Even on the runway/at the gate at the San Jose airport! 
I couldn’t help myself… “Bl0g”. Heh.
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- Getting a Jamba Juice. #
- ZOMG just saw a Nissan GT-R on the road for the first time. Had a minor tizzy fit in the car. Family still laughing at me. I WILL own one! #
- Sounds like some cool stuff being announced at IDF this morning. Intel Parallel Tools (addon for Visual Studio), and a whole lot more. #
- Check out this hilarous Samsung Omnia i900 unboxing video (hat tip to @ravenme): http://tinyurl.com/5e67qs #
- Went looking for a Gnomedex room on FriendFeed, suprised that none existed. So I created one: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/gnomedex #
- Holy cow. 28,400+ people attended SIGGRAPH 2008 last week in L.A. http://tinyurl.com/58adyh I knew it was thousands, but I had no idea… #
- @davechen Yeah, I can see them handling even bigger crowds. It didn’t seem to be anywhere near capacity. Still, biggest con I’ve been to. #
- @kegill Absolutely. Looking forward to seeing lots of people at Gnomedex. Just look for the bright orange Crocs (shoes). #
- So, that Gnomedex room I created on FriendFeed? Turns out there WAS already one: http://tinyurl.com/63ccc9 Deciding what to do w/the other. #
- @verso @dieselboi I’ve heard great things about FlickUp. Does everything an uploader should, IMO. Plus, I kinda know the guy who wrote it #
- @verso Yes, FlickUp preserves geotag metadata when sending to Flickr. Which is my #1 requirement, too. I haven’t tried it yet, though. YMMV. #
- @jltitus Flickup author (@kodachrome22) sez new 1.0.1 version fixes a LOT of issues. Still waiting for Apple to approve. I will buy it then. #
- @kodachrome22 Really? Sorry. (re 1.0.1 being out). Is everything cool with the new version? Time to buy?
# - @kodachrome22 I’m confused. Does Flickup preserve geodata when sending to Flickr, so photos are geotagged? Notes say all EXIF gets stripped. #
- Woo hoo! I just tested, and Flickup DOES preserve geodata on pics sent to Flickr. They show up on the map. Yay! #
- Also, Flickup sends images full size (1600×1200) when the picture is taken with Flickup. Images sent from the Photo Album go as 640×480. #
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- Why, yes, I AM having a Coke Slurpee for breakfast. Why do you ask? #
- Oh dear. The guys behind I Can Has Cheezburger have launched a new site: http://engrishfunny.com/ Subscribed! #
- @StevenWalling I think I’ve got a good grip (ha!) on the @igniteportland Twitter account, but thanks for offering! #
- Whoa. It seems the *real* @JohnCleese is not only on Twitter, but also on FriendFeed: http://tinyurl.com/5z8kle Rock on, old dude! #
- @mellowynk I suppose it could be an elaborate ruse from an imposter, but hey, if he’s funny, what do I care about authenticity? #
- I believe I’ve found the very best way to post to a WordPress blog from the iPhone: The “Press This” bookmarklet http://tinyurl.com/5jyq7s #
- Updated iPhone to 2.0.2. No noticeable changes yet, but I’ll keep an eye out. #
- Apple decides to shut down the only blog they run, MobileMe Status, after barely three weeks on the air. Why? http://tinyurl.com/5mnrmj #
- Download a free copy of “Blue Planet Run”, a photo book about water in the world, from Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/2p2xpp (hat tip to Scoble) #
- @hangry Ah ha ha ha! I would totally wear those if they made a cargo pants version. Seriously. (http://bit.ly/ucvCw) #
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- Totally loving the wild weather we’re having this morning. Lightning strikes, booming thunder, giant raindrops. Awesome. #
- Waitaminute. SquareEnix is doing a Chrono Trigger remake for the DS? Oh, yeah! I know what I want for Christmas! http://tinyurl.com/55h3ny #
- @ShannonRenee I’m at work in Hillsboro, Oregon. I luckily have a great window view from my desk. #
- Hey everybody. If you’re interested in helping as a volunteer for Ignite Portland 4 in Nov., there’s a kickoff meeting tonight. #
- Here’s the IP4 volunteer kickoff on Upcoming: http://tinyurl.com/6ehbw6 and you can hit up @adamd for more details. #
- Retweet from @ravenzachary (aka Mr. iPhone): iPhone software 2.0.2 is out. Grab it from iTunes. #
