My Daily Twitter Updates

• 23:51 Just watched the finale of Dollhouse. A great show that ended way too soon. #fb #
• 10:15 If too much traffic is the reason we can't host a terror trial, then please close the United Nations. s.nyt.com/u/t6d #
• 12:00 @petermmarino Come on, ya gotta love Mo. Wait Wait is one of my favorite shows... #
• 13:02 IF AIR TRAVEL WORKED LIKE HEALTH CARE - Of course airlines don't have HIPAA to deal with - ow.ly/12jBx #
• 13:45 You need to set priorities ow.ly/12k4A #
• 13:56 To research healhcare & clinical uses for the device. Patient on site surveys 2 start. mashable.com/apple-tablet ow.ly/12kc5 #
• 18:47 Since Dollhouse has been cancelled, I've decided to replace it with Caprica. Never watched BSG but I'm told it doesn't matter. #fb #
• 19:28 AppleTV! $2.99 for an HD episode of Mad Men. What a rip off. All eps should be 99 cents don't rip me off more for HD. #

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You need to set priorities

Priorities: "

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IF AIR TRAVEL WORKED LIKE HEALTH CARE

Of course air travel doesn't have the same restrictions on keeping your information private, but this is still pretty funny.

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 23:46 Almost done with season 2 of Mad Men - Here's what it would be like if I worked at Sterling Cooper ow.ly/121hY #
• 00:00 Google Apps browser support for IE6 is coming to an end. Thank you Google! ow.ly/121ni #
• 09:48 RT @algore: 2000-2009: The warmest decade on record according to NASA: bit.ly/dv6BJP #
• 10:44 Tweaking some CSS #
• 10:46 Castle just may be a hit! Are you watching? ow.ly/126a2 #
• 11:49 Never buy anything online before you search for "STORE NAME codes". I just saved $26 on an Eddie Bauer order. #
• 12:36 Here's how you deal with a cold winter day! ow.ly/127mR #

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Here's how you deal with a cold winter day!

Keeps the house warm and saves you the trouble of bundling up and disposing of all those twigs and branches.

Castle just may be a hit! Are you watching?

Since the end of Monk, I've been getting my weekly mystery fix on ABC watching Nathon Fillion as Castle. This just may be the show I look forward to more than any other (check with me again when LOST returns) Turns out this weeks episode had some through the roof high ratings so ABC increased their season 3 order from 22 to 24 episodes. Best part: Many of the stars are on Twitter - See below.

The Third Man Gallery – Photo 3 - Castle – ABC.com via kwout

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Google Apps browser support for IE6 is coming to an end. Thank you Google!

Dear Google Apps admin,​

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.

Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 29, 2010

Read Houdini's books via Google Books and Library of Congress

The Harry Houdini Collection from the Library of Congress is available (at least 30 or 40 full texts of published materials) through Google Books.

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Almost done with season 2 of Mad Men - Here's what it would be like if I worked at Sterling Cooper

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 23:25 Apple Is Fighting To Drop iTunes TV Episodes to $0.99 ow.ly/11Enp #
• 16:59 #MSKCC has emerged triumphant in an auction for five buildings that once housed the now defunct Cabrini Medical Center ow.ly/11WfL #
• 17:03 RT @mcdpartners: Are you a Lost fan? If so, check out ow.ly/11Wmn, go to page 20 and click on the 3rd to last flight. #
• 18:20 How to Suck at Facebook - The Oatmeal ow.ly/11WtE #
• 20:00 Self-Seeding of Cancer Cells May Play a Critical Role in Tumor Progression #MSKCC ow.ly/10z4P #

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 23:31 Backing up my tweets with backupify.com - Twitter backup is free! #
• 23:41 Dumb jokes that are funny theoatmeal.com/djtaf/j/99 from @oatmeal #
• 08:52 Google Apps is always getting better and better. Now upload up to 1GB files ow.ly/11lkL #
• 15:56 RT @jewells_mskcc: Our hospital cafeteria rocks! Congrats to Pnina Peled, #MSKCC Exec Chef, who won a Food Network competition Tuesday night #
• 19:00 Map a drive to the cloud ow.ly/11lA6 #
• 19:15 They actually used to x-ray your foot when buying a new pair of shoes - Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - ow.ly/11w5T #
• 20:00 Lymphedema Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering #MSKCC ow.ly/10z3b #

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Introducing iPad.

