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lturrentine: Seriously, this is awesome. RT @cnet USB power outlets for the home; why didn't we think of this? http://bit.ly/4K68SS - http://twitter.com/lturren...
Brian, Jeff, mandyvan and 4 other people liked this
you probably tried it for short time yet... try to get it longer - you ought to get less excited and learn thing or two about what USB designers couldn't do for power source: barrel connector experience (try to insert USB with closed eyes), and mechanical reliability in USB parts made in China to make you able to pay for them...
- A.T.
Only 500 mA? They need to up that to a full amp, iPhones charge a LOT faster that way.
- Otto
from iPhone
sofarsoShawn to sofarsoShawn's feed, FLOSS: Free Libre OSS, Appetite, The Apple Room, All Things Apple
BetterTouchTool for Mac - Customize gestures on your MacBook. #freeware - http://www.macupdate.com/info...
Melih, Selcuk Senol, Bruce Obenour and 2 other people liked this
"BetterTouchTool adds many new, fully customizable gestures to Magic Mouse and Macbook Touchpad. These gestures are customizable: Magic Mouse: * Pinch in / out (zoom) * Single finger tap left * Single finger tap right * Single finger tap * Two finger tap * Two finger click * Two finger swipe (up/down/left/right) * Three finger more..."
- sofarsoShawn
from Bookmarklet
I hate this alert box like I hate AV software. How do I make it go away forever?
شــــــهرآشوبــــــــ, Kostantinos Koukopoulos, mona and 42 other people liked this
I just disable the whole thing. Go to the "Security Center" control panel and click "Change the way Security Center notifies me" on the left. Or disable the "Security Center" service (wscsvc).
- Gabe
Don't use Windows? ;)
- Deepak Singh
Install Linux or Mac OS.
- Kenton
You are using Windows?
- τorƍue
Open Regedit >> Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced >> Create a REG_DWORD named EnableBalloonTips >> Set the value data to 0 >> Close Regedit >> Reboot
- AJ Batac
other than not using windows which is the best thing to do, you can disable the messages by clicking on something like "change the way windows notifies me"
- w43l
In the 'Windows Security Center' window click on the link that says 'Change the way the Security Center alerts me'. Select the way that you prefer to be alerted about security issues.
- Erdëm [virtus] GULTEKIN
You could get a Mac, but you might have to sell everything else you own to afford one. Instead try changing your Firewall settings. That way you can keep using a machine people still create programs for.
- Ciaoenrico
Thanks. It's so hard to find and kill all of these annoying settings. This is for my windows vm :)
- Paul Buchheit
Buy a MAC
- johnpiercy
Install Linux
- Jesse Stay
I agree, that's annoying though
- Jesse Stay
What's with all the douchebags spamming the comments with "Don't use Windows"? Do they think they're being funny? Do they really think you don't already have a Mac and/or Linux? Do they not see the VMWare icon sitting RIGHT NEXT to the damn arrow?
- Gabe
Paul, you have a talent for asking all the questions I've always wanted to ask but forgot to.
- Gabor Cselle
Gabe, yes I think I'm being funny - welcome to Friendfeed :-)
- Jesse Stay
Easiest way to make it go away. Turn on Windows Firewall, and install Microsoft Security Essentials.
- Wizetux
How many kids do you have Paul ? : )))
- mehmet
Click the balloon to fix the problem...
- Vincenzo RR
I am using windows and I don't use Linux or MAC or anything, and I am not ashamed about it.
- Dallas Cao
this question , from you paul, very much surprizes me.
- james
install OSX
- Logan Lindquist
OSX is also good target for viral stuff nowadays - viral distribution needs head-less (stupid) material for propagation... use Linux, chances to catch anything next to zero, And Ubuntu will give you (almost) same environment you had in Windows (and better system under hood)
- A.T.
I installed Ubuntu. I haven't seen this pop-up since then.
- Matt Cutts
Matt, that consistently works like a charm.
- Kamath (नमः)
@Paul - I installed Microsoft Security Essentials (http://www.microsoft.com/Securit...) on my wife's laptop. So far it has been a big improvement (i.e., seems to work and doesn't trash or slow down the machine) over the several other antivirus products, both commercial and free, we tried before. I'd run it even in a VM'ed instance of Windows, as just booting into a network with other Windows boxes or hitting a few websites can put the VM image at risk (and be a risk to the rest of the network).
- DeWitt Clinton
Nod
- ★ Soner Gönül
Google "Disable Balloon Notifications" and you can turn off those stupid balloons altogether...
- LarchOye
Try "net stop wscsvc" then "sc config wscsvc start= disabled" in cmd.
- Gluek
I turned off my computer. I haven't seen this pop-up since then.
- Gabe
s/Windows/Linux/
- Thaths
Install another OS
- Tuyishime Aimable
GET A MAC HURP HURPPP, because that's a fix. derp.
- Will Higgins™
Format c: install Ubuntu!
