Social Media

Social Media Updates for 2010-01-31

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  • The Future Is Wild – http://bit.ly/dgdUF6 #
  • One thing the iPhone doesn't have that the LG Chocolate Touch does? An FM Tuner: http://bit.ly/aDB8xA #ad [Verizon, too.] #
  • WOW! How to get Flash on the iPad: (1) Buy RemoteTap; (2) VNC into your Mac; (3) Open a Web Browser; (4) STFU. #
  • The iPad would fit nicely in a purse / handbag. http://bit.ly/9E3qTZ [Are women its target market?] #
  • My camera didn't come with a Web browser. #fail #
  • Someone asked me who I was going for in the Super Bowl… and I said: "The food." #
  • NEWS FLASH: Portable TVs and Radios and MP3 Players don't come with cameras, either. *sigh* #
  • I just got stopped on the street by an addict… who was asking me for… seeds for his FarmVille?! #
  • Can Flash be saved? http://bit.ly/bHno2L [via @Scobleizer] #
  • Mountain Dew Throwback Taste Test: http://youtu.be/6fEzMmYyceo [damn near put me in the hospital today] #
  • Best MacBook skin out there today: http://twitpic.com/10mdhe [affixed to @HipsForHire's system] #
  • Best MacBook skin out there today: http://twitpic.com/10mdheaffixed to @HipsForHire's system] #
  • Which team should I support in next week's Super Bowl? #
  • BREAKING NEWS: Kotex & Tampax are collaborating on something they're calling a Tablet-Slate. #
  • No, seriously. Flash is about as stable with Safari as a drunk is strung out on PCP. #
  • Is there a chart out there showing the top 10 crash culprits in the world's leading Web browsers? I'd wager Adobe Flash is #1 in each case. #
  • Firefox Weave Sync Add-On Now Available – http://lgno.me/9tcJsE #
  • Does Internet Explorer Suck? – http://lgno.me/9kCo0u #
  • Microsoft Security Updates – http://lgno.me/b6KXwQ #
  • I'm sleeptweeting. #
  • Get Organized Coupons – http://lgno.me/bCb57I #
  • Sears Coupons – http://lgno.me/9STJ8S #
  • Listening to Coast to Coast AM for free online: http://www.coaststream.com/ [Art Bell is back!!!] #
  • They're showing English "subtitles" above the stage at this opera and all I can think is: "Are they using PowerPoint or Keynote?" #
  • Hey @Alyssa_Milano: thanks for the RT. And now, I'm following you. Was already a fan of @BuzzEdition! #
  • I think @HipsForHire and I just spied Frasier & Niles Crane at the @SeattleOpera. Those scallywags! #
  • Actually, the iPad should drive down the price of all tablet-esque devices. What's to hate, again? ;) #
  • iPad haters should actually LOVE it… considering it's driving down the prices of their precious netbooks. ;) #
  • Study shows wind could power one-fifth of eastern U.S. http://lgno.me/cUfSM9 [Insert favorite fart jokes here.] #
  • Son, never throw a punch at a redwood. [Tom Selleck] #
  • Brand congruence – a fragrant case study. http://lgno.me/aTfw3W #
  • My full thoughts on Adobe Flash on Apple devices: http://chris.pirillo.com/why-isnt-adobe-flash-on-the-iphone-ipod-ipad/ #
  • Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power. [Tom Brown, Jr.] #
  • The dentist and daytime TV. http://lgno.me/9e6iFc [The words "I want to be sedated" never rang so true.] #
  • Adobe Flash is akin to a drug, and you're suggesting that we should empower the drug pusher so that addicts can get their fix? #
  • Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. [Germaine Greer] #
  • Blaming Apple for Adobe Flash's shortcomings is like blaming a chair for breaking after you put an elephant on it. #
  • Even if Apple doesn't want to do it (@KevinCTofel), I won't advocate Flash support on the iPhone OS until Adobe actually makes it WORK WELL. #
  • Texting regulation and enforcement. http://lgno.me/b5IZAf [Can it be enforced in force?] #
  • Perhaps if Adobe Flash was just a TAD MORE EFFICIENT AND STABLE, it would be welcomed onto the iPhone OS. #
  • A hero is a man who does what he can. [Romain Rolland] #
  • First thoughts: the Apple iPad. http://lgno.me/aNXpHG [And probably the last thought I'll be relaying about the topic for a while. Maybe.] #
  • 10 Consumer Electronic Devices the iPad Replaces – http://lgno.me/dtPdsX #
  • A drink a day keeps the shrink away. [Edward Abbey] #
  • Will @internetnut be buying the iPad? Probably. http://lgno.me/bhiQUV #
  • The sea has neither meaning nor pity. [Anton Chekhov] #