Map a drive to the cloud

Now that Google Docs allows you to upload files up to 1MB in size, it just makes sense to be able to drag and drop files to a cloud hard drive. This application will let you do it.

GLADINET - Bring the Cloud Closer to You via kwout

Google Apps is always getting better and better

Now you can upload up to 1GB files. If you use your account to store photos, the thumbnail view will really come in handy.

Google Apps update alerts: Thumbnail view, Spelling correction and new Maximum File Size in Google Docs via kwout

Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 27, 2010

Libraries Cost Publishers $100 Billion Per Year! Ban Them!

I get all my TV DVD's from the Suffolk County library. It doesn't appear that libraries have destroyed book, music and DVD sales.

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Intuit Lobbying The Government To Make It More Difficult To File Your Tax Returns

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 06:00 The Cartwright's are now together in the great Ponderosa in the sky. RIP Pernell Roberts s.nyt.com/u/tIn #
• 08:41 The Health Care Blog: Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief ow.ly/10VFs #
• 09:08 The Radiation Boom - While Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag - NYTimes.com ow.ly/10Ws5 #
• 12:53 Jumping between live webcasts of the Apple Announcement live.twit.tv/ and www.ustream.tv/channel/cali-live #
• 13:11 It's the iPad #
• 13:15 Behold Moses with the Tablet ow.ly/113d5 #
• 13:51 I'm so glad I didn't get a Kindle ow.ly/113k6 #
• 13:52 The MLB App on the iPad looks pretty sweet. #
• 13:53 iPad MLB App ow.ly/114jL ow.ly/114kF #
• 14:19 $499 for a 16GB iPad - Biggest announcement YET! #
• 14:22 Best iPad announcement ow.ly/1150S #
• 14:36 Apple rumor disappointments - No video camera? Not Verizon? #
• 14:54 Hmmmm for an under $500 e-book reader should I buy this ow.ly/115IK or this ow.ly/115JB #
• 15:02 Apple iPad: The device healthcare has waited for? | mobihealthnews ow.ly/115Xm #
• 18:55 There is a harpist who plays in the 42nd St subway. It seems he only knows how to play Santa Lucia. Why do I even know that song? #fb #
• 20:00 Life After Breast Reconstruction #MSKCC ow.ly/10z2g #
• 21:14 It doesn't matter what he says, Obama has already been trumped by the iPad announcement. Unless he introduces the new iJobs #fb #
• 21:38 I think someone crazy glued the Supreme Court justices to their seats #sotu #

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The new toy I'm lusting for

Apple - iPad - Photos and images of iPad via kwout

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RIP Pernell Roberts

The Cartwright's are now together in the great Ponderosa in the sky.
RIP Pernell Roberts http://s.nyt.com/u/tIn

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 10:00 How Do I Care for My Health After Cancer: Talking with Your Medical Team in Survivorship (Lecture) #MSKCC - Jan 26 5:30 PM ow.ly/XOCv #
• 19:30 Great Walmart Ad ow.ly/10CjN #
• 20:00 Cancer Statistics Continue to Improve for Major Cancers #MSKCC ow.ly/10z0X #

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Clowning Around

Great Walmart Ad. Sums up how we all feel about clowns.

Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 25, 2010

Quix Reinvents the Bookmarklet

Quix is an extensible bookmarklet.  I started playing with this and converted some bookmarklets that were not included.  What a great idea... one bookmarklet frontends all your bookmarks into one.  Converts them to simple commands.

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Google Reader Lets You Subscribe to Any Page on the Web

Nice! Google Reader will now let you subscribe to any page, even if it doesn't publish an RSS feed.

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AT&T rumored to lose iPhone exclusivity this Wednesday?

Verizon?

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Blogger Static Pages

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New Web Scams Strive To Trick Physicians Into Exposing Patient Data

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Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief

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5 More Reasons Why IE6 Must Die

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Pope's Message to Priests: We Must Blog

Blessed are the Geeks.

