- @davest It’s the apocalypse. Did you expect anything other than Google being the first to know when it happened?
# - Headed downtown on MAX for Thai lunch, then to find a spot to read/think/write. #
- @billpearson you say micromanaging has its place. I’m curious what place that is. So I can make sure to never go there.
# - @rachelbancroft I totally spaced out the fact that I was coming downtown. We should have made plans. Oh well - next time!
# - @billpearson that makes sense. I’ll try not to have/cause any emergency situations.
# - @bobduffy Perhaps because you believe that ANY meeting is meant to lift your spirits. I thought meetings were for doing the opposite?
# - Wait, the new $30 iPhone data plan from AT&T includes ZERO text messages? You pay $.20 each, or buy 200 @ $5. Gyp! http://tinyurl.com/5shzhv #
- @bobduffy That’s the spirit!
# - @turoczy My GorillaPod works fine with previous generation Flips, should be fine with the Mino. You gotta show me your new toy sometime!
# - Just posted a long essay on how I’ve come to hate the tech industry (it’s not what you might think): http://tinyurl.com/6yhxo4 #
- Also covered tech as a business vs tech as a culture. Would love your thoughts on the topic - leave a comment, or tweet me!
# - Hey, @twitter. All web systems are NOT ok! You’ve disabled “with friends” pages and feeds. How about include that in your updates? Thanks! #
- Just now leaving work. Didn’t know they turn the lights off in the JF1 living room after 6:30 or so. Huh. #
- @dshaw I know when and why @twitter pulled with_friends. I just want them to address when/if it’s coming back along with everything else. #
- Holy crap! I log into FriendFeed for the first time in weeks, and there are comments all over the place! Feed for those, please! #
- I’m totally missing out on comments people are leaving for me at FriendFeed, because I can’t find a feed for them. I can has my data, plz? #
- @turoczy No problem. GorillaPod + Flip Mino is a potent video combination. I’m jealous.
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- Oh THERE’S the snow. Coming down hard in Aloha. Sticking already - prolly an inch on the ground. Only started falling half hour ago. #pdxtst #
- @jschultz I was all prepared to make fun of this weenie “Arctic Blast” snowstorm, but this is actually pretty impressive.
#pdxtst in reply to jschultz # - Snow still coming down hard in Aloha. Windy too. Dare I utter the B-word (blizzard)? Getting to and from church was interesting.
#pdxtst # - That was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done. Don’t take the garbage cans to the street in Crocs in 5″ of snow, K?
#pdxtst # - We spent our snowy afternoon decorating the house/tree for Christmas. http://twitpic.com/szil #
- Whoa, Microaoft released an iPhone app: Seadragon, their “gigapixel” image viewing software. Going to try it… http://tinyurl.com/5tn6qm #
- @jmoriarty I know, right? But Seadragon is surprisingly cool. It’s like near infinite zoom. Try zooming in on the “By the Numbers” image. in reply to jmoriarty #
- The Maps in Seadragon Mobile are also very cool. Will grab your location, let you zoom in close just like Google Earth, only way faster. #
- @ahockley is it really dry in Vancouver? We’ve got more snow here than I can recall in ten years. My backyard: http://twitpic.com/t07p in reply to ahockley #
- @ahockley Wow. Can’t believe Vancouver is dry. This is what my street looks like right now: http://twitpic.com/t0t9 in reply to ahockley #
- @SarahCofer FeedBooks is like crack for your Kindle. Browse at dl directly from feedbooks.mobi, or get their “guide” book to browse catalog. in reply to SarahCofer #
- @SarahCofer I don’t have a good organization scheme for books. I sort by newest, and delete judiciously when I’m done reading. in reply to SarahCofer #
- @chrisorourke I think the Feedbooks site has a “random book” link, but if they don’t, they should. That’s a good idea.
in reply to chrisorourke # - @chrisorourke You and me both. I have so many ideas that if I got paid for all of them, I’d be rich!
in reply to chrisorourke # - KGW tv news says the View Point Inn in Corbett, famous for where they filmed a lot of Twilight, is on fire. #
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- Awesome: “I Love Katamari” for iPhone. Bummer: It’s $8, and doesn’t seem to run very well, according to comments. Too bad. I love that game. #
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- Dreary rainy day. Meetings downtown. Wish I had an umbrella. Hey, that was almost haiku!
