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Blakeyates on "Mac or PC?"

Well I'm in sort of a dilema.. I'm wanting to buy a new notebook this weekend and cannot decide which side to go to. I'm a huge windows fan but lately I've been working with alot of Macs.. Should I get another PC or should i get the Mac book pro?
Publication date: 2010-05-20 more

Live-blogging (okay live-waving) Day 1 of Google I/O Keynote

Okay, I’m going to try live-blogging the keynote of Google I/O, but I’m doing it with a twist. I’m going to try live-blogging in Google Wave with some other folks. Watch the live-stream video at http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers by the way. Lots of folks will be live-blogging or waving. Here is a different live wave with Gina Trapani, [...]
Publication date: 2010-05-19 more

Submit video questions for May 2010

It’s that time! On Monday morning I’ll record some new videos. I created a Google Moderator page where you can post questions or suggestions and vote topics up and down. I won’t be able to answer every single question, but I’ll tackle several popular ones plus a few of the more interesting questions. Please submit [...]
Publication date: 2010-05-15 more

Site review for Google I/O attendees

If you’re attending Google I/O next week then you might enjoy the SEO site review session that we’ll be doing. If you’ll be attending Google I/O, you can now submit your website for review. I’ll also include the form below: Loading… By the way, if you’re attending Google I/O you’ll probably want to install the very spiff [...]
Publication date: 2010-05-13 more

roses on "How to download free iPhone games"

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Publication date: 2010-05-08 more

teairra on "Don't Buy Apple"

I think the only reason for not having an Apple product is its price...We all know how expensive are those, but its worthy thou. It's just funny how people think of choosing other product over an Apple product, as long as you got the budget then might as well go for what Quality Product really is all about. Apple product is not just all of its "Price". There's more into it... :) Technically it's way better than Microsoft, I'm not saying that Microsoft products are that bad but if you know how to compare... :) http://isearchanddestroy.blogspot.com/ thanks guys,
Publication date: 2010-05-06 more

Call for spam reports in five languages

I recently returned from a vacation to Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. It was a ton of fun and I hope to blog about it at some point — each country was of course unique and each offered different, wonderful experiences. From the cherry blossoms and the kindness shown to me by my colleagues at [...]
Publication date: 2010-05-05 more

magneto714 on "Don't Buy Apple"

it's called "technical difficulties." I'm sure Microsoft has had to say that one too many times, but let us not get off topic.
Publication date: 2010-05-05 more

Clean up extra url parameters when searching Google

You know when you do a Google search and get all those extra url parameters that crowd things up? “ie” and “hl” and so on? I hate that, because I often copy and email Google urls, and I try to clean up the url by removing all those extra params each time. You can fix this [...]
Publication date: 2010-05-04 more

kaedesea on "Don't Buy Apple"

that's funny, what about orange? i got a macbook and nano 4gb. and they all works well for me. what's more, it seems there is something wrong with apple CRM
Publication date: 2010-05-04 more

39 Android Apps that I love

Here are the Android Apps that I currently love. It’s not a complete list, but it’s a pretty good start. Music and sound apps Subsonic: stream music from your home computer to your phone Listen: save and play podcasts like This Week in Google Tuner – gStrings: a great guitar tuner Pandora Radio: stream customized music based on artists you [...]
Publication date: 2010-05-03 more

kaedesea on "differentiate iphone 3g and 3gs"

wow, is the pic a newly release iphone?
Publication date: 2010-04-30 more

somguy on "Mac for modeling, pro'g, etc.."

Hi all, Complete newbie here; so, sorry if this is in the wrong spot. I'm about to enter the world of scientific forward modeling and am seeking advice/opinions on macbook pro spec and requirements for a series of projects ahead. As a keen photographer and an apple fan I'm set on a mac anyway. But with the modeling and programing in mind, is a macbook the best bet for me? And, if so, what might be the minimum requirements? Should i splash out for the i5, 4gb ram, etc. Initially, data & model output analysis will involve Linux OS commands for file handling, writing executable scripts in Linux, Python and/or Matlab use, loading and plotting data. Future model development stuff will include programming in C, C++, C
Publication date: 2010-04-28 more

magneto714 on "Apple Ipad over rated?"

Ipad is out. But is it really worth the money? Different thoughts for this as we can plainly see from the flame wars poppin up from this. What do you think? Is the apple Ipad the new multi-million dollar money maker for Microsoft?
Publication date: 2010-04-28 more

GPX58 on "Apple Ipad over rated?"

Ipad is out. But is it really worth the money? Different thoughts for this as we can plainly see from the flame wars poppin up from this. What do you think? Is the apple Ipad the new multi-million dollar money maker for Microsoft?
Publication date: 2010-04-28 more

boyethoward13 on "How to transfer iPod photos, music, videos and playlists to iPod on Mac OS X?"

For me to transfer files into ipod to computer, ipod to mac or ipod to itunes i used a 3rd party tool to help me copy songs in my ipod to computer as itunes blocks the ipod-to-computer transfer. Here is a review of the top 5 ipod copying softwares(mac/windows) you might find helpful, http://www.ipodtocomputer.net, make sure you try before you buy, i personally use cucusoft ipod to computer transfer for my pc.
Publication date: 2010-04-27 more

boyethoward13 on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

I am using an iMacsoft Mac DVD Toolkit is an integrated and easy-to-use multimedia tool to rip DVD, create DVD, and copy DVD as well as convert video for Mac users. You can download it here: http://chilidownload.com/imacsoft-mac-dvd-toolkit-details-16959.html It helps me a lot and i love using it.
Publication date: 2010-04-26 more

Traders on "For sale: Brand New Unlocked Apple Iphone 3GS"

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Publication date: 2010-04-25 more

spokenmann on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

Nice sharing, thank you.
Publication date: 2010-04-23 more

Google SEO Report Card, SMX West, plus new features

(I’m traveling, but lots of good stuff from the recent SMX West search conference is now live — plus some new stuff — so I wanted to talk about it.) At the SMX West search conference I did an Ignite talk about Google’s SEO audit that it did on itself. This was part of a global [...]
Publication date: 2010-04-16 more

Belaward on "RipCode Enables Clientless Adobe Flash Video on Apple iPad"

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Publication date: 2010-04-15 more

Belaward on "Paragon NTFS for Mac 6.5 is free for today ($39.95 worth)"

M4V Converter is a professional software which can convert m4v files to avi, mov, vob, mpeg, flv, mp4, mov, mp3, etc with highest sound and image quality, which is known as the best M4V Converter to convert M4V files to any other video and audio formats.
Publication date: 2010-04-15 more

lonegunmen007 on "RipCode Enables Clientless Adobe Flash Video on Apple iPad"

From Slashdot: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/04/14/0127225/Flash-Comes-To-the-iPad-Via-RipCode?art_pos=7 "Texas-based company RipCode has announced a new 'clientless Flash video codec' that will allow Flash content to be streamed on Apple's iPad. This would include sites like Hulu and YouTube, assuming the respective companies don't find a way to block it. According to RipCode's press release, the TransAct Transcoder V6 captures the iPad's request for Flash content and converts it into a special format that the device accepts and plays. This is all done without a local client or user intervention. 'RipCode's Transactional Transcoding platform enables an alternate and immediate solution to this issue, opening up video content to users without requiring the content hoster to move to HTML5 or pre-transcode entire video libraries from Flash to an iPad-accepted container format. By transcoding the content "in the cloud," it is essentially analogous to a network-based Flash to MP4 or MPEG-TS video adaption layer.'" RipCode http://www.ripcode.com/news/newsRelease.php?id=42
Publication date: 2010-04-14 more

tokyoico on "Transferring Jailbreak games from iTunes?"

