Archive for January, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
  • @bartt congrats! Diana turning 2 today. It's going so fast. in reply to bartt #
  • @Hees chances are the deadline for that is 2020. I mean, we just switched to digital TV for chrissake! in reply to Hees #
  • Getting milk during snow flurries – embarrassing coincidence (@ Kroger) http://4sq.com/5wokYZ #
  • Yes. He does parties,RT @stbain: Google engineer has best job title in history (yeah, this is real). http://post.ly/KZZv (via @mike_elgan) #
  • Unlimited at 30MB: RT @garycope: Photo: Hey Walmart/StraightTalk.com, this is false advertising. Not that other.. http://tinyurl.com/yaqaol5 #
  • Hmm, #apple store is still open… I guess that will change in 20 minutes… #
  • Speculation on why Dylan is playing at #Apple event: "The times they are a-changing"? #
  • #apple announces #iPad #
  • http://tinyurl.com/ycuwj2y picture of #iPad (thanks to Engadget) #
  • Oh, look: they managed to put John Mayer in the presentation:http://tinyurl.com/y9a6gmy #apple (thanks to gdgt.com) #
  • NYT app on #iPad – I bet you, New York Times will stop publishing a news _paper_ within the next 5 years. #
  • Apple Store is still up. I think this means we won't see the iPad for sale today or any time in the next few weeks… #
  • Ah sh*t… 3G on #iPad provided by… AT&T. Verizon, where are you??? #
  • And the #iPad is going to cost… $499 #
  • @bartt Oohhh… nice one! It does mean lugging around another device, but also saves you the extra $150 or so for the 3G on the #iPad in reply to bartt #
  • @bartt Thanks for the tip – I just saw it for the BlackBerry for $29. in reply to bartt #
  • I feel some kind of distortion field… gotta have an iPad! Now! (Wonder where that feeling is coming from…?) #
  • @neboyce I'll get a little nervous when they start selling them with wings though. in reply to neboyce #
  • I'm at Champs (111 N Main St, at W Roanoke St, Blacksburg). http://4sq.com/6ug3QB #
  • I'm at Aweful Arthur's Blacksburg w/ @somebunnyslove. http://4sq.com/bqAqQD #
  • @NRVLiving LOL! That's hilarious! At least the Hokie bird scored! in reply to NRVLiving #
  • I'm at Dynasty Buffet (W Main Street, Walmart, Salem). http://4sq.com/7vCdWz #
  • No snowplows yet on 1st, 2nd or for that matter Main St in Cburg. No point in shoveling driveway if we can't go anywhere anyway. #
  • @somebunnyslove @garycope Not necessarily in that order… in reply to somebunnyslove #
  • @NRVLiving @garycope Gary's right! They're everywhere! In other news, cabin fever can set on as early as after one day. in reply to NRVLiving #
  • Cburg Main Street looks scraped, but none of the side streets. Please, help out the people with prissy Dobermanns that don't pee in snow! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

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Firefox 3.6 release today!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Today is the official release of Firefox 3.6, at 9:30AM Pacific Time (12:30PM Eastern). There are some early bird links available around the web, amongst which the Kabatology blog.

If you’d rather wait for the official release, don’t just twiddle your thumbs: watch this 2 minute video about the new features in 3.6:

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iPod with Sad iPod Icon fixed by Google and Digg!

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Last Saturday my iPod froze up. After applying the reset (Hold on, Hold off, press and hold Menu and Select at the same time), the screen displayed the Sad iPod Icon. Fearing my podcast and audio book listening days were not over but put on indefinite hiatus, I drove home and entered the URL the iPod displayed: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod.

The results there were less than encouraging: try and reconnect your iPod to the computer (sorry, problem didn’t occur while connecting to the computer), or send it in for repairs. Well, we’re talking an almost 4 year old iPod here, so any repairs would probably cost more than the iPod is worth (heck the shipping cost is probably more than it’s worth…!). So I decided to use Google to see if anyone had an alternative solution.

This leads me to a Digg article, that pointed to an article “How To Fix an Ipod with the Sad iPod Icon” on Spilling Coffee. The basic solution boils down to:

  1. Put something on your desk (a stack of paper works great) to prevent your desk from getting damaged (don’t worry about the iPod)
  2. Grab the iPod firmly, with the connector pointing down
  3. Slam it on the stack of papers on your desk

The idea is that the hard disk connector can come lose enough not to make connection anymore, but still be attached enough that a good bang will snap it back into place.

So with a heavy heart and closed eyes I banged my iPod on the desk and performed another reset. Lo and behold, the menu appeared! And faster than it had done on previous resets!! Thanks Tom Coffee!

Warning: banging your iPod on your desk may cause damage to desk, iPod, or anything else in the vicinity. It worked for me, but it may not work for you. Banging your iPod is a serious form of Apple fan-dom…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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