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Create Your Own iPhone or Android App in Minutes With iSites

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O'Reilly drops ebook DRM, sees 104% increase in sales

People will still buy even if content is NOT copy protected.

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 23:45 Blessed are the Geeks ow.ly/102ap #
• 18:24 Great day to work @ home. Didn't have to deal with the heavy rain and howling wind, and I got quite a bit of work done. #fb #
• 19:11 Tomorrow is Apple tablet day - NYTimes: A Playland for Apps in a Tablet World s.nyt.com/u/ttu #
• 21:31 Wow! TheStreet.com: Apple tablet headed to Verizon? ow.ly/10pro #
• 21:34 Google Reader will now let you subscribe to any page, even if it doesn't publish an RSS feed. ow.ly/10pv1 #

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 22:13 Two houses on my block still have Christmas decorations up, and ON. In a few weeks just switch Mary & Joseph with George & Abe. #fb #
• 10:39 Emergency load of wash. I have no clean Jets jersey for 3pm. #fb #
• 15:03 An omen. All week I couldn't find my Jets cap. A few minutes ago, it just appeared. #fb #
• 18:10 Nice run while it lasted. #fb #
• 20:00 How Do I Care for My Health After Cancer: Talking with Your Medical Team in Survivorship (Lecture) #MSKCC - Jan 26 5:30 PM ow.ly/XOGL #
• 21:48 @labrt2004 I'm a third of the way through season 2 of Mad Men and totally addicted. I may pre-order season 3 due out in March. #

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• 12:10 Having an incredibly painful time getting my Dad's Harmony remote to choose the right TV source input. #fb #
• 15:35 After 5 hours of troubleshooting, my Dad's remote still doesn't work. Ironic the brand name is "Harmony". #
• 15:40 NYTimes: Jean Simmons, Actress, Dies at 80 s.nyt.com/u/tCz #

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Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 22, 2010

Firebug 1.5 Updates with New Features, Still a Web Developer's Dream [Downloads]

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YouTube Offers No-Flash HTML5 Videos for Chrome and Safari [Streaming Video]

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3outube Downloads YouTube Files With a Single URL Change [Videos]

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PDFmyURL Generates PDFs from Any Web Address [Conversion]

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"Memorize Now" Helps You Commit Long Passages to Memory [Memory]

I may need this if I ever get back to acting.

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 13:52 If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe - nyti.ms/8OVVRu #
• 17:13 If you want a source of valid emails 2 spam, get on one of my relative's joke forwarding lists. 6 pages of addresses before the joke. #fb #
• 18:30 What? Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn - Yahoo! News - Maybe they can help me shower too? ow.ly/Zu4b #
• 20:33 Just called Hope For Haiti. Wanted to talk to Ringo or Meg Ryan. No such luck. Don't let that stop you from calling. #fb #

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Eddie Izzard- Death Star Canteen

Still funny. Worth another look.

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 09:00 Living Beyond Cancer: Upcoming Programs: Lung Cancer: Breathing Easier - Jan 21 1PM #MSKCC ow.ly/XOwM #

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• 05:58 Marathon meeting day. Wish me luck. #
• 09:11 Just got Google docs file upload. ow.ly/Yygz #
• 09:19 On the 27th when Steve Jobs announces the long rumored Apple tablet, he should dress like this - ow.ly/Yz52 #
• 10:00 Living Beyond Cancer: Multiple Myeloma: A Meeting for Patients and Their Family and Friends Jan 20 5PM #MSKCC ow.ly/XOvu #
• 17:28 Check me out in C-Mon & Kypski's new music video: : OneFrameOfFame.com/9515 Got a webcam? Then you can be in it too! #ofof #
• 20:30 A great animated short - Pigeon: Impossible ow.ly/YOkZ #

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Pigeon: Impossible

A great animated short.

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 16:32 Simple website layout - 960 Grid System ow.ly/Yl4t #
• 20:00 Living Beyond Cancer: Upcoming Programs: Lung Cancer: Breathing Easier - Jan 21 1PM #MSKCC ow.ly/XOBw #

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Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 18, 2010

Turn Your Android Phone Into A Real Star Trek Tricorder

Another reason to get an android phone.