Hej all Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm new to this.. Is it possible to transfer jailbreak games from iTunes to a non-jailbroken phone? (i had a jailbroken iphone, downloaded games, sync'd them into iTunes, now have a new iphone with 3.1.3 which i believe can't be jailbroken? and want to put the games on it..) Thanks in advance alex
Publication date: 2010-04-13 more

Google incorporating site speed in search rankings

(I’m in the middle of traveling, but I know that a lot of people will be interested in the news that Google is incorporating site speed as one of the over 200 signals that we use in determining search rankings. I wanted to jot down some quick thoughts.) The main thing I want to get across [...]
Publication date: 2010-04-10 more

wsblackcat on "Share All of FIFA World Cup Theme Songs(including 2010 wave flag)"

As the South Africa 2010 World Cup is just around the corner, I would like to bring you into FIFA World Cup theme songs from 1986 to 2010 to experience the familiar feeling. The Word Cup Theme Songs From 1986 to 2010 Wavin Flag 2010 The rousing Soccer Anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Time of Our Lives 2006 This is a greate time, for Germany, for Intaly, also for zidane Boom 2002 With the tone on the summer of 2002 in Aouth Asia, an ‘ET’ said “I’m back” to all of the world La Copa De La Vida 1998 Accompanied by this familiar melody, two men in the 70s reached the top of the world together, one from Puerto Rico, the other from Juventus; one with music, the other with the football; one named Ricky Martin, the other named Zinedine Gloryland 1994 On July 17, 1994, LosAngle, Heaven was on the left, the Brazilian was dancing in lullaby, Baggio was in the right, the fallen angel turned back to God, hiding his depression, in tears. UN'ESTATE ITALIANA 1990 This World Cup had nothing, apart from <UN'ESTATE ITALIANA> A Special Kind of Hero 1986 This World Cup only belongs to one person, and his name is Diego Armando Maradona. More about FIFA world cup theme songs to iphone ringtone
Publication date: 2010-04-09 more

mrtotes on "differentiate iphone 3g and 3gs"

3GS has shiny writting on the back.
Publication date: 2010-04-09 more

Things to do in Japan and Thailand?

Sometime in the next few weeks, my wife and I are going to take a trip to Japan and Thailand. Our tenth wedding anniversary flew by in January 2010, and now we’re taking the chance to celebrate and explore some new places. I’m really excited because I’ve never been to Asia before (!). We’ve got our [...]
Publication date: 2010-04-07 more

Mini-review of the iPad

I played with an iPad yesterday. Here’s my mini-review. The screen is bright and the touch sensitivity is fantastic. Given that it reminds me the most of an iPhone, it’s surprisingly heavy. It feels dense with potential. On the childlike-sense-of-wonder-scale (as fake Steve Jobs would say), the iPad is better than the Macbook Air but not [...]
Publication date: 2010-04-05 more

codegoo on "Video Genius iPhone app updated"

Hi all, We at Codegoo have updated Video Genius. Use it to enable your older iPhone to have video capability without having to upgrade to a 3GS. It's free, and now has even faster and better quality video. If you'd like to try it, go to http://www.codegoo.com/page/video-genius
Publication date: 2010-03-28 more

sfimobile on "differentiate iphone 3g and 3gs"

Hello, i am a phone trader. but how can i differentiate iphone 3g and 3gs if it is sim-locked?
Publication date: 2010-03-28 more

Valentina_Sk on "How to convert DVD, free videos, flash to iPhone?"

I use Flash to Video Encoder PRO. You can use Flash To Video Encoder PRO for different purposes: Create your own video or dvd collection by converting with Flash To Video Encoder PRO your favourite flash movies. Record the passing of your favorite flash game to video file and save it to the future and etc. Also you able to convert Flash SWF and FLV files to MP4 media content for your mobile devices. This progam has it's advantages)) I like it)
Publication date: 2010-03-25 more

New 30 day challenge: not replying to outside email

I just wrapped up two 30 day challenges (no sugar for 30 days and no iPhone for 30 days). I’ll try to report back what I learned soon, but in the mean time I wanted to alert you that today I’m starting a new 30-day challenge: not replying to outside email. When I announced my first [...]
Publication date: 2010-03-23 more

alexnikle on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

As I know, Leawo MAC Video Converter is a good choice
Publication date: 2010-03-23 more

pavgater01 on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

In fact, what I am using is just the popular DVD Ripper for Mac program: Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac now. It is used to convert DVD to many other video and audio formats, such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, MP3 compatible with iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune on Mac OS. I prefer the program as its after-sale service is good. Last week, I encountered a problem and sent it to them, they replied and solved my problem on time. So I think when choosing an appropriate program for ourselves, we should consider not only its quality, functions, but also its after-sale service. For more information please refer to: http://www.pavtube.com/dvd-ripper-mac/
Publication date: 2010-03-19 more

More material for web site owners

Here’s some more stuff you should know about. - I did a monster-long interview with Eric Enge. I think the interview lasted an hour or something like that, and we covered several areas in depth. - Next, take a break and go read this post by Rhea Drysdale. Heck, maybe send her a donation by Paypal (Added: [...]
Publication date: 2010-03-16 more

Google stars for bookmarking

Google is replacing SearchWiki with stars in Google search. The stars sync with Google Bookmarks, so you can get access to them wherever you go. Once you star something, it shows up above the search results: Pretty cool. But I discovered an extra little tip. If you go to Google Bookmarks, you can find a bookmarklet [...]
Publication date: 2010-03-14 more

Clarifying a couple points

[Just as a reminder: everything below is my personal opinion. I haven't sent it to anyone else at Google for a review, etc.] Valleywag used a recent podcast I did as material for two points in Six Delusions of Google’s Arrogant Leaders. The two assertions that used my comments as material were “Google’s wealth means Google [...]
Publication date: 2010-03-13 more

McKenny on "How to convert DVD, free videos, flash to iPhone?"

I prefer MacVide Video FlashConverter for iPhone for example. It convert video to flash.
Publication date: 2010-03-04 more

Start an embedded YouTube video at a certain timestamp

In a previous post I covered how to link to a specific timestamp in a YouTube video. The short version looks like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDw3azfZWI#t=31m08s The “#t=31m08s” takes you to 31 minutes and 8 seconds in a video. I just found out that you can also start embedded videos at a certain timestamp. To do it on an embedded [...]
Publication date: 2010-03-04 more

Calling for link spam reports

Google has been working on some new algorithms and tools to tackle linkspam and we’d like to ask for linkspam reports from you. If you’d like to tell us about web sites that appear to be using spammy links (e.g. paid links that pass PageRank, blog spammers, guestbook spammers, etc.), here’s how to send us [...]
Publication date: 2010-03-03 more

I'm Blogging Elsewhere

I haven't written much here recently. And that's really due to a lot of reason, not the last of which is being busy and that we have a wonderful new kitten named Bear: The other issue is that I've becoming increasingly unhappy with my blogging tools, the custom hacks I've added over the years, and the required maintenance and upkeep. So I've decided to give WordPress a try. You can visit my new experimental (likely semi-permanent) blog here: Jeremy Zawodny's WordPress blog I may find myself posting stuff here from time to time. Maybe. But the reality is that I'll probably work on a mega export of this stuff into the the new blog and setup some redirects at some point. When I have time. Which means it may take a while. But that's life. In the meantime, I have more efficient tools over there and am likely to publish more often. So check it out if you're interested. Or not. (comments)
Publication date: 2010-02-26 more