# - Picked up Guitar Hero World Tour last night. A few songs - Livin on a Prayer, Eye of the Tiger, Hotel California - were worth it alone.
# - @rachebancroft was mostly on vocals, and me on guitar, but we switched around. Vocals are hard! #
- And our crappy old 27″ CRT TV just doesn’t cut it. So low res and fuzzy you can’t read the lyrics.
Time to find $$ to upgrade it. # - One downtown meeting done, waiting to meet up now with @chrislogan at Stumptown. @portlandrain and @portlandsun battling for supremacy. #
- At the ward Christmas party. Tired from staying up late playing GHWT. Can’t stop yawning… #
- @pregeeth I got the whole band kit, drums included, though I haven’t even tried them yet. They’re big and solid, though!
in reply to pregeeth # - @Jerry_Makare You’re right. Warble IS a great word.
And you just wait until I bring it all to work someday.
in reply to Jerry_Makare # - @protherj Believe it or not, I’ve never played Rock Band. Seen it, read a ton about it. Know it well intellectually, but no hands on exp yet in reply to protherj #
- Comparing the new “Simple” and enhanced iChat bubble styles in Tweetie 1.1. I still like the bubbles. And Nearby has an AWESOME animation. #
- Some words i never thought I’d see together: Intel, sex, Wall Street Journal. (Safe For Work) http://bit.ly/30WK2d #
- @sumwan Neuvasync looks interesting. If it can sync only “real” google contacts, excluding suggested ones, like they claim, I’d try it. in reply to sumwan #
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- Google Chrome for Windows comes out of Beta: http://tinyurl.com/59yaou #
- Intel Oregon Mac Users Group meetup and geek out with Josh and Aaron! Whee!
- Photo: http://bkite.com/02Vc2 # - Neato. Firefox 3.1b2 has a “Restore Session” UI that lets you choose which tabs to restore. Handy. http://tinyurl.com/6nggzx #
- RT @atebits: “Tweetie 1.1 has been approved!” (Not showing up in the App Store yet for me, but I’m excited. http://tinyurl.com/5vn4pn) #
- CubeSpace party and Legion of Tech Board meeting/election. - http://bkite.com/02VAP #
- @jmoriarty Glad you were able to remember the Cluetrain. Was about to make you read it ten times as pennance.
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- @pdxjdangel Rock Band 2 band kit isn’t out until 12/30
in reply to pdxjdangel # - My next tweet is going to be something kind of important to me, albeit corny and cheesy… #
- Thank you all for listening to me x10000. You mean a lot more to me than you’d believe. You’re my friends, and I’m grateful for you all.
# - Thanks to all for the kind 10K words. I AM just a sappy, orange-Croc-wearing goofus. But I love you guys!
# - Got a new toy I’m playing with as we speak: a Flip Mino HD. REALLY impressive so far. I love that iMovie likes the videos. More to come… #
- The Flip Mino HD is a winner so far. No special software needed, quality is great. Even their FlipShare software isn’t terrible. #
- @rachelbancroft I bet you’ve changed more diapers than I have tweeted tweets. Not gonna challenge you there. Nuh uh!
in reply to rachelbancroft # - @masonwest So far, the videos off of the Mino HD are a little over 1 MB per second. in reply to masonwest #
- @verso Haven’t compared video quality to the Apitek yet. But on size/feel/build quality, the Flip blows the Apitek away.
in reply to verso # - The backlight on the screen of our Aiptek Action HD went out, which is what prompted the acquisition of the Flip Mino HD. #
- @brucesharpe Going to compare the sound on the Mino HD/Aiptek. So far, the mic seems strangely directional, biased to the person holding it. in reply to brucesharpe #
- @brucesharpe FWIW, the audio from a Mino HD video shows as AAC, Mono, 44.100 KHz. Video is AVC, 1280×720. Surprised it’s not H.264. in reply to brucesharpe #
- RT @projct: AVC is MPEG4 AVC, aka H.264 (thanks for correcting me, Michael!