- keiser
Dewitt. I am definately installing Microsoft Security Essentials once my Nortons subscription is up. People: PAUL IS RUNNING A VIRTUAL MACHINE. End of public service announcent.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
First comment is the right one. Have a nice journey with a Virtualized XP (and disable themes! :) )
- Assimo
Chalk up another for the MS Security Essentials - http://microsoft.com/securit...
- Chris Heath
it's somehow relieving to see that even pro's sometimes struggle with easy things like that :)
- Johannan Edelman
start>run>services.msc then disable windows security center service. it will go to the cyber space.
- Ali Sözkesen
Ali, BlackViper says that you have to do more than just disable the service: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP... - "If you do not want the Security Center to monitor these functions for you, disabling this service is not enough. After rebooting the system, this service will again be placed into Automatic and started. While the service is in the started state, go...
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- Chris Heath
10 Amazing Augmented Reality iPhone Apps - http://mashable.com/2009...
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The ultimate F-U from Wall Street to all of us: "2BG2FAIL" is the vanity plate that the Vice-Chairman of Morgan Stanley has on his Porsche - http://origin.reddit.com/r...
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ROTFL!
- screamager
DS1820 to USB connector - http://www.mulder.franken.de/ds1820t...
Dmitry Pupkov, Dmitry Khrustalev, andrei_c and Строю перед тобой liked this
Есть же готовое фабричное решение.
- tcharge
Да, 1wire-usb стоит 1300 р. При цене ds1820 в 100 р.
- Alex Kapranoff
from Android
Я заказывал в Англии, получалось дешевле
- tcharge
AWESOME: Ancient Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View - http://mashable.com/2009...
Ami Iida, Jason Bryant, Kol Tregaskes and 47 other people liked this
First
- Matthew DeVries
Lovely Pics V! But in the 2nd one i think you see Dave!
- Fee501st
Whoa, in the original size one, I can totally see your epithelium
- Matthew DeVries
Looks like somebody just got themselves a new wallpaper for their desktop
- Jerry Perez
Jerry Perez: fist bump!
- Fee501st
You are stunningly beautiful. Very nice shots. Your eyes are something else! Lovely!
- Morgan Haley
purty [*]_[*]
- Mo Kargas
Where was that shot?
- Thomas
This thread is slacking. Not even one marriage proposal yet? Come one guys.
- Dave Friedel
We were waiting for you to join, first...
- Thomas
I second the 'where is this?' question. Where exactly IS the garden of Eden situated these days?
- Amy
The colors are pretty vibrant - is there some HDR going on with them?
- Thomas
Isn't that just what life looks like when you have sun? :)
- Amy
Maybe. One of these days I'll go outside and check...
- Thomas
Amy: what day of the year does Scotland have sun again?
- Dave Friedel
Dave, someone will ask you one day, it just takes time!
- Fee501st
Dave: Oh it's around about May-ish, usually when people have exams/training/are in another country.
- Amy
fist bump returned
- Jerry Perez
Those are hot epithelial cells. Oy!
- Dave Friedel
Good grief.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yes, that's over the line.
- Dave Friedel
Tech bunny posts weekly pics of self <yawn>
- Robert Linthicum
Random guy posts sarky comment on popular person's post to get response <yawn>
- Amy
I used to live in Northern Virginia. Everyone is so rude there. It's to be expected.
- Dave Friedel
Heh, wow. I have no idea who this person even is. 28,000+ subscribers and only ~800 subscriptions? <yawn>
- Akiva Moskovitz
Space held to support Amy later but my dinner is done <yawn>
- Matthew DeVries
I'm tired.
- Thomas
Wait, was I supposed to yawn...?
- Thomas
<yawn>
- Amy
Thomas once again fails to see the concept <yawn>
- Fee501st
<yawn>
- Akiva Moskovitz
Deleted comments. Classy.
- Rochelle
See Veronica was right, 5th question - http://smcseattle.com/veronic...
- Fee501st
You forgot to yawn, Fee...
- Thomas
Yawn Fee? I love her movies. She's big in Japan.
- Dave Friedel
lol!
- Fee501st
Umm...what was deleted?
- Amy
Evidently, ole Bob's personality.
- Dave Friedel
lol, possibly
- Amy
Yawn Fee stars in... "The Crimson Bat". Rated R.
- Dave Friedel
i have to watch it, i watch anything with a Fee in it!
- Fee501st
You're related? :P
- Amy
You'll need to watch Burn Notice then, his girlfriend/partner in spy is named Fee
- Matthew DeVries
Jerry once again is late to the conversation and makes a lame attempt to catch up after everyone has moved on. <yawn>
- Jerry Perez
Huh, what's going on here? I didn't delete any comments. One really crude one that Dave and Akiva commented on, but that was it. And wait, Akiva and Robert are dbags? Oh, ok. Good thing they don't have to subscribe to me if they don't want to.
- Veronica
I'm so confused.
