April 2010
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Classified (11)
The Notorious B.I.G. (3)
Michael Jackson (3)
2Pac (3)
Maxwell (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Goodbye 3.5" floppy disk! →
bfulk:
I actually didn’t know they were still made - way to hold on to that reliable tech Japan!
They actually were very reliable. I remember one day, the floppy drive in my computer failed (my brother put a coin in it) I had to run and get a new one that connected via USB.
Ah, the memories..
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First impressions matter!
o.O my first experience with computers was with Windows ME..
I have not been able to acquire an Apple II as of yet.
staticsafe: oh god
not the best OS Microsoft made
i'm so sorry
lol yea
staticsafe: I'm sorry to hear that.
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what the fuck is going on with facebook these...
em-ali:
its always so messed up when im trying to upload stuff and most of the time my uploads fail
i dont get half my notifications and if i do i get them so late
it’s always getting hacked. like when i type facebook.com it goes to myspace or some other website, like right now it’s going to myspace.
the timing is always off, like the time stamp
they keep changing the things that are fine and...
Testing cross-posting functionality
This is a test of cross posting functionality. via Writerous Posted via web from staticsafe’s posterous | Comment »
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The User's Manifesto
retumbla:
The User’s Manifesto: in defense of hacking, modding, and jailbreaking: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/18/the-users-manifesto-in-defense-of-hacking-modding-and-jailbreaking/
Do no harm
Hacking your device should not affect anybody else’s user experience. If you break any laws, you should be the only potential victim.
Be informed
The risks you take are your own, and you should...
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One more thing... two iPod touch prototypes with... →
OMG! Please let this be an actual prototype.
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Use an Ubuntu Live CD to Securely Wipe Your PC’s... →
(via toddboss)
Very useful stuff.
The part 3 to the Experiences with Linux post is coming up soon!!
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WatchWin.
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WatchHitler shows his frustration for the lost iPhone 4G.
This meme will never die.
/via here.
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TechCrunch to Foursquare- Don't Jump!
thescrambler:
TechCrunch put up a piece earlier today basically begging foursquare not to sell to Yahoo. Apparently, they’re kicking around a number ~$80MM. The crux of the argument is that Y! is where startups go to die (See Flickr, Delicious). Interesting analysis- I’d tend to agree.
I disagree with the Flickr part. I know many people would agree that Flickr is hardly dead. They have a...
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*Sigh* - Gizmodo, really? →
I believe that Gizmodo’s recent disclosure of information about the next generation iPhone (which they reportedly paid someone thousands to get their hands on) is severely lacking any journalistic integrity. I refuse to link to the article here and give them more traffic they don’t deserve.
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I agree with this as well.
We didn’t really need to know exactly who lost his next...
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Haxorz on my iPod Touch
Nothing much. Just changing the root password so nobody tries to ssh into my iDevice.
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It's not fan anymore, it's "likes" →
You’ll notice this at the Facebook widget on the right sidebar.
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someone at apple is so getting fired for this... →
andrewbfear:
either this is a clever promotional ploy (which is completely unnecessary) or someone screwed up over at apple and will be summarily fired.
Nah, this is probably a promotional ploy.
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Will This Be The New Google Web Design? →
The new design looks awesome, but I haven’t gotten it yet. :(
Google is doing the split-testing thing again.
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“I believe that the only reason, other intelligent life hasn’t contacted...”
– Source is me, myself and I:
http://twitter.com/staticsafe/status/12418469092
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apptrackr
When Appulous went down a few months ago, there was a void created. Thankfully, Kyek left his source code for his database for people to use.
Up until now I was using a site called iPhoneCake to get some apps. But I noticed a lot of the download links were down.
Today, I randomly decided to start Installous and to my pleasant surprise I learned about apptrackr, a site based on Kyek’s...
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How your computer can help with earthquake...
fbihop:
This. Is. Awesome.
From NPR:
Newer models of laptops manufactured by companies like Apple and Lenovo contain accelerometers — motion sensors meant to detect whether the computer has been dropped. If the computer falls, the hard drive will automatically switch off to protect the user’s data.
“As soon as I knew there were these low-cost sensors inside these accelerometers, I thought...
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iPhone 4G Revealed Early?
justinholford:
Engadget is reporting that what could very well be an iPhone 4G has not only been spotted, but lost in the wild!
According to their tipster, a smartphone device, most definitely resembling the details of an Apple designed product, was found on the floor of a bar in San Jose, in an iPhone 3G case!