# - @WhiplashDesign I have not tried Twitterlator, but if I had to guess/bet, my money would be on Tweetie.
in reply to WhiplashDesign # - @marusin That’s another think I like about the Mino HD - it sits flush and looks right at home plugged into my MBP USB port, too.
in reply to marusin # - @jltitus Try adding a sort object to your Pipe. They don’t automatically get sorted chronologically. in reply to jltitus #
- Waitaminute. IGN got their hands on Rock Band 2 for Wii (final), and they say that GH:WT instruments DO work!? http://tinyurl.com/5elmpo #
- Happy that now I can a) get GH:WT now, and pick up RB2 disc only when it comes out, and b) be able to play both with the same instruments. #
- @sumwan You’re right. EVERYONE needs a pink plastic fake guitar.
in reply to sumwan # - @treowth I’ll get right on developing that app for you. Or were you asking if I knew of such an app?
in reply to treowth # - @matt says that WordPress 2.7 is live. W00t!
http://ma.tt in reply to matt #
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- RT @jbernoff: Attention blogosphere: only 16% of consumers trust corporate blogs. New data released today. http://tinyurl.com/5qdlc2 #
- @bikehugger Yeah, that graph was a little disheartening to the corp blogger in me. But the connected individual in me agrees 100%. in reply to bikehugger #
- Uh oh. @billpearson and @jmoriarty caught my in my attempt to sabotage our early morning staff meeting’s calendar item in Outlook. Foiled! #
- @verso The graph was “Do you trust these sources?” Only 16% (lowest on the graph) said they trust “company blogs”. Read @jbernoff’s analysis in reply to verso #
- Regarding the “only 16% of people trust company blogs” thing, I say “Duh.” People trust people they know. So become “people they know”. #
- Attention Kindle owners: Amazon has 9 free books you can download until Feb. 28. Go get them! http://tinyurl.com/62ttmn #
- Sure, those free Kindle books are probably crap. But they’re FREE crap! What do you want, the moon and the stars?
# - @michaelrykov Oh yes. I’m a big fan of the free/Creative Commons books at manybooks, feedbooks, Gutenberg, etc. in reply to michaelrykov #
- @geekygirldawn Not sure what they’ve been up to lately, but OurMedia.org has always been the site I think of when I think of Drupal. in reply to geekygirldawn #
- @kellyrfeller I get a 404 not found on your Intel SM policy link. Got a correct one? in reply to kellyrfeller #
- RT @kellyrfeller Post on how Intel published its SM guidelines publically. What do you think? Did we get it right? http://tinyurl.com/5u4g9f #
- @CarriBugbee Thanks for your comment. I’m not seeing it yet, but I’m sure it will be great.
in reply to CarriBugbee # - @bryanrhoads I was after a link to the post @kellyrfeller was talking about, but I found it. Thanks!
in reply to bryanrhoads # - I’m really happy to see a “Use System Proxy Settings” option in Firefox 3.1 b2 for Mac. Been so tired of wrangling separate proxy settings. #
- Family Christmas dinner downtown. Grownups only!
