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Exclusive > The Spark Series, Part 3 - eGuiders. We Search. You Watch. - http://www.eguiders.com/exclusi...
"Leo Laporte has carved out a nearly idyllic existence here in the land beyond Silicon Valley. He launched his own network and streams over a dozen “Netcasts” each week, live from the TWiT Cottage."
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IronKey - The World's Most Secure Flash Drive - https://www.ironkey.com/
Hardcore flash drives!
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FreeMyPDF Liberates Your PDF File from Printing and Other Restrictions - PDF - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5419172...
"You've got a PDF file on your hands that you really need to print, copy, or otherwise edit but it's locked down like Fort Knox. You're out of luck, unless you use a service like FreeMyPDF."
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Twitter Avatars - a set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Cool and creative twitter avatars based on the twitter bird.
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Not too bad for November... - http://tomit.posterous.com/not-too...
Are Twitter and Friendfeed no longer in real time sync???
Roberto Bonini, rowlikeagirl and Kol Tregaskes liked this
someone... anyone?
- tomit
correct
- Vezquex: God of FF
Twitterfeed went real-time supposedly though I think it is more like 5 mins or so. That's an alternative if you have an RSS/blog feed.
- beersage
This sucks! Some posts are taking an hour to show up on here.
- tomit
Yeah, Friendfeed posts aren't showing up in Twitter quickly either. It's got to be a temporary thing?
- Nick in Manila
Is there another real-time firehose that Twitter outputs to? Maybe there is a workaround.
- beersage
Yeah, FF no longer receives the firehose. Paul seemed to indicate that it would be temporary.
- Roberto Bonini
What is your homepage? Here's mine... - http://tomit.posterous.com/what-is...
Eco-Friendly Van Meets All-in-One Mobile Home | dornob #shareit - http://dornob.com/eco-fri...
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"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
*swoon*
- Ňicķ
sounds awesome. live the hippie dream, only it probably costs about $50,000 or something.
- Thomas Hawk
It's kinda cute. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Not a fan. Then again, didn't like the original ;)
- Mo Kargas
Afraid not Thomas, $129,000
- Steven Cains
Super cool VW Bus making a comeback...
- Walt Ruppar
First of all, I'll cop to wanting one of these. That being said, Jason is right. This is for rich hippies (who probably aren't hippies at all). The VW microbus became the darling of the Flower Power crowd because it was cheap, easy to repair, and big. You could camp in it. Is there a car today that fits this bill?
- Chris Baskind
wow, you can buy an awful lot of pot with $129,000.
- Thomas Hawk
I don't know a self-respecting hippie that would prefer this over a really nice indoor greenhouse. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
@Chris, Most cars today aren't as simple, but with the wealth of knowledge online, it just takes more time. The minivan/SUV can become a camper van with a few mods. They'll never take the place of the VW, but they're an updated version of the 70s panelvan conversions (hopefully without shag carpeting & a disco-ball).
- Steven Cains
Nope: there will never be anything that simple again. That's not all bad: I can't imagine a 1960s VW Minibus would satisfy *any* federal safety standard these days. You're right. A used minivan might be the closest thing.
- Chris Baskind
Very Cool. You can't drive your house but, you can sleep in your Van !!!
- Eric Logan
Want.
- Ken Sheppardson
Want!!
- Sarah Perez
Very intriguing. How much steel is in that thing? Chris, that would be my next question after fuel consumption: how safe is this thing? And I agree, when we can go back to making transportation that costs less than a small home, we may have achieved something amazing. ;)
- Melanie Reed
However, I have heard (and I'm not remembering where at the moment) that there has been a movement growing of people seeking alternative housing and substituting things like this as the new "mobile" home.
- Melanie Reed
AWESOME!
- tomit
@drewdomkus ... you need this for your move!
- tomit
So wanting one! Cute ^__^
- Nia
Hehe, it's dinky, isn't it? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lovelovelove!
- esther ♥ ♫
-)
- Kol Tregaskes
It looks like it could almost fly in the first pic. ;-) Well, maybe not. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Looks a bit different than the 76 Kombi @imbutafool and I owned several years ago
- ThePicMan
Oh, shit, it's so beautifull!
- Igor Kuzmin
Everyone is loving this! We should have an FF one and use it to travel to all the FFers around the World (like Pea seems to be doing ;-)). Hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
cool idea, kol. the ff-stream of this tour would be alltheawe. just imagine the photos.
- esther ♥ ♫
Look it is my retirement home.
- John Flynn
Oh no, don't say that, John. That puts me right off it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I want one!