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Gmail Goes Secure

Spped vs Security? Security FTW!

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Always Be Testing: 8 Services For Usability Feedback

Do usability web apps do usability testing?

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 11:47 I still have not quite gotten over the Jet game. I was so exhausted I only made 90 minutes of 24 before I passed out. #
• 12:40 @marcofanelli It will be tough doing 2.5 hrs of 24 tonight, but I'm up to the challenge. #
• 17:00 Living Beyond Cancer: Multiple Myeloma: A Meeting for Patients and Their Family and Friends Jan 20 5PM #MSKCC ow.ly/XOpZ #

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 22:34 Just finished watching season 1 of Mad Men. I think we're hooked. #
• 23:06 A clip from back in the days when I actually acted. 1984 or there abouts. ow.ly/Xgsc #
• 23:44 Of all the CES eBook readers I've seen, this one looks the most promising. - Welcome to Copia ow.ly/XgVC #
• 23:51 Here's something that will make your lightsaber extend. Star Wars burlesque show (yes, even Jabba's in here) ow.ly/Xh11 #
• 23:59 They just don't make 'em like this anymore. ow.ly/Xh6y #
• 00:12 To all LOST fans. The final season will NOT answer all your questions. They need to leave some for the MOVIE. #
• 22:00 What a day! Huge Jets win and another day of 24. #fb #

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An Ache in Every Stake - The Three Stooges

An Ache in Every Stake - The Three Stooges

via Clown Ministry

Some comments on my all time favorite Three Stooges film.

They just don't make 'em like this anymore.

1928 All girl banjo band.

Arsenic and Old Lace - All Tied Up

A clip from back in the days when I actually acted. 1984 or there abouts.

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 12:48 I finally started using mint.com and it's pretty amazing. Depressing to know my net worth. #
• 18:09 Ruby Tuesday! #

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• 10:07 The @starbucks near work has raised the price of a venti latte from $4.79 to $5.06. I don't want to carry $.94 change around all day. #
• 18:41 If you can't walk down stairs faster than the down escalator, then TAKE the escalator. #

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• 16:11 Looks like I'm getting some Skype legal settlement money? ow.ly/WzFs #

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Looks like I'm getting some Skype legal settlement money?

I remember being so PO'd when I lost the Skype credits I had bought. I'm glad to see someone took them to court for it.

Bottom line.... stuff you pay for should never just vanish. If I pay for $10 of outgoing calls I should get $10 of outgoing calls and it should never time out.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION If you are a United States resident who purchased Skype Credit that, on at least one occasion prior to December 31, 2009, expired after 180 days of inactivity, a proposed class action settlement may affect your rights. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. Plaintiffs Holly Barker and Brian Carness have filed lawsuits against defendants Skype Communications, S.a.r.l. ("Skype Communications"), Skype Technologies S.A., Skype, Inc. and eBay Inc., on its own behalf and as successor by merger to Skype Delaware Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the "Defendants") challenging the Skype Credit expiration policy. Plaintiffs allege that Skype User Accounts and Skype Credit constitute "gift certificates" that cannot expire or be subject to inactivity fees under various states' laws and that Defendants unlawfully applied the Skype Credit expiration policy against their Skype Credit balances after 180 days of inactivity in supposed violation of these various states' laws, including applicable "gift certificate," consumer protection and/or unfair and deceptive practices laws. Defendants deny that they did anything wrong whatsoever, and contend that plaintiffs' claims are meritless. No court has decided which side is right, and both sides have agreed to resolve the cases and provide relief to the Settlement Class instead of litigation. There is a proposed settlement on behalf of a nationwide class of current and former United States resident purchasers of Skype Credit from Skype Communications, which, if approved, will provide that Skype Communications shall discontinue its Skype Credit expiration policy and implement a Reactivation Policy whereby Skype Credit will no longer expire after 180 days of inactivity, but rather be deemed "inactive" and subject to reactivation. In addition, Skype Communications, on behalf of itself and the other Defendants, has agreed to pay a Settlement Amount of $1,850,000 in full and complete settlement of the Released Claims, which shall include: (i) attorneys' fees and costs and named plaintiffs' incentive awards not to exceed $1,000 each, which collectively shall not exceed 25% of the Settlement Amount subject to Court approval; and (ii) availability, on a claims made basis, of an electronic voucher for $4.00 of Skype Credit per claimant from the Net Settlement Amount. If you are a member of the Settlement Class, your legal rights are affected and you have a choice to make right now:

