Matrix: 2010.02.20

Today’s show notes / links:

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app_pvz_128.png• Plants vs Zombies 4.5-Stars
» http://7nk.us/pvsz4ip (Website)
» http://7nk.us/pvzitms (US iTunes Link)
» Follow them on Twitter: @POPCap_Games

osx_pvz_128.png• Plants vs Zombies (for Mac or PC) Rating Pending
» http://7nk.us/pvsz (Website)
» http://7nk.us/pvszmu (MacUpdate Page)
» Follow them on Twitter: @POPCap_Games

Alright moving on…

Matrix: 2010.02.13

Today’s show notes / links:

• Parachute Ninja By Freeverse, Inc.app_pninja_128.png 4-Stars
» http://7nk.us/pninja4ip (Website)
» http://7nk.us/pninjaitms (US iTunes Link)

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• Magnitude 3.8 – ILLINOIS | USGS
» http://7nk.us/20100210ILEQ

CorneliaMarie | Crab Fishing Vessel on Deadliest Catch

Discovery Channel Statement on Captain Phil Harris

Deadliest Catch Captain Phil Harris Dies at 53 | People.com

MacVoices #1018: Greg Scown of SmileOnMyMac Takes The Wraps Off TextExpander 3 | MacVoices

Do the iPad’s missing apps point to a multitasking dashboard? | fox @ fury

H.264 licensing body won’t charge royalties for HTML5, other Web streams | Betanews

Web video gets H.264 royalty reprieve | Deep Tech – CNET News

MPEG LA – The Standard for Standards – AVC Introduction

Omni “invests in the future” with iPad, delays Mac updates | Ars Infinite Loop

LINKAGE:

Warner: No More Free Streaming Music For You | Mashable

Leaving Your WiFi Open Decreases Your Fourth Amendment Rights To Privacy? | Techdirt

Your new ISP? Google launches 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home trial | Ars Law & Disorder

Opera: Mini 5 browser ready for iPhone if Apple will have it | Ars Infinite Loop

10 Updated Colloquialisms for the Modern Age | GeekDad | Wired.com

Iran’s uranium a step away from weapon grade | New Scientist

Strange Places on Mars: What Do You Want to See Next? | Wired Science | Wired.com

Solar Eclipse Images Show Dazzling Corona Detail | Wired Science | Wired.com

Aspartame has been renamed and is now being marketed as a natural sweetener | Dprogram.net

Alright moving on…

Matrix: 2010.01.30

Today’s show notes / links:

Discussions: iPad

osx_Marble_128.png• The KDE Education Project – Marble 4.5-Stars
» http://7nk.us/kdemarble (Website)

osx_VirtualBox_128.png• VirtualBox – Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) 4.5-Stars
» http://7nk.us/vb (Website)
» http://7nk.us/sunvboxmu (MacUpdate Page)

Alright moving on…

Matrix: 2010.01.23

Today’s show notes / links:

Diving in deeper into the world of WordPress…

• Installing Multiple Blogs | WordPress Codex
» http://7nk.us/wpmb

• WordPress MU | WordPress Codex
» http://7nk.us/wpmu

• WP Hive – Multiple WordPress Blogs with a Single Installation
» http://7nk.us/wphive

I hope Letters.app is developed, I love the idea.

• Open-source project aims to build new Mac e-mail client | MacUser
» http://7nk.us/osmemc

Follow Letters.app on Twitter:
» @lettersapp

• The Greatest Use For AT&T Display Phone – Haiti phone donations | Gizmodo
» http://7nk.us/atthaiti

• The Subscription War: You’re Bleeding to Death | Gizmodo
» http://7nk.us/subwar

osx_OpenOffice_128.png• OpenOffice.org 5-Stars
The Free and Open Productivity Suite
» http://7nk.us/ooorg (Website)

• Daring Fireball Linked List: Canvas?
» http://7nk.us/df0123canvas

• Twitter / Cabel M. Sasser: Regarding the Apple invite…
» http://7nk.us/cs0123canvas

Alright moving on…

Dailies: 2010.01.18

» U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Thoughts: Please protect your family and visit regularly, and/or subscribe to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s site. You may be surprised at what is recalled. My family has had items recalled, and we only found out via the CPSC RSS feed.

» eMusic: Prices Went Up, But Artists Aren’t Seeing Any Of That Cash | Techdirt

Thoughts: Exactly why I no longer do business with eMusic. I have no respect for them anymore. Musicians should pull out.

