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Re: La Jugada Habano Robusto Cigar Review

Michael Lankton — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:57:28 -0000

Good God, the edit punctuates why I don't have any respect for Bryan's reviews and videos. First we're told to wash the mineral salts off our RH beads by running them under tap water, now he's upset that producers of product originating from Latin America use Spanish in their product names. Are you really that dense Bryan? I admit, I drop in from time to time for the sheer comedy, despite that I have no interest in your reviews.

Re: Disqus vs IntenseDebate vs JS-Kit

Michael Lankton — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:41:18 -0000

Still using IntenseDebate and am totally happy with it.

Re: What You Need For A Good PageRank

Michael Lankton — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:35:55 -0000

PR is not as important as people think. I have built sites with virtually no traffic that stayed that way that maintained a PR4 throughout their entire life. Much more important are the SERPS Google gives you. A site that gets top ten SERPS on the first page of a search term are going to get traffic for that term. The term may or may not drive traffic, but people looking for that information will find you if you are in the first half of first page results.

I am pretty good at building sites that get killer SERPS, and honestly it boils down to simple things like good web/site design, properly using terms you want to get hit for, and getting Google to trust you. Obviously that is a vague assessment, but if I layed it out in detail than anyone could do it ;)

Re: Connected Internet Comments

Michael Lankton — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:10:19 -0000

For how many readers is a comment system like Disqus or IntenseDebate a detriment compared to Wordpress comments?

Re: Google Chrome Is The Fastest Browser For Windows 7

Michael Lankton — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:24:36 -0000

Ah, thanks to Gawker Media for sending someone over to confirm my suspicions.

Re: Mac OS X Tiger: End of the Road?

Michael Lankton — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:22:08 -0000

Run MorphOS! They added PPC Mac Mini support and it is lightning fast.

Re: Soundbites: June 6, 2010

Michael Lankton — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:27:13 -0000

Google and Wikipedia are your friends.

Re: Mac OS X Tiger: End of the Road?

Michael Lankton — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:19:01 -0000

It's a 5 year old os, it should be buried. What's shocking is that 62+% of this study shows people using XP. That is a 9 year old operating system people. It's like something from the industrial revolution, put it to rest and upgrade.

Re: Microsoft forecast 30 million Windows Phone 7 Handsets sold in first year

Michael Lankton — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:33:57 -0000

30 million. Heh. Heh heh. Snfffttt. Bwahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa.

Ok, Microsoft just reinvented the reality distortion field. Bravo. 30 million. Hee. Wooooo, good stuff.

Re: The End of FireFox … So says Co-Founder

Michael Lankton — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:12:39 -0000

Mozilla hasn't been relevant for the last couple of years. Webkit sets the bar. The fact of the matter is that the only reason people use Firefox is for the extensions.

Re: Is It Time To Start Blocking Firefox Users?

Michael Lankton — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:44:12 -0000

hahahaha, so much for the EFF NOT being the crooks they really are http://news.cnet.com/8301-3... What did I say about lawyers?

Re: The Nexus One Is Barely Out There (5 Reasons Why Not To Buy The Nexus One)

Michael Lankton — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:13:42 -0000

yeah here it is 3 months later and you know, I would not get a Nexus One with some of the the phones in the near future out there. I would prefer a Desire to a Nexus One, as some issues with the Nexus One's screen came up after this article was published. (not to mention I hate trackballs, specifically useless trackballs)

Re: Redmond Can Rest Easy After the iPad

Michael Lankton — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:57:24 -0000

I am very interested to see an HP tablet running webOS....also the Notion Ink Adam is a lot cooler looking tablet than the iPad.

Re: Why Steve Jobs hates Flash

Michael Lankton — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:59:37 -0000

I'm with Steve on this. Apple knows from firsthand experience that when you allow developers secondary paths toward creating apps for your platform (Carbon) you end up with low quality apps. Flash is becoming it's own platform (AIR). While that's all well and good for a Twitter app or a feed reader, I don't think Steve wants to see that beautiful platform become a patchwork quilt of developer kit roulette. The Iron Grip has always been one of Apple's strengths. Control over the platform delivers a better platform.

In regards to Flash on the web, the only reason we are even talking about it is because web browser makers stopped innovating about a decade ago. While I am a strict advocate for web standards, I can not fault Adobe for creating a framework whereby content that should have been happening via open web standards wasn't. Adobe stepped up and we got a better web for it.