Leaving the iPhone

I’m three weeks into a new 30 day challenge: no iPhone. When I got a Nexus One in December, I spent a few weeks carrying both phones around in the pockets of my jeans. It took a little while to adapt to Android, but I’m very happy with my Nexus One and I don’t plan [...]
Publication date: 2010-02-23 more

laptopuser on "Don't Buy Apple"

I just bought a new 15" MacBook Pro, it's my fourth Mac in 7 years, I really enjoy it. Luckily it's not affected me like you other Apple fanatics that demonstrate your arrogance and alter ego's. Why must you bash someone who has had a problem? Give it a rest, and grow up.
Publication date: 2010-02-22 more

My speaking plans for 2010

Last year I tried to limit my travel but still ended up making about ten (!) trips in 2009. This year I’ve resolved to travel less for work. Right now, here’s my current speaking/travel plans for 2010: March 2-4, 2010: SMX West, Santa Clara, CA. I’m doing a “Ask the Search Engines” panel. May 19-20, 2010: Google [...]
Publication date: 2010-02-17 more

Finding the best cell phone carrier

Okay, someone tell me if this device exists (or build it!). I want a device where I can pay $10-15 to get a gadget in the mail. The gadget would sit in my pocket for a week wherever I go. The device would record cell phone signal strength for each of the four major U.S. [...]
Publication date: 2010-02-16 more

Blog to Book?

I recently went looking for some software to make a blog into a book. Here’s what I found: - Lulu will take PDF files for a book. Blogbooker.com will try to create a PDF from a blog. Unfortunately, my blog made BlogBooker choke (I have 991 posts from my blog) — even when I excluded comments. - [...]
Publication date: 2010-02-16 more

jdavid on "Dark Sonar - Submarine Battle Game"

Lite Version : Free Category: Games Released: Feb 09, 2010 Version: 1.0 1.0 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested) 4.9 MB Languages: English Seller: Seoung woo Choi
Publication date: 2010-02-15 more

Millman on "iWOW Adaptor for iPod?"

Hello, I have a 1st generation iPod touch, and I was wondering if anyone has personally used the SRS iWOW adaptor? I have an Bose SoundDock for my home and it sounds SOOO much better there then through my headphones. Has anyone used this adaptor? or could link me to any comprehensive reviews. Thanks : )
Publication date: 2010-02-11 more

spacephrawg on "Trying to find the right VM/emulator"

I am trying to find a VM that can access more than 256mb of the video card. Parallels won't allow you to access more than 256mb for the VM. I have not been able to find anything about what the other VM's can or cannot do. Its very frustrating. I intend to get a Mac Pro tower that is fast enough that it can handle running my favorite 3d rendering program (Rhino4) in the VM and do a multitude of other things in OSX at the same time. Probably 8 core, 8 gigs of RAM, at least one workstation video card. I would normally settle for a quad core but I intend to keep this thing around as long as possible, so i want it to be able to handle things just fine, several OS upgrades down the line. Rhino4 only runs on Windows. I would've gotten another 3d rendering software but Rhino comes highly recommended to me for what I want to do, that is, making models and/or plans that i can send to a 3d printer or CNC mill so as to produce prototypes that I may cast and hopefully sell. And I would otherwise have gotten a dedicated PC for the job except that I am soooo done with Windows and want to use it as little as possible if it can be helped. Thank you very much for your help! Much obliged!
Publication date: 2010-02-10 more

Chrome support for Greasemonkey

Back in December, I happened to click on a Greasemonkey script in Chrome and was shocked that it just worked. At the time, I wrote a note within Google that said Whoa. I just clicked on a Greasemonkey script in the latest dev version of Chrome (4.0.266.0 on Linux). Chrome offered to install the GM script, [...]
Publication date: 2010-02-09 more

syousons@yahoo.com on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

why not try handbrak? all above are not free
Publication date: 2010-02-09 more

david88 on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

I'm surprised no one mentioned Mac the Ripper yet. That's great software too. Easy to use. I personally like Mac the Ripper best because it's user friendly.
Publication date: 2010-02-09 more