- Veronica
Oh, and trolls? <yawn>
- Veronica
*feels oddly sleepy*---->
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
Go take a nappypoo, I'll wake you if it gets interesting.
- Veronica
Your the greatest Veronica!
- Ned Garcia-Mathews
No, Veronica didn't delete the comment. I'm sure that the commenter deleted it himself. It was completely inappropriate and disgusting.
- Rochelle
If me not treating you differently because you have a crapload of subscribers makes me a douchebag, then I'm the Holy Grail of Douchebags.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't really care if you give a frack who I am. But if you're going to be an asshole about it, you can go elsewhere.
- Veronica
Hey, I was defending against the crude comment yet I get called a douchebag?
- Akiva Moskovitz
So, you're what all Douchebags hope to be?
- Jerry Perez
So... you're a chivalrous douchebag? Now I'm really confused.
- Veronica
Akiva will have to duel me for THAT title...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
I don't think I'm a douchebag at all and I'm confused as to why you called me one.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This feed has more action than a public Google Wave!
- Jason Wong
I think your great Veronica!
- Ned Garcia-Mathews
Aren't we supposed to take a shot when someone mentions Google Wave?
- Jerry Perez
Perhaps I am the one feeling a bit unchivalrous. But you yawned at me for no apparent reason other than the fact that you 1) don't know who I am (I would have been happy to enlighten you) an 2) I apparently don't subscribe to enough people on FF.
- Veronica
Hah, I was actually just snarking Amy who brought up your popularity. Sorry if you thought that was about you.
- Akiva Moskovitz
3) I'd be happy to get you a cup of coffee
- Veronica
If you need more people to subscribe to, I'm available Veronica : )
- Jerry Perez
Friends for life, Veronica! Friends for life!
- Akiva Moskovitz
We are so BFF now! And don't worry, I call Dave a douchebag all the time, it's a term of endearment.
- Veronica
Jerry, you might want to start with spelling her name right.
- Rochelle
Right on. And don't worry, I've been called way worse.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn it
- Jerry Perez
FIAL...see what I did there?
- Jerry Perez
It's nice to see the Northwest Peace Accords signed. Make sure you keep the pens for posterity. I will never again underestimate the power of douchebag diplomacy
- Matthew DeVries
But Robert is still a douchebag, and the bad kind. Not the endearing kind.
- Veronica
Many of us have also been told to STFU.
- Jerry Perez
Lovingly!!
- Veronica
Hi Veronica! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Your the best!
- Jim Bednarz
Yes, lovingly. I don't disagree.
- Jerry Perez
Her the best is what?
- Matthew DeVries
Imagine if we had live messageboards during the unveiling of the Mona Lisa. Who would be the first to be called douchebag?
- Jason Wong
We're just giving examples of how you share your love.
- Jerry Perez
The best at EVERYTHING!
- Jim Bednarz
An ex-boyfriend probably.
- Jerry Perez
you have my attention...!
- John de Back
<yawn> Just awoke from a nap. What'd I miss?
- Dave Friedel
A pizza party.
- Veronica
Some party. Looks like some douchebags showed up. The nap was better.
- Dave Friedel
By the way, it's spelled Frak.
- Dave Friedel
As in, why the frak do people have to correct spelling on FriendFeed. Blerg.
- Dave Friedel
<yawn> cause we are frakking nuts Dave. <yawn> ok, off to sleep now...<yawn>
- Carlos Urrutia
oh yeah, lovely pictures Vewronica! now, I'm REALLY off to sleep <yawn>
- Carlos Urrutia
Fourth
- ★ Soner Gönül
Frakth
- Dave Friedel
<yawn> Man I hate mornings!
- Fee501st
You're getting up. Crap, I should go to bed.
- Dave Friedel
Veronica's nice pictures collection!
- Ami Iida
nice pic
- thestar.nanou@live.fr
IDC's 2010 predictions: Cloud wars[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcl...], mobile app explosion, electronic health records: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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Entrepreneurship exists in the tiny space between madness and genius; and, its journey requires a few cross border violations across both madness and genius to get to the final destination. - http://fredwilson.vc/post...
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Big Chinese Online Store Sells Exactly…5 iPhones - http://mashable.com/2009...
andrei_c liked this
People predicted this -- the phone is too expensive and doesn't have wifi. And black market iphones can be had for less.
- TheIndustryStandard
Apple tablet rumored to be 'shockingly' inexpensive - http://www.appleinsider.com/article...
winckel, andrei_c, rowlikeagirl and 6 other people liked this
Also rumored to cure erectile dysfunction and solve the budget deficit at the same time.
- Glen Mistletoe
Revenue up, other things up, Glen?
- Louis Gray
As long as it comes with Hypercard, we'll all be happy.
- Glen Mistletoe
People haven't started calling it the Jesus tablet yet? I'm shocked.
