Kevin Shannon

Sunday, December 06, 2009

A typical day.... for me




via Geek And Poke by Oliver Widder on 11/27/09

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These are incredible. Cardboard thin USB drives.

The next time I have the electrician in, these are going in the wall.


via Engadget by Donald Melanson on 12/5/09


My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 22:27 My Daily Twitter Updates ow.ly/16712A #
  • 23:59 @DSchD Glad he solved Trudy's murder. Thought the 2 part finale was good. I love mysteries & Monk was 1 of TV's best ever along w/Columbo. #
  • 01:32 Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula ow.ly/1672tq #
  • 10:36 RT @svartling: Google Opens Personalized Results to All ow.ly/16760x #
  • 10:39 RT @MyFinalTweet: Heading out for an early morning jog. I run right past Tiger Woods place. #
  • 13:27 I just took a long walk to the library and the barber. I listened to 1 TWIG, and 1.5 Net at Nights. Excited to try Twalk.in. #
  • 19:12 Flip software keeps crashing on my Win 7 netbook. Used to work fine but now Flipshare expects a dual core and crashes. If it ain't broke... #
  • 19:21 Tomorrow is our annual International Potluck lunch at work. I made Sugar Free Pumpkin Pudding, a favorite of overweight Santas. #
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Our Christmas Lights


A tour of the Shannon Christmas decorations.

Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula

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You can find some great audio at http://radioarchive.cc/.  I'm currently listening to my favorite fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in a dramatization of the book, "Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula". (Download them here) Here's the information provided by the contributor - 
Sherlock Holmes v Dracula by Loren D. Estleman.
Adapted for radio and directed by Glyn Dearman.
The year is 1890. A ship is discovered adrift off the English coast, its crew missing, its murdered captain lashed to the wheel, and its only passanger is a sinister black dog. This impenetrable mystery is clearly a case for the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, but for the first time in his illustrious career the great detective is baffled. Clearly the crew have been murdered and dumped overboard, but what can account for the captain's expression of imponderable terror and his acute loss of blood, or the ship's strange cargo - fifty boxes of earth?
The game is afoot, and Sherlock Holmes, aided as ever by the faithful Dr. Watson, finds himself on the trail of no mortal enemy, but the arch-vampire himself - Count Dracula...
Sherlock Holmes...........John Moffatt
Doctor John Watson......Timothy West
Count Dracula..............David March
Professor Van Helsing.....Aubrey Woods
Thomas Parker..........Michael Maloney
Mr. Caffyn................Noel Howlett
Mary Watson........Theresa Streatfeild
Vampire.................Frances Jeater
Inspector Lestrade...Nicholas Courtney
Mrs. Barton.............Katherine Parr
Red Bridger................John Hollis
First broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on December 19th, 1981. This re-broadcast November 4th 2007. 
Long thought lost to the BBC archive, this marks the first time this play has been broadcast in many years. Because the BBC didn't keep a copy of this, it's been recovered from tape and such there is a little hiss in places, but the sound quality is very good.
My recording from BBC7 at 128kbps ABR joint-stereo LAME mp3.
A ninety-minute drama, split into two parts to fit on CD.
Enjoy and please seed.
SeymourDAC

Google Reader Shared Items for Dec 5, 2009

FlipShare TV™ | Flip Video

I already do this with my AppleTV, but you have to admire Flip for always adding innovative new tools that make it easy for those technically challenged.


HOW TO: Try Out The New Google Search Right Now

Looking real nice.... I'm sure it will be the main topic of discussion on an upcoming TwiG.


YouTube Feather Is a Lighter-Weight YouTube for Netbooks, Low-Powered PCs [NetBooks]

Trying out feather and it does seem to improve viewing on my Acer netwbook.


Send a Free Holiday Postcard Courtesy of Gmail [Holidays]

Send a FREE snailmail card.


61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For [Downloads]

I love FREE


Google Public DNS Aims to Speed Up Your Browsing [DNS]

Google will have a hand in just about everything at some point.


Report: Sarah Palin "bus tour" a hoax, more like "private jet tour"

Looks like Sarah's really roughing it.