Zip Line and Rappelling Adventure in Puerto Vallarta

A few weeks ago, Kathleen and I went on our first cruise together. It was her fifth and my first, so I got to experience a lot of new things. If time allows, I'll try to write about that in the future. But for now, I want to talk about one of our shore excursions. Our first day in port was in Puerto Vallarta. The weather was absolutely perfect: a few scattered clouds, light winds, and about 80 degrees with bright sun--a far cry from the storms in California. We disembarked from the ship and met up with a group who were all going on the same excursion. We were then taken to what I can only describe as a "speed raft" designed to carry about 20-30 people. We boarded the boat and were treated to a high speed ride of roughly 20 minutes across the bay to a small beach and dock area. The cruise across the bay gave us some view of very nice water-front houses. It appeared as though there are a lot of wealthy folks that decided to build vacation homes there. At the dock across the bay, we got off the boat and were lead a few hundred feet to a guide that instructed us to board one of two 4x4 trucks outfitted with benches in the back. The trucks took us on a 15-20 minute ride through the town and into the forest and up to a higher elevation, ultimately arriving at the "base camp" for the operation. There we were asked to leave behind anything we didn't want to get wet. That meant cameras, wallets, phones, etc. They repeatedly warned us that we'd be getting very wet. We were also told, much to our surprise, that we wouldn't need bug spray or sunscreen. Most of our time would be in the shade of trees. After depositing our belongings to a communal bag that would be placed into a secured locker, guides helped get us suited up with our harnesses, helmets, gloves, and other gear. Then we were lead to small set of benches where the guides were introduced in a fairly comical fashion and they spent some time teaching us three important signals: speed up, slow down, pull your legs up. We were also instructed on proper hand placement on the zip line, posture (holding your legs up a bit), and braking techniques. (I noticed during the introductions that there was roughly a 1:2 ratio of guides to participants.) After that was out of the way, we headed over to stables where each of us was paired up with a mule for a ride up the path that leads to the top of the course. The mule ride up was probably 15-20 minutes and ended near the base of the first rappelling platform. There we did some brief stretching, reviewed the signals, and had a chance to ask any last minute questions. Then it was time to climb a short hill up to the first platform. This platform, unlike others we'd see later, was large enough to handle the entire group, so we could watch the procedure for getting hooked on to the lines. One of our guides went first so we could see what everything looked like--and that it was possible to arrive at the other end safely. Ready to Go After the first guide went across (he was on the other end to unhook us and catch us if we arrived a bit too quickly), the line of participants stepped up the the ropes, one at a time. One would get hooked up, checked, and then was told to go. While one was zipping, the next person would be hooked up and released once the first one was safely on the remote platform. The first zip was reasonably long but a fairly shallow slope, so you couldn't get going too fast even if you didn't brake to slow down. I decided to see how fast I could get going before I felt like I should slow down. It turns out that it wasn't until I was approaching the platform and got the "slow down" signal that I needed any substantial braking. I did "tap the brakes" a couple times just to prevent myself form turning, since that's the only way to keep yourself facing forward as you go. I arrived at the platform, stopped, and was unhooked. "How was it?" asked the guide. "Awesome!" I said. I knew the rest of the day was going to be a lot of fun... From there we went on to the second platform and were treated to a slightly faster (steeper) line and some more interesting scenery. Beyond that, I forget exactly how many more lines we did before coming to what the called the "assisted vertical zip", which I can only describe as a zip line on a 45 degree angle. It's "assisted" because they thread an additional rope through the harness is such a way that the guide down below (you drop down 80 feet or so) can adjust your descent rate. Rappelling Fun That got us to the point at which we could start our rappelling adventure. The guides swapped out a bit of gear on our harnesses and then lead us to the place from which we'd be rappelling--a waterfall. There we two lines going down, so one person could be going down on one while the other was getting hooked up on the other. Both lines terminated in the pool of water at the bottom of the waterfall. The water appeared to be a few feet deep, but it was hard to say from the top. They reviewed the techniques before letting us go down (of course) but before I knew it I was hooked up and "walking" down the rock face on the line nearest the waterfall. When I got to the bottom, I discovered that the water was about 2.5 - 3.0 feet deep--just enough to get my lets wet and touch the bottom of my shorts. I figured that's why they made the point about everyone getting wet--since they know we're going to "land" in the water and it may be high or lower depending on the waterfall. Plus you get wet from the waterfall itself if you went down on the line nearest to it. It wasn't long before I discovered how wrong I was. Splash Down! One of the next zip lines we encountered was fairly short--maybe 150 feet long. But it started at the top of a set of rocks and carried you over those rocks (barely missing them) and then over another pool of water. However the zip line continued to descend until it reached the edge of the pool, which meant that using that zip line would get you REALLY wet. I watched several folks ahead of me splash down into the water, some exclaiming because of the temperature (mountain water is always cold, right?). When it was my turn, I asked the guide if I needed to brake. He said it'd probably help but I didn't NEED to. So decided to go full speed down the line. Needless to say, I impacted the water and splashed down pretty well. Like most of the folks before me, I was SOAKED. It was around then that I remembered that I had accidentally left my wallet in my pocket. Oh, well. I enjoyed the ride and the cold water actually felt refreshing to me. Where is everyone? After one of the next zips, Kathleen and I managed to get a bit behind and briefly separated from the group. But there was a path to follow, so we just went along expecting to meet up with everyone else. Except that we didn't. Instead, we arrived at another platform with nobody there waiting for us. We saw some people in the distance (headed away) and called to them but they didn't hear or notice us. It was then that we realized we must have taken a wrong turn somewhere and were officially lost. In the Mexican forest. We talked about backtracking or maybe crossing the water below us and continuing on that path, but we ultimately decided that it was probably best to sit tight and wait for the guides to notice we were missing and come find us. Surely this happened before and they know where to go looking, right? Luckily that worked just fine. We didn't wait there more then 10 minutes before a pair of the guides appeared and asked what we were doing there--even joking about the two of us sneaking off for some "alone time" (if you know what I mean). They led us across the water on a rope and across another one before reaching the next spot where we met back up with the group. Down we go! Not long after that we came to the vertical descent. It was affectionately referred to later on by several folks as "walking the plank" because we'd walk out on a metal walkway, suspended about 70 or so feet above another pool of water, to reach a slight larger metal platform. There you'd be hooked up to a rope and instructed in how to use your had on the rope behind you to control your rate of descent. One of the guides down below also had a rope they could use to assist if you had trouble. I'm not sure why this freaked some people out as much as it did. It was like a more aggressive form of the "assisted zip line" where you get more control. I had fun going down when it was my turn! (Even if my hand did slip a bit.) We had a few more zips after that and before long it was time to hike back to the base camp. Our route back took us across numerous small streams. Often there were overhead ropes installed so you could hang on as you crossed in case you slipped on a rock or had balance problems. It was a nice way to wind down the day. Finishing Up Back at the base camp, we traded in our helmets, gloves, and harnesses for our stored possessions, washed our our shoes and had a chance to use the restroom. Then we had a bout 20 minutes to peruse the photos (see note below) and munch on some snacks. It was mid-afternoon and most of us hadn't eaten since breakfast, so the snacks were most appreciated! I especially enjoyed the chips and fresh salsa. Hunger conquered and pictures purchased, it was time to hop back on the trucks for a ride down the hill and back to the boat that brought us across the bay. There were two very important differences about the ride down compared with the ride up. First, it was much faster. The diver took full advantage of gravity, so made good use of the seat belts and the overhead "oh, shit!" straps. It was quite a ride! Mmm. Tequila! The second difference is that we had a stop on the way back. At a tequila factory. For a tasting. Yay, Mexico! I really didn't know anything about the differences between types of tequila--that some are intended for use in drinks like margaritas while others are made for sipping (like a scotch, I guess). And I most definitely didn't know that flavored varieties like "almond" and "chocolate" existed! I must say that the almond tequila was the best tequila I've ever had the pleasure of trying. And it's easily near the top of my list for "sipping" alcohols. The taste was just fantastic--very smooth. In retrospect, I should have bought a bottle or two to bring home. But at the time I figured they were a bit pricey and we might encounter other sources during our time in Mexico. That may be my only regret about the entire trip. Anyway, after the tequila tasting, we proceeded back down to the small beach and boat dock, hopped back on the "speed raft" and got a nice ride back to the ship. Conclusion All in all the excursion was a great time. We really enjoyed the zip line and rappelling experiences, all the modes of transit (boat, 4x4, mule), excellent weather, great scenery, and friendly people. Note on Photos Since we didn't take a camera along, I should note that all of the photos in this post and in this Flickr set were taken by the photographer "guide" who was on the course with us. She did a good job of capturing some of the scenery and nature along with each of us in varying states of descent on both zip lines and rappelling. We purchased a CD of the pictures at the end of the day. It contained all the photos of either one of us we found (starred them in Picasa) as well as all the scenery and nature shots she took that day. I was VERY COOL of them to give us the digital versions rather than trying to sell prints or something stupid like that. Thanks to Vallarta Adventures for being forward thinking. (comments)
Publication date: 2010-02-03 more

ketchup61925 on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

I have handbrake and use it to rip the files to my mac, but can't figure out how to burn a seperate copy to a blank dvd. So I can make a copy on my mac, but not one for my regular dvd player. Can you tell me the steps on how to do this? thanks
Publication date: 2010-02-03 more

Improving Arabic searches and talking more about ranking

Moustafa Hammad and Mohamed Elhawary, a couple engineers in our search quality group, just did a nice post about improving Arabic language searches: Our algorithm employs rules of Arabic spelling and grammar along with signals from historical search data to decide when to leave out spaces between words or when to remove unnecessarily repeated letters. Now, [...]
Publication date: 2010-02-03 more

treygun3 on "Mac Osx 10.2 Aplications?"

