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Kevin Fox
If my AT&T iPhone worked perfectly at home, I might be able to ditch my AT&T landline. Maybe AT&T is more insidious than we know?
Or if http://www.wireless.att.com/learn... was available in the bay area. - Vadim Spivak
I'm sure it will be soon, but it seems unfair that I'd have to pay for a microcell in order to give AT&T the privilege of using the bandwidth I pay Comcast for, without any sort of discount to myself. - Kevin Fox
niniane
my kindle has not yet updated itself to version 2.3. Is this normal? It's been a month since the v2.3 release.
Sorry to ask this very obvious question, but do you have wireless turned on? (I keep it off on mine in order to conserve battery) - Tudor Bosman
Yes I have it turned on just in order to get the update. But no update :( - niniane
You can manually update it over USB - Vadim Spivak from iPhone
Tudor Bosman
I like Skype. Beats the hell out of GSM roaming for things like making restaurant reservations :)
I just used Skype for the same reason while in Europe on my last trip. Also, Skype on the iPhone over wifi is really nice. - Vadim Spivak from iPhone
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Hallvord R. M. Steen - Most expensive javascript ever? - http://my.opera.com/hallvor...
"This single statement, apparently written by some sub-contractor they had outsourced admin interface programming to, cost them millions of NOK in lost sales." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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YouTube - Wolfram|Alpha Status Update - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
YouTube - Wolfram|Alpha Status Update
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Interesting video.. that's a lot of hardware (http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2009...) processing 80qps. - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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Civic Literacy Report - Civics Quiz - http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resourc...
Only got a 25/33 :( .. Sadly that's better than the average score of an elected official (44% - http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008...). - Vadim Spivak
Dion Almaer
IntelliJ IDEA has a great QuirksMode plugin that looks for cross browser issues: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea...
I knew Vadim would like that... :) - Derek Collison
Too bad they don't have an Emacs version ;) - Vadim Spivak
That would make me switch! - Derek Collison
They have an emacs key-mapping to select from built in, probably won't feel the same but may save time. - Jesse Kuhnert
Scott Beale
Put A Vertical Strip of YouTube Videos on Your Web Page - http://www.google.com/uds...
Tried it http://stevegarfield.com/Site... Only hearing audio. Now chatting with Google to see why. - Steve Garfield from twhirl
@Steve - let me know if you don't get an answer and I can try and help debug. - DeWitt Clinton
fixed. http://stevegarfield.com/Site... Needed to make space for the video - Steve Garfield from twhirl
Nice! I love the video bar. - DeWitt Clinton
It would be nicer if you did not have to leave space underneath for it. Can't it overlay on top of the page? - Steve Garfield from twhirl
It tries to overlay, but only within the existing frame. Is there a specific reason why the widgets are running within their own iframes? - Vadim Spivak
@vadim Apple's iWeb application put the widget in a frame. - Steve Garfield from twhirl
I'll take a look at walking up the frame hierarchy when it's on the same domain. Usually iframes are not on the same domain for security reasons. - Vadim Spivak
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Google Hosting YUI Files on ajax.googleapis.com » Yahoo! User Interface Blog - http://yuiblog.com/blog...
Google Hosting YUI Files on ajax.googleapis.com » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
"Google has been hosting some of the popular AJAX libraries for awhile, and we’re pleased to announce that YUI has now been added to that roster. Now, you can choose between yui.yahooapis.com and ajax.googleapis.com when you evaluate your hosting options for YUI files. We’ve added Google as an option in the CDN section of the Dependency Configurator; it’s easy to configure your implementation and switch the generated URLs from one source to the other." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
Dion Almaer
Just bought a few things on Backcountry.com Ended up getting a great deal. Thanks guys! http://www.steepandcheap.com/ is fun too :)
I got almost all my ski gear there 2 years ago. - Vadim Spivak
Stephen Foskett
Does anyone have a web host suggestion other than Dreamhost? They can't get private server to work for me and I'm beginning to think I might jump.
