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  • Euro 2008 Twitter bots

    Soccer fan? Well my friend and fellow Viddler team member Kyle Slattery just released two bots for Twitter that you can follow to get both play-by-play and goal-only updates. "Now you can get Euro 2008 right on Twitter. For every update from Soccernet’s GameCasts, just follow @euro2008cup, and if you only want to get updates about goals, follow […]

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  • Dryocampa rubicunda

    Perhaps better known as the Rosy Maple Moth, this moth was just outside our apartment building door. My friend Chris just showed up for dinner and Game 4 of the NBA Finals and immediately he said there was a cool looking moth outside.  I grabbed my camera and bolted for the door. On my finger, […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

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  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

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  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

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  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

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  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

    Continue

  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

    Continue

  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • Fake Steve Jobs: \”Holy crap, we forgot to announce the new MacBooks!\”

    Fake Steve Jobs, you know – the guy that pretends to blog as though he is Steve Jobs ((He’s really a senior editor at Forbes Magazine named Daniel Lyons who came clean through the New York Times.)) – recently wrote a post that made my ear tips point a little higher northward. "So amid all […]

    Continue

  • FriendFeed’s \”hide\” feature

    Just a real quick link to show that FriendFeed has added a "hide" feature that allows you to filter out specific messages, messages of a certain type for a specific user, or – better yet – messages from a specific service by any user. I’m now using this to filter out Twitter messages, since I […]

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  • The pseudo Twitter follow through FriendFeed

    This is a simple tip on how to "follow" someone on Twitter without actually "following" them.  On Twitter I only follow a select few people.  This helps to cut down on the noise and keep me relatively productive. However, there are some Twitter accounts that I’d like to follow, but not "follow".  Take for instance […]

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  • John Gruber: Celtics fan.

    Back to back links to John Gruber’s Daring Fireball?  The way I figure it, I owe him a few thousand links to make up for his one link to my site. Recently, and I’m not sure exactly when, John updated the logo graphic on his site. Something he doesn’t do all that often. This time […]

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  • Hands on with the iPhone 3G

    Engadget‘s Ryan Block, by Apple’s invitation, was able to spend a few minutes with an iPhone 3G.  I’m linking to this both because I think Ryan’s notes are interesting, and because I’m surprised Apple had people see them when even Steve Jobs didn’t have one on-stage during his Keynote. Here are some highlights from Ryan’s […]

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  • John Gruber: The platform is the story.

    John Gruber, sole author of Daring Fireball my favorite weblog on the Internet, states what might seem as obvious to some – but I’m sure will be missed somewhat by the mass-media. He sums up his thoughts of the lower-cost iPhone 3G, and the iPhone SDK, this way: "The physical phone is not the story. […]

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  • Snow Leopard, a reality

    OS X 10.5.3, also known as Leopard and the current Operating System I’m running on my laptop as I write this entry, is a fantastic Operating System.  OS X, since 10.0, has been a leader in the areas of ease of use, security, user interface, speed, and features. Since Apple switched to OS X, just […]

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  • The WWDC wish list, answered?

    Yesterday I wrote a last minute wish list for this year’s WWDC announcements for a few reasons, one of which was simply to be able to compare the list with what actually was announced during the Keynote. Today I find myself in the same state as I was yesterday, still wishing. Apple’s Keynote did, in fact, […]

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  • My last minute WWDC wish list

    These are not predictions.  I have no inside information. I just have needs, wants, and aspirations.  And I’m hoping that this year’s WWDC, Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference happening on Monday in San Francisco, as I’ve hoped so many times in the past will help me fill some of them. I’m going to start with something […]

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  • Post downpour

    The photo doesn’t do the view justice, as usual.

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  • Hancock for iPhone

    I took a quick snap of the poster with my iPhone and now it is my iPhone’s background.