Where can I get good Osx 10.2 applications? I really need some and apple.com seems to have little to no applications for that operating system, and I am kinda at a dead end with no way to upgrade the OS because of money issues and other that I movie An Ical this mac is totally worthless until I get some applications to work with or a upgrade.
Publication date: 2010-01-31 more

Installing Android development environment on Ubuntu 9.04

I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home Linux computer, which is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). These are mostly notes for myself, so don’t feel guilty if you skip this post. - Make sure your system is up-to-date: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade - Install Java sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk - [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-31 more

Paper vs. Screen

I arrived at the Knoxville, TN airpot a bit ago for my slightly delayed flight back to San Jose via Dallas. Since I finished my book on the flight(s) out, I stopped by one of the shops to do something I rarely do: buy print media. Well, I still buy books now and then. But today I bought a couple of magazines: Disocver and Business Week. I sat in the Ruby Tuesday's at the airport and managed to read a few articles in Business Week. After a bit I noticed that I was reading stories that I'd probably never read on-line. My on-line reading tends to be a lot more focused and directed. Reading for at a relaxed pace for pleasure is a whole different feeling. It makes me wonder what I'd do with a Kindle or iPad if I had one. Would I use it the same way I read on a computer? Or would it be more like reading a magazine? Hard to say. I have no plans to buy either device, but in a few years when I replace my existing portable computing devices, odds are that I'll have something tablet-like. I'm not sure I'd want to be in the magazine business a few years from now. I feel like it's following the "lead" (if you can call it that) of the newspaper industry. Interesting times. (comments)
Publication date: 2010-01-30 more

Keep an eye on changing pages

Google just launched a nice feature on Google Reader: the ability to keep an eye on pages for changes. This works even if the page doesn’t have its own RSS feed. This sort of thing is very handy. You could use it to spot new things on a privacy policy page or watch for changes [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-26 more

PubCon 2009 talk: State of the Index

If you followed @googlewmc on Twitter you would already know about this, but I recently recreated my “State of the Index” talk from PubCon in November 2009. Here’s the video of the talk below: And here are the slides if you’d like to follow along: The talk is almost half an hour, so I hope you enjoy [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-23 more

Google earnings via YouTube webcast?

Huh. This looks new. I headed over to investor.google.com to listen to the Google earnings call. Normally the webcast uses Windows Media Player or Real Player, but this time it looks like the earnings call is being hosted on a YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/GoogleIR instead. Cool. Go check it out if you want to listen along. Added: [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-22 more

More info about synonyms at Google

Steve Baker, an engineer in the search quality group at Google, just did a nice post about synonyms on the Google blog. A lot of people seem to think that Google only does simple-minded matching of the users’ keywords with words that we indexed. The truth is that Google does a lot more sophisticated stuff [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-19 more

Follow @googlewmc on Twitter

Okay, we’re starting to release new webmaster videos. Normally you could follow me on Twitter to find out about each new video, but I’m on a Twitter diet until the end of January. So if you want to hear when new webmaster videos or webmaster blog posts come out, go follow @googlewmc on Twitter (that’s [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-18 more

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The Flip camcorders like Flip Ultra, Flip Utra HD, Flip Mino HD usually record videos in MP4 file format with H.264 video compression, AAC audio compression. However, if you happens to be a Flip Mino users, you may find the video format that Flip Mino outputs is Advanced Profile MPEG-4 AVI. AVI format has poor compatibility on Mac. To edit your Flip Mino footage with Apple's iMovie or further transfer them to Apple's popularplayer: iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, iTunes, you are devoted to convert Flip Mino AVI videos to the most popular MP4 format. Flip Mino to MP4 Mac(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/11-flip-mino-to-mp4-converter-mac.html)is the unique application customized to be applicable with Flip Mino camcorder for Mac users. It enables you to convert Flip Mino camera recorded MPEG-4 AVI to MP4 with super-fast conversion speed and astonishing output quality. The output MP4 format can work well with Apple's professional edting software: iMovie, Final Cut Express and popular media player: iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, etc. How to convert Flip Mino camcorder MPEG-4 AVI videos to MP4 on Mac OS X? 1.Download the free trial version of Mac Flip Mino to MP4 Converter and install it on Mac. 2.Load Flip Mino videos. Add Flip Mino MPEG-4 AVI camcorder videos to Flip Mino to MP4 Converter after launching the program. 3.Output setting. Select the output format according to the devices you designed to transfer to, for example, to transfer the Flip Mino videos to your PSP, you can choose "PSP Video Excellent Quality(*mp4)" as the output format. 4.Apply effect. Click "Edit", an editing window will pop out, you are allowed to brightness, contrast, saturation of the Flip Mino videos or apply some special effect like old film, gray, emboss to make your Flip camera videos more amusing. 5.Start converting. Click "Convert" to convert Flip Mino MPEG-4 AVI to MP4 with Flip Mino to MP4 Converter. Flip Video Converter Mac(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/?serves a brilliant way for Mac users to convert Flip Utra, Flip Utra HD, Flip Mino, Flip Mino HD video to multiple popular formats such as: MP4, MOV, MPEG, MPG, DV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, etc. Mac Flip Video Converter(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/?also enable you to adjust the output settings with different parameters such as resolution, frame rate, bitrate, etc for importing to your editing software such as: iMovie, Final Cut Express(Pro), Adobe Premiere and other portable players like: iPod, iPhone, PSP, Creative Zen, Blackberry, Zune, etc.
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oliviasmith on "How to download free iPhone games"

thru online, i go for big fish games particularly the mystery games; i don't usually play on my cellphone though.
Publication date: 2010-01-16 more

Ways to help Haiti

Lots of people are thinking about ways to help Haiti after their horrible 7.0 earthquake. Google recently introduced a page with a large number of resources for the Haiti earthquake, including the ability to donate money. Also, a bunch of Googlers have worked to bring updated satellite imagery to Google Earth. You can also click to see [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-15 more

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When people have shot some great sceneries with their handheld Flip video camcorder, they are more likely to do some editing with the footage to make them looks more perfect. Though there are various editing softwares such as iMovie(free on Mac), Final Cut Express(Pro), Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas are avaiable, however, you may can't import them directly to these editing software before converting the flip videos to the acceptable format. Flip Video Converter Mac(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/) is the fantastic editing software supplied with Mac users. With the application, you can edit Flip Videos Mac(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/8-edit-flip-videos-mac.html) freely directly without any conversion by trimming the flip video length to select your favourite video clips, cropping the video size by removing the black sides in the frame, applying some special effects like brightness, contrast, saturation. You can also merge separate flip video clips into one single video files.
Publication date: 2010-01-14 more

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Wish to enjoy your JVC Everio camcorder footage on portable players such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Blackberry, Creative Zen, Zune, etc. However, the video format that JVC Everio records is usually in .TOD format, which can not be accepted by Mac or directly played on many consumer video equipments. Therefore, to maximize the use of your JVC camcorder, you will need to convert the uncompatible TOD format to the most popular MP4 format. TOD Converter to MP4 Mac(http://tod-converter.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/19-tod-converter-to-mp4-mac.html) is an excellent Mac TOD Converter to MP4 with high conversion speed and outstanding output quality. It enables you to convert JVC Everio camcorder .TOD to MP4 format to playback on many portable players such as: iPod, iPhone, PSP, Gphone, Blackberry, Creative Zen, Zune, Palm, etc.
Publication date: 2010-01-14 more

on "How to transfer iPod photos, music, videos and playlists to iPod on Mac OS X?"

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Publication date: 2010-01-14 more

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Publication date: 2010-01-13 more

Athna on "How to take MP3, M4A, WMA, WAV, etc audio off DVD movies on Mac OS X?"

