October 2007
20 posts
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-30
Had a great evening. Don’t think I’m a fan of Chicago style pizza though. #
@funkatron you will use either equal or sweet n low and you. will. LIKE IT. (p.s. i sympathize and take my own splenda when i go places) #
(via EricaJoy)
September 2007
103 posts
“Six states – Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota and South...”
– States probe limits of abortion policyErica’s note: Should Ron Paul be elected and allowed to overturn Roe v. Wade, women in the third largest city in America would lose access to legal abortion. Think about the ramifications of that.
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-29
Washing clothes. So glad I don’t have to go to a laundromat. Yay for having an apartment in NY with a washer and dryer. #
LOL! Criminal Fantasy League: http://urltea.com/1m37 #
If I am anything, I am a good friend. #
Officially getting sick. So NOT what I need right now. #
No thank you iTunes. Do not update my iPhone and do not ask me again. #
Good thing I’m awake at this hour. Stupid place...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-28
What is the point of having a computer with bluetooth if all the devices you’d want to sync to it are crippled? #
GREYS ANATOMY SEASON PREMIERE!!!! #
Give me a compelling reason to install 1.1.1 on my iPhone. Wifi music store? Not compelling. #
Why is MTV VMAs still featured on the Twitter Public Timeline page? #
@lukwam he has to lest ma bell err AT&T come swinging their big sticks (in...
“Here’s the rundown. The league is comprised of ten teams, each team consists of...”
– Sportaphile » Introducing The Sportaphile Criminal Fantasy League
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-27
Lots of beachballs on spaz. #
making spaz blend with my environment. yay CSSEdit! #
@funkatron has the css for spaz.air changed since you created spaz-css-dev.zip? #
ARGH everytime I go to write a quick note to myself, i’m reminded that I HATE the stupid dashboard. http://urltea.com/1lig?need-sidebar #
@dykc there is a todo app available if you’ve freed your iphone from apple oppression #
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“PartyChat is persistent chat-rooming for Google Talk. Instant message any of the...”
– techwalla - PartyChat
Apple releases iPhone update 1.1.1 (Jim... →
Apple releases iPhone update 1.1.1 — Apple on Thursday released the much-anticipated software update for the iPhone. In addition to the iTunes Wi-Fi Store, the update also adds several new features to the iPhone. — New for the iPhone with software update 1.1.1 is loud speaker and receiver volume …
Source: Macworld
Author: Jim Dalrymple
Link: ...
Google's 9th Birthday →
Two weeks ago, AFP informed us that “Google, at age 10, is the official heart of the Internet. Born 10 years ago, the Google Internet search engine has grown into the electronic center of human knowledge by indexing billions of web pages as well as images, books and videos.” That’s true, except that Google is 9 years old. Even if Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the...
Racism in America: A chat I had on 9/27/07
He-Man: haha no I just remembered, they say the exact opposite to my face
He-Man: waiting for the race war to break out
me: lol
me: if obama gets elected, it will surely come
He-Man: haha no it won't
me: you undermine the power of the redneck
He-Man: I think that'll be the last stroke against those idiots waiting for it, they won't have any firepower left
me: those alabama boys will want to secede
He-Man: there are actually a lot of intelligent people in the south contrary to popular belief
He-Man: I think the idiots are becoming a minority
me: no
me: they jus don't come out as often
He-Man: and it really hasn't been socially acceptable for white people to be racist for nearly a full generation, not to say those attitudes don't exist but they're changing
me: !!!
me: no
me: sorry
me: :)
me: they are changing on the surface
He-Man: you don't think so?
me: s/think/know
He-Man: it's not just surface
me: when 12 year old children feel fine throwing nigger out as an insult
He-Man: how people act on the surface becomes how they think after awhile
[...]
He-Man: yeah but the thing is I think whites are becoming much better, and a lot of the shit that white people get is for being ignorant rather than actually racist
He-Man: they just really don't know any better in a lot of cases, the flyover states people don't grow up knowing anything about other races because they never encounter them
me: yes
me: and then they get all educated
me: but hey, whats wrong with calling you colored?
