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Re: Net News Wire now FREE

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:32:12 -0000

Great news. I had used the free version before and abandoned it. Will have to give the full version a try and see if there are more features to keep me going back to it (instead of relying on a home page set to Netvibes to capture the RSS feeds)

Re: Plugin Mania

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:54:01 -0000

Nicely done Leo!
Out of curiousity, what other Wordpress plugins do you use? I thought you had mentioned on Macbreak Weekly that you were going to list them (or was that just the voices in my head again?).

Thanks.

Re: TWiT Update

Dave from Temecula — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:51:55 -0000

My .02:

There's certainly different aspects of this to consider. 1) Entertainment shows run in seasons. The News doesn't. The TWIT-casts sort of fall into a hybrid category of reporting the news, yet being entertaining.
2) TWIT itself is a bit of a rotating cast with Leo being the steady host. As mentioned before, couldn't someone else play the role of host/editor? Patrick for TWIT or Scott for MBW or anyone of the other regulars would seemingly fill in nicely. We fans of all.

I believe it was Ronald McDonald who said it best, "You deserve a break today" (ok, maybe not).

Re: Not Dead Yet

Dave from Temecula — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:02:43 -0000

someone already stole my thunder but in case anyone missed it, you CAN upload to flickr with an unlocked iPhone without having to import to iPhoto.

Once you've taken your picture on the iPhone just email it to a special flockr email account which ypu can easily setup from within your flickr settings.

Re: Google Buys Jaiku

Dave from Temecula — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:18:25 -0000

Wow. Wonder if this will have some integration w/ Orkut.

Hey Mark, if you don't mind... can I get one of those invites too? Thanks much

Re: Google Buys Jaiku

Dave from Temecula — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:09:38 -0000

@Michael - agreed about Twitter. Twitter took on a whole new life for me once I got my iPhone. Plus between Twitter's Mobile versions, its variants (Hahlo, Pockettweets, Thincloud, etc) and Twitterific on the desktop (for OSX) there are alot of options to sending 'Tweets. I rarely, if ever go to twitter.com.

Re: This Is Your Brain…

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:56:36 -0000

I'm glad I came to the site rather than just viewing on my iPhone (it didn't move at all on the iPhone). However I too started seeing it spinning clockwise... then, as I started to scroll down the page it changed and turned counter clockwise....

Re: Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2007-11-12

Dave from Temecula — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:49:10 -0000

How about instead of posting the Twitter feeds to a blog post, add Twitter Tools to the wordpress blog and each time you Tweet, the module/plug-in will be updated.

This will keep it from aggregating with the rss feeds and still give people the ability to follow you without being overwhelmed.

Just an idea.

Re: Love It Or Hate It? - TWiT 134

Dave from Temecula — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:37:19 -0000

Personally I don't feel an apology is necessary.

Leo provides a number off quality shows that range in topics and participants. I'm thankful to have shows as it more than filled the void I felt when "The Screen Savers" went off the air. Not only has Podcasting filled that role, but its great to have Leo & Co. on TWiT, Macbreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, et al.

I never realized that "The Woz" episode was so hated. I was quite entertained by him actually.

Re: Plugin Mania : LOL: The Life of Leo

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:54:01 -0000

Re: TWiT Update : LOL: The Life of Leo

Dave from Temecula — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:51:55 -0000

Re: Change your Default Terminal Color Scheme in Leopard

Dave from Temecula — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:22:44 -0000

Interesting, but I have two words for you:

I TERM

iTerm is a much nicer, more configurable (and free) terminal emulation application available at Sourceforge. It doesn't come pre-loaded with different schemes, but is very flexible and allows you to customize 'til your heart's content.

Re: Posting to twitter with Quicksilver, Twitterific, and a script.

Dave from Temecula — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:13:12 -0000

just an added note... isn't Quicksilver just for OSX Tiger (10.4) and not updated for Leopard?

I was just curious if you've successfully ran through this on Leopard or haven't upgraded from Tiger yet.

Dave

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Re: Wine Library TV Party At De Loach Vineyards In Santa Rosa

Dave from Temecula — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:13:08 -0000

great pics of the some of the "big dogs" in web 2.0 and a live recording of WLTV to boot.

Re: I’m still alive…

Dave from Temecula — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:22:02 -0000

"I’m enjoying my family time"

Good News. Glad to see you have your priorities straight. :)

Re: Decisions… Decisions

Dave from Temecula — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:58:49 -0000

You're all thinking inside the box...

Only LOOPBK is on the right path.

I smell contest in the works. Send them out (with me getting one of them of course) and we'll all coordinate to open them at the exact same time.

Don't want to hurt Michael Dell's feelings now would we?

Re: Expo wrap up

Dave from Temecula — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:38:52 -0000

Well?? How'd you like the beautiful weekend in sunny Southern California? I hate to say it but I'm a mere 55 minute drive down the 15 from Ontario. Couldn't make it due to prior family obligations although it would have been nice to meet the FIT crew. Glad to hear you all had fun.

Re: Tunnels Galore

Dave from Temecula — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:43:49 -0000

I had heard Steve raving about Hamachi on Security Now. I gave it a quick try and it looks really good. I couldn't get it to work through my Corp. Network though, but do plan on trying it this weekend when visiting the 'in-laws' up in LA. Would be nice to have a vpn tunnel back to my pc at home.

Re: I’m BAAACK!!! Gimme somethin to write on man!

Dave from Temecula — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:16:30 -0000

Man - Guess we're showing are age with this Podcast title eh? (not that it's a bad thing)....

"..... I brought my pencil"

"Hot for Teacher" from Van Halen's 1984

Ok, so it happens to be one of my favorite albums of all time... no one said I had taste. LOL

Re: Word 2007 And Spell Check

Dave from Temecula — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:52:38 -0000

chalk another one up for troubleshooting with a clean user account. nice find.