- Photo: http://bkite.com/02Tbk # - Dessert at Rose’s Deli on NW 23rd. - Photo: http://bkite.com/02Ti9 #
- @StephStricklen You mentioned TwitterFon not working. If you’re on an iPhone, I can’t recommend Tweetie enough. Best Twitter app I’ve used. in reply to StephStricklen #
- @StephStricklen Tweetie does everything TweetDeck does, but in a super slick, fast, iPhone-elegant way. Definitely worth the few bucks. in reply to StephStricklen #
- @StephStricklen Looks like there’s a known crashing bug with TwitterFon that won’t get fixed til the next version. So it’s not just you.
in reply to StephStricklen # - I can’t wait for the new stuff in Tweetie 1.1 that the author just blogged about: http://atebits.com #
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- @chrisorourke They just released uTorrent for OS X, but it lacks feed capability. Transmission seems to be the favorite OS X torrent app. in reply to chrisorourke #
- @glecko Done and done. Welcome to Twitter!
in reply to glecko # - Google apps are having problems for me this morning. Mail, Reader, Calendar, all timing out and acting weird. Anyone else? #
- @geoffk I’m seeing the Google problems from Intel’s network. Sometimes it’s our proxies, but this seems more widespread. in reply to geoffk #
- My crystal ball predicts blog posts in the usual places about Google’s problems/outages by EOD. If that’s you, get writing!
# - Wow. I just had a search result google.com URL fail. Timeout. What’s going on down there? #
- RT @jmoriarty: Intel has published externally our Social Media guidelines for employees. Feel free to comment and/or use. http://is.gd/aHQb #
- It took a long time and a lot of work to get Intel’s social media guidelines published externally. Hats off to all those who made it happen. #
- Just snagged Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 (thanks @jkendrick). Adds “Private Browsing”, and Tracemonkey (FAST javascript) is on by default. Nice. #
- @Jmartens Thanks for the kind words about Intel’s SM guidelines. We’ve been doing it forever, but nice to have have something to share.
in reply to Jmartens # - My Google issues seem to have smoothed out for now. Mail, Reader, and Calendar working normally. Also, Firefox 3.1 beta 2 is FAST. Go get! #
- Just trained @ashokraj to post on the Intel Software Network blog. Been reading his stuff for a while, looking forward to what he writes!
# - Also showed @ashokraj TweetDeck, and Tweetie on the iPhone. He’s a geek after my own heart!
# - @drthomasho Tweetie is fast, saves searches, fast, lets me RT/reply/DM easily, fast, multiple account support, fast, pretty, and, uh, fast. in reply to drthomasho #
- @LeStew Get Audacity. Open the AIFF, then save as whatever else you want. WAV, MP3 (needs free liblame library, instructions on site). in reply to LeStew #
- @LeStew Audacity invasive? It keeps to itself, I promise! You could also try VLC. Or GarageBand. in reply to LeStew #
- Hey, I just broke 3000 followers. That’s just CRAZY!
Lucky number 3000 was @brandone. Why the heck do 3000 of you listen to me? # - OK, early consensus is that you don’t care what I say, you just follow because of the orange Crocs. Good to know. Oh, and
@camikaos
# - Oh, crap. That annoying tweeting about how many followers I have made someone unfollow me. Sorry! I won’t talk about it any more!
# - @StephStricklen Yay! Congratuations! Can’t wait to see if you “live tweet” the birth.
in reply to StephStricklen # - I can’t make the Ignite Portland 5 Volunteer Kickoff at 6 @cubespace, but if you want to help with IP5, go! http://tinyurl.com/5vrwow #
- Tuned into @stephstricklen on @TheSquare for the first time (believe it or not) just in time for an @ahockley shoutout and her baby news
# - @stephstricklen @aweiss and @thesquare have done what I would have said was impossible: made me a big fan of a local TV news show. Good job! in reply to StephStricklen #
- The way the KGW tweeple have become part of the PDX Twitter community, and made our community part of their show, is masterful. Huge kudos! #
- Ah, yes. It is about time to break out #pdxtst (PDX Twitter! Storm! Team!). Will be extra fun if the TV news folks (KGW tweeps) join in!
# - @wheresitworking Yes, we need a tweeting weatherman. Though Mark Nielsen’s weather blog for FOX12 is awesome. I’m a long time fan. in reply to wheresitworking #
- If you want to track #pdxtst, don’t forget to subscribe to a search feed at search.twitter.com. Compare with mainstream media coverage!