- ronin
I'm more curious about whether the 27" 2560x1440 display will be sold standalone, and what the price point would be, given that the 24" display is currently $900 and the 27" iMac is $1700 (and it comes with a computer).
- LogEx
...Apple pricing being what it is, that's probably shockingly "inexpensive" for the affluent and monied set...
- .LAG liked that
Also rumored to fight the taliban, find bin laden, overcome republican filibusters and introduce universal health care ;) (Steve couldn't just stop at the deficit and the other thing)
- Roberto Bonini
i'm looking forward this this more than any other launch!
- Loc
when can we order?
- Thomas Power
Unattributed offhand remark by a some wannabe-Apple insider blown up out of all proportions. Jesus tablet, indeed.
- ianf ⌘
Fulaan, inna Hebel to Fulaan,'s feed, techcrunch room, TheNextWeb Forum, RWW: The Future of Tech, Crazy Gadgets
The End Of The CrunchPad | TC - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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, Alex Scrivener, Shey, Jamaican of FF and 8 other people liked this
"It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad. The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. We could even let people play with the device themselves – the user interface was intuitive enough that people “got it” without any instructions. And the look of pure joy on the handful of outsiders who had used it made the nearly 1.5 year effort completely worth it."
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
from Bookmarklet
There's more this story than is being told, I'm sensing.
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
Yeah, definitely more to the story. This could also be a negotiating tactic on the part of Arrington, he does have considerable power with his readership. No way to know for sure.
- mikepk
+1 mikepk
- Todd Hoff
In my experience, when someone says repeatedly "it's not about the money" . . . it's about the money.
- John Craft
TechCrunch VS. Fusion Garage is now online at the AllRise court. Join the debate and cast your vote - http://bit.ly/AllRise277
- AllRise
Wow. This is disappointing. Hope they work it out and we see this come to market.
- Mitchell McKenna
That really truly sucks. Time for Arrington to go back into lawyer mode and have a field day. "No Prisoners!"
- Andrew Leyden
Damn. I was so looking forward to this...... hope it gets sorted out.
- Roberto Bonini
sad sad day
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Can it be that FG refused to make it at a $300/unit price point and that Arrington refused to budge on the price?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
For a "Fortune 100 Business Intelligence developer" you do ask quite a stupid question, Daniel. Were you privy to Arrington's budget figures and cost estimates to assume his $300 retail unit target was anywhere near realistic? You think his 13-people strong manufacturing partner FG was sunk by greed [before product even hit the market] because that's what Arrington alleged to? Wake up. #CrunchPad
- ianf ⌘
Odd that no one has even mentioned the rumors of an Apple tablet, and how that might affect the success of the Crunchpad.
- John Craft
Listen to yesterdays MacBreak Weekly. Leo and co had a along discussion about this that included the iTablet.
- Roberto Bonini
"MacBreak Weekly 169: This Is What Happens Larry" - LOL. Thanks, Roberto.
- John Craft
For those of us who cannot afford to invest umpteen minutes of their lives in listening to Laporte's et al. drivel, could you please summarize his arguments here, Roberto?
- ianf ⌘
Either there never was a crunchpad (ie this is arrington's way of getting out of it- but there are working prototypes). Or there was no way to get it to Market before the iTablet (hence the crunchpad would just be another also ran). Or, and this is alex lindsays theory that there was no way to do it at $300 or $400 dollars.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Basically then what I was saying all along http://friendfeed.com/search... - darn Laporte to steal all the credit (and credit$$$) for Regurgitating My Stating The Obvious™
- ianf ⌘
There was a lot more discussion over the matter. But those are the main main main points.
- Roberto Bonini
I want one even worse now.
- SAM
Interesting SAM. What if this is a Apple-esque stunt to drive demand??
- Roberto Bonini
Which particular "Apple[-esque]" stunt are you thinking of?
- ianf ⌘
I thought of that Roberto... and if it is... brilliant and I want mine in black.
- SAM
Ian - none in particular... but Apple does all sorts of non-orthodox PR. i want mine in black too - to go with my iPhone ;)
- Roberto Bonini
I was just saying the $300 price point was unlikely and maybe FG didn't want to stay involved with an impossible project. Thanks for the kind words, Ian.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Oh, I though something has passed me by [everybody needs to conduct occassional self-test for Alzheimer on themselves, and this was mine ;-))]. Apple would not have done anything like that, and –TRUST ME ON THAT– Arrington even less so. He has lost so much face over it already, that he'd be downright stupid to attempt to whip up the interest for the CrunchPad by killing it first. He's naive, but stupid? no.
- ianf ⌘
Daniel, emit things grounded in reflection or experience, and I'll be the first to applaud you. From a "business Intelligence developer" I'd expect something better than that your naive take of the TC/FG business relationship: "[maybe] FG refused to make it at a $300/unit price point and Arrington refused to budge on the price?" Spare us.