Saturday, December 05, 2009

My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 22:28 My Daily Twitter Updates ow.ly/166Ozn #
  • 23:11 There have been 2 GREAT made for TV detectives... Lt. Columbo and Adrien Monk. Tonight we say farewell 2 Mr Monk. It's a jungle out there. #
  • 11:09 I just pointed my home router to Google's public DNS. The speed difference is obvious. What does Google get out of this? ow.ly/IVPc #
  • 11:14 People will do anything to have a perfect A$$. And yet I know so many people who have achieved that without surgery. ow.ly/IVUj #
  • 11:38 By the way... last night saw the end of a great TV detective. In fiction, the two greatest detectives are Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe. #
  • 12:30 Discover UNESCO World Heritage with Street View ow.ly/166V7j #
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Friday, December 04, 2009

My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 23:04 A song of the sun ow.ly/IoAx #
  • 23:14 I love FREE! 61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For [Downloads] ow.ly/IoH1 #
  • 23:19 Trying out YouTube Feather, and it does seem to improve viewing speed on my Acer netwbook.ow.ly/IoJv #
  • 23:25 When the Kindle looks and works like this, then I'll be getting one. - The future of magazines ow.ly/IoR9 #
  • 23:32 @mina_nyc Here's how you can try out the new Google look and feel - HOW TO: Try Out The New Google Search R ight Now ow.ly/IoVh #
  • 08:21 Will everyone be Twalkin about this? Twalkin = Twitter + Talking ow.ly/IwPW #
  • 12:24 Having lunch with my oldest friend, as in - we've been friends a long time, not - he's of an advanced age. #fb #
  • 18:14 Just got on an LIRR traing from Penn Station to Hicksville. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in weeks. Garbage all over. #
  • 18:52 Warning! Four weeks before Christmas, Macy's Herald Square NY on a Friday night, is definitely a place you want to avoid at all costs. #fb #
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Thursday, December 03, 2009

Something for all you bird lovers out there - 1996 CBS Holiday Greeting

Frosty, The Inappropriate Snowman

The future of magazines

When the Kindle looks and works like this.... I'll be getting one.

A song of the sun

My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 23:44 RT @SoarBio: Interesting work being done at #MSKCC on correlation between PSA values recurrence bit.ly/7fyL4R bit.ly/60Yxp4 #
  • 23:49 RT @glennsabin: Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Barrie Cassileth on oxygen therapy and cancer. tinyurl.com/ykt56gf #
  • 23:50 Updating your facebook relationship status - taken to the extreme ow.ly/I3k9 #
  • 23:53 Very cool. This site adds a Social Network app on top of Google Apps socialwok.com/ #
  • 23:58 My most pop ular tweet of November with 44 clicks ow.ly/I3pF #
  • 17:44 Chinese food tonight. My favorite. #fb #
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 23:47 In tonight's speech Obama used the word "INEXTRICABLY". That would have taken 10 minutes in a GWB speech. ow.ly/HJ3L #
  • 23:54 @chrishmcgovern I don't know about violin hero but here's a good one ow.ly/i/a0K #
  • 23:56 RT @villafup: Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money - shar.es/aEyE7 #
  • 00:06 Everyday I find new things Google. You can set up a store using a Google Docs Spreadsheet and Google Checkout: ow.ly/HJdH #
  • 00:1 0 I don't think this is what they meant by "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" ow.ly/HJgc #
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 22:18 Working on setting up a friends laptop. How could people that don't understand computers get through this? #
  • 08:28 @emilyashan Nothing says Christmas more than the "Let's get drunk and dance" poster behind your tree. tweetphoto.com/5645245 #
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Google Reader Shared Items for Nov 30, 2009

A slightly unfortunate Twitter billboard

Live Twitter feed on a billboard? Maybe not such a good idea.


Chrome OS competitor Jolicloud announces pre-beta release

I had an invite to try this out and never got to it. If they make it easy to install alongside windows then I'll definitely give it a shot.


HandBrake goes 64-bit, adds many improvements

I've heard there are some issues reading in DVD's. I'll have to give it a try.


"I'm Out of the Office Today…"

Three days @ home a week would be nice and be an actual cost savings since that's the cut off point for purchasing a monthly ticket vs daily.


SlickPlan: Easy and Free Flowcharts


My Daily Twitter Updates

  • 23:46 A family restauraunt that has it's priorities in order (from @petermmarino blog) ow.ly/GZTO #
  • 00:10 A live Twitter billboard feed + an ad for your local news team = this unfortunate combination - ow.ly/H0fq #
  • 17:16 RT @CraigKausen: Image of the Day: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas bit.ly/7kLfpH #
  • 17:20 Typical... just when I start relying on my new Twitter lists, they go down..... #
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

A place for the family...





via Peter Michael Marino's Blog by Peter Michael Marino on 11/25/09

This food joint in Buffalo seems to have all of their food and beverage consumption priorities in order ... start your day their way!