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Re: Flight data recorders recovered from Asiana crash

jheising — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:41:52 -0000

Yeah totally. If you watch the video, the plane does indeed hop back into the air as you see a bunch of dirt flying. I thought maybe that was it hitting the seawall and causing it to launch into the air (like hitting a ramp). But the dolphins lifting it out of the water is much more likely explanation. Thanks for the clarification.

Re: Syrian's vision of love amid war goes viral

jheising — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:47:50 -0000

I have to be honest... When I first saw this picture, I thought it was a skull. Kinda creepy.

Re: Another Weird Shiny Thing on Mars

jheising — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:48:58 -0000

Another interesting spot on the large panorama: https://secure.flickr.com/p...

Re: Iran's new Qaher-313 stealth fighter: No, it's not April fools day

jheising — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:18:56 -0000

Totally agree with comments. Quite obviously a fake. I would even venture to say that the skin looks like stretched and doped fabric over a wooden frame (similar to WWI and some WW2 aircraft).

As for the video, I'm almost 100% certain I've seen that exact plane as an RC model somewhere. If I can find it, I'll post it here.

Re: USPS goes postal on lithium ion batteries, refuses to ship smartphones overseas

jheising — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:27 -0000

Actually it's technically more a company than a government agency. It's run as an independent agency like a business, and has not received any direct tax dollars since the 1980's.

And yes, I too did a double take when I thought I spotted Stan the man.

Re: The Deleted City visualizes GeoCities as it was, today

jheising — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:22:47 -0000

I could only watch for about 10 seconds before my MIDI/MOD induced gag reflex kicked in. Heading to bathroom now...

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/09/mobile-app-developers-begin-gain-foothold-san-dieg/

jheising — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:43:45 -0000

Congrats Neha and Siddartha! We're glad that you two chose to use Red Foundry and looking forward to seeing more killer apps built by you!

Re: Podcasts down in iTunes desktop store (update: it's back!)

jheising — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:14:03 -0000

Dude, Apple got hacked...

Re: Researchers display evidence that iOS 4 records all your travels, again (updated)

jheising — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:35:48 -0000

Check this out if you have a Mac. http://petewarden.github.co...

Extremely scary.

Re: Like WordPress for Mobile App Creation: Cabana is a Service to Watch

jheising — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:21:28 -0000

Seems more like VS.NET or Interface Builder than Wordpress. Wordpress was a CMS last time I checked.

Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

jheising — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:48:05 -0000

Good point dimwell. We should really be comparing OS penetration and not just actual device types (as these numbers are comparing). This doesn't do a good job of explaining the whole picture.

Another point we tend to forget is that Apple has been able to do this on ONE US based carrier, whereas Android has been available to anyone who will shake a stick at it.

I think when the Verizon iPhone is available, we will start to see some wild shifts back to Apples camp.

Re: Red Foundry: Is this App development for the rest of us?

jheising — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:16:00 -0000

Red Foundry
Hey all, this is Jim Heising from Red Foundry. Before you write Red Foundry off as not being capable of building "real" apps you may want to actually take a look at what's possible with it. I'm extremely confident that you will change your mind.

Head to the app store and do a search for Red Foundry VIZ (or go to http://itunes.apple.com/us/.... Download and install for free on your iPhone or iPad. When it launches, where it says App Code, type in ENCHILADA and press the arrow button.

What you'll see from here is an app (rendered in real-time) that highlights the capabilities of the platform. For example, we've created a pixel-by-pixel recreation of the USA Today app with nothing more than our markup language, and it only took one of our designers less than a day to build the entire thing.

The thing is, we're not trying to put app devs out of business. We're simply giving them tools to make their lives easier, just like Photoshop or Dreamweaver would do for web designers. Whey spend time creating that perfect UIListView when you can build the entire thing and connect it up to a live datasource in just a matter of minutes? At the end of the day we want to allow devs to focus on making their apps look like a million bucks, rather than focusing on all the minutiae that goes along with building a traditional app.