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS SUBMIT CLAIM FOR VOUCHER Participate in settlement and receive voucher for $4.00 of Skype Credit. Go to the Administrative Site at www.creditexpirationclassaction.com and complete an Internet claim form. OBJECT TO SETTLEMENT Object to the settlement or any of its terms, and ask the District Court not to approve the settlement. Appear at a Final Fairness Hearing on March 12, 2010. To object to the settlement, to plaintiffs' counsels' request for attorneys' fees and costs or to plaintiffs' request for incentive awards, you must file with the District Court (700 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101), by no later than February 16, 2010, written objections setting forth: (i) your name, address and telephone number; (ii) your Skype ID or User Name(s); (iii) a sentence confirming, under penalty of perjury, that you are a person in the Settlement Class; (iv) the factual basis and legal grounds for your objection; (v) the identity of witnesses you intend to call to testify; and (vi) copies of exhibits you intend to offer into evidence at the Final Fairness Hearing. Copies of all objections also must be mailed to each of the following, postmarked by the last day to file the objection: Plaintiffs' Counsel: Roger Townsend, Esq., Breskin, Johnson & Townsend, PLLC, 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 2230, Seattle, Washington 98101; and counsel for Defendants: Julia B. Strickland, Esq., Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067. ASK TO BE EXCLUDED Get out of this action. Get no benefits from the settlement. Keep your rights to sue. If you ask to be excluded or "opt out," you will not share in the settlement benefits and you will not be permitted to object to the terms of the proposed settlement. But, you will keep any rights you have to sue Defendants separately for the same legal claims asserted in the actions. To be excluded, you must mail a written "opt out" request to the Settlement Administrator at P.O. Box 2277, Faribault, MN 55021-2400, with a postmark of no later than February 16, 2010, setting forth the following: (i) your name, address, telephone number; (ii) your Skype ID or User Name(s); (iii) a sentence confirming, under penalty of perjury, that you are a person in the Settlement Class; and (iv) the following statement: "I request to be excluded from the class settlement in Barker v. Skype, Inc., et al, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Case No. 2:09-cv-01364-RSM."

This is a Summary Notice. For further information about the proposed Settlement, including copies of the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement and other court documents, visit www.creditexpirationclassaction.com or contact Plaintiffs' Counsel. DO NOT CONTACT DEFENDANTS, DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL OR THE DISTRICT COURT. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE.

Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 12, 2010

The Skiff Reader: A Forward-Thinking eReader from Hearst and Sprint

The world is going e-reader crazy.

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5 Eye-Popping 3D YouTube Videos

3D is everywhere.

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Star Trek sequel in 2012?

The first of many?

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Glee renewed for a second season - TCA Report

Glad to hear Glee will be back for another year.

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Dragon Breathes Fire Into Touch

This may be worth a try.

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 22:05 What is this? A bonus Monday night episode of Fringe? #
• 22:21 RT @FringeTV: If anyone was confused by tonight's Fringe, this was a bonus stand-alone episode from Season 1. No zombies were used. #fringe #
• 12:50 Harold Varmus to Step Down as President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ow.ly/VHvp #
• 12:53 Google Docs: Now for Storage as much as Collaboration - Upload any file up to 250MB - ow.ly/VHyh #
• 13:30 RT @JessEnough: Parsons Teams With Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center On Alternate Design Models tinyurl.co m/yzpf8pa #
• 15:05 #MSKCC Harold Varmus to Step Down as President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ow.ly/16k47H #
• 16:51 Listening to 2 folks on the train comparing their Kindle and Nook. They seem pleased to forfeit all their ownership rights. Go figure! #
• 18:30 Star Trek sequel in 2012? Just before the end of the world - ow.ly/VHNj #
• 19:00 Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell To Make Us Miserable - The Oatmeal ow.ly/VHXo #

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RIP Art Clokey (1921-2010)

via Television Obscurities by RGJ on 1/9/10

Art Clokey, creator of the beloved animated clay characters Gumby and Pokey (plus Davey and Goliath), has passed away at the age of 88. 