- TranceMist
I've owned 5 VWs, two of which were split window vans. I'd love to have another, this is awesome!
- Rick Bucich
from twhirl
I have had more VWs than other cars...starting with a 71 Superbeetle, and a Split Window Microbus. I would LOVE to have something like this.
- Kreg Steppe
Good for grandparents to visit grandchildren and children through the European continent (or another one as well)...nomadism-revival!
- Isabelle Ayel
wow i posted this a while back and now can't seem to find it for some reason. friendfeed's search function really sucks!
- Cee Bee
Want. Cannot afford.
- Jules
So after reading this article yesterday, I found myself this evening in front of a local place that specializes in reconditioning old VWs. It was closed, but there's an awesome red and white microbus out front with a For Sale sign on it. Ugly, underpowered -- and probably dangerous, by modern standards. Want. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Cee, really? I find FF search is pretty good.
- Kol Tregaskes
I love this Mobile...owned a few Vdubs, lived in a VW camper, but this is off the hook..I would become a true nomad with this...
- bcultral
It's just so cute, LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
love it
- chance
Perfect for the recession :-)
- Richard A.
I'd like to have something like this, something small. What do you really need? A bed, perhaps a TV and room for your computer. Then you can live anywhere you like, in theory.
- Kol Tregaskes
so cute ;)
- sakura
Richard, agree. No council tax bill, no utility bills, just petrol I guess?
- Kol Tregaskes
I Love this
- Nima
Who is this Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier? Seems like he is on Facebook, Linked In but I can't seem to find anything else about him.
- Brian Sullivan
We had a wesvalia built Micro when I was a kid. I loved that thing. It was a little flimsily built; but boy it was perfect for my family of campers and road-tripping warriors. Too bad this one is so pricey
- Bill Rawlinson
Bumping some old good posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Coding Curious :: Automatic - http://codingcurious.com/automat...
"Automatic allows you to set up subscriptions for virtually any content linked in RSS feeds: podcasts, videocasts, torrentcasts... Rule of thumb: if it ends in '-cast', you can get it with Automatic."
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I think I'm in love. The Olympus EP-1 is almost erotically beautiful. I can't stop handling it. Can't wait to get the 50/1.4 on it. Too bad nothing reads the raw files yet.
Daniel Rowley, Amy, Jason Griffey and 26 other people liked this
time to sell the 5D on ebay....
- John Hillestad
Why does each new camera need a new RAW format requiring a 'driver update' ?
- Don Strickland
Geez. Kind of a problem if nothing reads RAW. Can't imagine shooting any other way.
- Karoli
No bundled app that can handle the RAW files? So you can at least have them for storage and go from there until ACR, etc. handle Olympus' RAW format...
- Holger Eilhard
It is a very good-looking camera.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Here's the thread in the LR forums about EP-1 support: http://forums.adobe.com/message...
- Holger Eilhard
The bundled app handles the ORF files, of course, but I really need Lightroom.
- Leo Laporte
I understand that, using LR myself! :-) I'm just suggesting that you could still shoot RAW and let the bundled app take care of the conversion to JPEG until Adobe/Apple are ready. Then you still have the RAW files to play with, not just JPEGs that came from the camera.
- Holger Eilhard
Okay but can I have the Canon 5D Mark II then :-)
- Richard Bitting
Exactly what I'm doing - and shooting RAW+JPEG. Still an awesome camera. (Keeping the 5D though!)
- Leo Laporte
Hope other manufacturers get a clue that we little rangefinder like cameras with interchangeable lenses.
- Jon Winters
I won't give up my Nikon any time soon but that surely is a beautiful- and traditional-looking camera.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I want this camera sooo bad. How are the HD videos on it?
- tomit
The 720p video is excellent. You can see an example at http://leolaporte.smugmug.com/gallery...
- Leo Laporte
Sorry, Leo. Yes, it looks very cool, but I am not aroused by looking at a camera.
- Fleagle
Incidentally - NO rangefinder. You have to use the LCD. One real negative.
- Leo Laporte
Fleagle - you have to hold it to be aroused.
- Leo Laporte
Here is the direct link to Leo's video http://leolaporte.smugmug.com/gallery...
- Bryan Lee
Leo: thats a cute Papillon BTW.
- Bryan Lee
Papillon's are such great little dogs. We have 2.
- tomit
I'll shoot some more dynamic video later. Saves as a Motion JPEG AVI file.
- Leo Laporte
How long can the videos be?