Re: Red Foundry: Is this App development for the rest of us?

jheising — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:02:00 -0000

Explain further?

Re: Mobile Roadie And Sony Partner To Launch Mobile Apps For Music Artists

jheising — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:49:14 -0000

Michael,

I hope you're ready for a bit of friendly competition. Red Foundry (http://redfoundry.com) has you in its sights, and we're coming : ) Congrats nonetheless.

Re: "Seattle is the mobile Silicon Valley"

jheising — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:42:01 -0000

Hey Chris, what about Red Foundry! : )

Re: How would you change Apple's Magic Trackpad?

jheising — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:04:03 -0000

Can't live without mine.

Re: Google gives crazy people an option to turn off Gmail's conversation view

jheising — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:10:27 -0000

Threading is great to be sure, but I will be turning it off as soon as I can. Major issue with threading: It's not sorted by date unless you read it.

Example:

1) Someone important Emails you and for whatever reason you overlook the Email and don't read it. (BTW this happens a lot with people who get 1000+ emails a day like I do, or after a long trip away).

2) A few days later they Email you again saying "Hey I never heard from you, I need to hear back or else I'm going to take my business elsewhere."

By the time that second Email comes in it is completely buried by other messages because it is sorted by the date of the first Email. Threads should be sorted by the last date on which a message was posted to it regardless of whether or not it was read.

Google seems to think that everyone spends their entire day reading/archiving every Email, but when you are a heavy user it's just not possible and you have to go into "triage mode". Major issue that needs to be resolved.

Re: Mobile+Roadie+Goes+Pro%3B+Launches+New+Version+Of+Customizable+App%26nbsp%3BBuilder

jheising — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:18:47 -0000

I would take a look at Red Foundry (http://redfoundry.com). They seem to have a much more customizable platform.

Re: Picture Details

jheising — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00:42 -0000

Hey guys, this is Jim (the creator of 'stachetastic). Are you interested in building an iPhone app for your band? Hit me up at jheising@gmail.com if you're interested. We're building a number of iPhone apps for bands at the moment.

Cheers,

-jim

Re: Our+Reaction+To+Your+Reactions+To+the+Twitter+Confidential+Documents%26nbsp%3BPost

jheising — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:13:11 -0000

Is it just me or is there a much bigger story in this? This seems like an issue that also affects Google in a big way.

Does this mean an end to cloud based doc management?

I can think of one highly visible company who is rethinking its use at the moment...

Re: Google+Drops+A+Nuclear+Bomb+On+Microsoft.+And+It%26%23039%3Bs+Made+of%26nbsp%3BChrome.

jheising — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:17:34 -0000

MG this is a really sensationalized post. It's clear you hate MSFT (even though you claim not to).

Remember that people use their computers for things other than tweeting, blogging, reading Email and surfing the web.

And not everything belongs in the cloud. Can you imagine a day when you can't even turn your computer on without paying a monthly fee or watching ads? This is where Chrome will take us...

Re: Fire takes down Authorize.net, halting e-commerce for many

jheising — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:04:15 -0000

Actually are you guys sure this is a fire? Our colo company said it was just a massive power outage.

http://www.adhost.com/blog/...

Re: Fire takes down Authorize.net, halting e-commerce for many

jheising — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:59:06 -0000

Wow. I have a rack in Fischer Plaza and our servers have been fine all day. Luckily for us it must have been confined to a smaller area.

Re: Spymaster%3A+The+Twitter+Game+That+Will+Assassinate+Your%26nbsp%3BTime

jheising — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:00:35 -0000

Maybe these guys aren't the same as http://www.ilistinc.com. If not, they may want to rethink their company name. : ) Looks like an awesome game though.

Re: Spymaster%3A+The+Twitter+Game+That+Will+Assassinate+Your%26nbsp%3BTime

jheising — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:43:38 -0000

Has anyone checked out the company behind this game, iList, Inc.? Looks like a direct marketing company. Hmmmm. Do I smell someone cooking SPAM?