  • Will the iPad be Apple's Newton part 2? http://lgno.me/domAFE [So nice they made it twice?] #
  • My mind is my own church. [Thomas Paine] #
  • Top 3 iPad omissions. http://lgno.me/ciY5hl #
  • I like children – fried. [W.C. Fields] #
  • The commercial interests are trying to further screw up television. http://lgno.me/bxxSGP [Trying?] #
  • Ulta Coupons – http://lgno.me/d1eHB7 #
  • Stop the Facebook Chain Message Madness! – http://lgno.me/9MU6Qh #
  • Salon Wish Coupons – http://lgno.me/bhNc3G #
  • How to Protect Your Hard Drive – http://lgno.me/d0MoDL #
  • Microsoft Help Desk – http://lgno.me/dD7DbW #
  • Overstock Coupons – http://lgno.me/bwgFYm #
  • How to Convert Files Using Format Factory – http://lgno.me/b9xhTB #
  • I'm gonna write a book on Twitter and it'll only be 140 characters long. #
  • Someone suggested I was in rare form tonight, but I actually prefer my tweets "well done." #
  • AT&T is not your friend, @KrystynChong – it's your enema. #
  • If <3 is an ASCII heart, how do you make an ASCII lung? Or, for that matter, an ASCII pancreas? ASCII bladder? What's the ANSI? #
  • Mountain Dew Throwback = Dewback? [HT @LizMoney] #starwars #
  • I just heard my dad say: "I think I need to reboot my Google." #wtf #
  • I asked my mom if she wanted an iPad and she slapped me. #
  • Microsoft to Open Outlook .PST Data Format: http://bit.ly/bmKUX [I knew it'd happen... eventually.] #
  • NEW Throwboy Valentine's Day Pillows Now Available! http://throwboy.com <3 [@throwboy] #
  • Google Mac Developer Playground: http://code.google.com/mac/ #
  • Has the Super Bowl already happened? #
  • Dude. My @Howcast video comments are NOTHING but spam. #
  • Facebook asks: "What's on my mind?" What if it's nothing? #
  • Joining fellow geeks for some tech talk at http://www.alfred.tv/live this evening. #
  • RT @MarinaMartin: http://www.supercook.com/ has a KILLER ingredient search engine. #
  • Toyota owners: what to do if your gas pedal sticks while driving. http://lgno.me/duMNf5 [Douglas Adams' advice, "Don't Panic," applies.] #
  • Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy. [Mo Rocca] #
  • Lots of life left in copper. http://lgno.me/duLKnp [Don't tell that to gold!] #
  • Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall. [Jackson Pollock] #
  • When you start name-calling, you've lost the argument. #
  • Six mistakes companies are making today and how you can avoid them. http://lgno.me/bjy546 #
  • Charm is a product of the unexpected. [Jose Marti] #
  • What are the different lock modes in SQL Server? http://lgno.me/9LJfim #
  • Shame on you, America? http://lgno.me/duuFgw [There's never any shame in compassion, no matter one's priorities.] #
  • Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action. [Alexander Mackenzie] #
  • Just upgraded my Google Storage to 80GB for $20/yr versus a way-overpriced @Dropbox upgrade of 50GB for $99/yr. WTF?! #
  • "Call for Help" from TechTV is resurrected with @ch9live: http://lgno.me/9VdbvY [PLEASE Watch & Comment!] #
  • Shame on you, America? http://lgno.me/duuFgw [There's never any shame in compassion, no matter one's priorities.] #
  • "Call for Help"from TechTV is resurrected with @ch9: http://lgno.me/9VdbvY [PLEASE Watch & Comment!] #
  • Think Adobe Flash sucks? @jnack has a cogent rebuttal: http://bit.ly/9uEOcD [It still doesn't excuse instability on OS X.] #
  • Sanity is a cozy lie. [Susan Sontag] #
  • U.S. bans texting by truckers and bus drivers. http://lgno.me/cl4lFs [What about banning all drivers?] #
  • It's not an iPod… it's an iPad Nano. #
  • iPad Overreactions – http://lgno.me/av8X28 #
  • "Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get." [Conan O'Brien, but NOT specifically about Apple's iPad.] #
  • Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it. [Claes Oldenburg] #
  • Less linking, more writing. http://lgno.me/aXBJB8 [Whew. At least he didn't say anything about tweeting.] #
  • *ahem* Value is NOT found in the feature, but in the implementation of said feature. #
  • A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] #
  • RT @cnnbrk: J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," has died. http://bit.ly/d2Y1vv #
  • CompTIA gets greedy. http://lgno.me/dkXpeT #
  • Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. [William Butler Yeats] #