Let me know what you find. I've been thinking the same thing. When they accidentally double-bill their entire customer base for a year's services I like a little more maturity than "Oops, heh. Funny story: We pressed the wrong button." - Kevin Fox
Anecdotally, I've heard good things about Laughing Squid. - Jennifer Dittrich
Slicehost has been great for me (you mentioned you want a private server, this is a VPS). They just got bought by Rackspace which I'm not thrilled about but they promise the same level of customer support (which has been absolutely awesome). - Benjamin Golub
Google App Engine. It is free for small sites, which is true for all private servers, and it is a lot easier to use than most hosting services in my experience. - Bret Taylor
I use both dreamhost and slicehost, and I am happy with them both. I think that the customer service has been great at both. @Bret - Google App Engine might work for some things, but if you want to have wordpress or something like that, and have lots of control, then I think a VPS is the right way to go. - Robert Felty
I switched from Dreamhost to ANHosting - have been extremely happy. [edit]: sorry private server would have to head to their parent - midphase.com - Paul Arterburn
slicehost.com, great service, cheap prices, super stable - Bart Teeuwisse from twhirl
I was thrilled to get enough blog traffic to need a private server, but they've bungled the setup seriously. I can't configure my server and they've not fixed it for a week! And it's fairly expensive. I'll look at slicehost/rackspace since I want/need a highly custom wordpress install. - Stephen Foskett
+1 for linode (fast, affordable, and very flexible) - Vadim Spivak
Still having dreamhost problems but not sure I want my own root access provider. Anyone offer dreamhost-like non-root service? - Stephen Foskett
Dion Almaer
Application to INS sent on 1/28/08. Just got it back today saying that I am not a perm resident, even though I have the card. Sheesh.
That sucks :( I haven't met a single person who had a pleasant experience with the INS. - Vadim Spivak
DeWitt Clinton
Idea stream. Suggest ideas for people here.
Perhaps shuffle the Website Idea Generator http://blogoscoped.com/ideas/ or pick a cell from the Technology Mashup Matrix http://blogoscoped.com/matrix/ , or look up a random word in dictionary on the day, then brainstorm what app could come out of it. - Philipp Lenssen
This might be a little circular, but how about a webapp to help setup and manage a 24hr (or weekend) app challenge? you could have team registration, linking in repositories to track that deadlines are met and to track progress, a central place to distribute the app for judging, team pages where you can showcase your past challenges and how you did. - John Duff
Easy(ish?) one: site that takes your iTunesLibrary.xml file, processes it, then spits out pretty graphs about most/least listened to genre, song, and whatever other states you can get our of that file. Bonus points for easy sharing with others (widget to smack on a site). Bingo bonus if you can create an app that will upload the iTunesLibrary.xml file periodically to the site. - EricaJoy
Hey I'm cool with XML. Formatting the iTunes file for the web is a good idea. - Roberto Bonini
Using the Friendfeed API, write an app that allows one to mass-delete one's own Friendfeed comments which are older than 1 month (or so), to help clean up the digital trail. - Philipp Lenssen
What about an Android FriendFeed client? - Vadim Spivak
@Vadim - I started toying around with writing a Android client for FF, definitely viable, but not in 24 hours. : ) That said, I'd be happy to drop my other project to code with some other people on that tomorrow. - DeWitt Clinton
Good point :) I was thinking something simple to start off with.. post feature with camera integration/geolocation. Maybe do something with the realtime API? - Vadim Spivak
Create an app/site that will pair up people who can't drive to their polling place with the people who are willing to drive them. Add in some Google maps magic to show where the real need is. Also add some feature so drivers can pick up more than one person at a time. - EricaJoy
I would love an app that made internet pundits accountable. You'd enter a quote, a link and a date in the future. Then it would email you at that date in the future so that you could verify if the pundit's prediction had come true. - Adewale Oshineye
Ade, was that comment related to this, perchance? http://www.pbs.org/cringel... - DeWitt Clinton
Actually it was triggered by a combination of Patrick Collison's post: http://collison.ie/blog... and Greg Linden's predictions from January: http://glinden.blogspot.com/2008... - Adewale Oshineye
Now that I think about you could generate a lot more usage if the app simply showed the predictions that were due for today and let you see which predictions would be due on any given date. - Adewale Oshineye
Vadim Spivak
My first iPhone App.. Word puzzle game in which the goal is to find the 3-6 letter anagrams (similar to TextTwist.) - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
For anyone interested in numbers: took 4 weekends to write/test, submitted to the AppStore on 10/17, approved on 10/20, downloaded 250 times in 6 hours (stats from 10/20, app approved @ 6PM PDT) from 4 countries (US, Canada, Mexico, and Chile) - Vadim Spivak
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YouTube - Gamecocks - Garcia tackled by ref - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
YouTube - Gamecocks - Garcia tackled by ref
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QB tackled by a ref - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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Funny story, I wonder if it really happened. - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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The Real Great Depression - ChronicleReview.com - http://chronicle.com/temp...