» iPhone 4G Rumors Visualized [PHOTO] | Mashable

» The case against a 10″ AMOLED Apple tablet | Ars Technica

» Violent strike racks Apple’s touchscreen supplier | TUAW

» $450 million iPhone piracy figure not grounded in reality | Ars Technica

» DisplayPort 1.2 official with multi-streaming, USB | Electronista

» Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 2 brings Pitivi, panel changes | Ars Technica

» After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP | Ars Technica

» Skype fixes bugs in upgraded iPhone application | iPhone Central

» The Subscription War: You’re Bleeding to Death | Gizmodo

» Warner Bros. Gets Netflix To Delay Movies; You Don’t Save Your Business By Pissing Off Your Customers | Techdirt

From the let-them-self-distruct dept…

» NY Times Apparently Planning To Commit Suicide Online With Paywall | Techdirt

Thoughts: I don’t give two ****s about the NY Times. Let them “commit suicide” by making an online paywall.

» Possible Verizon iPhone found in screen cap | Electronista

Thoughts: Seriously, haven’t you heard of Photoshop?!?!

Alright moving on…

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Dailies: 2010.01.17

Three EPIC DIY projects that are so simple they’re brilliant!

» Charge indicator for battery case | benvelo.com

Thoughts: I’ve always done this, one way means charged the other empty. This my friends is awesome!

» SkottiRotta – Lens cap holder / keeper | benvelo.com

Thoughts: I HAVE to make one of these. I’m always forgetting what pocket on my camera case I put the lens cap in. I swear that spikey haired one looks like Maggie Simpson. ;)

» Battery holder with a charge indicator | benvelo.com

Thoughts: Wow this is a great idea… but I still prefer plastic battery cases.

Two entries related to Steve Jobs…

» The decade of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple – Nov. 5, 2009 | Fortune

Thoughts: “Steve Jobs: CEO of the decade.” Enough said.

» Steve Jobs on Magazine Covers | Kuo Design

Thoughts: Awesome!

» Conan Puts The Tonight Show for Sale on Craigslist | Mashable

Thoughts: I’ve always liked Conan, and NBC once again is ****ING up their lineup. Fox should really offer Conan his own show, and NBC will suffer even more rating hits. Fox should also buy the rights to Kings – another epic show NBC ****ed. NBC = Nothing But Crap!

» How to Add TextExpander Touch SDK to iPhone Apps | Fresh Blocks

Thoughts: More iPhone / touch developers need to incorporate TextExpander Touch’s SDK into their apps. If they have a typing feature, it should be in there!

» Office pulled from Microsoft Store, MSDN, TechNet | Ars Technica

Thoughts: Looks like M$ didn’t get the XML out of the Office line-up fast enough.

» Spider-Man 4 Scrapped; [...] Sony Plans Franchise Reboot for 2012 | /Film

Thoughts: Not another franchise “reboot”. Good grief.

» LG Display’s 19-inch E Ink display plays loose with the truth | Engadget

Thoughts: Engadget is right, once they add all of the necessary electronics, this wont be very flexible.

» FCC bans current 700MHz devices, clears path to 4G | Electronista

Thoughts: Giddy Up 4G LTE!

» Apple finally has dedicated acquisition staff | MacNN

Thoughts: Sounds like the smart thing for Apple to have… a dedicated mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team.

» NASA Awards Contract for a Methane-Powered Balloon to Explore Saturn’s Moon | Popular Science

Thoughts: And how long will it take to get to Titan? Interesting idea, and it’s great that we are exploring our solar system, but one has to wonder what benefit we get from sending a balloon to Saturn’s Moon.

» Nintendo’s “fad” dominates Sony, Microsoft in December

Thoughts: I have a PS3 for Blu-Ray (and LittleBigPlanet), I have my Xbox 360 for games, and I have my Wii for more family oriented casual gaming. As you can tell, the 360 and the Wii get more play time. I still say that the 360 and it’s controller is the only thing that M$ has done right. The Wii is fun, and I see the appeal!