- ianf ⌘
@mikepk http://friendfeed.com/techcru... "This could also be a negotiating tactic on the part of Arrington" - NOT. Other things being equal, Arrington will never fully recover from that monumental fiasco he himself engineered. Recover as in being taken seriously by readers in the future. As there was nothing to be...
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- ianf ⌘
#sidenote: that's probably the first time I've seen a permalink of a comment by someone in an actual FF thread
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
For the record, I've been doing #hashanchors since April, not that FF Powers That Be expressed any interest in alleviating extracting of them: http://friendfeed.com/search...
- ianf ⌘
Critics Picks: La Jetee - nytimes.com/video - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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12 Monkeys fans have this short film to thank. I'm not enough of a fan to feel like looking it up.
- Kamilah Gill
from fftogo
Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London | http://www.guardian.co.uk/books...
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"It's not elegant and it's not sexy – it looks like a large photocopier – but the Espresso Book Machine is being billed as the biggest change for the literary world since Gutenberg invented the printing press more than 500 years ago and made the mass production of books possible. Launching today at Blackwell's Charing Cross Road branch in London, the machine prints and binds books on demand in five minutes, while customers wait. Signalling the end, says Blackwell, to the frustration of being told by a bookseller that a title is out of print, or not in stock, the Espresso offers access to almost half a million books, from a facsimile of Lewis Carroll's original manuscript for Alice in Wonderland to Mrs Beeton's Book of Needlework. [...]"
- ianf ⌘
from Bookmarklet
Right now these machines cost a bundle, but, with economies of scale, can "One Hour Bookstores" be far behind? Goodbye print-on-demand, welcome print-on-a-whimsy cottage industry!
- ianf ⌘
The great question is why order from Amazon, when you could pop in and have it made up for you, whilst you wait.
- zeroinfluencer
Perhaps. It rather depends on the range (breadth) of genres and back-order titles in each venue. Traditional publishing is in many senses a license to print money, and so the industry isn't too keen on giving it up. If "Expressoed" copies turn out to be as costly as traditional ones, prospective buyers may opt for better "offline" quality from the big A. Then again, they may not... book...
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- ianf ⌘
Amazon has been using print-on-demand at their processing centers for a while to handle low-volume titles, the logical next step is for it to move out even closer to the end users. Its very similar to the fax machine actually: initially FedEx installed fax machines at their local offices and offered fax as a premium service, sending the fax across the country to the nearest FedEx office...
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- DGentry
Denton, indeed. Thus on-demand is not a product; imagine the use case: I'm about to take a journey. book a flight, it's long haul, so I order a book (profile & recommendations); the book stand at the airport prints it up for me ready for collection on the way through to departure lounge (or collect at departure as business service).
- zeroinfluencer
moo cards are another example.
- zeroinfluencer
Yes, Denton, but there always will be that £175.000 threshold such a machine costs, which will limit frequency of their occurrence. Amazon may yet end up the winner, because of the economies of scale in distrubution, esp. if/ when beleaguered traditionals elect to lower their prices to stay afloat. It's tricky business really.
- ianf ⌘
Think of the remix capabilities too. Selection of chapters from different books. Pick and Mix editorial in a book format, lovely. Just in time + bespoke = everyone's happy.
- zeroinfluencer
You can dream, David, but this won't be happening for a long time yet. Simple reason, copyrights. As with daily newspapers where you have to buy it all, but nobody expects you to read it cover to cover, so books are largely made up of parts you will read, those that you might, and those you'll perhaps browse through (all too often, I am afraid). Publishers will not permit selling of just some topical chapters of interest to you, you'll have to buy all the "superfluous" ones as well. Alas.
- ianf ⌘
Think of it as Tivo for Books.
- zeroinfluencer
Bad analogy, also American-parochial one I'm afraid. You do not "subscribe" to chapters of books floating by, you buy a book whether you only intend to read the tasty bits on pages 92-101.
- ianf ⌘
I've been playing around with FriendFeed and this http://www.tabbloid.com/, to get nice productions as PDFs. The source of 'content' will depend on the open licence of creative commons BY-SA, and artists are getting to understand that. Stephen Fry on Twitter for example.
- zeroinfluencer
Consumption/use habits are based upon what the technology of the time allows/affords. DRM tried to play havoc with the watching experience.
- zeroinfluencer
Good concept but, unless you can freely mix-and-match, and you'll never be able to provide just that to general public, a niche product. Even if well executed one, as this seems to me. That said, I dislike PDFs just for the reason that they make potentially dynamic information static, and kowtow to absolute page extent aesthetics even on a screen.
- ianf ⌘
kowtow = good word ;-)
- zeroinfluencer
Here's an example of what I'm thinking about, or as from the comments "The internet made better by the paper, and now the paper made better by the internet." http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design...
- zeroinfluencer
I've read about these "Things Our Friends Have Written On The Internet 2008" which is a niche product with an enormous production cost-to-distribution ratio. Author never says what they charged for the 1000 numbered copies, but I bet it was a bundle, £39.95? Only when there are fully automated tools to do that (perhaps a suitable application for Wolfram/Alpha?) could this become of use for the public @large...