He-Man: they don't know though
He-Man: you can't be angry at that, they don't mean it maliciously
He-Man: they think it's ok because it's all they know
He-Man: if you told them it was bad they'd stop
me: ah
me: but no
me: unfortunately thats untrue
me: like those little twins that sing about white power
He-Man: you're using extreme example, I'm talking about ordinary people
me: im talking ordinary people too
me: you can't change learned behavior
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-26
Facebook has an office in New York? Who knew? #
@baratunde good looking out re: spaz. I may have to retire twitterrific. #
playing with Spaz.AIR gotta figure out how to modify the css to my liking. #
someone released a password storage app for the iphone: http://urltea.com/1l7d i’m reluctant to put my passwords into an untested app though #
Steve’s Authentic Key Lime pies are ridiculously...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-26
Facebook has an office in New York? Who knew? #
@baratunde good looking out re: spaz. I may have to retire twitterrific. #
playing with Spaz.AIR gotta figure out how to modify the css to my liking. #
someone released a password storage app for the iphone: http://urltea.com/1l7d i’m reluctant to put my passwords into an untested app though #
Steve’s Authentic Key Lime pies are ridiculously...
Wired's How To Wiki: Get the Most Out of Gmail →
It offers a much different experience than a desktop client — conversation threads, search, tagging and keyboard shortcuts have changed the way many look at their e-mail. Here’s our guide to getting the most out of Gmail. Please add your two cents.
Target offers up pink iPod shuffle Special Edition →
Filed under: Portable Audio
With little fanfare a new iPod package has made its way onto Target shelves in the name of cancer. The pink shuffle — which may or may not be different than the hot pink model from the last-gen shuffles — comes packaged with a $15 iTunes Gift Card, courtesy of Target, who is donating a portion of the proceeds to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation,...
MIT students turn famed Harvard statue into 'Halo'... →
MIT students turn famed Harvard statue into ‘Halo’ chief — It goes without saying that in addition to a stellar reputation for academic innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is renowned for its geeky pranks. The best-known of these was perhaps the time when students decorated …
Source: Crave: The gadget blog
Author: Caroline McCarthy
Link: ...
Valleywag, brought to you by....Google? →
Gawker Media’s use of virtual hosting for its sites was being discussed in PartyChat, so to verify this, I ran host valleywag.com to compare it with host fleshbot.com. Imagine my surprise when I saw this output:$ host valleywag.com
valleywag.com has address 69.60.7.199
valleywag.com mail is handled by 1 aspmx.l.google.com.
valleywag.com mail is handled by 5...
Pure Digital announces million camcorder giveaway... →
Filed under: Digital Cameras At under $200, Pure Digital’s recently announced Flip Video camcorders are already pretty inexpensive, but the company now looks to be trying to make them even cheaper for non-profit organizations — as in free. That’s the goal of the company’s just announced Flip Video Spotlight program, which aims to give up to one million of the camcorders to...
Customer Service: How To Apologize →
Some companies just don’t know how to say they’re sorry when they flub up customer service. Since we know many of them read our blog, here’s a primer from wikiHow on how to go about your next mea culpa.
6. Ask if they will give you a chance to make up for what you did wrong. Insist on proving to them that you have learned from your mistake, and that you will take action to...
Lowes Tries To Silence Sucks Site For Complaints... →
We’ve covered a variety of cases involving so-called “sucks sites,” where someone registers as a domain name the name of a company and appends sucks to the end in order to create a complaint site. Companies have often complained that these sites are trademark violations, but that usually doesn’t pass the moron in a hurry test. The latest such case involves home...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-25
@baratunde 3-5 hours #
Wow. How did I not know about LiveMocha before? So useful! #
Welcome new season of Heroes. #
@calinative welcome to the club! #
Heroes is so awesometastic! #
@spin Thanks for that. Apparently I have no hopes of getting Halo 3 tomorrow. #
@spin yup, i failed to reserve a copy. I could order one from amazon and have it on wednesday though. #
@dykc quit planning, just...
