Last friday I taped an iPhone to my head and ran around Paris capturing the most famous sights in a single (somewhat shaky) shot. Here's the video: http://vimeo.com/12906858
that explain other FF posts, looking for tapes and where can one upload large video files ;-).
- Tzury Bar Yochay
Yeah, I never did get the duct tape though, so I had to use clear packaging tape instead (with a sock stuffed between the iPhone and my hat to get the correctish angle).
- Paul Buchheit
this was perfect, I opened up my Paris map and followed you :)
- İpek Aral Kişioğlu
I'm surprised you were able to follow. I didn't have a map (my iPhone was taped to my head!) so I made a number of wrong turns, though the high-level route was pretty basic.
- Paul Buchheit
Saw the vimeo on your stream and watched a little of it. Great stuff! Cool to see new iphone vid quality. (er 3gs? quality, hmm) Oh yeah, and enjoy Paris!
- Jay
It's actually a 3GS, not an iphone 4.
- Paul Buchheit
I think I might tape a photo of Paul with an iPhone taped to his head to my head because I want to get arrested for being a menace.
- Akiva
Ahhh this explains the "ducktape in Paris" stuff LOL :D (that picture is full of geeky win!)
- Susan Beebe
@Paul just curious how much battery did you have left after you were done recording?
- BRҰANSAҰS
Something like 22%, as I recall. I had put the phone in airplane mode to reduce wireless consumption and also because I'm concerned that an incoming call would stop the video or something.
- Paul Buchheit
Not bad. I guess you could get at least 2 hours of recording on one charge.
- BRҰANSAҰS
from BuddyFeed
If so, it'll just be transitional until smartphones are replaced by glasses-phones. Or smart glasses. Do we have an official name for those yet?
- Andrew C (✓)
“Canon’s newly developed Hybrid IS technology optimally compensates for angular camera shake (rotational) and shift camera shake (linear). Sudden changes in camera angle can cause significant blur in images taken during standard shooting, whereas blur caused by shift-based shaking, when a camera moves parallel to the subject, is more pronounced in macro and other close-up photography.”
- Amit Patel
from Bookmarklet
I took some photos today without a tripod and so far, no noticeable motion blur anywhere. I'm quite happy with this camera. However, today's shots were outdoors, and I need to try more indoor shots to see how much blur I see.
- Amit Patel
My verdict over the past year: YES this is pretty good. Previous pocket cameras I'd take 2-3 shots of each thing just to make sure I got a clear shot. The S95, I'm taking one shot most of the time. Even at maximum zoom handheld vs tripod makes no difference most of the time.
- Amit Patel
"Myths and rumors about the toxicity of the poinsettia plant are common late in the year, when the popular red-leaved plants take center stage in holiday decorations. While the genus (Euphorbia) to which the poinsettia plant belongs does contain some highly toxic plants, the popular poinsettia itself is not toxic. Some sources attribute the rumor about the dangers of poinsettia leaves to a case of poisoning in 1919 that led to the death of a two year-old child. At the time, the cause of the poisoning was incorrectly determined to be a poinsettia leaf."
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
Another word and the forces will abolish all forms of Cilantro on this planet called Earth, message received from Planet Janet
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Message to Planet Janet: you know you love it with cilantro, baby.
- Steven Perez
Now see this is the interesting thing: if anybody posts, then you have to. So if everybody keeps posting, you'll just have to keep up with us. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
- c.a.j.
Debating tip: never try to get in the last word. Always give your opponent the opportunity to get in the last word. By some sort of mysterious karmic law, your persuasiveness will improve immeasurably. :)
- Sean McBride
Steven Perez isn't a Bunneh!!! As long as he doesn't respond.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
It's okay, he's got a Catch-22 now. Steven Perez isn't a Bunneh, so long as he doesn't respond. And we all know he refutes his Bunneh status.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
It was real hawt in the town that night! IF I EDIT 18 hours later like now - is your last still last if comments are disabled? A hawt question.
- Steve Cleary
Steven is a Bunneh!!! He responded when I said he wasn't. Bunneh's can win if they want.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Take the ferrets out of your pants, James.
- Steven Perez
from IM
fine with me. take the last word. take it and shove it up Brett Favre's ass.
- Morgan
I don't shove ANYTHING up a former or current cheesehead's posterior, thankyouverymuch.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I'llsickthemonyoulikeIdidwithAmber,that'safunstory.
- Tsali - A dude man
from IM
You did see where I said that I like my food scared and running, yeah? Mmmmm, ferret-ka-bobs ...
- Steven Perez
from IM
I do indeed see where this is headed, and no sir, I don't like it. *calls upon the forces of Voltron
- Tsali - A dude man
from IM
Sadly, the only Voltron to heed your call is the vehicle Voltron. And I disabled that yo-yo by pulling out the sparks plugs in the car feet.
- Steven Perez
from IM
It's an old Navajo word for "punk-ass bitch".
- Steven Perez
from IM
No one has the slightest idea how much Steven is enjoying this...
