The fine print on the back explains that she was in “All Good Things”, the ST:TNG series finale. I had forgotten that - talk about obscure! I bet this figure will be valuable one day. I should have bought it. Sorry the iPhone cam photo is so blurry.
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- Finished “Breaking Dawn” last night. Great book if you like the series. Lots of twists. Not sure why it’s attracting so much hate. #
- @iSundevil You can browse/search Amazon’s Kindle books, to see if what you’re looking for is available: http://tinyurl.com/5enz46 #
- Whee! My Eee PC 901 20GB Linux version arrived! It’s a wee PC! Squee!
# - @jezlyn I agree. It was fan service - giving the people who love the characters what they want, rather than taking itself too seriously. #
- Hmm. The Eee PC 901 Linux version comes with Firefox 2 instead of 3. Strange. Will upgrade soon, but I want to run “stock” for a while. #
- @Yasumoto The Eee PC 901, with the 8.9″ screen and 1.6GHz Atom processor is $599. Windows version has 12GB, Linux version 20GB. #
- @Yasumoto There are other, less expensive netbooks, though. MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One, Dell, Lenovo. They shoot closer to $300. #
- So, a couple days later, what’s the verdict on iPhone OS 2.0.1 on a 3G? I’m hearing scary things from @xenijardin…
# - @gregr Thanks for the vote of confidence. To everyone - does it make the interminably long “Backing up your iPhone” go faster? #
- Because seriously, I haven’t synced my iPhone in a week or so, and it’s been “backing up” for almost an hour now… #
- Anyone know where the @gnomedex Friday night party is going to be? Trying to decide if a $50 party pass for @rachelbancroft is warranted. #
- @sondrasondra I think that’s the Thursday night welcome reception/party. At least, that’s where it’s been the past few years. #
- @verso The Twilight Saga, of which Breaking Dawn is the 4th and presumably last, is a teenage love story with humans, vampires, and more. #
- @verso It’s campy, emo, and the largest audience is probably Mormon housewives. But I loved the whole series. #
- Giving in, installing iPhone OS 2.0.1. Wish me luck. #
- @fiveforefun Yes, the Twilight movie should be… interesting. The trailer is boring. The series has a RABID fan base, though. #
- @chrisorourke I’ve heard that 2.0.1 does revert jailbroken phones, as most updates do (until the community catches up). #
- @sumwan I hadn’t heard of Dashwire, but it looks pretty cool. Let us know if you try it! #
- iPhone 2.0.1 update went without a hitch. Now to see if I notice any differences. A backup happened in less than an hour, so hey… #
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- @jmoriarty For big laptops, I’ve used and loved a Kensington Saddlebag Pro for years. It’s great. For netbooks, the Timbuk2 Metro looks good #
- @jmoriarty @tersteeg I too am a big fan of Crumpler bags. When I replace my “main” bag, it’ll be Crumpler. They watch Twitter, too! #
- @bljarv Mother’s Bistro, Mama Mia, Jake’s Famous Crawfish are some of my favorites. La Terraza is OK - food’s not that great, though. #
- @bljarv Jake’s is kind of spendy, but it’s the best food I’ve had in Portland. #
- @bljarv Never been to Jakes Grill, but the food is probably the same. Now that you mention it, McCormick & Schmick’s (1st/Oak) is good, too. #
- For people who say they have no interest in Amazon’s Kindle, how many books do you buy in a year? Want to measure readers vs non-readers. #
- @smb Buy or read, I should have said. #
- Kindle followup: for you book lovers, why NOT a Kindle? Price? The “feel” of dead tree books? Wouldn’t you love to replace the bulk? #
- I’m not trying to be a Kindle salseman. Just trying to understand reasons. Need to own/hold physical book is high. But why? Hmm… #
- @robertbrook Good point about not being able to borrow/give away on Kindle. Amazon argues that lower book prices offset that. Do you agree? #
- @Jerry_Makare Wow. Powell’s must love people like you (and me - I still buy a lot there, even with my Kindle). #
- @chrisorourke Yeah, backlight would be nice. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how well a book light (like the one Amazon recommends) works. #
- @tlockney See, I HATE the bulk of books. It’s uncomfortable. It limits how many I can carry on my person. I’m glad to be free of the bulk #
- @sarahgilbert re: each book a gift - a nice way to look at it. There are still books that, for me, are physical totems. More than the words. #
- @chrisorourke Yes, needing a book light is kind of silly. But I went for months without one, Now I don’t bug my wife with the light on.