A new caffeine-free way to stay alert →
Posted by Amy Wu, Associate Product Manager, and Rajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager Since new videos are constantly appearing all over the web, it’s difficult to keep tabs on all of them. But now Google Alerts will make it easy for you to add video to your other Alerts: News, Web, Blog and Groups. Video Alerts enables you to specify any topics or queries of interest so we can deliver...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-24
@koa The only time I watched that show was when people I knew were on it. Its drivel at its finest. #
Quick poll that will go nowhere: Have you ever used the Send to Phone extension? http://tools.google.com/firefox/sendtophone/index.html #
My first EECB. Thanks Consumerist! #
Memo to guy on subway: Commenting on the size of a zipper on a girls bag is not a good look. She probably thinks you’re...
Apple finally weighs in on iPhone hacks, unlocking →
Filed under: CellphonesMerely three days after hearing of one user’s run-in with Apple over his unlocked iPhone, the company has released an official statement warning users that “unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs” could cause “irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software.” Furthermore, the firm stated that these apps could result in the handset becoming...
Education: Learn a New Language with Others at... →
Pore over self-study language lessons and practice chatting with other language enthusiasts at web site LiveMocha. If you need more individual instruction, LiveMocha even lets benevolent members act as tutors. LiveMocha comes hot on the heels of language-learning web site Mango, but since one of the most important aspects of learning a new language is practicing with other speakers, the...
Software: Download Old Versions of Popular... →
If the newest version of your freeware application doesn’t seem to work and the official web site does not archive older versions, OldApps.com might save the day. OldApps.com archives many previous releases of popular programs for such emergencies. The site is very much like the previously mentioned OldVersion, but it appears to include a slightly larger number of applications. For...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-23
Trying to remember the names of the people I worked with at UMiami. Failing miserably. #
www.haveamint.com came before www.mint.com…just sayin’ #
Speaking of the 2 mints, I need more flavored web apps. we have 2 mints & getvanilla.com. wheres chocolate, strawberry, or peanut butter? #
Acura commercial shows a man using Mac 2 drag & drop stuff (w/ Mac file transfer sound) 2 his car....
WatchInbox Zero via Google Video)
7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on... →
7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails — SUMMARY: I spent two years trying to make Rails do something it wasn’t meant to do, then realized my old abandoned language (PHP, in my case) would do just fine if approached with my new Rails-gained wisdom. — INTRO / BACKGROUND:
Source: O’Reilly Ruby
Author: Derek Sivers
Link: ...
Links for 2007-09-22 [Digg]
10 Google Services That Get No Love
If you were to interview a broad cross-section of internet users and ask them about Google services, probably most of them would enthusiastically talk about Gmail or Google Reader. At the very least, they would mention Google’s superior search engine. But how many people do you think would discuss… (continues)
(via EricaJoy)
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-22
What I would love: Standalone RSS reader that automagically scrolled vertically when there was new content. A vertical RSS ticker of sorts. #
read: http://tinyurl.com/2hytol now, as @dykc would say…marinate #
Ty Pennington was cute on Trading Spaces. Now I don’t ever want to see him on my TV screen again. #
Any Java gurus feel like doing some pro bono work? The UI on WordBiz could use some...
10 Google Services That Get No Love →
If you were to interview a broad cross-section of internet users and ask them about Google services, probably most of them would enthusiastically talk about Gmail or Google Reader. At the very least, they would mention Google’s superior search engine. But how many people do you think would discuss… (continues)
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-21
I am constantly amazed that people pay attention to Alexa rankings. Maybe they don’t understand the science (or lack thereof) behind it? #
@Cheynne not even biased, all their data is based on installs of their toolbar. how many people actually have the alexa toolbar installed? #
Shared Stuff seems very much like tumblr upon first playing with it. Shame you can’t import RSS into it though. #
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“Let me just take a break here to pop a few Valium before I talk about...”