However, can we do in HTML5/css/javascript what Flash and Silverlight deliver? If the answer is yes, then ditch the proprietary third party crap and run with open standards. Ever seen what Flash does for CPU usage? Silverlight is even worse. So great, Adobe and Microsoft offload math to the GPU to spare CPU cycles. Too proprietary. The whole point is for every device to have the same experience regardless of platform.

Steve has taken many stands over the years, and some of them I agree wholeheartedly with. This is one of those times. Flash served it's purpose, but it is not what we want to build the next 10 years of the web on.

Re: Gizmodo editor investigated by US Police

Michael Lankton — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:26:48 -0000

This is called theft by receiving. It is a crime in this country. Gizmodo wanted that exclusive so bad that they ignored the law. They should pay the same penalty as anyone else who commits the same crime, in fact they should pay the maximum penalty because you can damn well bet they KNEW that this was a criminal act and proceeded anyway. The press should not get a free ride on breaking the law on the back of the first amendment.

Re: What’s The Best Way To Connect An iPod To A Car?

Michael Lankton — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:52:52 -0000

With my phone, I stream via bluetooth to my car stereo. Handy for audiobooks, but the fidelity is not adequate for music. I plug in via USB, and then I can use voice commands to search and play. The dash display reflects the artist and track when I am hooked up via USB as well, which is nice. I think any car stereo that uses USB would be the thing. I have a Mercury, which uses Microsoft's Sync system. While I have a gripe or two regarding Sync's voice recognition, it is a good system on the whole.

Re: What’s In Your Dock?

Michael Lankton — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:35:19 -0000

Awesome! You should paypal me 10% of your ad revenue for supplying such a capital idea! mlanktonATmchsiDOTcom Thanks, money is one of my favorite gifts!

Re: HTC Incredible’s Specs Sound, Well, Incredible

Michael Lankton — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:51:47 -0000

I think this one is Verizon only.

Re: Wish List For My Next Smart Phone

Michael Lankton — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:51:35 -0000

I like the Desire. It does away with the worthless trackball of the Nexus One in favor of a similarly worthless, but much less intrusive optical mouse. Sexy phone.

Re: Disqus vs IntenseDebate vs JS-Kit

Michael Lankton — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:40:23 -0000

still using IntenseDebate, and very happy with it

Re: Apple iPad – BrightCove and HTML5 – Challenge to Flash

Michael Lankton — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:58:00 -0000

We obviously like HTML 5 and javascript as they are standards that aren't chained to a specific platform. However, perhaps javascript isn't the answer that most people are looking for. It is far easier for someone to implement rich content using Flash and ActionScript than using javascript, and until there is an open equivalent to what Silverlight and Flash do you will have developers exercising a preference for one or the other. In other words, a lot of the people creating Flash content are artists that picked up enough to be proficient at making the content they want using Adobe's tools. Javascript isn't an alternative for them.

Re: Is It Time To Start Blocking Firefox Users?

Michael Lankton — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:55:13 -0000

Yeah, it was a bad example. Let me rephrase. The pay per click model is for small blogs. It is not a sustainable means of income on today's web for the majority of sites that monetize via ads. Advertising is all about impressions. Impressions which ad blocking, self entitled scumbags like you are denying the advertiser, the ad broker, and the publisher. All while you swoop in and steal the content. Content which was intended to be paid for via advertising.

You will NEVER convince me that I am wrong in this argument. If you use an ad blocker, but on the other hand you wouldn't pirate music, movies or software, than it is YOU my friend who are the hypocrite. One is ok and the other isn't? Bullshit. If you're gonna be a thief, be a thief. Don't try to dress it up in some self righteous argument about digital rights and personal property.

Sorry about my irate response, but I've been reading this garbage for almost half a year now, and the pro ad blocking segment hasn't become more convincing with time. Everyone gets that you don't like advertising, now grow up and quit crying about it.

Re: Opera 10.50 – Fastest Browser on Earth?

Michael Lankton — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:03:37 -0000

Still not as fast as Webkit, and it still fails the HTML 5 video test, at least on Mac.

Re: What Does Palm Need To Do To Survive?

Michael Lankton — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:58:16 -0000

Shortly after this article was published webOS 1.4 was released on Sprint and then Verizon. webOS 1.4 adds support for video capture, adds speed enhancements, and also adds the foundation for Flash support. Look for a full, not lite, version of Flash soon from Adobe.

Re: The Current State Of Mobile OS’: It’s a Mess Out There

Michael Lankton — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:53:44 -0000

....also, don't know what region you're writing from, but at least in North America Blackberry is deeply embedded in people's pockets and in people's minds. Even if Blackberry isn't number one, or even number two, it'll be a long, long time before RIM is out of this picture.