- ianf ⌘
They never charged for the paper - it was an experiment / proof of concept - I've got a copy - it's lovely. Yes, nice inclusion for Alpha.
- zeroinfluencer
Nice (badly hidden envy), but it makes it even more of a vanity project. Tried to look it up on ebay (0 items found), and google for a copy for sale, without much success <http://google.com/search...>
- ianf ⌘
This is cooler than a kindle
- Matthew DeVries
I live VERY CLOSE to this store. If I try it out, I'll take pictures and post!
- Zach Landes
Here's a movie of the EBM 2.0 in action <http://www.youtube.com/watch...>. Perhaps, for a change, you should just walk in, cup in hand, and ask for an "Espresso"? (refill optional). Then curse them loudly for misinforming the public (and photograph that instead!)
- ianf ⌘
I am actually seriously considering doing that. Good idea, ian
- Zach Landes
What would make this a real bonus is when they can come out with the color edition. Ok, so I am thinking comic books here, but what an awesome way for a small comic artist to do on demand comics.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
Dan, all dandy, except it won't be happening, not in this iteration of EBM. It's strictly publisher-controlled selective-backlist only, no option to come in from the street with print-ready manuscript in hand and do a small print run. Or, should that eventually be on offer, it will be prohibitively expensive.
- ianf ⌘
Hold on, I need to amend the above. In the video at around 50 secs mark, it is claimed that the client CAN upload own file, either electronically or from a CD. That information hasn't been mentioned in any press report about it that I've read - so the EBM can be made to accept non-list matter, but perhaps it is up to the actual machine's owner (in this case either Blackwell's or some...
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- ianf ⌘
Meanwhile, there's a better quality (same as above promotional) video here <http://www.boston.com/video...> and a Boston Globe report of a local Espresso installation says this: »[the bookstore] wanted the new machine to connect the store’s customers to millions of book titles. That part of the business has developed slowly,...
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- ianf ⌘
[^*] an euphemism for "the publishers are demanding extraordinary sums for us making it possible for them to make money off their back catalogs. In effect they want us, the franchiser of the EBM, to commit to sell a minimum # copies/year of each title @ current in-print prices (or some such)."
- ianf ⌘
ianf ⌘ - http://blog.newspaperclub.co.uk/ (as mentioned above, it's now in development)
- zeroinfluencer
David, thanks for keeping me posted. It's not a light read though, so, before I embark on it later in the week (alas), could you please express it in High-Concept terms, e.g. what [physical size/ quality] "newspapers" you have in mind; and what this your "service to help people make their own newspapers" will be servicing: a single-point electronic drop-off box perhaps for client material - out comes a pack of 20-or-so 16-page tabloid papers prewrapped for dropping off a van at a stand?
- ianf ⌘
Hey Ian, It's not my project, I just know the guys behind it. (Sorry for the confusion - I mentioned it above as an example of what I was talking about - the process is dissimilar from Purefold). No idea how it's going to roll out - but it's a fine experiment to follow via their blog.
- zeroinfluencer
[December 2] Following up on a post from 27th of April—the Expresso Book Machine [aka #EBM] is prominently featured in this week's BBC World Click programme, a video of which is available for international online viewing, all 11m40s of it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2... “[Click: 27 November] How printing on demand services and the internet have enabled anyone to publish their books. Plus, a look at the latest eBook readers.”
- ianf ⌘
Thanks! Weirdly, I was thinking about this thread last night. How are you Ian?
- zeroinfluencer
David, thinking is overrated. I hear doing's all the rage nowadays. Also see: http://friendfeed.com/the-fut...
- ianf ⌘
I had a night off.
- zeroinfluencer
Do you think the world is a better place now, or 20 years ago? Please consider all factors, including economy, government, attitudes, war, technology, health, crime, religion, environment, politics, but set aside you, your family and friends, and your personal situation.
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I'll go first. I believe overall the world today in 2009 is a better world than the world of 1989. I'll say why a bit later.
- Stephen Mack
Thank god there's no cold war. Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan aren't going to destroy the planet (or even my corner of it).
- Kevin Fox
I think we're in a worse place because if global warming, pollution, etc. endanger the viability of the planet for human life, it doesn't matter how many improvements we've made in attitudes, etc. If we'd acknowledged the problem and retooled when scientists first brought it up, we'd have had a good chance. Now it's questionable whether we can even turn it around and we still have...
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- Spidra Webster
Spidra - there as an article in the economist recently about how developed countries are having less children, and soon may be losing population. If this trend continues, I think there is hope of achieving an equilibrium still.
- Robert Felty
I think you have to look at each category on it's own: Econ- better even with the woes we have, government- worse, it got bigger and more wasteful, attitudes-better, with knowledge i think this always improves, war- better, further from the cold war and the brink of human extinction, tech-better, health-better , crime-same, religion-same, environment- worse, politics-same. I think the...