– stevenf.com
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-20
Oh drat, I’ve gone and left my IM on at work again. Wonder how many messages I will miss… #
@dolapo bring samples to work kthx #
Wow the little arrow is bright ass green. Today must be a good day. #
Just call me Dr. Feel Good #
@rachelc do you have a contact for the second choice venue? #
Dear Fox News, You had to try hard for this one didn’t you? http://tinyurl.com/2z8odt <3 Erica #
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Twitter Updates for 2007-09-19
Apparently I have to come to Orlando to meet my dads girlfriend. Joy! #
ohhh BOO! Twitter– for renaming a twitter account. @ev Is that really how you guys roll? Have you sold out already? #
Calacanis’ lack of planning should not constitute intervention on Twitter’s part. Seriously poor form. #
@spin Apparently it can happen. Be very afraid. #
@koa http://twitter.com/nottechcrunch40 #
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Twitter Updates for 2007-09-18
Tmobile party is ads #
Ugh ass #
@schill called me out. am too tipsy to be mortified though. expect to be booted from super sekrit club Real Soon Now. #
messing with mash. #
Hmm Mash has potential. Maybe the wiki style profile edits are a bit much but I could see this becoming popular. #
@spin no halo?! you fail. #
@spin no xBox? so sorry. #
Mash hates all of my feeds. #
The fiddle is...
The case for a sidebar in OS X
I just posted this on an Apple group on Facebook.
Trust me, I’ve tried the dev mode thing in my hunt for a sidebar. I don’t want the looks of a sidebar, I want the functionality. Here are my wants (from http://www.osxsidebar.com)
* Will dock to the side of my screen.
* Will allow me to add dashboard widgets to it.
* Will allow me to interact with said widgets.
* Will be resizeable.
* Will...
“The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American...”
– Ron Paul 2008 › Issues › Life and Liberty
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-17
Flavor Flav’s roast is just about the best thing ever. Not for the faint of heart though. #
What the heck is Mash? #
@spin WTH is Mash? #
@spin generally retarded is a great description. #
It would be so great if Trey Parker and Matt Stone were on twitter. I would have preferred them to the VMA asses that were on for 3 seconds. #
Wow, I had no idea Anne Rice went from being an Atheist to a...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-16
On a music discovery trip. Folktronica? Sure, I’ll try a spoonful. #
Hate when software is crashtastic. Anybody have a link where I can download Yahoo Messenger for Mac beta 1? (I know, I know) #
Nevermind, got it from here: http://tinyurl.com/em8l8 #
officially hating on @SoylentJames hating on one of my favorite actresses #
Y’all are not feelin this Frankie Beverly and Maze. Joy! and Pain!...
I want an OS X Sidebar. - Money meet mouth. →
For the last year I have been whining about the lack of sidebar app for the Mac. People have suggested that I use Amnesty and pin Dashboard widgets to the desktop. I think that is a craptastic solution and have told them so. I’m sick of griping about it and I want my sidebar so the time has come to pony up the money for it. If you’d like a friggin’ sidebar in OS X already, please...
Links for 2007-09-15 [Digg]
Do You Want A True OSX Sidebar?
For the last year I have been whining about the lack of sidebar app for the Mac. People have suggested that I use Amnesty and pin Dashboard widgets to the desktop. I think that is a craptastic solution and have told them so. I’m sick of griping about it and I want my sidebar so the time has come to pony up the money for it.
Vonage Destroys Customers Router,...
Twitter Updates for 2007-09-15
@factoryjoe and @al3x did this ever happen? http://tinyurl.com/2ah7ec #
35 Gigs of space recovered. #
What would be very awesome is if that *other* guy would ask me on a date. Shame it will never happen. #
Ah Google Reader does not do so well when you load it in the Firefox Sidebar. #
http://play.blogger.com #
From the late to the party dept: just signed up for last.fm #
Wonder if iPhone...
“Newsflash: Nobody cares about Roger Federer or how dominant he is at men’s...”
– sportaphile » This Weeks Losers: Sept.9th - Sept.15th Why can’t I stop laughing at this?
Vonage Destroys Customers Router, Refuses to Issue... →
“Within the last year I purchased a new Linksys WRTP54G router to replace my existing router. This router has built-in Vonage voice ports. What Vonage and Linksys do not tell you when you purchase this router is that Vonage has 100% full access to your router and can do with it what they choose.”
Do You Want A True OSX Sidebar? →
For the last year I have been whining about the lack of sidebar app for the Mac. People have suggested that I use Amnesty and pin Dashboard widgets to the desktop. I think that is a craptastic solution and have told them so. I’m sick of griping about it and I want my sidebar so the time has come to pony up the money for it.