» Disney’s Re-Negotiation with Starz Could Limit Netflix Ability to Offer Streaming Movies | /Film

Thoughts: One step forward, and two steps back? Hmm…

Soda (or Pop – however you say it) tastes better with real sugar, not this HFCS crap. I’ve been enjoying the Pepsi Throwback, and glad to see it’s back for another run. [FIRST LINK] I’m even more excited to hear that Dr. Pepper is also releasing a made with real sugar version called Heritage Dr. Pepper! [SECOND LINK]

» Review: Pepsi Throwback » December 2009 Rerelease | BevReview

» Review: Heritage Dr Pepper | BevReview

» HAPPY MEAL: McDonald’s Now Provides Free Wi-Fi | Mashable

Thoughts: Okay I can count on one had the number of times I’ve eaten INSIDE of a McDonalds since I was 10. I know it’s popular for the families with little munchkins running around with ketchup on their face… Anyway… being an AT&T DSL subscriber I already had access to the vast AT&T Wi-Fi network (as bundled with my service)… I only really used it at Barns & Noble, and even then it wasn’t that great. Now that AT&T is trying to offset those of us with iPhones by offering free Wi-Fi to us, and now to anyone… I have to give them credit… Even though it has free Wi-Fi I’m still not going to go into a McDonalds to eat. (Maybe if I was traveling. Nope scratch that I have my Verizon MiFi.)

Alright moving on…

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Matrix: 2010.01.16

Today’s show notes / links:

• Apple – AirPort Extreme – Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi base station
» http://7nk.us/apxdb2

• YouTube – [HowTo] Install 200+ Screensavers on Ubuntu Linux
» http://7nk.us/ubuntu200ss

• Wallet-Emptying Moleskine Multi-Pack. Verdict? Gorgeous | Gadget Lab
» http://7nk.us/msmpy

• Moleskine Notebooks, Planners, Journals and Sketchbooks
» http://7nk.us/moleskines

• Livescribe :: Never Miss A Word
» http://7nk.us/livescribe

• Print your own Livescribe Paper
» http://7nk.us/lsspp

• Philips LivingColors Changing LED Lamp with Remote | Amazon
» http://7nk.us/plcledlamp

• Philips LivingColors Mini Changing LED Lamp | Amazon
» http://7nk.us/plcledlampm

• Rain Gutters as Cable Management Tools | Lifehacker
» http://7nk.us/rgascm

• Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 | MacUser
» http://7nk.us/ivbx6mw

• Does auto-expiring security software make sense? | MacUser
» http://7nk.us/ivbx6axp

• Intego clarifies VirusBarrier X6 renewal pricing | MacUser
» http://7nk.us/icvbx6p

• PGP
» http://7nk.us/pgp

• TrueCrypt
» http://7nk.us/truecrypt

Alright moving on…

Oy Vey! Time to switch to OpenOffice!

For those of you with your heads stuck in the Micro$oft sandbox, pull yourself together and join the party over at the OpenOffice.org loft. - Free admission. emojicon.png

Ars Technica posted that Microsoft isn’t going to offer “upgrade” pricing for it’s Office 2010 suite of “office” apps.

Microsoft is quoted as doing this to “simplify” the Office lineup. Now each Office SKU will have two separate prices: the first is the “Full Packaged Product” aka FPP, the second is the “Product Key Card” aka PKC.

The FPP will come with the install media and two licenses for the product, where as the PKC will only give you one license and no media – you need to download a trial or borrow someone’s media to install it.

Now, I didn’t read anything about the Microsoft pricing for Office 2010 when it was announced (I was on a RSS holiday)… but I’m NOT shocked to learn that M$ is going to offer an AD-SUPPORTED “Office 2010 Starter” version. Yes I said AD-SUPPORTED!

This super scaled down version of Word and Excel will replace the long-in-the-tooth M$ Works application that is often pre-installed on OEM machines.

How about this for you Winblows users… dump M$ Office and get OpenOffice. It’s FREE, as in beer; and not riddled with ADs like the Sunday paper.

The other day I brought up the topic of OpenOffice to my colleague, and he pooh-poohed the whole concept of OO. He kept saying, okay insert such and such, or set such and such. I was there with every move. I don’t understand why we still force the majority of our faculty to use M$ Office 2000, when OpenOffice.org is a free alternative that continues to be updated.

It’s time to take back the Monopoly Bank from M$ and get more people to use the free OpenOffice alternative.

Linkage:

osx_OpenOffice_128.png• OpenOffice.org 5-Stars
The Free and Open Productivity Suite
» http://7nk.us/ooorg (Website)




 

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