"The depression of 1929 is the wrong model for the current economic crisis" - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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YouTube - Couric Stumps Palin With Supreme Court Question - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
YouTube - Couric Stumps Palin With Supreme Court Question
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Compare how Biden and Palin answer the same question.. - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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Latest Palin Gaffe: Can't Name Supreme Court Case Other Than Roe V. Wade - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008...
Latest Palin Gaffe: Can't Name Supreme Court Case Other Than Roe V. Wade
"After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases. There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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Sarah Palin Disney Trailer - CollegeHumor video - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
"An Alaskan hockey mom becomes Vice President in the wackiest family comedy of the year! Sound familiar?" - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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Daily Kos: Cafferty To Blitzer: Don't Make Excuses For Her (Palin)! Updated w/Full Video - http://www.dailykos.com/story...
"CNN's Jack Cafferty rolled tape of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric. Couric asked Palin about the expense of the White House's Wall Street bailout proposal. Palin gave a rambling and non-responsive answer. But what came after is even more startling." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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New friendfeed no longer redirects to friendfeed.com/iphone when browsing on the phone :(
Sorry, Vadim - a bug I thought we had pushed, but apparently not. Will be fixed tomorrow. - Bret Taylor
Awesome, thanks! - Vadim Spivak
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What Are We Reading? Track America's Political Book Buying - http://www.amazon.com/gp...
"Amazon customers, as we know, read widely and often buy books that don't necessarily fit their own views. Books aren't votes, and a map of book purchases can reflect curiosity as much as commitment, but we hope ours will provide one way to follow the changing political conversation across the country during this election season." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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ABC News: Clinton Seeks DNC Convention Voice - http://abcnews.go.com/Politic...
ABC News: Clinton Seeks DNC Convention Voice
"Sen. Hillary Clinton told a gathering of supporters last week that she's looking for a "strategy" for her delegates to have their voices heard and "respected" at the Democratic National Convention -- and did not rule out the possibility of having her name placed into nomination at the convention alongside Sen. Barack Obama's." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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Google AJAX Search API Blog: AJAX Libraries API Update - http://googleajaxsearchapi.blogspot.com/2008...
"What's better than making a drag/drop effect in Javascript that's compatible in all browsers? Not making a drag/drop effect in Javascript that's compatible in all browsers. Save your ninja-code for another day and use the JQuery UI plugin that is now hosted on our AJAX Libraries API! As usual, your users will get a performance boost when you use JQuery UI through our API, so get started by checking out the docs." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
Ha, ya beat me.. :) - Derek Collison
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Bush on Economy: 'Wall Street Got Drunk' - http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008...
"There's no question about it," Bush said. "Wall Street got drunk, that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras. It got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments." - Vadim Spivak from Bookmarklet
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What's up with the busted YouTube links? - John Harding
I didn't favorite any video last night.. http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds... - Vadim Spivak
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Celtics smash Lakers, bring home 17th NBA championship - http://scores.espn.go.com/nba...
Celtics smash Lakers, bring home 17th NBA championship
Garnett finally won his ring! - Vadim Spivak
I'm just so happy it happened for Pierce. Been following him since his rookie year and man he's fought through a lot. - DeWitt Clinton
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Flash and Server Side Access for Google AJAX Search, Feed, and Language APIs - http://googleajaxsearchapi.blogspot.com/2008...
"Using the APIs from your Flash or Server Side framework couldn't be simpler. If you know how to make an http request, and how to process a JSON response, you are in business." - Vadim Spivak
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Localization Problems: A Cellphone's Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail - http://gizmodo.com/382026...
Localization Problems: A Cellphone's Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail
"The life of 20-year-old Emine, and her 24-year-old husband Ramazan Çalçoban was pretty much the normal life of any couple in a separation process. After deciding to split up, the two kept having bitter arguments over the cellphone, sending text messages to each other until one day Ramazan wrote "you change the topic every time you run out of arguments." That day, the lack of a single dot over a letter—product of a faulty localization of the cellphone's typing system—caused a chain of events that ended in a violent blood bath (Warning: offensive language ahead.)" - Vadim Spivak
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