- I love uninstalling Mac apps with AppZapper (http://www.appzapper.com/). Pew pew pew! #
- @harrisja If it makes you feel any better, the Marriott charges for wifi, too. And it doesn’t even reach the rooms (lobby only). #
- @billpearson Don’t worry. Some people will never get it. I just take deep breaths, and go to my happy place. #
- To paraphrase Cory Doctorow (from the preface to Little Brother): The answer to controversial “bad” speech is MORE speech. NOT censorship. #
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- @gkleinman PulseOfPDX, and countless other experiments, has been dead in the water since Twitter took away the ability to see “with_friends” #
- @smykes Design is how things work, more than how they look. Kindle LOOKS weird, but in hand, the design effort becomes clear. #
- @atmasphere No Kindle regrets. If you love reading, you’ll love a Kindle. Still too pricey for mass adoption, but I love it anyway. #
- @SarahCofer Hmm. Did the calendar data get synced to iCal on the Mac? Might be there. What does “wiped” mean, and how did it occur? #
- @SarahCofer Ugh. I hate to say it, but Entourage is kind of a piece of crap in my experience, especially as it pertains to syncing.
# - @SarahCofer That’s not to say that there’s no way to recover the calendar data, but… #
- I broke down and did the FaceYourManga thing. Yes, yes, I am a sheep. Baaaaaa! http://tinyurl.com/6mtzwb #
- @gialyons @jmoriarty As of this month, there are more than 4500 Intel acronyms documented on Intelpedia, our internal wiki. #
- @gialyons @jmoriarty And that’s only the ones that have been documented. I’m sure there are thousands more, dozens born every day. #
- Finally got around to upgrading my blog from WP 2.5.1. Installed K2 RC7, then WP 2.6.1. In the 5 minutes Akismet was disabled, a dozen spam. #
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- What’s on tap for SIGGRAPH today? Hope to help @jerry_makare with some videos. Brought the Eee PC 901, too. Will put it through its paces. #
- @sumwan I dropped by the Nvidia booth yesterday. They did have some really cool stuff going on. #
- In my hotel room capturing footage from @jerry_makare. Aside: the A/C in here doesn’t mess around. I can’t feel the tip of my nose. #
- Missing so many cool events while I’m in LA: Ignite Phoenix last night, Lunch 2.0 in Portland today, and BackFencePDX going on right now. #
- There’s weird, loud, ghostly music floating around the streets of downtown L.A. Outdoor concert? Unknown celestial phenomenon? Zombies? #
- Glad to be home in PDX. Seatmate was a cool geek named Alvin on his way back from the Olympics in Beijing. #
- NOT glad to come home to a heat wave. It was a LOT cooler (albeit more humid) in L.A. #
- I normally hate talking to people on airplanes, but it was fun to geek out with Alvin. He admired my Kindle, showed me his Sony Reader, etc. #
- @atmasphere Yeah, the Sony Reader is nice. But I honestly found it kind of bland. Screen is bigger, but Kindle = more organic design. #
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- Big day at SIGGRAPH today. If you’re at the conference, let me know! Would love to say Hi! Also open to Tweetup opportunities… #
- Wow. I forgot how HUGE the L.A. Convention is. Really, really huge. Big. #
- @davechen I’m in meetings until the PM, then going to find a place to crunch on some video. Look for the orange shoes, and say hi! #
- @amybarton I was just at the booth. Went by the room to ascertain the correct time. Now? In search of Mt Dew. Will come find you soon. #
- @influxx Sorry to hear about the sick kid. Hope he/she feels better! #
- At the Intel SIGGRAPH booth, the Intel Software Network kiosk has the new Lenovo W700 with integrated Wacom tablet. It’s a BIG fella! #
- Pic of the Lenovo W700 about to swallow my MacBook Pro whole: http://twitpic.com/7gkr Will post a couple more pics to Flickr shortly. #
- @rachelbancroft Hey! You’re not allowed to have hot sweaty fun without me. Unless you take pictures. #
- @influxx Not like the modbook or tablet pcs. It’s got one of those non-screen drawing tablets embedded in the wristrest next to the touchpad #
- @robteix Thanks! I need to do another photo/post about my stickers. I hope to add more after SIGGRAPH and Gnomedex. #