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- @pdxjdangel It was the song selection in RB2 that pushed me over the edge (downloadable songs). Jonathan Coulton and MC Frontalot FTW!
in reply to pdxjdangel # - @pdxjdangel GHWT seems pretty good but the catalog of songs (500+) for RB2 is stellar. More songs I love. And GH Wii guitar works with RB2. in reply to pdxjdangel #
- So cool to see The Amazing Race finale send the contestants all over Portland. Food carts! Voodoo Doughnut!
# - There’s a taxi spot just around the corner from Voodoo on 2nd. Too bad the Amazing Racers tried to flag one down on Burnside. #
- @Jmartens That would make it more challenging, but it’s all about making a TV show. They’ve won like 5 Emmy’s in a row. in reply to Jmartens #
- Imagine what an advantage you’d have on The Amazing Race with an iPhone: Google Maps, Street View, GPS, buying tickets, etc. Hmm… #
- We should put together a community-grown DIY Amazing Race-type game. Make it challenging, geeky, and fun! Who’s in?
# - @Jmartens I’m serious. We could do some pretty cool stuff… In our copious free time, of course.
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- Middle of the night power loss FTL.
# - Power’s back on. Thanks, PGE! #
- Sorry I’m going to miss the meatspace portion of CyborgCamp today. But the cybernetic parts of me will be participating as possible. #
- #cyborgcamp is already #3 on Twitter trends. With all the tweets I’m seeing, there’s no doubt about it. We’re all cyborgs. #
- Found out that Guitar Hero World Tour Wii instruments will NOT work with Rock Band 2. That changes things. Now leaning towards Rock Band 2. #
- I like the on-disc setlist for GH:WT better than RB2’s, but the MASSIVE number of downloadable songs for RB2 has more “I love that song!”s #
- Any opinions/advice for someone who has GH3, GH:Aerosmith, and one Wii guitar (which apparently WILL work in RB2)? GH:WT or RB2 full kit? #
- Dinner with the dam, then off to see the lights at Portland International Raceway. - Photo: http://bkite.com/02PCV #
- @Tersteeg dam = iPhone typo I didn’t catch for “fam”.
in reply to Tersteeg # - @chugg But if I get GH:WT, I’m locked out of any and all RB potential. Stupid Wii incompatible fake plastic musical instruments… *grumble* in reply to chugg #
- Oh, man! Now that I’ve pretty much settled on Rock Band 2 Wii as the gift I want for my bday, I find out it doesn’t ship until 12/30.
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- Crazy morning. @rachelbancroft i sick, so I scrambled to get the kids up, ready, and Emma off to school. Our house depends on Rachel! #
- @LeStew That’s a good idea!
in reply to LeStew # - @jezlyn Flickup is my favorite iPhone photo uploader (made by @kodachrome22), but Klick is good, too. I blogged: http://tinyurl.com/5l3zfo in reply to jezlyn #
- @JeanAnnVK Here’s how I set up my blog to archive a daily digest of my tweets as my “lifelog” in the sidebar: http://tinyurl.com/5l3zfo in reply to JeanAnnVK #
- @JeanAnnVK Oops. Here’s the right URL: http://tinyurl.com/39amgv And I talked about it at WordCamp: http://tinyurl.com/4u685k in reply to JeanAnnVK #
- @Jerry_Makare If I get her a scorpion, I’m telling her it was YOUR idea. in reply to Jerry_Makare #
- RT @mfriesen: Holy crap. How did I not now Adam Savage was on Twitter? @donttrythis (via @TheSquare) in reply to TheSquare #
- Rats. Pioneer Place Apple Store doesn’t have the new in-ear headphones yet.
# - Got shoo’ed out of the Apple Store for asking if I could take a picture. Lesson?don’t ask, just take. #
- When I said “just take”, I was talking about taking pictures. Not theft. I’ve taken pics in Apple Stores before, never been chastised. #
- @Metroknow The weird thing is, I’ve taken pictures openly in that Apple store before, and no one said anything. But when I asked first… in reply to Metroknow #
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