Re: Post MCSE Bootcamp Report

Dave from Temecula — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:43:04 -0000

Ahh.. what a great show. Just like old times. It was great hearing the old team back together again.

Re: Happy Trails - ITT into the Sunset of new Paths

Dave from Temecula — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:30:35 -0000

Amen to that Andy. ITT was one of my first and favorite podcasts. Hearing that opening intro music always brought a smile to my face as I knew what I was in store for... the ramblings and teachings of comrades in tech. Fellow geeks (and I mean that affectionately of course) who shared different yet similar experiences as the rest of us... in the trenches. The show name couldn't have been more fitting.

Kevin & George - Thank you guys. I'm sure (and hope) this won't be the last we hear from you. Have a great holiday season and fantastic new year!!

Re: The hurt that keeps on hurting

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:47:30 -0000

Hey I keep my spare key on my keychain with the rest of my keys. This way I know I always have it with me. :)

The bright side (if there is one) is that this will now become a lesson to be used over and over. He certainly won't forget it and will likely spread the word of his "unfortunate situation" (at least as much as his pride will allow him to) and you can continue to preach good IT habits (even if you're role has changed) with a "real life" example.

Re: A new day

Dave from Temecula — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:46:50 -0000

Kevin,

KevinDevin.com was always easy to remember, but never fitting for InTheTrenches anyway.

No resistance from here. It's YOUR domain. Your ITT listeners (ok-former listeners) will likely put up little if any resistance. Besides, deep down, you'll always be one of us anyway.

Re: Bike Commute: I made it… one way!

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:47:43 -0000

I'd ride my bike to work too, but my wife would throw a fit if I dragged that mountain bike in the house to ride down the stairs. :)

Oh the joys of telecommuting...

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - My 120 on Joe Torre leaving the New York Yankees ...

Dave from Temecula — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:54:05 -0000

You forgot the point about Torre taking the team to win the World Series in 3 out of the first 4 years after inheriting the team from Buck Showalter and "Stick" Michael.

That being said, Torre still has to get some credit for driving the bus. There are few ... VERY FEW ... managers out there... if any... who could year in and year out take the rectal abuse that the Boss dishes out while keeping an even keel, keeping the Yankee ship running smooth and keeping the player focussed on the media circus that is the New York Yankees. That's not an easy task. Making the playoffs for 12 straight years isn't something to just laugh at just because of the Yankee payroll.

7 Years without a World Series win isn't a knock either (remember its only been 4 years since a WS appearance) especially in a playoff system on steroids (no offense Mr. Bonds). There are 3 rounds of playoffs now. That's a LONG Post Season that follows a very long regular season (which follows spring training). Before Joe? The Yankees finally sniffed the playoffs in '95 (Mattingly's final season) and hadn't been anywhere near it since 1981 when Richard Todd was the QB for the Jets. Sad huh?

Re: http://gary.tumblr.com/post/78887084

Dave from Temecula — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:43:28 -0000

maybe I'm looking at this from a different angle BUT...

Twitter is an appetizer. Facebook is a full dinner.
Twitter is great for those quick "shout outs", but lets face it, how much contact can you really have when you have Twitter numbers like @scobleizer, @jasoncalacanis & @leolaporte? It becomes a blur after a while with no way to process the information.

I don't think we're comparing like technologies here. Similar? Yes. But its not a "one or the other" situation.

Would you replace your TV with your iPhone? No you wouldn't. Yes you can watch video content on your iPhone, but its a different experience? Make sense?

Twitter is great to have an app sitting at the corner of your desktop to keep a finger on the pulse of what's happening now. Then you pick it up and take it with you on your mobile device. Facebook is more of your landing pad. A "more professional" homebase possibly?

Re: http://gary.tumblr.com/post/78889656

Dave from Temecula — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:11:40 -0000

I grew up on Long Island and worked in Manhattan for quite some time using Verizon. It the same as anywhere else. There are good spots and there are dead spots. Just because it's a big metropolis you'd think that the cell providers could provide some decent coverage to a highly dense location. Truth is they can't. Real Estate is costly and there's lots of competition for signal.

Being out in the west coast I live in a valley... its even worse here. Limited cell towers can't cover the landscape when there are hills in the way.

Truth be told each cell provider has their strengths and weeknesses in different areas. "Least dropped calls" is relatvie. It just means they "suck less" than some of the other providers. But "More bars?". I agree, that's a joke.

But kudos to Apple. I won't give up my iPhone regardless.

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Re: Wine and Web Party, thanks to Twitter and DeLoach winery

Dave from Temecula — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:03:08 -0000

Talk about the rock stars of web 2.0

What a great "inside baseball" discussion. Absolutely great stuff.

One oversite, Kevin "the dark hacker" Rose had launched Digg.com before he left The Screen Savers (or was it "Attack of the Show" at that point?). He had promoted it as a "feature site" by a "friend of his". He leveraged his position as host of the show (which he took over after Leo & Patrick left) to help build the digg community. Great move by him and of course a great site.

Re: Will Smith Spoils the Ending of ‘I Am Legend’

Dave from Temecula — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:57:34 -0000

I doubt this will have any effect what-so-ever.... everyone knew the ship was going to sink in Titanic, yet people still flocked to the theaters to see it.

The story is only part of the experience.

Re: Oh My Guinness!

Dave from Temecula — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:22:09 -0000

Great recipe Dale, although I think you have it slightly off. Shouldn't it be two (2) bottles of Guinness?

One to gradually mix with the dry ingredients and the second for the cook.

At least that's always been MY method for cooking! :)