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2GB (that's an AVI limitation) so HD: 7min, SD: 14min
- Leo Laporte
Ouch thats short!
- Bryan Lee
Hmmm... Guess you can do multi shots with a large card and put them together. I think most videos I've done were made up of clips shorter than that.
- tomit
Leo, there is an accessory VIEWfinder that attaches to the hotshoe. Not the same as a rangefinder but I wouldn't trade the EP-1's physical size for the optics necessary for a rangefinder. Very lustworthy bit of kit!
- Antonio Yon
It's definitely pretty sweet hardware. Rumor going around that 2nd version will be out end of year with a VF. Seems rather quick to me but possibly something to wait for. The current VF that attaches to the hotshoe is only accurate with their 17mm f/2.8 lens btw.
- ronin
I may pull the trigger on an EP-1, but I am hearing horror stories about the slow auto focus. Are you finding this a problem? Should I wait till version 2?
- tomit
Is this the one Dvorak sings about?
- Michael Foey
The specs for the E-P2 are out. What do you think? Are the improvements worth the extra $300? Luckily, the announcement came out the day was going to purchase the E-P1. Close call.
- Robert Eden
The E-P2 at least has a viewfinder - I think that alone would make it much superior.
- Brian Sullivan
I want to use one next to a Panasonic GF1 to see which I like better.
- tomit
Curious if Leo thinks the upgrade to the E-P2 is worth the extra cash!
- Robert Eden
The Posterous video we shot will be up in seven to 10 days @netspencer asked
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Any word on this video? Looking forward to it.
- tomit
Probably this week.
- Robert Scoble
10 Creative Beach Towels - http://www.toxel.com/inspira...
Clever beach towels and creative towel designs from all over the world.
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Christoph Peter | Applications | App for the milk - http://www.chrillo.info/applica...
Will give this app a shot.
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Christoph Peter | Applications | App for the milk - http://www.chrillo.info/applica...
App for the milk is a desktop client for the remember the milk webservice that lets you quickly manage your tasks from your desktop even when you are offline and sync the next time you are connected to the internet.
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YouTube - Oldest City Skateboarding with Dick Whipkey - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Skating around not far from our house.
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Lifehacker's Complete Guide to Windows 7 - Windows - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5386953/
Windows 7 officially launches today, but we've been testing, tweaking, customizing, fixing, and writing about this OS for a year now. We present here a guide to everything we've learned about the OS, from first install to final settings change.
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Doit.im - http://doit.im/gtd.jsp
Under the guidance of the excellent task management principles of GTD, Doit.im conducts you to have your head cleared, to get rid of various pending ideas on your mind, and helps you organize tasks and focus on items in hand, so that you can closely track the process of your work and feel easy when faced with bulks of complicated projects.
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Under the guidance of the excellent task management principles of GTD, Doit.im conducts you to have your head cleared, to get rid of various pending ideas on your mind, and helps you organize tasks and focus on items in hand, so that you can closely track the process of your work and feel easy when faced with bulks of complicated projects.
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Installed a Corsair SSD into my unibody Macbook Pro. Boot and app launch times are lightning fast. Almost instant. http://www.amazon.com/Corsair...
Jim Connolly, Robert DeBord, Mike Chelen and 39 other people liked this
WANT
- Johnny Worthington
Way to go, Chief Twit.
- John Durham
128 gigs is just too small. I can fill that up in a heartbeat and wouldn't want to have to lug around an external data drive all the time.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Have you installed Jaunty Jackalope yet? Recomend?
- Jon Tatum
Yeah - I could fill that up in a week :)
- Roberto Bonini
You should try using two SSDs in a RAID0 array now. =) http://is.gd/uw0V
- ronin
The pros and cons of SSDs http://tinyurl.com/9qvwyd
- Bob Townsend
When a 512GB is affordable for me I'll take the plunge
- Victor Panlilio
from Nambu
128GB SSD is the biggest in 2.5" SATA case. It'll be some years still before 500+GB SSDrives become a reality.
- ianf ⌘
Nice. Is that kind of tight for space? What do you use for your outboard storage?
- JasonInNJ
Ianf, I'm willing to wait.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Willing. Noted, filed, folded, spindled, mutilated.
- ianf ⌘
Awesome
- tomit
SWEET!
- johnny frederiksen
Jon, I did an in-place upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04 - no problems at all... ymmv
- Chris Heath
Leo, MCE Technologies has a adapter to replace the optical drive in the macbook pro with a hard drive. This would give you two drives in your MBP. The SSD and the orginal HD http://www.mcetech.com/optibay...