# - @fiveforefun I decided on the Timbuk2 Metro bag, but haven’t ordered yet. #
- To sum up “anti-Kindle” reasons: DRM is evil, no lending, no bulk/smell, upfront price, gadget stigma, no backlight, not unique like a book. #
- I postulate that people who love the Kindle are those who are willing to sacrifice the tangible experience of books to absorb more content. #
- @jezlyn I bought Breaking Dawn on my Kindle at 9:02 PM PST Saturday night (2 minutes after launch). About 75% through it. No spoilers! #
- Thank you all for this awesome Kindle discussion. This is why I love my network of people on Twitter/FriendFeed! You all rock! #
- @bikehugger The eReader and Stanza book apps for iPhone are VERY good, with tons of pay and free books. Re-reading Snow Crash on my phone #
- @jezlyn Yeah, I’d have been done with it in a day if real life didn’t intrude so often. I’m loving it so far. Lots of surprises. #
- @unclenate @jstogdill Books/shelves as self-expression are important. I do a LOT of that. You should see my cube/house. #
- @blaircook You should totally do a tweetup at IDF. I won’t be there, but check with @annierodkins or @jmoriarty. I bet they’re game! #
- Let’s turn this around a little. If you have and love a Kindle, WHY do you love it? Carrying lots of books? Online store? Searching? Web? #
- Here are a few of my reasons for loving Kindle: carrying TONS of books in my pocket, searching them all, looking stuff up on Wikipedia, etc. #
- I love that I was able to get a new. popular book (Breaking Dawn) from my hotel room on the beach without going to a store at midnight. #
- @JoshProStar But you CAN do all those social media things on a Kindle: feeds, Twitter, etc. It’s not perfect, but it works in a pinch. #
- I love that there are TONS of free books out there (Creative Commons, Feedbooks, Manybooks, Gutenberg, etc.). I’ve got dozens on my Kindle. #
- @JoshProStar That’s what your iPhone is for (easier). #
- @unclenate re: dangers of digitizing everything - Have you read Vinge’s “Rainbow’s End”? It looks at that in detail. Bought on my Kindle #
- @JoshProStar AT&T store should let you order one, have it shipped to store, and give it to you when it arrives. I know several who did that. #
- Anybody going to SIGGRAPH next week? Want to come to an Intel lunch with some Larrabee big wigs? Drop me a line. Couple of spots left. #
- @annierodkins I’m thinking more external folks - bloggers, tech writers, etc. who want more info on Larrabee. #
- @chartier I thought the 802.11n Airport Extreme DID support Time Machine backups to attached disks, with the latest firmware update? Hmm. #
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- Feel like I dropped the ball BIG TIME for missing iPhoneDevCamp 2. Stars were misaligned. My schedule only gets crazier in the next month. #
- @iSundevil I have a Kindle and love it to death. If you’re a reader, I think you will too. Lemme know if you have any questions! #
- Extremely irate at Windows/Outlook/Exchange right now. I need to get the bridge number to a meeting I’m late for, and NOTHING WORKS. *sigh* #
- Today’s going to be a big news day for Intel’s upcoming Larrabee many-core graphics platform. An architecture whitepaper has been published. #
- Intel press release about the Larrabee paper: http://tinyurl.com/5b4m5b and the paper itself at ACM: http://tinyurl.com/6do32a #
- Intel Software Network and I will be at SIGGRAPH next week in L.A. We’re having a blogger event - let me know if you want to come! #
- @TillamookCheese Yes, we had lots of fun. Always do! And wow, I’m impressed to see Tillamook Cheese on Twitter. Very cool! #
- @verso I picked up 2 Across over the weekend, and it’s pretty good. Reviews were better than Crosswords. Good variety of puzzles to d/l. #
- @verso Also, it’s only $5.99. I blow more than that on candy from time to time, so what did I have to lose? #
- Huh? A severe weather statement warns it’s going to be really hot today, but we set a record LOW yesterday? http://tinyurl.com/56vkbh #
- @kellyrfeller If you like Tumblr, check out soup.io. I use it for my lifestream and linkblog. I found Tumblr to have some annoying issues. #