DVD Audio Converter Mac(http://dvd-to-audio-converter.for-mac-os.com/) is the advanced DVD to Audio conversion software with swift conversion speed and excellent output quality. It is capable of ripping various audio tracks such as: MP3, M4A, WMA, WAV, MKA, AAC, AC3 from encrypted DVD and DRM free DVD. With Mac DVD Audio Converter, you are free to enjoy or make original music audios from your favourite commercial and home DVD movies. DVD to Audio Converter Mac(http://dvd-to-audio-converter.for-mac-os.com/) has provided some distinctive editing functions. You can trim any part of the DVD movie to get the audio clips you need and merge several audio clips into one complete file. You are also available to improve the output audio quality by setting the output audio parameters, such as: sample rate, channel, encoder and bit rate. Key functions: 1.Mange all models of DVD including commercial DVD, home DVD, encrypted DVD and DRM free DVD. 2.Extract DVD to various audio formats. Rip encrypted DVD and DRM free DVD to all common audio tracks like: MP3, M4A, WMA, WAV, MKA, AAC, AC3, etc. 3.Supports many MP3 players and audio players. You can output the audio tracks to many MP3 players and audio players like: iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Creative Zen, Blackberry, etc. 4.Great editing functions. You can trim the length of the DVD to select your favourite audio clips and merge the audio clips from several titles or chapters into one file. 5.Audio output settings. You can set audio sample rate, channel, encoder and bit rate to improve the output audio quality. 6.Easy to use and time-saving application. The intuitive interface and the batch conversion mood enable you to take audios off DVD easily in a short time.
Publication date: 2010-01-13 more

Athna on "How to put Youtube music, movies onto iPod on Mac OS X?"

RMVB is a variable bitrate extension of the RealMedia multimedia container format developed by RealNetworks. This format is increasingly used for its smaller file sizes and lower bitrate with good quality. It is supported by RealPlayer SP and the open-sourced Media Player Classic, using an appropriate DirectShow filter or Real Alternative. However, it is not an open video format, many media players can't support RMVB format like iPod, iPhone, etc. So if you want to enjoy your RMVB files on your iPod, you shoud convert them to the iPod supported formats first. Mac RMVB to iPod converter will give you a simple and funny converting experience. RMVB to iPod Mac(http://ipod-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/18-mac-rmvb-to-ipod-converter.html) enables you to convert RMVB to iPod supported formats like MP4, MP3, H.264 which are compatible with all the iPod family members like iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. The Converter also offers a friendly interface, so you can accomplish the whole conversion smoothly. Besides, RMVB to MP4 iPod Mac support batch conversion which allows you to import multiple videos at a time to save your precious time.
Publication date: 2010-01-13 more

Important blog post on Google blog

This is an important blog post. Go read it from the source.
Publication date: 2010-01-13 more

Athna on "How to copy or backup DVD to Mac Hard Drive with Mac DVD Copy?"

DVDs are are fantastic yet costly instrument. However, people are often frustrated that DVDs will become eternal unusable once over-scratched. Therefore, to maintain some classic DVD movie collections or precious materials, people will need to copy or backup old DVD. The problem is that DVDs have built-in copy protection and regional lockout. Is there a shortcuts to remove the copy and region restrictions? Copy DVD to blank DVD Mac(http://dvd-copy.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/9-copy-dvd-to-blank-dvd-mac.html) through the powerful software DVD Copy Mac. It supports to copy DVD to blank DVD Mac including DVD9 to DVD9, DVD5 to DVD5 without any loss of quality. With the program, you can completely copy DVD to Blank DVD in a 1:1 ratio with titles, menus, subtitles and audio tracks.
Publication date: 2010-01-12 more

Live-blogging the Nexus One phone

Added: - The official web page for the Nexus One is http://google.com/phone - There’s a YouTube channel for the Nexus One. - And here’s the official blog post about the Nexus One. I’m sitting in the Googleplex waiting to live-blog the Google Android event today. I’m on a seven day Twitter diet, but Chris DiBona is live-tweeting the event. [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-11 more

Athna on "How to rip and convert Blu-ray M2TS to MPEG-4/H.264/HD MP4 format on Mac OS X?"

You have lots of HD movies in your Blu-ray Disc and want to transfer them to your mobile devices so that you can enjoy them on the move. The problem is that Blu-ray can not be opened or copied directly. To open it by a specific Blu-ray Drive or an extra Blu-ray player like PS3 or xBox. It is really a waste of time and money. Blu-ray to MP4 Mac(http://blu-ray-ripper.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/56-blu-ray-to-mp4-mac.html) is the fantastic Blu-ray to MP4 Converter for Mac users. The software supports to convert Blu-ray Disc(BD) M2TS to MPEG-4 /H.264/HD MP4 format with superfast conversion speed and excellent output quality. The output format are playable on Mac's Apple TV or many portable devices, such as: PDA, Nokia, Sony Erission, Sony Walkman, etc. Blu-ray Ripper Mac(http://blu-ray-ripper.for-mac-os.com/index.html) can rip or convert Blu-ray(BD) to all sorts of formats with high conversion speed and excellent output quality. The formats can be in MOV, MP4, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, SWF, ASF, RM, 3GP, MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, etc. And the converted formats have good compatibility with both Mac and many portable devices such as: iPod, iPhone, iRiver, PSP, Blackberry, etc.
Publication date: 2010-01-11 more

Pcgeek2010 on "How to transfer iPod photos, music, videos and playlists to iPod on Mac OS X?"

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Publication date: 2010-01-10 more

Athna on "How to transfer iPod photos, music, videos and playlists to iPod on Mac OS X?"

As we know, iPod supports to copy music from iTunes. However, only music and videos purchased from the iTunes store can be transferred from the iPod back to iTunes. In addition, when transferring music or movies from iTunes to iPod, the old music or movies on the iPod might be deleted during the process of synchronizing. How to successfully transfer all the music or movies from one iPod to another without overwriting the original content on the iPod? iPod to iPod Transfer Mac(http://ipod-to-mac-transfer.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/16-ipod-to-ipod-transfer-mac.html) is a truly user friendly and very helpful iPod to iPod Transfer application for Mac users. It lets you directly transfer music, movies from one iPod to another iPod by drag-and-drop without replacing the original content on the iPod. iPod to Mac transfer(http://ipod-to-mac-transfer.for-mac-os.com/) is the great application designed for Mac users to copy/transfer/backup all your music, videos, photos, podcasts between iPod and Mac. It also serves as the role of iTunes to mange all the files on your iPod. With Mac iPod Transfer, you can easily create, edit and delete all the play list of your iPod or transfer the files among different iPod at the same time.
Publication date: 2010-01-09 more

Athna on "How to edit Flip Utra?Flip Mino videos and HD camcorder videos without conversio"

When people have shot some great sceneries with their handheld Flip video camcorder, they are more likely to do some editing with the footage to make them looks more perfect. Though there are various editing softwares such as iMovie(free on Mac), Final Cut Express(Pro), Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas are avaiable, however, you may can't import them directly to these editing software before converting the flip videos to the acceptable format. Flip Video Converter Mac(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/) is the fantastic editing software supplied with Mac users. With the application, you can edit Flip Videos Mac(http://flip-video-converter.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/8-edit-flip-videos-mac.html) freely directly without any conversion by trimming the flip video length to select your favourite video clips, cropping the video size by removing the black sides in the frame, applying some special effects like brightness, contrast, saturation. You can also merge separate flip video clips into one single video files.
Publication date: 2010-01-09 more

proposals on "Top100 Bollywood Buster"

Latest Hindi Songs on iPhone. * Available on Apple Store * Webpage * http://www.bollybuster.webtechies.us * Bollywood Buster is an easy to use application that lets you play top 100 bollywood blockbusters on your iPhone in a single, constantly updated list. Bollywood buster also lets you add your favourite songs to your to a favourite list and get detailed song information within the application. Options to read song lyrics and look for related videos on YouTube are also provided. just for $1.99
Publication date: 2010-01-09 more

proposals on "iRadio Global"

iRadio Global iPhone app on iTune Store Webpage * http://www.iradio.webtechies.us * iRadio Global is an easy to use, internet radio based application that plays online radio from several countries across the world at the palm of your hand. iRadio Global also allows users to maintain a list of their favorite stations and suggest new streams if not available already. With a simple and jazzy interface, iRadio Global is a perfect music application and happens to be a must have for all music lovers. Just for $0.99
Publication date: 2010-01-09 more

Giving up Twitter for three more weeks

Quick summary: I’m giving up Twitter for 30 days. I normally tweet about the webmaster videos that we make. Please follow googlewmc on Twitter if you want to find out about new webmaster videos. For the last few months I’ve been doing 30 day challenges: - In May 2009, I walked 10,000 steps a day. - For June [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-09 more

LaurentB on "How to convert DVD, free videos, flash to iPhone?"