- At the Intel Blogger lunch briefing on the Larrabee SIGGRAPH paper. I’m undoubtedly the least-smart person in the room. #
- This is social, get-to-know-each-other event, and it’s pretty hopping. Me? I’m sitting over in the corner on my laptop. As per usual. #
- Met Mark VanDeWettering (@brainwagon) at the Pixar booth. He generously gave me a very cool RenderMan teapot. Best schwag ever. Thx Mark! #
- I love telling people (and my kids) that I have a friend at Pixar, that makes the movies we love. #
- @tomnovak I wanted a sticker for my laptop, but they don’t have any. Guy did tell me he has a Buy’N'Large sticker on his, though. I want! #
- @camikaos Deal. #
- Listening to an AMD (ATI) guy give a talk on 30-bit/10-bit color images at the Intel booth. A bit unexpected. #
- There is some mindblowingly cool stuff in the black curtained New Tech area of the SIGGRAPH exhibit hall. Haptics, interactive 3-D, and more #
- it’s like walking around in little chunks of the future that got somehow stuck in our time. #
- @verso Even the Pixar guy didn’t know where he got the Buy N Large sticker, but I’ll keep my eye out! #
- Met @davechen from Ars here at SIGGRAPH. He works for the National Library of Medicine. Ever hear of the Visible Human project? That’s them. #
- Being around these thousands of smart, creative people makes me really want to kick my skills up a notch or four. Need to take more classes. #
- And get cracking on the books I’ve been meaning to start writing. #
- Bummed I’m not at Ignite Phoenix tonight. @jmoriarty and crew will put on a terrific event, no doubt. #
- @unclenate I’ll try to get some video/more info on the haptic demos they have tomorrow. #
- Updated my “hands on with the Lenovo W700″ post with some info on price: http://tinyurl.com/5lv3wa Starts at $2900 for total barebones. #
- But, to get all the good stuff on the Lenovo W700 (Quad core, Wacom, Blu-Ray, etc.), you’re looking at around $5500. Add $2000 for SSDs. #
- @brainwagon Which CPK are you at? I’m browsing for a pizza place. Any recommendations? #
- 2Across (iPhone crossword app) was easily the best $5.99 I’ve ever spent. Been enjoying it immensely for little doses of brain candy. #
- Whoa! 3 alarm fire at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino! No injuries reported. Here’s video: http://tinyurl.com/58urxx Let the jokes begin.. #
- Hat tip to @ericrice, saw it first via his FriendFeed. Looks like the building on fire is Valley Green 6. #
- @stonetable Try this link (video of the fire at Apple campus): http://cbs5.com/video/?id=37814@kpix.dayport.com #
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- Waiting at PDX for my flight to LA. Power is out in the B gates area, they can’t retract one of the jetways. Luckily, not my flight. #
- Power at PDX B gates restored, jetway retracted, crisis averted. Threat level dropped to that ugly gray carpet color. #
- Waiting for bags at LAX. And noting that Gmail IMAP is not working on my phone. Yet Another Datapoint for the ongoing outage. #
- Just pulled 1.2Mbps on AT&T 3G at LAX. Nice. #
- To everyone saying “ha ha, that’s why I don’t use gmail!”, first, it’s really annoying. Don’t be a jerk. #
- Second, let’s compare features, price, and uptime records for the last few years between Gmail and what you use. #
- Because, you know, no other mail host ever has problems. #
- @iSundevil I use this page from DSLReports for iPhone speedtesting: http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html #
- @Britopian I wasn’t referring to you (or anyone) in particular. Just noticing a TON of people in general being smug about the Gmail outage. #
- Reading up on the history of the ACM (Assn. of Computing Machinery) and SIGGRAPH. http://tinyurl.com/698ynn Quite prestigious and acclaimed. #
- Dear @twitter: I have 2370 followers. A few hundred are probably spammers. I don’t care if you limit to 2000, but don’t punish me for spamrs #
- @JesseStay No, I don’t follow that many. I follow about 500, but 2370 follow me. Which is subject to the 2000 limit? #
- @ejacqui Latest Twitter rumor is that they’re capping followers at 2000 per account. 2370 already follow me. If true, no new ppl can follow. #
- OK, I’m confused. How many people can *I* follow on Twitter? How many people can follow *me*? #