- @bikehugger Hey, I never claimed I WASN’T one… #
- My experience with 3G data coverage (AT&T/iPhone and Sprint/Kindle) on the Oregon Coast this past weekend: http://tinyurl.com/576tya #
- @rachelbancroft Maybe we should have an “awards ceremony” for her Tantrum Oscar when I get home tonight… #
- Retweet @NickStarr: If you use GrandCentral and an iPhone, check out the new iPhone App, GrandDialer - http://ping.fm/Nypr4 #
- @iSundevil Actually, it’s more likely a proxy issue that’s preventing the iTunes store from working. At least, IME, that’s usually it. #
- @iSundevil I just shared some GrandDialer info/screenshots to my linkblog: http://linkblog.joshbancroft.com #
- Dear Twitter: Looking for a small messenger bag that will hold an Eee PC and a Kindle (small size). Timbuk2? Other recommendations? #
- @segphault Did you ever end up getting that Timbuk2 bag we talked about, for Eee PC/netbook use? Thoughts? #
- Thanks for the bag ideas. Does anyone have SPECIFIC recommendations for a netbook/Kindle sized small bag? Smaller is better. Thanks! #
- IOW, is the X-Small size Timbuk2 TOO small for a netbook+Kindle? Is “Small” too big? etc. #
- @hawkear Thanks. The Kindle in its case is almost exactly the same size as an Eee PC, so the bag would just have to be “thick” enough. #
- @chartier GBOD (Green Blocks of Death):iPhone::BSOD:Windows? #
- @verso Thanks. I have a Crumpler Brazillion Dollar Home for my “big boy” HD camera and gear. They make good stuff. #
- @blath Why don’t I order a custom tailored leather case? Because I’m cheap, that’s why. #
- @verso Thinking about the Timbuk2 Metro I saw at Powell’s is what started this bag line of thinking. Looking like that’ll be it. #
- @verso This will be a super-small bag for when I ONLY want to carry a netbook+Kindle, etc. I have many others for bigger. Me = a bag hound. #
- The quest for the perfect gear/gadget bag is something I’ve always been prone to. Can you tell? #
- @TiEsQue Commissioning a bag design sounds cool, but there’s the “I’m cheap” thing, plus the “I’m not that creative” thing, too. #
- @kegill Commission an open source bag design? That’s…. a cool idea. And it made me think of one place I haven’t looked: Etsy.com #
- iPhone software 2.0.1 update is out. Anyone try it out yet? I’ll probably take this one slow and cautious… #
- Emma just pead all over my leg. With real peas. #
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- Big day planned: Pig n Pancacke, Oregon Coast Aquarium, play on the beach, and who knows what else. Yay for vacation! #
- The Oddworld exhibit at the Oregon Coast Aquarium is very cool. It’s like walking around in Finding Nemo. #
- Coolest thing at the aquarium so far: spider crabs the size of Golden Retrievers. Agressive, too. Come right up to the glass and attack. #
- @influxx It’s in Newport, OR. Big town, or stay anywhere near along the coast. It’s all amazing. All Oregon beaches are public, too. #
- @lightningdiva We hit Mo’s last night. There was a big sandcastle contest there in the Taft district today, though. Have fun! #
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- Off to the coast with @rachelbancroft and the kids for the weekend. Next stop: Tillamook for cheese curds and ice cream. #
- Hey, AT&T has 3G coverage in Tillamook. Nice. I just pulled 597Kbps. #
- And my Kindle has 4 bars of EVDO/Whispernet. Tillamook seems well covered by 3G, which was not the case last year. #
- Wait a minute. Now Nullriver NetShare is available again in the App Store? I’m so confused! #
- Almost no signal at our hotel on Lincoln City, and it’s EDGE only. I’ve got 3G in other parts of town, though. 600Kbps at Mo’s. #
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- WHARRGARBL!!1! #
- Guess how many meetings I have today? 8! Going to be a long day… #
- @apolloni Heh. Yeah, I tend to tweet a lot during meetings. I’ll try to keep the snark level down. #
- @techcrunch sez the Apple iPhone Push Notification Services SDK is out. Been waiting to see whot his will work. http://tinyurl.com/64zkse #