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 23:11 Hard to believe the Simpson's has been on for 20 years. Wish I had aged as well as them. #fb #
• 19:06 Thanks to the town of Huntington for coming and taking care of my tree - ow.ly/VjS3 #

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Sometimes you just have to laugh - Dealing with Town government

Update - Jan 11th - Thanks to the Town of Huntington for showing up and removing the tree today.  I guess the second letter was correct.

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On November 27th, part of my front yard tree broke off and blocked traffic in front of my house.  The Town of Huntington was very responsive sending a crew to cut up the branch and a few days later they came by and picked up all of the debris.


Since then I've been calling and trying to email to find out if the tree is the Town's responsibility.  I have not gotten a call or email in return but I did know that they measured my property a week or two ago.  Today I get two letters in the mail.  One says they are not responsible for the tree, the other says they are.  I called the town and they said, according to their records, they are still waiting for a copy of my survey. (Which I have sent them twice already.)


Since the one dated most recently says they will take responsibility, that's the one I'm going with.

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 14:51 Finished setting up my Linksys NAS200. I now have 1TB of network storage with automated backups and external ftp. Sorry 4 geekspeak. #fb #

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• 16:29 Let's Go JETS! #fb #

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Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 8, 2010

Collabtive – A Free Open Source Project Management Software

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Lenovo Unleashes Hybrid PC

This seems to be the CES item everyone is talking about.

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 08:21 @marcofanelli You can create strange twitter pics too at faceinhole.com. #
• 08:49 This seems to be one of the CES items everyone is talking about - Lenovo Unleashes Hybrid PC ow.ly/Ucbo #
• 08:55 Where is the line between smartphones and netbooks ow.ly/UciM #

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Another Lenovo CES toy - The Skylight

Lenovo Skylight Hands On: The Frisbee Smartbook [Smartbooks]

via Gizmodo by Brian Barrett on 1/7/10

Where is the line between smartphones and netbooks
The

My Daily Twitter Updates

• 08:26 The eBook statistic misquote and some general eBook musings ow.ly/TDYS #
• 17:25 @Courbs Heard about the 1080P decoder the other day but didn't see the Boxee Box. Nice. #
• 17:44 Dealing with local government can really be frustrating. You just have to laugh - Here's my fun with Huntington NY - ow.ly/TPVU #
• 21:46 Watching Twitlive.tv coverage of CES is just like being there. #
• 21:52 @craiglam I just finished watching about an hour of twit CES. The Boxee Box looks great. #

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The Boxee Box

This box is just cool. I already have Boxee in my AppleTV but it runs a bit sluggish at times. Remote has a full keyboard and it will hit at under $200.

The Boxee Box and Keyboard Remote in the Flesh [Boxee]

Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 6, 2010

Skype 4.2 Beta Makes HD-Quality Video Calls [Updates]

Skype in HD and soon to be on your TV.

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Better Talking Lets You Practice And Review for Interviews [Interview]

An automated way to practice your interviewing skills.

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Pocohontar

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 20:21 I'm getting twitter blasted by @BarackObama #

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The eBook statistic misquote and some general eBook musings

Hey, maybe I'm wrong, but I think many sites are misquoting the recent Amazon e-Book sales statistic.  Read the press release.

On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books.

This is being echoed back incorrectly on many sites making it sound like

This Christmas season eBooks outsold print books.

Wrong!  It was one single day.  Christmas Day! The day many people opened their new Kindle and not unexpectedly, purchased an eBook. It's still impressive, but get it right.

It shocks me that so many people are willing to give up their consumer purchasing rights.  Don't get me wrong.  I want a Kindle.  I just want to own what I spend my money on.  As we've seen in the past, Amazon has control of the eBooks you purchase and at any time can remove them from your device.  