- Abhishek
very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy
- Steven Perez
from IM
VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY
- Steven Perez
from IM
hmm... 800+ comments on this thread, and this is my first, and probably last comment on this thread. I wonder should I read all the comments, or just post?
- Mike Nencetti
Are you guys still trying to win?
- Steven Perez
from IM
23 years from now, Steven will still check his MSGoogle MyFriendFace feed every morning so he can respond to this post with 3,137,783 comments...
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
from iPod
After half a month there must have been moment you thought it would not be a real big deal if you eventually should NOT have the last word, I suppose?
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Ohhh, you mean that place, which is totally faked by a #viciousbunneh who was in cahoots with the government in taking all the alfalfa plants into an underground hidden bunker.
- Tsali - A dude man
Now that I have achieved status of half-centurian, I request the next 50 days of last word in honor of my achievement of breathing.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Well, well, well. Has it been 50 days already?
- Steven Perez
I will allow you to have the last word. But to take that last word you are surrendering your honor to a den of sightless whores.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Eventually, the whole thread will go backwards to the beginning.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
That sounds like more fun than I imagine you wanted it to.
- Steven Perez
from IM
It was a test. Honor is pride. A den of sightless whores is merely an event that you will carry forever. You have attained the 7th level of enlightenment.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
1203 comments, come on, you can do better than that.
- Tsali - A dude man
Considering that this thread has only been around since August, and has been shut down for the last two months, that's not too bad.
- Steven Perez
from IM
2012 is just the begining of the 13th Baktun, the long cont calendar doesn't actually run out until sometimes after 4772, that is of course if you stick with only Baktuns and don't use the other 4 higher counts, I just think FF will end in 4217 on planet Tersanzar :)
- Tsali - A dude man
Ah, right thread. In that thread, it's asked what you think you smell like. In this thread, I told you what I think you smell like.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Cilantro, Strawberries, and Chilaquiles.
- Steven Perez
I think this has lasted long enough. We already know what has to be the last word, it's already in the original quote. I will put it as the closing comment. I think we will all feel relieved we can now carry on to do greater things. For ourselves, our loved ones and the world.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
I dunno, the Akiva nipple-licking beach picture is pretty long, too. :-) Ah, and it looks like Mike Nayyar's last-word thread has more than 2200 comments in it. I guess we'll have to step it up over here, huh?
- Ordinarybug Heather
omg...that is a seriously long thread of comments....are you going for a record Steven?...didn't even open up so I wouldn't lose my page.
- ᏓᏰ #team Monique
"A linchpin, also spelled linch pin, lynchpin, or lynch pin, is a fastener used to prevent a wheel or other rotating part from sliding off the axle it is riding on. The word is first attested in the 14th century and derives from Middle English elements meaning "axletree pin""
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
Damn, yeah, this might sound obvious, but floors get dirty. Bought one of those Shark steam mops 3 weeks ago or so and cleaned the floors then. Cleaned the floors again today and the thing picked up so much new dirt...yuck.
Having pets makes it worse. My mom actually has a foot washing station set up for Chewie for when he comes in from the back yard (fenced in, of course). He gets his feet wiped whenever there's the slightest chance he is messier than normal.
- Katy S
Is the Shark steam mop working out for you?
- τorƍue
"Possibly the first spam ever was a message from a DEC marketing rep to every Arpanet address on the west coast, or at least the attempt at that."
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
"By eliminating the cost of chilling the water, customers can save up to 40 percent of their energy costs over air-cooled systems that use air conditioning and a lot of fans. The boiling hot water is carried away from the servers and used to heat homes around the ETH Zurich facilities. By the time it circulates back to the computer center, it has cooled down"
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
We just got a pressure washer. I started pressure washing the bricks in our back patio and the teak furniture when Paul wanted to try it out "for just a second." It's been more than a half an hour and he's still out there. "This is a lot of fun," he says. Yeah, I thought so, too. <pout>
The only thing that captivates a man more than hosing things down (so to speak) is controlling the remote control.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
It must be a man thing; I love our pressure washer too.
- Tudor Bosman
So does April, so apparently not just a man thing. :)
- Ruchira S. Datta
It's bad enough when my wife borrows my leaf blower. There's no way I'm letting her touch my power washer!
- Gabe
I got to use our pressure washer exactly once; and even then I had to fight for my turn. Gabe loves it so much he will take it over our friends houses and pressure wash their walks too!
- Maggie
Oh god, I was at a friend's place when he borrowed one and we all had to take turns playing with it.
- Wirehead
"Speaking at an event this week, ARM president Tudor Brown pointed out that WiFi modules on laptops can draw as much as 8 watts of power — when the amount of power it takes to transmit and receive a wireless signal is actually much lower. The problem is that WiFi modules are horribly inefficient — 98% or more of the energy they use may be wasted."
