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Re: Zune HD: Pre-Order it Today

frumpa — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:45:08 -0000

I saw the headline for this story in a tweet, went to Amazon and searched "Zune HD". It didn't give me a link to the product or pre-order but displayed a "banner" with two links for more info. Neither link works. Screen grabs:
http://frumpa.posterous.com/after-a-search-for-...

And Yes, I know this story has the link to the Zune website for the pre-order.

Re: WARNING: TwitViewer May Be a Phishing Scam

frumpa — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:46:08 -0000

I visited the site after seeing the first tweet about it early this morning and it looked untrustworthy. Then I went back a couple hours later and they added the "disclaimer" about the auto-tweet which was not there at first. I checked Safari's snapshot cache but it didn't have a snapshot of the original page any more. The Google cached version shows it originally asked for your Twitter ID number. A whois on the domain shows that it was created today. Unfortunately, too many people will see the auto-tweet and think it was sent intentionally and fall for it.

Re: Twitter’s Response to #fixreplies: We Can’t

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Re: Twitter’s Response to #fixreplies: We Can’t

alisazhao1102 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:46:19 -0000

Re: Twitter’s Response to #fixreplies: We Can’t

@petitionguy — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:59:07 -0000

Which is it, Twitter? You can't scale or you just want to make things simpler? I don't know about you, but I'm losing trust either way just because they're contradicting themselves.

Everyone please sign my #fixreplies petition here and RT to send a strong, unified message:
http://bit.ly/fixtwitter

Re: Twitter’s Response to #fixreplies: We Can’t

Al — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:30:32 -0000

Quote: “serious technical reasons why that setting had to go or be entirely rebuilt—it wouldn’t have lasted long even if we thought it was the best thing ever.”

Ummm, kinda like the rest of Twitter? Obviously it (Twitter) needs a major rewrite, not just the @replies portion.

Re: iPhoto 09’s amazing face recognition

frumpa — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:13:59 -0000

Thanks for the kind words, John.

I simply ramble here about tech and non-tech, and there is the occasional gem.

Al

Re: Christmas Concerts 2008

frumpa — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:57:07 -0000

Thanks. You understand that not ALL of the kids singing/dancing are our grandkids, right? :)

Re: Chrome after a day of use

sol — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:54:21 -0000

That's a good point. Webkit compatibility isn't so hot. I've had to use
Firefox instead of Opera or Safari (Webkit nightly builds) in order to use
Google Docs, Evernote, and even my own blog's Wordpress admin.

With fixes for compatibility of Chrome, developers will automatically make
Safari and Webkit nightlys compatible.

Re: Chrome after a day of use

frumpa — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:46:31 -0000

I agree that the browser playing field is rather level right now (and I'm surprised we're not hearing much from the Opera camp which tends to pipe up when there's a new browser release).

Firefox adoption was strongest with v1.x and early 2.x but they started making it an elephant in v2 and tried to fix that with v3. Opera seems to alway have the newest and greatest features but only a small group have adopted it. I stuck with Firefox because it was good enough and comfortable.

Chrome is faster but there are many reports of incompatibility. Yes, it's only v0.2.x.y.z but I still have to keep Firefox open so I can use Evernote and some other sites. If Google can keep the performance and improve compatibility without bloating Chrome it has a lot of potential.

Re: Chrome after a day of use

sol — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:28:21 -0000

I would argue that you're right about people using what is installed,
but I disagree about Firefox... FF is great, but not great enough to
justify ditching IE. At this point IE vs FF vs Opera vs Safari is just
preference.

This is kind of like Lycos vs Yahoo vs Infoseek... And then came
Google with a search engine that screamed.

When you can run GMail 2 to 10 times faster (not to mention every
other web app), Chrome shows signs of chipping away at browser share
much like Google Search chipped away at search share.

Still, the question is how quickly it will happen. And since Chrome is
open source, the other browsers shouldn't be far behind in
implementing the same performance improvements.