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  • Increase your productivity with Basecamp, Highrise, and Backpack

    37Signals, a software development company out of Chicago, Illinois, recently launched an affiliate program.  I thought this a perfect time for me to let you know about three of their flagship products.  Oh, and I’m not telling you about these just because of their affiliate program, I’ve mentioned 37Signals before. Basecamp – Project management made incredibly […]

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  • Giving away Viddler tshirts at the DiggNation Meetup

    We were able to give away a fair amount of Viddler tshirts, in only a few minutes, at the DiggNation Meetup in Brooklyn, New York to those waiting in line for the live taping of DiggNation.  We did have one stipulation, however, that you must wear the Viddler tshirt right now in order to get […]

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  • At Studio B

    Revision 3 folks are setting up for DiggNation. 1000 people are going to fit in here? Editor’s note: It turns out that 2,000 people showed up at the door.  The Revision 3 crew really takes setting up everything very seriously and they did a great job accommodating for both the recording of a live podcast but also […]

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  • Brian Brushwood interview

    Joanne from Rocketboom, though they were recording something for Internet Week not Rocketboom,  interviews Brian Brushwood (@shwood on Twitter) from Scam School. Shortly after this interview Brian did the opening act for the live taping of DiggNation and did an incredible job.  Fire eating, nails into his eye, and Mr. Happy Pants.  He is definitely […]

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  • Bus to NYC

    Waiting for the bus in Hellertown, PA with Rob and Kyle. We’re headed to New York City for the DiggNation Meetup.

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  • In the cab

    The iPhone helped the cabby find Brooklyn, Ha!

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  • Juggling light

    This guy brought his light-up pins.  He was actually very, very good.  I don’t think he does this professionally but just sorta likes to entertain.

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  • oEmbed: Quick, easy, resource embedding

    I’m going to attempt to keep this short and simple, because so many others have already done a great job documenting, giving examples of use, and extending oEmbed that it’d be silly of me to rewrite all of that here. However, since I’ve never mentioned oEmbed here on my site, I wanted to quickly go […]

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  • On the ViddlerBus!

    Some 14yr. old skateboarder dude was sleeping next to me.  His head kept bobbing and hitting me, so Kyle laughed.

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  • Taping DiggNation

    Live taping of DiggNation in Brooklyn, NY. Supposedly 2,000 people!  This was shot from the VIP section, which was pretty close, while I felt sorry for the really big fans of DiggNation being squashed all the way into the back of Studio B.

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  • WingFest 2008 was a flop

    [ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] I’m writing this under the more than likely false assumption that the directors of WingFest 2008 will actually read it. That the people responsible for the event that took place this past May in Moosic, Pennsylvania on Montage Mountain are savvy enough to open a Web browser and search the Internet using […]

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  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

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  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

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  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

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  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

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  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

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  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

    Continue

  • Help Twitter! Use \”server friendly\” tools.

    I admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone.  When Twitter goes down I throw up my arms in disgust and shake a fist at the west (cuz that is where Twitter HQ is in relation to me). But I think it is time to stop complaining and start helping.  How?   What if we created […]

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  • Spring tree green

    Date taken: May 25, 2008 A tree at the Lackawanna State Park. Adequate rain fall, cooler weather, and plenty of sun has made northeastern Pennsylvania richly covered in deep green this spring.  As summer quickly approaches, I’m sure this particular shade of green will begin to give way to a more yellow tint, but for now […]

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  • Turning on Address Book syncing to Gmail on Mac OS X 10.5.3 without an iPhone or iPod touch

    Prior to even upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5.3 I had heard about this feature, from my co-worker Kyle Slattery on Twitter, that you could sync your Mac OS X Address Book to your Gmail contacts. "Sigh, I was excited about Google contact syncing in 10.5.3, but it turns out it’s only for iPhone and […]

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  • BBQ balloon

    What a gorgeous day in Lehigh Valley!  We had a barbeque in Slatington after a friend’s dance recital.  A great way to round out the weekend.

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  • Parkland Highschool theatre

    At a dance recital at a school. The Parkland Highschool has a serious theatre. The entire place is fairly impressive.

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  • Could Two Guys on Beer be the next Internet video hit?

    I’ve been around this Internet thingy for a few years now.  Actually, I’ve been around since the very beginning in some form or another.  I’ve been actively employed in the Internet video arena for over a year and a half, so I think that when I say that I think Two Guys on Beer has […]

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  • Hand dryer

    You probably can’t read it, but, someone scratched the instructions to say: "Push butt. Rub under arm. Stop."

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  • Pencil sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

    Asteridae by Jennifer Maestre. The above sculpture is constructed completely out of pencils. Jennifer Maestre, sculptor, has an interesting approach to art where she uses pencils for all of her creations.  Some of them are really quite brilliant and I could see wanting to have some of them around. I wonder how long it takes her […]

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