- Joseph Woodcock
Can you install and SSD in the MCE optibay and leave the old HD in place while using the SSD permanently as the startup drive?
- Brian of London
The speed and quietness are nice but for now I'll stick with more drive space.
- Johann Diaz
from Nambu
Leo, can you write up how you did the install of this drive and the swap of the superdrive for the 500g drive on one of your blogs somewhere?
- Alan Alpar
Currently unavailable at Amazon
- David J Lowe
http://www.google.com/product... looks like it's available somewhere... [edit: well maybe not... after following that link here: http://www.powermax.com/parts... it says to call for availability... so maybe]
- Chris Heath
Alan: this may be what you're looking for: http://www.macworld.com/article... or maybe something like this: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthr...
- Chris Heath
Leo may chime in here, but I'm pretty sure he picked the Corsair on the recommendation of Allyn Malventano and Ryan Shrout over at PC Perspective as a result of conversations with them on the PC Per podcast / TWiCH. Allyn's SSD guide is here: http://www.pcper.com/article... I think tech's evolved quite a bit in the past seven months or so since Leo did this upgrade, and the PC Per "Dream System" is currently spec'd with an Intel 80GB Intel X25M G2 http://www.pcper.com/hwlb....
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, i'm pretty sure you're correct that Leo chose that corsair based on Allyn's reco -- IIRC, the intel's are preferred, but are pricey, so Allyn reco's the corsair for just about the same performance for a lesser price.... and like you said that was a while ago and tech has evolved and prices have probably dropped as well
- Chris Heath
when system or program caches are too large to keep in memory, an SSD is a pretty reliable way to increase performance
- Mike Chelen
I wish Friendfeed could pull in @ replies from twitter and make them comments on Friendfeed. I hate tracking a conversation on twitter!
I have people comment about something I said days ago. I have to dig back through my profile just to see what the comment was about.
- tomit
Face = broken!
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High School Senior Photo Meme #meme
Iván Abrego, Joe Pierce, zephyrlily and 53 other people liked this
You've put on a few pounds.
- Mark Krynsky
Dude! I want that truck!
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You've come a long way, Baby!
- Mark Wilson
and that hair!
- tomit
damn
- Beau Liening
Business in the front, party in the back!
- Ayşe E.
This pic is ALL PARTY!
- tomit
wow. that is *amazing*
- Jason Wyttenbach
country as fcuk
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Are you undercover in this photo? You know like "Jump Street"?
- Adrian
Clearly you people have never been to Alabama. I see guys like that on a daily basis.
- Suburban Oblivion
Where are the rest of the FFundercats on this meme? Josh must be busy playing the fiddle and Johnny's just plum sleeping eh?
- Mark Krynsky
LOL
- Josh Haley
Awesome!
- JA Castillo
hahaha
- Shevonne
*cries*
- Derrick
hawt
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Oh my word. Don't know if I should laugh or cry.
- Kandeezie
I'm laughing and crying at the same time.
- Mark Wilson
FF should add ":Scary!" to [Comment - Like Share]
- ron k jeffries
Where's the AK-47?
- LogEx
Come on LE, I only use American guns!
- Mark Wilson
Oh my dear lord....you must have grown up where I live - sadly there are still many with this look going for them right at this very moment.
- Janet
BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP....
- Joel Robert Perez
LOLLOLLOL...
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Did the makers of the film Joe Dirt pay you a royalty?
- Andrew Leyden
Mullet FTW!!!!
- Robert Couture
Bump for good times.
- Mark Krynsky
Hahaha, I will never forget this photo.
- Patrik Johansson
reminds me of brad pitt in kalifornia (i mean that as a compliment)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
hmmm I see more of a Joe Dirt similarity.. maybe the mullet needs to be longer.
- Chris Myles
Google Adds Live Public Twitter Feed, Too - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009...
That was fast.
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Report: Bing nails search deals with Twitter, Facebook - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
Wow! That's a big deal.
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The Power User's Guide to Google Chrome, 2009 Edition [Google Chrome] - http://lifehacker.com/5386582...
Love Chrome!
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Blue Screen of Death (On a Belt) [BSoD] - http://gizmodo.com/5385132...
I really want this!
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Gyrowheel Eliminates Training Wheels in Kids' Bikes [Bikes] - http://gizmodo.com/#ERR404
My kid needs this. He can't wait for his bday bike.
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Rocking Chair Uses Motion to Power Attached OLED Lamp - http://www.inhabitat.com/2009...
Cool!
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