A prototype gone wild? A tester being forgetful? Or has someone at the base of...
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Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts →
(via tangarafastuosa)
Very useful, if you are new to OSX like me.
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HTML5 presentation →
yaggo:
HTML5 technologies demoed in 46 slides.
Some of the demos are really cool.
Won’t work in IE, use Firefox, Chrome or Safari.
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The New CS5 Branding →
cameronmoll:
Veerle Pieters, with input and samples from Shawn Cheris, lead designer for Adobe’s Desktop Brand team.
/via Paul Mayne
Interesting, the oldest loading screen I remember was from Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
Loving the new designs.
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Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Attachment Uploads,... →
(via toddboss)
Excellent.
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If you are a human being with an internet... →
juliaallison:
I didn’t know ANY of this, and I’m already sort of astonished at how well the “tricks” work (in the five hours since I read it).
You’re welcome!
PS. Can you tell I don’t want to work on my taxes?
Very useful stuff.
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Trig formula sheet
I have compiled a formula sheet containing all essential formulas for tomorrow’s test.
Formulas include:
Sine and cosine law. Ambiguous case. Trig identities. Sine, cosine and tangent of special angles. Principal angle.
PDF file can be downloaded from [here].
Good luck!
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New Macbook Pros today?
The Apple online store seems to be down. And there have been strong rumours suggesting new Macbook Pros and iMacs.
Source : Gizmodo
EDIT 1 - The MBP line has been updated! Visit the Apple Store site for more details.
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Live Blog - Adobe CS5 launch
Event beginning in approximately 5 minutes.
Event started!
11: 01 - They are talking about Flash 10.1.
11:02 - Johnny started about CS5. Omniture.
11:04 - New Flash Player and Flash Media Server, Scene 7 and new offering Business Catalyst.
11:06 - Coolest aspects of design suites. Terry White - (Photoshop CS5) Fine edge commands. Intelligent edge detection.
11:08 - CS Review allows...
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Adobe CS5 launch coming up!
As Mr.Costello mentioned, the Adobe CS5 launch event is tomorrow.
Starting at 11am EST.
Can’t wait for the new version of Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
Visit their official launch web page for more details:
http://cs5launch.adobe.com/
Was thinking of skipping English to come home and watch. But, meh. It goes against my nature to skip class, so maybe a followup blog post will be fine.
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Me blogging!
This is a screen post of me blogging. The software used to record this is iShowU HD. Blogging program is MarsEdit. Expect more screen recording posts as I have just learned that I have won a license for Camstasia Studio 7 for Windows. It’s worth $300 dollars!
The music you are hearing in the background is Uprising by Muse. Thanks for tweeting about this awesome band @sjdvda The screen...
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Experiences with Linux (Part 2)
As I promised in my last post this is the second post in the Experiences with Linux series.
In this post I will be talking about the various Linux distros I have used so far and what I’m currently using.
Ubuntu
I will start off with my most used Linux distro. I have been using Ubuntu since 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) all up to the latest beta of 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).
The best thing about...
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Live Update - iPhone OS 4.0 event
EDIT 1 - Macworld says that they are switching to their backup method. Updating manually.
Live blog by Macworld!
EDIT 2- Won’t be posting the Q&A, you read those in the link above.
11:02 PT: That’s iPhone OS 4, Steve says. We’ll have a short break and in about 5 minutes we’ll have a Q&A session.
11:02AM: DanF: Jobs clarifies that the 8GB iPod touch model,...
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Geohot brings back other OS support with PS3...
According to Engadget:
Well, Geohot promised a workaround for Sony’s removal of the “install other OS” feature in PS3 firmware 3.21 and now Geohot has delivered. While it’s not available to the public just yet, Geohot’s 3.21OO custom firmware will apparently be simple to install and, as you can see in the video after the break, it works just as you’d expect...
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Gmail on the iPad
With the release of the iPad, a lot of popular websites like Google are making iPad-based versions of their most popular web applications.
My favorite Google service Gmail, has received a major makeover for their iPad-based site.
This is how it looks:
I must say that it looks damn good. I know for a fact that a lot of people are turned off by Gmail’s design on the desktop, I would like...
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Experiences with Linux (Part 1)
Yes, this is a post about Linux. Maybe some of you thought with all the Windows based posts before that I was a total MS fanboy, well then sorry to delude you.
My experiences with Linux now go back a couple of years. My interest in Linux or more specifically Ubuntu was sparked by a PCWorld article. It was a full blown article on how to go around installing Ubuntu. They usually don’t do...