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- Dario Gomez
Well, in 1989, the A's won the World Series, but in 2009 they didn't make the playoffs. What other reasons would there be to decide?
- Louis Gray
yes, better now, than 1989
- chaz2b
Economy = Beyond markets, it's never been easier for avg Joe to start business - today, Govt. - Still have the rule of law, doesn't feel like there's been drastic changes, a tie. Tech - no brainer that it's better today, health - way better, but seems more expensive too - today. Religion - it seems like there are more extremists today, win for 20 years ago. Environment - Global warming is a myth - win today. Politics - the Libertarians still aren't in charge, I'll count this one a tie.
- Davis Freeberg
img tags should have an optional attribute linking to the original sized image: <img src="thumbnail_url" original="original_url"/>. Browsers could then use the original size for "set as wallpaper". People often use low resolution photos because they don't know (or care) to find the high resolution.
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original_url could also be used for higher resolution when printing. There are other ways to achieve the same effect though, using CSS profiles: http://www.alistapart.com/article...
- Kevin Fox
<img lowsrc="..." src="..." alt="..." longdesc="hd url goes in this linked txt file" /> no?
- ¿peppe
It would be useful for slideshows too, except originals are often 20x the size a wallpaper version would be, making the slideshow slow.
- Bruce Lewis
peppe: the syntax doesn't really matter much, just as long as it works so your Grandma doesn't have a stretched, blurry family photo as her wallpaper :)
- Benjamin Golub
Peppe's point was that syntax already exists... however, it's not intended to be used in the scenario you're describing.
- Tony Ruscoe
flickr solved the scenario he's describing using a "show all sizes" link...
- ¿peppe
peppe: most people just right click on the default flickr version and set that as their wallpaper. They don't see that "show all sizes" link nor do they know that they need a big file for their wallpaper. It's funny you mention Flickr because my mom just commented on Facebook asking how to get a larger version of a Flickr photo of my dog. The point is that the browser could be smart enough to do the thinking for you. Flickr hasn't solved the problem.
- Benjamin Golub
It'd be interesting if size data could be incorporated into the HTTP headers when requesting an image, so the browser could get a bigger version if it exists, and it would be handled byhte webserver without any need to tinker with web page markup.
- Kevin Fox
Maybe one day we'll just have browsers that can properly handle "height" and "width" and scale images elegantly, and enough bandwidth to just always download the original...
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, we do - we just have developers that aren't utilizing SVG properly
- Jesse Stay
SVG doesn't do anything for photographs.
- Mark Trapp
Mark, good point - not sure if there's a good solution for Ken's problem on photographs
- Jesse Stay
I thought Ken was providing a solution; download the original, and scale the image client side. Currently, that's not done because downloading the original is a bandwidth hit and client-side scaling is not all that great. The solution to that is to increase bandwidth and for web clients to provide better algorithms for scaling images to specific sizes. One thing that would be nice would...
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- Mark Trapp
Yep, I was proposing that the browser download the original and handle the presentation itself, e.g. accommodate larger display devices, zooming, etc.
- Ken Sheppardson
Benjamin, if there's one thing I would love you for (other than what I already do) it would be to enable storage and display of original images (including raw) on Facebook. :-)
- Jesse Stay
I completely agree that something like this is necessary. I have some client side code that calculates the correct larger/smaller size image url from the original url (flickr uses _b _m _t _s and blank) and others use similar methods but it is certainly NOT standard or something my grandma could code. side question: Does anyone know where I can find a web service that generates thumbnails from existing Urls?
- Chris Myles
How huge JavaScript libraries, rich content, and poorly designed ad servers are slowing the web down http://radar.oreilly.com/2009...
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At last someone is speaking out.
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Liked and retweeted
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Apple now owns TabletMac trademark - http://www.9to5mac.com/tabletm...
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Wow
- Thomas Power
What are the bare essentials of life? First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected | Eureka! Science News - http://esciencenews.com/article...
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"What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism functions as a system? These are just some of the questions that scientists in a partnership between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Centre de Regulacio Genòmica (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, set out to address. In three papers published back-to-back today in Science, they provide the first comprehensive picture of a minimal cell, based on an extensive quantitative study of the biology of the bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The study uncovers fascinating novelties relevant to bacterial biology and shows that even the simplest of cells is more complex than expected. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a small, single-cell bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia in humans. It is also one of the smallest...
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Unlike that of other, larger, bacteria, M. pneumoniae's metabolism doesn't appear to be geared towards multiplying as quickly as possible, perhaps because of its pathogenic lifestyle. Another surprise was the fact that, although it has a very small genome, this bacterium is incredibly flexible and readily adjusts its metabolism to drastic changes in environmental conditions. This...
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The True Power of the Wolfram Alpha Knowledge Engine - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...
