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Re: Where is Twitter's WordPress? (Scripting News)

Boris Anthony — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:59:30 -0000

Laconi.ca is Twitter's WordPress.
They just needs to make it easier to theme and it'll take off like Mentos in Coke.
(They're concentrating on making it easier to install with all features such as SMS posting, proper queuing etc. Keep in mind also this is not a blog. The architecture needs to be totally different. Somewhere between a CMS and a messaging service, like XMPP or such. And it still needs to be easily installable like Wordpress...)

Also, The Open Microblogging Protocol etc etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMicroBlogging

Re: Platforms are conversations

Boris Anthony — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:30:56 -0000

A chicken clucks, my grandmother clucks, therefore my grandmother is a chicken.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism

beware using "are" this way. it limits your thoughts and ends in fascistic actions.

Platforms CAN [BE|SUPPORT|FOSTER|etc] markets, Markets CAN [BE|SUPPORT|FOSTER|etc] conversations. etc etc

Re: Radar, the real-time photo sharing company, gets boost

Boris Anthony — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:43:36 -0000

@Micke: Build it. Go on, try. :)

Re: Does Technology Alter Our Thinking?

Boris Anthony — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:56:21 -0000

May I suggest also "The medium is the massage" (a, not e) by McLuhan.

Every piece of technology we develop is an extension of ourselves out into the world (often as a tool to try to further control some aspect of the world) and by adding to the world, which shapes us almost completely, we in turn add to it's influence on us.

It is a mistake that humans easily make; we separate ourselves, in our minds, from the world, when really we are just one small part of it, dancing within and with it, all the time.

Re: Does Technology Alter Our Thinking?

Boris Anthony — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:56:21 -0000

Re: Steve Jobs alert: Killer Java app for iPhone

Boris Anthony — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:52:31 -0000

First off, "mobile 2.0" is long past us. Please visit Asia at your earliest convenience and have a local show you what they can do with their devices. (Japan, Korea especially)

Second, the "next web" is not about the device or the platform or the browser, it is about finally making all three able to - connect to the network as easily as possible, - connect as ubiquitously as possible and - access the same data/services regardless.

Yes making the mobile platform as open as possible is key. That tranlsates to having at least one platform available on-device that makes afordances for hackes and open-source weenies to play and make stuff. Nokia did this with Python on the N-series (and then promptly messed that up).

The only problem with Java is it never got picked up really by anyone but the corporate programmer crowd. DIY hackers prefer other environments/cultures.

It is very clear the iPhone is not in any way positioned for the tinkerers, but for the mass market who just wants something "polished and perfect", regardless if that means "closed, proprietary, controled" (and I make no moral judgement on that. there are benefits to being so.) And it is further clear that Apple is not interested in, or simply does not see, in allowing their market base to invest some of it's time to make their product really shine. Maybe tat will come later. "Get as many out in a first run, then open it up a bit once we've recouped development costs and not incurred too much support pain (which would happen if they ship something with little open doors that unwitting users could get snagged on)."

That said, the iPhone runs Mac OS X, which is BSD Unix, and it has a USB port. Someone will "get in", and quick too.

Anyways. I don't know how John feels about us saying so but yes, Radar is like Twitter for cameraphone pictures, and it is hugely powerful. Way more so than Twitter. (The only reason the technerds didn't pick up on Radar earlier is cause it has no API or feeds or other such stuff: it too is meant for a different market...)

Re: Steve Jobs alert: Killer Java app for iPhone

Boris Anthony — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:30:54 -0000

Xapplimatic: I suggest you research a bit more before you run at the mouth, because you evidently haven't the slightest clue. :)
There are tons of applications, written by everyday individuals, available for download and use on mobile devices (cellphone? what's that? something your grandma uses?). Some even for free. Yes most platforms are closed, and yes lots of the really cool stuff is somehow blocked off, be it at the hardware, platform or network layer, but they DO exist and ARE possible.

Anyone who knows how can write a J2ME app that can run on a wide range of devices. That's a fact which somehow escaped your thorough research apparently. ;)

Re: Montreal BOM Chowtime Awards 2007

Boris Anthony — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:27:26 -0000

marketing survey thinly disguised as "vox pop"
not worth the time to pick apart, but definitely a warning to anyone wanting a restaurant reference for Montreal:
Do NOT trust this list "as is"

Re: Pho Lien Restaurant Review

Boris Anthony — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:33:36 -0000

@Jude the "Banh Mi" in the title refers to what you call "subviet" (which is a new one for me. cute!)

this city is packed with awesome vietnamese pho joints, pretty much all of them family or individually owned by people who take their food seriously (enough to not need MSG, btw. ;)

@Nicholas definitely worth trying out. It was my fave for a long while before moving on.

Re: Use your USB keyboard and mouse

Boris Anthony — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:29:45 -0000

what about getting a Wii wand/nunchuck to work with it?

Re: Watch Wes Anderon’s Hotel Chevalier Online Right Now!

Boris Anthony — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:51:15 -0000

"Fret not, itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s completely free"

Thankfully someone upped it to other services, but tell me, how is giving a corporation your credit card details, and thus identity, "free"?

:)

Re: GeekTool Revisited: Weather Radar

Boris Anthony — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:50:34 -0000

http://is.gd/1iuUf (warning: 2Meg screenshot. It's my 30" secondary monitor's background heh)
* I use EarthDesk to show me the world with real cloud data and moonlight.
* The time in a few TimeZones I care about.
e.g.: export TZ=America/Los_Angeles; date -j "+%n%a %l:%M %p";
* Local and regional weather radar
* Local Temperature, Conditions and Forecast for today/tonight
(these are all pulled off of Env Canada's RSS feeds. Could use WUnderground.com too)
* I generate a graph of the temperature over the last 72hrs. Google Graphs.
* Moon phase: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif

I've left GeekTool a Ticket hoping and praying for a WebKit view. :)

Re: If you are not with us, you are against us!

Boris Anthony — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:52:52 -0000

On this page containing about 3600 words, the word "hate" appears 15 times. Though that may not seem very many, it takes just one occurrence to indicate what the problem is.

This counts for all sides involved in this unfortunate debacle. Indeed the fact that there ARE sides is the greatest tragedy of all.

Re: Erotic Star Academy

Boris Anthony — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:31:21 -0000

It seems blogs are not the only thing spreading around the world... :p
While agree with you that this is tasteless garbage, I think that by focusing on the lightly sexual undertones, you are missing the greater tragedy. Why does a phenomenon like Star Academy exist and grow (successfully I must add.. it is a media franchise, like "Who wants to be a millionaire", et al)? It feeds on profound individual and societal insecurities, many of which are created by television in the first place, and now, full circle, people believe they can only truly be stars by being on television. And are willing to do whatever it takes. Of course it goes much deeper than this and further. Sex sells, remember. :(

This transcends all borders, be they political, cultural, racial. I must say I am really amazed to see Star Academy in your part of the world. Not surprised though really.

Also, my other impetus for commenting is that while I see the easy literal pun of replacing Star with Slut, I should point out that a) this is not reserved to women, b) the biggest money makers in this are males and c) you cannot condemn the exploited, no matter how stupid they may be. ;)
(I mean look at the guys in the photos you posted... mindless apes the lot of them! And if they weren't there, neither would the girls.. and vice versa... and if they weren't out there in TV audience-land, the show would shrivel up...)

etc etc ;)