- OK, so I can only FOLLOW 2000 people. No problem. I’m only following 500 now, and that will likely not grow too much. Sorry for the FUD! #
- @ebohling Yes, it is true. The original iPhone plans weren’t eligible for corp discounts. The 3G is - even the data plan. It rocks. #
- What I’m doing this week: Watching the beginning of the future of computing and software: http://tinyurl.com/5a4zq7 #
- @Britopian no, my iPhone is not connected to Intel in any way. And I like it like that. #
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- @sharong @hnordeen the camera I recommend is the Aiptek Go-HD (up to 720p 30fps) or Action HD (1080p 30fps and 720p 60fps). Search Amazon. #
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- Wow, the new iPhone version of Google Translate is pretty slick. #
- Headed on an extended family trip to Mount St. Helens today. Extended family, not extended trip. Yay for nearby active volcanos! #
- Dear Zipcar driver who stayed 10-20mph BELOW the speed limit the ENTIRE 47 miles from Mt St Helens to I-5: Die in a horrible fire. :-$ #
- (we didn’t pass said Zipcar because I was last in a three car convoy that also held my MIL, not the speediest driver herself) #
- That experience took YEARS off of my life. I’m still twitching… #
- @ravenzachary I considered stopping, but was last in the convoy. Related: AT&T has no cell service on WA504 once you leave the I-5 corridor. #
- I forgot to mention an added joy during the life-shortening car trip: Gabe’s piercing cause-real-physical-pain shrieks and seat kicking. #
- @marusin Yes, as long as your USB port lights up the charge light on the Kindle. Turn off the radio, too. That makes a BIG difference. #
- @TiEsQue Yeah, I can only imagine the series of events that led to teenagers renting a Zipcar to go see Mount St. Helens. #
- @StevenWalling Just because one is over 21 does not mean that one knows how to drive. Or that one is not an idiot. #
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- Voting on avatar photos for @mungara in staff meeting. #
- @jmoriarty LOL yes, multiple Twitter logins can be dangerous. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve done that many, many times. #
- Dear Twitter: How do I tell Safari/Mac OS to open PDFs with Preview instead of Acrobat, permanently, for all .PDF files? #
- @wgmaxon Thanks! Was asking for @tersteeg, actually, and we were timing how long an answer would take from Twitter. Less than 3 minutes. #
- @jrnoded Thanks! That’s the other half of it. You guys rock! #
- The Oregon AIr Show starts tomorrow, across the street from Intel Jones Farm. They should be practicing today - I’m listening for big jets. #
- Let’s do this again. Dear Twitter: What’s the best Twitter client for Linux (on an Eee PC)? Is there a great one? I may just stick to web. #
- @ahockley AIR for Linux is in Alpha. I’m a bit wary of messing with it, but it would be the best option, opening up Twhirl and the others. #
- @jarvitron Has anyone installed AIR on Xandros linux on an Eee PC? Can I just apt-get it? Thanks for putting up with me while I experiment. #
- Got AIR and Twhirl working on the Eee PC. That wasn’t TOO painful, as long as you’re not afraid of the command line. #
- @kevinctofel @jameskendrick Do you guys publish per-category RSS feeds? I need a feed of your Mini-notebooks category. Thanks! #
- @askseesmic I’m going to write up the Twhirl/AIR on Eee PC steps, eventually, But I just followed the directions on the Adobe site for AIR. #
- Dear Twitter: What’s the best way to show event-related Tweets on a screen in the halls at said event? What did OSCON, etc. use? #
- @pdxflaneur That’s exactly what I’m looking for. Do you know what app they used to display the tweets? #
- @pdxflaneur Yeah, I think it was a custom app. But if you come up with anything, let me know! #
- Perusing the visual twitter options for IDF with @annierodkins. Checking out the apps on this page: http://tinyurl.com/5aunw2 #
- Flotzam looks like a good option. It’s a windows app, but that should work. http://tinyurl.com/2nln7e #
- Going nuts, trying to make sure I don’t forget anything before I leave. Day trip to Mount St. Helens tomorrow, then SIGGRAPH next week. #
Lol, thats funny