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"With these three skills combined. There’s only one limitation; your own imagination. Wolfram Alpha shows us the future of search engines."
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7 Reasons The 21st Century Is Making You Miserable http://www.cracked.com/article...
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"A photo turns up of you nakedly doing something that would shame you and your family for generations. Bestiality, perhaps. How many people in your life you would trust with that photo? If you're like the rest of us, you probably have at most two. Even more depressing, studies show that about one out of four people have no one they can confide in. The average number of close friends we say we have is dropping fast, down dramatically in just the last 20 years. Why?" (According to them: Segmented society.)
- ⓞnor
Among mounds of silly, crass humor, cracked.com strikes a chord every once in a while.
- Tudor Bosman
"You don't wait for a girl to verbally tell you she likes you. It's the sparkle in her eyes, her posture, the way she grabs your head and shoves your face into her boobs. That's the crux of the problem. That human ability to absorb the moods of others through that kind of subconscious osmosis is crucial. Kids born without it are considered mentally handicapped. People who have lots of...
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- Paul Buchheit
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Very good!
- Paul Buchheit
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I was wondering why I was miserable! Thanks, Paul, for pointing out to me the crux of the problem. :-)
- Daniel Dulitz
wonderful
- Hurt Feelings Inc.
"It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use it." - http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p...
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"I would like to catch up as I am working on a really exciting project at the moment and need a logo designed. Basically something representing peer to peer networking. I have to have something to show prospective clients this week so would you be able to pull something together in the next few days? I will also need a couple of pie charts done for a 1 page website. If deal goes ahead there will be some good money in it for you."
- DeWitt Clinton
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Via Gruber (http://daringfireball.net/linked...)
- DeWitt Clinton
This guy sounds like an asshole, but a funny one I'd probably like to hang out with. His site's worth visiting just for the header image.
- Joel Webber
Tornado vs Rails: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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;)
- Paul Buchheit
awesome
- Ayman Shurafa
wow. insane!
- Caio
Looks like Tornado won!
- Private Sanjeev
love the metaphor :)
- andy brudtkuhl
brilliant. Alternative comment: this metaphor is a train wreck
- Ivan Kirigin
haha love it
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Smashing! Simply smashing...
- Chris Heath
Ivan +1!
- Kevin L
I couldn't take my eyes off of it. It was like watching a train wreck!
- Chuck Adams
so sad story :( trains are so unprotected..
- я был в лесу
physics is a beaatch for sure
- Robert Higgins
That video never gets old. Never underestimate the power of nature.
- Jim Goldstein
This highlights the need for additional Superman III technology investment.
- Jay Cuthrell
wow!! :)
- Oğuz Serdar
:)
- Micah Wittman
\m/
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
AMAZING footage. Dayum!
- Josh Haley
That was worth watching even ignoring the obviously cute pun.
- Greg Grothaus
Paul is probably just joking - but if he is serious about this pun i would assume it's for good reason.
- Chris Heath
and i bet paul just couldn't wait for them to open up tornado when he first saw this video
- Chris Heath
amazing
- boro
should hitler be saying something about it now :)
- vinod
MOther Nature indeed
- Mark Mason
WOW! That reminds me...I still have some video from this summer's train trip to post. Nothing this exciting happened, I'm afraid.
- Eph Zero
YEAH BABY
- Çağatay " SKYLAB " Şama
Just as I expected, it's all twisted.
- Dustin Sallings
very punny.
- winterismute
Microsoft once more proves you can indeed buy stupidity - http://www.inquisitr.com/49024...
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gotta be a hodson post :)
- Allen Stern
Good Morning - a gallery on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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I've jut created my first gallery. Pretty cool. Shame you can only have a maximum of 18 images in each gallery.
- Kol Tregaskes
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Nice Kol.
- Iván Abrego
the tree photo is beautiful - jules of http://www.soloden.com
- yuriandre
wow.. very nostalgic!! http://enjayneer.com
- enjayneer | JAYtography
I love the boat.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
It's good to have limits. More challenging. Great first gallery! Mine is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos... It's a Burning Man theme
- sean808080
Nice work, Kol
- James Myatt
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bumping some old good posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
timoreilly: Rich Vs. Poor Is Not The Right Debate: focus on speculators vs. value creators http://bit.ly/88JHo9 - http://twitter.com/timorei...
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It's difficult when the highest value is money and it's money that makes the laws which in turn help decide who can be and stay rich.
- Todd Hoff
The Reference Frame: Hacked: Hadley CRU FOI2009 Files - http://motls.blogspot.com/2009...
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Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for 'global collapse' | Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance...
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"The bank said the current crisis displays "compelling similarities" with Japan during its Lost Decade (or two), with a big difference: Japan was able to stay afloat by exporting into a robust global economy and by letting the yen fall. It is not possible for half the world to pursue this strategy at the same time."
- Anthony Citrano
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Woooooow! Fijiyama!!
- Keiko Yamada
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