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
"I was more than a little annoyed by the fact that just four months ago we were told that the PC business is picking up and we could finally expect to see Intel Corp., in particular, as well as the other semis to perk up after a decade in the tank. We were told to expect a surge. Now we are told that everything we were told before is wrong and things look grim. It's like the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy and the football routine. Hope dashed at the last second and we all knew it would be that way. We've got to get a few things straight and we can deal with it. We are in the midst of a long-term and massive economic slowdown. We already have more than a few PCs and it seems that if we tune them up with various software patches they work well."
- Eric - seven eleven
from Bookmarklet
"I would say that any machine built within the last five years or any machine that has a multi-core chip in it probably can be kept in service until it literally dies. When people were upgrading their machines every 18 months during the golden age of computer upgrades circa 1978-1998, there were good reasons to upgrade. New peripherals kept appearing that were incompatible with older...
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- Eric - seven eleven
Just wait until cloud computing services start offloading everything in to the cloud...it will completely disrupt the PC industry.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
We have more than enough power in your typical $499 laptop PC these days to do what most people want to do. Ask the question, what do you do with your computer without the Internet? Answer, not much anymore. We just want to connect. It didn't happen the way Sun envisioned 12 years ago, we still have smart computers, not evolved dumb terminals, but without the Internet they are almost useless for many people.
- Eric - seven eleven
@Alex Scoble - I can popup Salesforce, SharePoint, LinkedIn, Google Docs, etc. over Outlook, Word, Skype and the NYTimes. PCs are far from dead. Bring on the cloud! (Shameless plug - http://loqu8.com/)
- τorƍue
Should new car buyers not be able to resell their cars? Is it immoral to buy a used car? People who pay a lot for a new car plan to get some of that value back when they resell their car. The manufacturer (of either a car or a game) captures ALL of the value of the downstream reselling chain in the first sale. The secondary market stimulates new sales because the ability to resell makes buying new more affordable. The idea that buying a used game is the same as piracy, or is in any way immoral or unfair, is completely asinine, and anyone who subscribes to it is a corporate tool.
- Rob Shillingsburg
This has been studied with college textbooks, where every few years there's a book you can't resell because the next revision is required for the next year's class. [PDF] http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/austan...
- Amit Patel
It is even worse now. They have special codes for homework online that can only be used for that quarter.
- τorƍue
Desperate and customer-unfriendly business practices are a great indicator of a large upheaval on the horizon (hopefully).
- no name
“The state-run newspaper said the jam between Beijing and Jining city had given birth to a mini-economy with local merchants capitalising on the stranded drivers' predicament by selling them water and food at inflated prices.”
- Amit Patel
"My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it’s practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team. More and more MBA students come to school thinking that a career in business means buying, selling, and investing in companies. That’s unfortunate. Doing deals doesn’t yield the deep rewards that come from building up people."
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
"Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life’s strategy. I have a bunch of “businesses” that compete for these resources: I’m trying to have a rewarding relationship with my wife, raise great kids, contribute to my community, succeed in my career, contribute to my church, and so on. And I have exactly the same problem that a...
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- Dan Hsiao
"When people who have a high need for achievement—and that includes all Harvard Business School graduates—have an extra half hour of time or an extra ounce of energy, they’ll unconsciously allocate it to activities that yield the most tangible accomplishments. And our careers provide the most concrete evidence that we’re moving forward. You ship a product, finish a design, complete a...
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- Dan Hsiao
"We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved. Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't cost you yours. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go to heaven. Why? Because God has a really big house, but He's gonna have a lot of guests and He doesn't want all that luggage to deal with. If we could lay down our stuff and let God love us, I think we'd pretty nearly be in heaven. And I hope you're there. That's where God wants you to be. And maybe you didn't know that. I think a lot of us think that God is looking for ways to keep us out of His kingdom. Well, if that were the case, then Jesus would be absurd. But, if Jesus Christ is Who the Scriptures teach us that He is, then God wants us to be saved; we know that God wants us to be with Him. This song will sound better if you sing it than if I have to sing it by myself. It goes..."
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
"...This was demonstrated to you by the one known to you as Jesus. Not only did he demonstrate what could be done in a very small way, but also how to think in order to do this. Unfortunately, man upon planet Earth has misinterpreted the meaning of this man’s life. At this time we wish to point out the true meaning of this man’s life..." http://www.llresearch.org/transcr...
- Private Sanjeev
Okay, finally Violet gave us a bit of a reprieve and I got to play it. Starcraft 2 is awesome so far (I haven't played multiplayer yet, but the campaign is great).
- Tudor Bosman
"The cameras in Time Warp’s arsenal include the 720P Photron SA-1, which shoots at a maximum of 675,000 frames per second, and the higher-quality, 1080P Photron SA-2 (below), which can shoot up to 86,000 frames per second. The cameras cost $108,000 and $130,000, respectively. The third, only occasionally used shooter is the Fastec HiSpec II — a small, battery-operated camera that can shoot 720P video up to 750 frames per second. Its compact size makes it ideal for underwater shoot, in-car crashes, skydiving and so forth."
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet
"Costs vary depending on the cameras specs. The University of Rhode Island camera was purchased for $457,000. Other high-speed cameras range in price from $9,000 to $150,000 and more."
- τorƍue
from Bookmarklet