better garlic bread items before. Stick with the Pizza and you won't be dissapointed!" - Jon West

"During a vacation in Vail we stopped here for lunch. The pulled pork sandwich, beans and brisket were great! However the cornbread my wife had was terrible. I'm hoping it was a bad batch or something…" - Jon West

"- Facebook isn't required for Spotify even though they do push that over standard logins - I too like Pandora but there is a huge difference between the 2 in that you can save songs to playlists for future listening with Spotify instead of hoping it comes up again on Pandora. You also don't have any limitations on how often you listen to or skip songs and you can cache songs locally for offline listening. It's pretty awesome if you give it a try." - Jon West

"This was my 1st time at Signature Cafe and I loved it! I had the pork sandwich, my wife had the turkey burger and my son had soup. Great food and cool space." - Jon West

"I'm surprised by the negative reviews. My wife and I went on a Wednesday during happy hour before heading to a show at the Improv. The food and service were great. I'll be back soon." - Jon West

"Hey guys, I'm listening to the latest episode (late I know, blame iCloud) and you are talking about accessing smart playlists via iTunes Match.  They have always been available...but they have also always sucked. :( I have several playlists in which the rules don't get applied properly such as filter by genre and comment. It also doesn't respect the limit by # number of songs rule.  What's most frustrating is that this bug/feature only applies to iOS devices but works fine on a mac.  i.e. If I sign into my iTunes account on my work machine and enable match it will properly display my smart playlists and respect the rules.  What gives? Match (or any streaming music service) needs to provide good playlist tools or they aren't worth it. Anyone can dump songs on a server via FTP...accessing my customized library is what I'm truly after.  Still using match along side Pandora and Spotify Premium." - Jon West

"In my opinion it's always been streaming but people seem to get caught up in the syntax.  If you can start playing a song within a few seconds without waiting until a manual download is complete it's streaming as far as I care. I tried it on my ATV2 last night and it worked great...or as least as great as Music Match on other iOS devices.  Smart playlists are still busted and don't respect the "limit by" feature. :(  Oddly, this works fine on iTunes and the playlists even auto-update." - Jon West

"I was able to enable on both the latest beta of iTunes and my Apple TV 2.  I'm still not a fan of how smart playlists work (or don't work) on iCloud/Music Match but access via Apple TV is a good distraction. Going on vacation next week and plan to bring the ATV so the family can listen to music and watch Netflix in our hotel. :)" - Jon West

"I use Chrome in fullscreen and the black bar makes it look terrible :(  I'm guessing there's a plugin which will allow you to tweak the color of the navigation bar.  And the search begins..." - Jon West

This is sweet! I'm a noob to using HTML audio tags but it's awesome too see what's possible. - Jon West

"Thanks for sharing! I don't like this "feature" and wasn't aware I could disable it." - Jon West

"Thanks for sharing! I don't like this "feature" and wasn't aware I could disable it." - Jon West

"I've had a 622 for the life of my account and recently moved but wasn't upgraded :( I really don't want to invest a bunch of money in DVR's that only work with 1 company so I've been waiting/hoping for a free upgrade. I'd love to make use of the Sling Adapter." - Jon West

"I've had a 622 for the life of my account and recently moved but wasn't upgraded :( I really don't want to invest a bunch of money in DVR's that only work with 1 company so I've been waiting/hoping for a free upgrade. I'd love to make use of the Sling Adapter." - Jon West

Oh snap! the gig is up! - Jon West

"bikeTrail doesn't appear to be free. Is the deal already over or has it not started?" - Jon West

"bikeTrail doesn't appear to be free. Is the deal already over or has it not started?" - Jon West

"One of the big guys, Dish Network, did buy it a few years ago. Their most recent DVR, the VIP 922k, has been integrated with sling features. I've been trying to get one at a discount since I've been a subscriber for so long but they are still quoting me $200. I like your idea of getting a stand alone Sling Player and not dealing with the slowness and or crippled offerings of Cable Co's." - Jon West

"One of the big guys, Dish Network, did buy it a few years ago. Their most recent DVR, the VIP 922k, has been integrated with sling features. I've been trying to get one at a discount since I've been a subscriber for so long but they are still quoting me $200. I like your idea of getting a stand alone Sling Player and not dealing with the slowness and or crippled offerings of Cable Co's." - Jon West

I just donated and it couldn't have been simpler. - Jon West

This looks sick! I wonder if it's weird to interact with a touch screen and a keyboard. - Jon West

"Notifications could be made visible by swiping down on the status bar instead of tapping. This is how I have my jail broken iPhone setup and it's great. Of course having Apple provide native support would be even better." - Jon West

"Notifications could be made visible by swiping down on the status bar instead of tapping. This is how I have my jail broken iPhone setup and it's great. Of course having Apple provide native support would be even better." - Jon West

"My initial reaction is that boutiques.com is not ready for prime time meaning we should have a nice advantage with beso. There product offering seems narrow as well. I may not be a fashionista but now that sites like beso exists I prefer going directly to the mens shoes category instead of performing a search on bizrate, amazon etc. It helps that beso also has bonus categories like home, kids and jewelry. Oh and the beso UI rips boutiques.com. :)" - Jon West

Great analysis of good/bad ways to utilize jQuery. - Jon West

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I love the Old Spice guy!!!! - Jon West