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Re: The family tree is missing medical history

bijan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:29:13 -0000

whoa, 1500's. That's incredible. I gotta get my act together.

Re: The family tree is missing medical history

mdoeff — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:23:49 -0000

I think this would be vary valuable. Like you said, this is a bit of a hornet's nest when it comes to people overcoming their privacy concerns. I noticed that Geni is dipping their toe in the water with this. If you look at the Statistics page it gives you average life expectancy for male and female and longest lifespans for male and female. The Pro package seems to have some additional stats. Geni should definitely expand in this area.

I'm a big fan of Geni. We have a tree dating back to the 1500's.

Re: SONOS ZonePlayer S5

Fraser — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:51:04 -0000

with a single room apartment, I think sonos may be overkill (for now) for
me. thanks for the insight :)

Re: SONOS ZonePlayer S5

mdoeff — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:43:44 -0000

I really like how other music services are integrated into the Sonos - e.g. Pandora, last.fm, rhapsody and being able to synch what I'm playing across several different "zones" in the house. So it really depends on your listening habits. If you're mostly in one room and you mostly play your iTunes then Sonos is probably overkill.

Re: Google Wave’s unproductive email metaphors

mdoeff — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:34:40 -0000

Robert, does Rackspace have plans to implement Google Wave behind the firewall for internal projects and/or collaborative projects with customers? Seems to me that this would address many of the concerns that you have raised about noise, spammers, unknown users, etc.

Re: Ahead of the Curve - Monster of Folk This one... - bijansabet.com

bijan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:43:06 -0000

i ordered it as well

been listening to an advanced copy all week. i like it a lot. especially on the Conor Oberst led tunes.

Re: Ahead of the Curve - Monster of Folk This one... - bijansabet.com

mdoeff — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:12:10 -0000

FYI - Amazon MP3 store has a great deal on this - $3.99 and 48 hours before the official release. http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Of-Folk/dp/B002O...

Re: Serve Well and Be Well Served

gcn — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:46:27 -0000

Might make for a possible mashup?

Re: Serve Well and Be Well Served

mdoeff — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:43:42 -0000

The opening sounds a lot like Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Re: The anti-community list

mdoeff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:22:06 -0000

This Net at Night interview with one of the guys behind Mr. Tweet is worth listening to: http://twit.tv/natn80

Re: The anti-community list

Scobleizer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:04:54 -0000

Yeah, I forgot about Mr. Tweet because I like AllTop better because of its better breadth and focus on things other than just Twitterers. But yeah, Mr. Tweet is trying to resist the pure temptation to go with just a popularity-driven list. There are others on Twitter too that I see pop up in conversation from time to time, but I can't remember them at the moment.

Re: The anti-community list

mdoeff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:59:52 -0000

Have you taken a look at Mr. Tweet yet? I haven't used it much yet but it seems to factor in other factors besides popularity.

Re: Hello, iPhone OS 3.0 beta.

mdoeff — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:54:01 -0000

Great to hear that they nailed the copy/paste function. I was worried that it would be clunky.

Re: Your NPR Name

mdoeff — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:51:42 -0000

I'm Maike Vindeln reporting from San Francisco

Re: On The Kindle

Al — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:40:04 -0000

I don't have an iPhone as I cannot justify the $1800+ price over the next two years and then more after that. I got the Kindle because it is only $360 plus $30 case. I use the font size 4 to 6 depending on light and freshness of eyes. I really like that I have to charge it only once per week or so. I also like the ability to turn off the cell phone portion so that it no longer emits EMF into my body. There are hundreds of free books that one can read on the Kindle. I use the computer to read the complicated PDFs, ones that have tables for example and convert the rest to TXT or Kindle files to read on the Kindle. On some of the TXT conversions I have had to open them in my word processor and remove the hard returns to make the lines flow properly, but that is not a big deal. I like reading outside and cannot do that on my laptop nor on my Palm Pilot. I don't think the Kindle is for everybody, but surely is for the elderly, the handicapped and anyone else that needs a large print book or cannot hold a big book easily. I also have all the books I want to read now and in the near future on my Kindle, with lots more waiting on the computer to just nudge over there when I am ready to read them. I don't read news so I don't care about the newspapers or magazines on the Kindle, just books and check lists and notes and shopping lists and anything else I choose to put on there.

Re: On The Kindle

mdoeff — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:11:17 -0000

Good to know - thanks!

Re: On The Kindle

parislemon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:09:24 -0000

One word of caution is that there is a bug right now preventing your from logging into Instapaper from the Kindles (pretty crappy) web browser. Instead, I use the "official" beta way of using Instapaper on the Kindle, which involves emailing your shared item to your Kindle. Unfortunately, Amazon LAMELY charges you 10 cents each time you email something to the device. I'll be interested to see how this adds up for me. Just something else to know before making the jump -- hopefully they fix the bug preventing you from logging into the web page.

Re: On The Kindle

mdoeff — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:03:45 -0000

I have a bad habit of saving all kinds of stuff to Instapaper and then never going back and reading it. I like the idea of InstaPaper on the iPhone but, similar to your experience, it's not a very enjoyable experience. I'm still not so sure about the $360 price tag but you've just about convinced me that I need to get one of these things.

Re: San Francisco to be “Twitterfied”

parislemon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:55:42 -0000

Great stuff Mike. Hilarious about the pot holes. Also good to know that is really is him using it.

Re: San Francisco to be “Twitterfied”

mdoeff — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:51:13 -0000

I caught most of the livestream this morning. They talked quite a bit about how Twitter might be useful for local government but there were nothing was really committed to. Newsom said that he's been receiving tweets from people about pot holes and actually taking action on those requests (he made a disclaimer that he wouldn't be able to respond to every pothole complaint). He also talked about how Twitter could evolve into something like the 311 service and text message services that are currently in place. They also talked about how it could be a useful tool to do public opinion polls and use it as an emergency broadcast system. There was a funny moment where Newsom said that his staff freaked out when he told them that he had opened a Twitter account last month. they said "Don't touch that thing" but later agreed to him using it.

Re: Off the high speed grid

mdoeff — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:36:38 -0000

Enjoy your time off the high-speed grid. Nice to unplug every once in a while.

Re: Wicks Picks - A change in diagnosis One of the reasons I...

mdoeff — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:32:09 -0000

Very sorry to hear this Todd. Sending you and your family positive thoughts from SF.
-Mike

Re: Justin Vernon gets love from blogs but needs to give it too.

bijan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:35:08 -0000

Justin is an amazing artist

I felt uneasy writing this post since I'm such a fan

Re: Justin Vernon gets love from blogs but needs to give it too.

mdoeff — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:49:15 -0000

This is disappointing, to say the least.

Re: Wicks Picks - project management lingo

mdoeff — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:26:19 -0000

They also forgot one of my favorites: "long pole in the tent"