- In my group’s quarterly BUM (Business Update Meeting). I love BUMs. BUM BUM BUM! #
- @lyzadanger @jmoriarty LOL @ “BUM virgin” and “BUM brownies” #
- The most energized, enthusiastic topic at the BUM, that garnered the most comments, participation, and applause? Garbage cans. #
- Whoa. Del.icio.us just launched a complete redesign, including a new URL (http://delicious.com). More on the blog: http://tinyurl.com/6p7v3z #
- @jerry_makare This is my grown up telephone voice. I use it when I’m trying to sound important and professional and stuff. #
- Looks like the wonderful folks down at Ignite Phoenix have announced their lineup: http://tinyurl.com/6492od Looks great - wish I could go! #
- Whoa. NetShare, and iPhone app to let you use your phone as a 3G/EDGE modem, just appeared in the App Store: http://tinyurl.com/58yxtf #
- Aaaaand I’m on vacation until Monday. Headed to the Oregon Coast with @rachelbancroft and the kids. Tillamook for curds, aquarium, etc. Yay! #
- @billpearson I would love to work for a business with social good as its goal, as long as I could still pay the bills. #
- @billpearson thanks for the book reco. I’ll check it out (wonder if it’s on Kindle? #
- New features in the beta Google Reader for iPhone (google.com/reader/i): settings, option to format viewed pages for mobile. Yay! #
- I like letting Google Reader run pages through Google’s reformatter. Makes them smaller, load faster, and easier to read. #
- I use Google’s Mobile Page Translator all the time, via the Mobilize This! bookmarklet. Now GReader can save me that step. #
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- @jmoriarty Wouldn’t it be great if we could just say “I don’t care about numbers, data, or information. I care about meaning.” #
- @kellyrfeller The cam I rave about is the Aiptek Go-HD (or Action HD). Records straight to H.264 MOV. I love it. http://tinyurl.com/34bxb9 #
- Whoa. The Aiptek Go-HD is down to $159 on Amazon. Lowest I’ve ever seen (usually around $200). That’s a GREAT deal. #
- You can see some videos I’ve done with the Aiptek camera at http://jabancroft.blip.tv (looks for the ones I shot in China). #
- @Britopian The whole company using Twitter? Wouldn’t that be something to behold. We’d overwhelm it with “in a boring meeting” tweets. #
- @SharonG I don’t see an internal Twitter-clone taking off. You could only use it when you were on the company net. No phone/mobile access. #
- (Playing Devil’s Advocate on the internal Twitter idea - should be spicy! #
- @Britopian I know you’re new. We’ll beat that pesky optimism out of you yet! #
- @gwynnebaer Not Twitter nonsense. Kicking around the feasibility/desireability of running an internal Twitter service. What do you think? #
- Totally stoked about Jive’s Clearstep Community. If you’re a community manager, or deal with social stuff in your company, you need to join. #
- Clearstep has two focus areas: online communities, and internal collaboration. I know lots of you do both. http://tinyurl.com/5qbcy3 #
- @jezlyn The Aiptek Action HD is the one that does 1080p. I have it. Honestly, I think 1080p is TOO big. I use it in 720p 60fps mode. #
- @jezlyn Most of the videos at http://jabancroft.blip.tv were shot with the Aiptek Go-HD (except my Kindle unboxing). Shrunk down to 640×360. #
- @jezlyn I’m in the process of uploading the HD 720p originals of my Shanghai videos, so you can check them out/compare. #
- @jschultz That’s what the RSS feed is for, duh. #
- @rachelbancroft Fizzy science experiments!? Fun! Can I play? #
- HD version of one of my videos shot on the Aiptek Go-HD in Shanghai is up. Go to “Files and Links”, get the .MOV: http://tinyurl.com/5hlvvh #
- Oh, man! The TSA destroyed the RepRap that was at OSCON on it’s trip home to Bath! http://tinyurl.com/62txto #
- @bfraedri You can’t do Twitter wrong - don’t worry! Go look at who @pulseofintel is following to find more people to follow, and have fun! #
- @KathySierra FriendFeed is great for that - you can post more than Twitter, but not as much as a full blog post. It’s easy and frictionless. #