I perfer iPhone Mate which can: * Create iPhone compatible videos/audios from DVDs * Convert videos/audios to iPhone * Make iPhone M4R ringtone from any video/audio sources * Transfer iPhone to iPhone, iPhone to PC, PC to iPhone
Publication date: 2010-01-08 more

A short note about real-time search

This is just a quick blog post to share some info about Google’s real-time search based on the earthquake that shook the Bay Area this morning. I didn’t feel the earthquake myself, but the real-time folks looked at how we did. Here’s what they found: Overall, realtime search triggered in under two minutes from the earthquake [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-08 more

Athna on "How to edit JVC Everio camcorder TOD videos with iMoive?"

Apple's new editor iMovie '09 has gained some distinctive features to differentiate it from the '08 version. The precision editor and advanced drag-and-drop capabilities will make your editing process more pleasantly. Are you eager to edit your JVC Everio footage with this fantastic editing software? It is well known that JVC Everio usually record video in TOD format which is not supported by iMovie '09. Then how to successfully import the uncompatible TOD format into iMovie '09? TOD Converter Mac(http://tod-converter.for-mac-os.com/)provides more access for you to Edit JVC Everio TOD with iMovie '09 Mac(http://tod-converter.for-mac-os.com/tutorials/21-edit-tod-with-imovie-09-mac.html). It supports to convert JVC Everio TOD to iMovie acceptable MOV, MP4, DV formats. So that you are available to edit TOD with iMovie '09 on your Mac computer with no limitation.
Publication date: 2010-01-07 more

Looking back ten years

Ten years ago this month I paused working on my Ph.D., eloped to a courthouse to marry my lovely wife, and went for a hastily organized honeymoon cruise in the Caribbean. Then we packed up everything we owned and drove from North Carolina to California to join a small start-up called Google. That means this [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-06 more

Live-blogging the Google Android Event

I’m sitting in the Googleplex waiting to live-blog the Google Android event today. I’m on a seven day Twitter diet, but Chris DiBona is live-tweeting the event. Danny Sullivan is also live-blogging the event. I noticed that T-Mobile just announced that they have upgraded their 3G network to HSPA, which has a peak speed of 7.2Mbps. Mario [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-05 more

mariarita on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

hi! If you want to copy your DVD videos for Mac then wondershare DVD for Mac is very useful but today you must think about backup for mac data. If you have thousands of DVD videos on Mac and due to virus all of them get corrupted then what you will do. You must use Mac Backup Software for that.
Publication date: 2010-01-05 more

Remembering Barnes

Yesterday was a very sad day for us. Barnes, one of our four cats, had to be put to sleep after we took him to the pet hospital because he was having trouble breathing. A bit over a year ago, Barnes was diagnosed with Diabetes and he'd been getting regular insulin injections (2 per day) and vet visits. In fact, his most recent visit (3-4 weeks back) was very good. The doctor was happy with his progress and he generally seemed peppier. His blood test results were all very positive. But yesterday when we noticed he seemed to be working harder to breathe, I knew something was very wrong. He was placed into a 100% oxygen environment to make is breathing easier while they conducted some tests and gathered information. After some X-rays, we learned the extent of his troubles. He had an enlarged heart, fluid in his lungs, and cancer. In a way, it's good we didn't see this coming. His brother Noble seems to be taking it better than we are, and they'd been together their entire ~12 years. His newer brothers Timmy and Thunder will surely miss him as well. His favorite activities in the world were eating chicken (and fish), exploring our catnip plants and toys, getting belly rubs, and napping on his favorite fuzzy blanket. Barnes was the most loving and strong cat we'd ever known. He was probably hiding his illnesses for a long time, hoping for a few more belly rubs with us and visits with the catnip plants we grew. We'll really, really miss him. Here are a few of the pictures and videos we'll use to remember him... Barnes as a Kitten Barnes and Noble as Kittens Banes on the Bed Barnes Stretches Barnes and Noble Cuddle More Recent Barnes Photos Barnes on the Floor Barnes Barnes and Noble Barnes and Noble Videos of Barnes Barnes with a Catnip Toy Our cats eating Chicken Please remember to get your pets regular checkups with a good vet. They deserve it. (comments)
Publication date: 2010-01-05 more

Book review: Freedom, by Daniel Suarez

I recently got to read Freedom, the new book by Daniel Suarez, and can highly recommend it. If you haven’t read Suarez’s earlier book Daemon then you should read that Daemon first. If you have read it, Suarez picks up where the first book ended. Daemon and Freedom are set in a future tantalizingly close to [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-04 more

Doing the

John Mayer had a good post about a “digital cleanse.” The idea is to step away from the busy, buzzy world for a week. John mentioned four ideas, but I’m going to try just one: “no use of Twitter or any other social networking site”. That’s right, I’m going Twitter-free for a week. I don’t really [...]
Publication date: 2010-01-02 more

on "Paragon NTFS for Mac 6.5 is free for today ($39.95 worth)"

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Publication date: 2009-12-27 more

on "How to convert video for iPhone Free?"

This holiday I have been asked often how to watch videos on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Most people that own an iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS know they can enjoy videos on their iPhones but they don't know how to exactly. So I wrote this tutorial to help you to watch videos on your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. To watch the holiday videos on your iPhone 3G you need to convert the videos to the iPhone MPEG-4(MP4 for short) format. So you should convert the video files to .mp4 (H.264 encoding) format files before transferring them onto your iPhone 3G using some video converter tool. There are lots of free tools on the Internet, the one I'm using is Free iPhone Video Converter from Aneesoft. Don't know how to convert videos to iPhone mp4 format? It's not that difficult, let me show you step by step. Step 1. Download and install Aneesoft Free iPhone Video Converter Download and install Aneesoft Free iPhone Video Converter, which is easy to use and completely free! There is no spyware or adware. It's absolutely safe to install and run! You can convert videos for your iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S. Step 2. Add videos that you want to convert to iPhone MP4 format Click the button "Add
Publication date: 2009-12-27 more

Sphinx and Gearman: A Distributed Computing AH-HA! Moment

A week ago I decided to finally get serious about putting gearman to use for search indexing. I had been batting the idea around in my head for a long time (too long, really) but figured I should just write the code and see what happens. It took less than a day to get a prototype working in our development environment, but the end result made me very happy. Today, in our production deployment, when a sphinx cluster pulls new content to index, the master does all the work. It fetches the new and changed postings, massages them into the XML format that sphinx expects (and makes a lot of small changes along the way), invokes the indexer, and makes the new indexes available for the slaves. The second step is usually the most CPU intensive. Processing the raw data into XML involves a lot of other tweaks and changes that are very specific to Criagslist. What I did was turn that into a gearman client/worker pair. The client (or master) simply submits processing tasks and then waits for each of them to complete. The workers fetch the data from the master, transform it, and make the transformed data available. When each task completes, the master grabs the transformed data an informs the worker that it can delete the file. So instead of being stuck at using only the 4 CPU cores on a single box, I can run 4 workers on each of 3 machines and get 12 CPU cores involved. The end result is that I have a solid foundation for a system that can easily scale to many machines. AH-HA! Linear scaling rocks! So does relatively seamless distributed computing. As time allows I'll have to work on deploying this in production. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-12-24 more

geeker2009 on "How to convert video for iPhone Free?"