Re: Chrome after a day of use

frumpa — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:09:48 -0000

It will be interesting to see how popular Chrome becomes. Will it be wildly popular like GMail? Or less popular like Google Sites? Only time will tell, but one issue still remains: many. many people use what's installed on their computer because they don't realize they have a choice, or why they need one. Otherwise, Firefox may have a larger user base.

Also, here are some Javascript speed test results of Chrome, Firefox and IE 7:
http://www.degutis.com/blog/google-chrome-javas...

Re: Putting the iPhone 3G performance myths to bed - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

frumpa — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:09:37 -0000

There are 3G issues with the iPhone. Sure the phones they tested were fine but that doesn't mean that all iPhones work fine. What's unknown is whether the problem is some phones or the quality of service.

Case in point: my tweet from Saturday when my wife and I were in town (we live outside the 3G area) having a geek dinner (i.e. playing with our smart phones while waiting for the food):
http://twitter.com/frumpa/statuses/896878299

Re: Smart ForTwo cars spotted

frumpa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:44:11 -0000

The alleged convertible Smart ForTwo I saw was yellow, but I can't recall if the first one Smart I spotted was yellow or red. We'll be seeing more of them on the roads soon, just like it's not uncommon to see a Prius nowadays compared to 2-3 years ago.

Re: http://comments.deasil.com/2008/08/18/iphone-ssh-review-issh-v-pterm-v-touchterm/

felix — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:10:26 -0000

frumpa, just added an image of that iSSH landscape issue. The easiest way, I think, was to show you the app running "top", so you could see that the summary lines at the top of the screen are clearly cut off.

Re: http://comments.deasil.com/2008/08/18/iphone-ssh-review-issh-v-pterm-v-touchterm/

frumpa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:39:59 -0000

Nice write up. A couple of screen shots of what you were describing would have been helpful (e.g. iSSH's landscape issue). Thanks, Al

Re: Smart Fortwo begins to hit US highways

frumpa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:47:14 -0000

I captured one of three in the wild: http://www.degutis.com/blog/smart-fortwo-cars-s...

- Al

Re: Disqus v2.0 WP plugin breaks RSS feed

frumpa — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:42:48 -0000

Daniel Ha sent me a Twitter reply that the problem (my problem) was fixed. Apparently v2 was released (I installed that one) fixed for a PHP4 issue (I installed that one) and then sometime later fixed the RSS issue (which I downloaded today).

So it's worth a try to download the latest and if it still doesn't work report back.

Al

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

frumpa — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:51:20 -0000

I don't see how the ice cream manufacturer sponsorship negates the results. Sure, if the study was about the effectiveness of ice cream for losing weight (I wish) then it would be questionable. Or, if all of the flavors only listed positive qualities (and my tendency for perfection is NOT irritating, regardless of what Judy says).

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

test — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:27:25 -0000

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Re: Disqus 2.0 WordPress plugin broken?

frumpa — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:23:51 -0000

The updated v2 (PHP 4 friendly) works for me, too. Thanks.

Re: Disqus 2.0 WordPress plugin broken?

frumpa — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:43:49 -0000

Looks like the correct directory to me:

http://twitpic.com/7grx

Re: Disqus 2.0 WordPress plugin broken?

frumpa — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:20:00 -0000

Having similar problems with 2.0 on a system that had 1.0. When I click on Comments, as Daniel Ha suggested, I can't get to Disqus because of this error:

http://twitpic.com/7gsi

I haven't modified any files.

** Update:

The "Cannot load disqus." error is because I deactivated the plugin via renaming the directory. After I reactivate it, I'm still stuck at the legacy message on all Plugin screens.

Re: Oops - The Comic Strip (Intro)

frumpa — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:08:45 -0000

Super Dave? I remember him... sort of. Hmmm, maybe he was a subconscience influence as well.

Re: Interesting apps from the iTunes App Store, Part 2

frumpa — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:30:12 -0000

Shazam is amazing! SPOT ON with all my tests so far. Awesome app! Thanks. Remove Midomi now.