Because they are copy protected, you give up your right as a consumer to ever switch to a different eBook reader without losing all of the eBooks you've purchased.  Imagine if all the music CD's you bought over the years only played on one manufacturers CD player.  Would you have invested in so many CD's if you knew they wouldn't play on a different brand of player?

When I buy a book and I'm done with it, I can resell it on Ebay or at my garage sale, I can lend it to a friend, I can donate it to a library.  With an eBook?  It sits on my device so I can brag, "I have 300 books right here in my hand."  In other words, I have no ownership rights.  The Barnes and Noble device, The Nook allows you to lend the eBook to someone with the same device for 2 weeks.  A step in the right direction.

These issues have to be addressed.  Don't be so quick to give up your rights of ownership.

Classic

via http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/ on 1/4/10

Google Reader Shared Items for Jan 5, 2010

Ei.cfg Removal Utility Lets You Use Any Product Key With Your Windows 7 Disc [Downloads]

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UberTwitter Adds Support for Lists, Retweets and Location on BlackBerry

A new version of my fav BB Twitter app

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Can Apple's Tablet Succeed with a $1,000 Price Tag?

I'm really hoping these $1000 rumors are unfounded. Who would drop a grand on a table?

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Turn Your iPhone into a TV Remote

This may be a better option than getting myself a Harmony all in one remote.

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BROWSER WARS: Google Chrome Overtakes Apple's Safari

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WEBMAIL WINS: 70% Prefer Gmail to Outlook

No contest.

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Google Tablet: Google and HTC To Launch Apple iSlate Rival [RUMOR]

Tablet wars heat up.

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10 iPhone Apps for Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions

NOTE to self: Get organized.

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Enterprise 2.0 – Limits of Social Media in the Organization

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My Daily Twitter Updates

• 11:42 If you're in Healthcare, be careful what you TWEET - ow.ly/SZCe #
• 18:46 A new version of my favorite Blackberry Twitter app - ow.ly/T4ng #
• 19:22 I could survive for 41 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor! bit.ly/8b9vop from the curvaceous @oatmeal #
• 20:05 The true Breakfast of Champions - ow.ly/T2vw #
• 20:45 Finally! The Daily Show in HD. Will it be even funnier? #fb #

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• 18:15 What a day! Dead Verizon router and now a dead 3 month old Compaq netbook. #fb #
• 18:35 HP just wanted to sell me a 1 year extended warrenty for $200 for a notebook that cost $350 new. Ya gotta be kidding. #fb #

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• 11:21 @petermmarino I'm enjoying the Jet Pack I got for Christmas. #
• 20:39 J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets #fb #

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• 23:19 Some server problems prevented me from setting up my dad's new Harmony remote control today. FAIL. Seems to be fixed now. #
• 00:16 Now that Dad's Harmony remote is set up I have to say... I want one. Controls all your devices and let's you program multi step activities. #
• 18:47 Had a leftover ham bone, so I made some crockpot split pea soup. Yummy! #fb #

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Google Reader Shared Items for Dec 31, 2009

Camera Hack: How to find a lost camera

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Chart Of The Day

With vs Without Healthcare reform.

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Get Hypnotized By Facebook

If you're not doing anything Monday, get hypnotized.

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OLPC shows off absurdly thin XO-3 concept tablet for 2012 (update: XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 coming first)

The world is tablet crazy.

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DirecTV to launch 3D-HD channel in 2010

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Terrorism Still Less Deadly in US Than Lack of Health Insurance, Salmonella

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OLPC Comes Up With a Beautiful, Thin Tablet Concept

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Calculating The DRM Tax On A Kindle

Another good argument against ebooks. Physical books are not tied to the reader device.

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Amazon Announces It Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books On Christmas... But Doesn't It Mean Rented?

My point exactly. Why are we all so willing to give up our rights as consumers. I should have the same rights with an e-book that I have with a physical book. If I purchase the book I should be able to loan the electronic copy to someone else. Libraries are already doing this with ebooks.

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