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- Clearing out old un-listened to GrandCentral voicemails from as far back as February. There’s a reason my greeting says “email me instead”. #
- @TiEsQue You need to start @crazyneighbor a Twitter account and start posting his antics vicariously. It’s thoroughly entertaining. #
- Looks like Hasbro finally got around to having Scrabulous shut down: http://tinyurl.com/6ksx4w #
- I took enough notes and got enough ideas at OSCON for a month’s worth of writing, but I can’t escape meetings long enough to start writing! #
- Dear L.A.: Go ahead and get all of your earthquakes out of your system now, before I come down in two weeks. Love, Josh. #
- @DivaDanese You are so right. I’ve been struggling to find time to get into the right frame of mind for writing. It’s hard around here! #
- Wondering if it’s worth wiring up TwitterFeed to pipe things I post directly to FriendFeed (like this) into Twitter. Wish I cou.. #
- @iSunDevil Thanks! Can you tell I love talking about this stuff? #
- @kathysierra Thanks for mentioning my OSCON/writing tweet. I took a different approach this time, from my usual breathless liveblogging. #
- @tomnovak Ha! It wasn’t Smee! #
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- Hey, happy birthday @oregoniansteve! Facebook told me so. Hope you had a good one! #
- Slogging through a week’s worth of email that accumulated while I was at OSCON last week. Ugh. #
- I wonder what would happen if I just deleted all of these emails? If it’s important, they’ll get in touch, right? #
- So, Google Calendar supports CalDav now. So it can 2way sync with iCal. And an iPhone. Aweseome. http://tinyurl.com/5cykpb #
- Email conquered, but the meetings are getting the best of me. This day is winning against me, so far… #
- @annierodkins So sorry to hear about your kitty. #
- Cuil violates Josh’s Rule of Naming: never pick a name you have to explain how to pronounce every time it’s written. #
- And Cuil also violates the corrolary to Josh’s Rule of Naming: never pick a name you have to spell every time you speak it. #
- @kenekaplan I actually think Profilactic’s name is pretty clever. #
- @grigs ask @ravenzachary to opine on the fact that iPhone App “FairPlay” DRM has been cracked. Would love to know what he thinks. #
- Finally upgrading @rachelbancroft’s iPhone to the 2.0 OS. Can’t wait to show her the cool apps! #
- @hangry @rachelbancroft does make a mean taco soup. We need to get together with you guys again! #
- @tiesque Yes, Flickr and Digg violate the “have to spell it when you say it” part of the rule. But I’ve never had to spell Google to anyone. #
- @scottjedwards Viiv has always been my poster child for how to violate BOTH parts of Josh’s Rule of Naming. #
- @TiEsQue yeah, but at least you can phonetically sound out Google, Flickr, and Digg. Good luck with Cuil. #
- Looking for beach lodgings this weekend, came across the most awesome website ever. Don’t forget to View Source. http://seahavenmotel.com/ #
- Nice to know they built that site using Netscape 4.7 on Windows 5.0 (aka Windows 2000). Not a link in sight. Someone paid money for that. #
- @jezlyn I’ll ask @rachelbancroft and get her to blog the recipe, and post a link. Good idea! #
- Running Firebug against http://seahavenmotel.com/ just for fun. As @donpdonp pointed out, there’s a lovely giant 1MB JPG crammed in there. #
- Prolly sent http://seahavenmotel.com more traffic tonight than they’ve had in a long time. If they ran any analytics, they might notice. #
- @jezlyn et al - here’s @rachelbancroft’s recipe for taco soup: http://tinyurl.com/6h2hks Enjoy - I know I do! #
Too bad it wasn’t Wil’s Hot Space Mom.
What store did you see this at? Trek toys are really hard to come by lately, since Trek hasn’t been too popular. My girlfriend would probably love me even more if I found her some DS9 stuff.
This was in a Suncoast Motion Picture Company video store in the Valley River Mall in Eugene, Oregon. I’ve also seen this brand of TNG figures in Hastings (book/video) stores. Either of these might have them available on their respective websites. Good luck!