This holiday I have been asked often how to watch videos on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Most people that own an iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS know they can enjoy videos on their iPhones but they don't know how to exactly. So I wrote this tutorial to help you to watch videos on your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. To watch the holiday videos on your iPhone 3G you need to convert the videos to the iPhone MPEG-4(MP4 for short) format. So you should convert the video files to .mp4 (H.264 encoding) format files before transferring them onto your iPhone 3G using some video converter tool. There are lots of free tools on the Internet, the one I'm using is Free iPhone Video Converter from Aneesoft. Don't know how to convert videos to iPhone mp4 format? It's not that difficult, let me show you step by step. Step 1. Download and install Aneesoft Free iPhone Video Converter Download and install Aneesoft Free iPhone Video Converter, which is easy to use and completely free! There is no spyware or adware. It's absolutely safe to install and run! You can convert videos for your iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S. Step 2. Add videos that you want to convert to iPhone MP4 format Click the button "Add
Publication date: 2009-12-24 more

On the MyBlogLog Shutdown

Marshall Kirkpatrick is reporting that Yahoo! will shut down MyBlogLog next year. Well, color me unsurprised. The service has languished for years. I removed it from my site a long time ago. It made me a little sad to do so, but it was just slowing things down and not really "adding value" as they like to say. It's sad because I was involved in the MyBlogLog acquisition at Yahoo! and believed in what they were doing. I worked to help get the team on board, nag the right people to make sure they got reasonable hardware on which they could grow, interviewed their first post-Yahoo engineer, and made the trek up to the Berkeley office a few times a week to help them transition into Yahoo and work on plans. I genuinely had high hopes for what MyBlogLog could do both inside and outside of Yahoo. But as I wrote in Watching Yahoo's Transformation: MyBlogLog has all but died on the vine, right? Is there anyone left of the original team of 5 or 6 engineers still working on it? No, I think it fell victim to Yahoo's larger social strategy. FAIL. On the one hand, it's sad that our collective time was wasted, but the members of the MyBlogLog team have all gone on to bigger and better things outside of Yahoo. And I suspect everyone involved learned some important lessons along the way. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-12-24 more

What charities do you donate to?

Every year I like to ask what charities people are leaning toward. So here we go: what organizations, charities, or good causes are you supporting this year? Lately I’ve been interested in transparency and reform in government, so organizations like the Sunlight Foundation, MAPLight (Money and Politics), and Change Congress are on my list. I’m also [...]
Publication date: 2009-12-18 more

Trust Oracle? Why?

In a 10-point press release issued today Oracle has listed a series of "commitments" regarding their acquisition of MySQL by way of acquiring Sun. I am not impressed. As a former employee of a large Internet company (the largest at the time, in fact) that used both Oracle and MySQL, I'm utterly puzzled by this. I can't think of why we should trust Oracle to do right by the users of MySQL--especially the non-paying users. You see, for years Oracle worked agressively behind the scenes to discredit MySQL and tried hard to understand how their customers could ever consider using such a "toy" instead of their flagship product. In fact, it was so important to Oracle that they offered some very substantial discounts to customers who were using MySQL and Oracle. In some cases the discounts were so impressive that their motivation was clear: cut off the opportunity for MySQL to grow and spread in such organizations. (Remember what happened to Netscape when Microsoft gave away Internet Explorer for free?) The funny thing is that it really didn't work. MySQL was already a fast moving train with lots of momentum. And it was still accelerating. It was clear that Oracle saw MySQL as a threat to their business. When they eventually bought Innobase (the company that makes the InnoDB storage engine), many of us got more than a bit nervious. That put Oracle in a position of having a choke hold on the one componenet that was critical to MySQL's future success. They could have just shut down development entirely. But that may have made their motives a bit too clear. Since then they've continued to develop InnoDB. However, the pace hasn't exactly been agressive and their openness around that has left me (and others) wondering what their longer term plans really are. The few tidbits we get seem to be overly vague. Could they have been throttling development of InnoDB? Or not providing the same resources that MySQL (and now Sun) would have? It's hard to say. But here's the thing that continues to bug me... Back a few years ago when Oracle dismissing MySQL in public while working hard against it in private, I realized that they were simply trying everything they could to protect their crowned jewels: public denials and classic FUD paired with hush-hugh backroom deals. Nobody has managed to explain, in even a mildly convincing way, what has changed since then. Why should we suddenly trust Oracle? Their crowned jewels are still threatened by MySQL. Convince me. See Also: Monty's appeal is selfless! (comments)
Publication date: 2009-12-15 more

Weird Email People Send Me

I really have no idea what prompted this: This is Rev.Willson and am interested in some of your Barrel. I need the Barrel in the specifications of 55 Gallon Barrel. Blue Plastic.So what will the total cost of the Barrel with the dimensions i gave and i need 100 quantities of the Barrel.So i will like you to go ahead and quote me the total charges of 100 quantities of the Barrel + tax without shipping charges included.Because i will be picking this up as soon as it is ready from your location.Please if you don't have the type of barrel that am interesting kindly email me back with the types that you have.And i will be very glad if you can also email me back with the types of credit card that you will accept for payment. Please advice. Thank You. It's so random that it's funny. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-12-14 more

Perfect Italian Hoagie?

When I was a kid and we visited family in New Jersey, I loved getting hoagie sandwiches. I’ve been looking for the best recipe of Italian hoagie for years. Here’s one that’s very good: 3 slices Provolone 4 slices Genoa salami 4 slices cooked salami 4 slices pepperoni 4 slices Capicola ham Lettuce, tomato, onion Salt, pepper, and oregano Oil and vinegar Sweet peppers [...]
Publication date: 2009-12-12 more

Blogging the Google Search event, December 2009

I’m not going to do a full live-blog, because it’s going to be well-covered by: - Danny Sullivan - Jason Kinkaid - Kara Swisher among others. You can also register and watch the event as a webcast. Search by Voice Marissa Mayer did a brief intro, then brought up Vic Gundotra. Vic is going to show a series of mobile demos [...]
Publication date: 2009-12-07 more

Pesto on "Paragon NTFS for Mac 6.5 is free for today ($39.95 worth)"

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Publication date: 2009-12-04 more

Submit video questions for December 2009

It’s that time again! Tomorrow afternoon I
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

on "Garage band slow disk space?"

I only have about 25 songs recorded and my IMac tells me that it has "slow disk space".....what is the matter? Anybody know about this stuff??
Publication date: 2009-11-29 more