  • China puts up the wall on mobile adult content. http://lgno.me/cTJ528 [Well, put up a wall and people will just scribble obscenities on it.] #
  • Are Apple’s iPad Shortcomings Real or Perceived? http://j.mp/duPm10 [My top 10 counter-arguments] #
  • Common Web Sites Compromised with Malware – http://lgno.me/b64nrw #
  • This is the BEST Facebook client I've EVER used: http://bit.ly/5SLv2K [No joke, you MUST try it - Windows or OS X!] #
  • Bath & Body Works Coupons – http://lgno.me/bQyNL8 #
  • Most initial iPad complaints are largely due to the problems WE are having in classifying this device in our existing taxonomy of gadgetry. #
  • ShopBop Coupons – http://lgno.me/bCxmwG #
  • Refer people to MyLikes and Win an Apple iPad or MacBook Pro and make $4 per influencer: http://lgno.me/caj2d4 [Okay, I'm gonna try!] #
  • Ugh. @SeattleOpera requires Flash to view seating chart. I can't see it right now. FAIL. #
  • Circuit City Coupons – http://lgno.me/audsSf #
  • Conan O'Brien Portrait… in Cheetos?! http://lgno.me/aHEcjH #
  • Have you, or someone you know, been iSsimilated? There is help available. #
  • Word Cloud of Obama's State of the Union: http://bit.ly/9VxHU5 #
  • Why Do You Want an iPad? – http://lgno.me/amEmc7 #
  • Apple's next webcam should be called iBalls… ya know, like… eyeballs? [HT @HipsForHire] #
  • How to "solve" childhood obesity? STOP GIVING KIDS SUGAR AND CORN-BASED PRODUCTS. Problem solved. #
  • I have my @MTV (on Twitter). #
  • Video Editing Job Gone Horribly Wrong – http://lgno.me/9a0Mmw #
  • "'State of the Unions' are irrelevant. We aren't in covered wagons with one opportunity a year to hear from the president." [@MarinaMartin] #
  • This update does NOT mention the iPad. Oops. #
  • Big companies not immune to online attacks. http://lgno.me/bBm5ai [The larger the target...] #
  • Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one. [Frank Miller] #
  • Bill Gates on the economy. http://lgno.me/bzXP6b [Less fun than Bill Gates on the unicycle, in my humble opinion.] #
  • Architecture in general is frozen music. [Friedrich von Schelling] #
  • While healthcare is debated, you may need solutions now. ZocDoc helps you organize your insurance/care needs. http://lgno.me/bQrbFh #
  • In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn. [Mordecai Richler] #
  • 'Survival of the cutest' proves Darwin right. http://lgno.me/cn8FWz [Then how do you explain Dick Cheney?] #
  • Apple iPad Finally Makes Its Debut! – http://lgno.me/c384cu #
  • About to go live with @ch9live at http://live.ch9.ms – join us! #
  • I have to drink this much to be as unfunny as you. [Patton Oswalt] #
  • Common Websites Compromised with Malware – http://lgno.me/b64nrw #
  • Create Folder Icons for OS X – http://lgno.me/9i84O5 #
  • Avatar: the un-review. http://lgno.me/9oDASo [To be enjoyed with a tall cup of the un-cola and a medium bag of un-popped corn.] #
  • How to Add a Monitor Using USB – http://lgno.me/dkjZuu #
  • I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] #
  • The Mac Manual: http://lgno.me/b7eZh9 [Free to ne'er-do-wells like you!] #
  • I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics. [Keith Olbermann] #
  • $499 for a starter iPad?! Rest in Peace, my Kindle. I hardly knew ye. #
  • iWork on the iPad? I'm sold. #
  • Firefox continues to lose with speed. http://lgno.me/be8pgD [But some say speed isn't everything.] #
  • I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know. [Lawrence Durrell] #
  • …the iPad? LOL… #
  • Tweet your way to a new job. http://lgno.me/a5MKAN [Twitter becoming a recruiter's tool.] #
  • No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise. [Lewis Carroll] #
  • Windows 7 and the dirty little graphics secret. http://lgno.me/cbFDJj [I think I saw this movie, once...] #
  • Windows 3.1 Launch Party – http://lgno.me/cmRshZ #
  • Why Mass Effect 2 was fun, but could have been better: http://lgno.me/9X1KPk #
  • Who is Your Favorite Superhero? – http://lgno.me/bMbK9x #
  • Check out an auto show lately? http://lgno.me/dn3MKa [They never have bike racks available there for some reason.] #
  • RT @Ch9Live Show: Help Desk with @ChrisPirillo Wed Jan 27 @ 2PM PST. Answering your Windows tech support questions LIVE! http://live.ch9.ms #
  • I'm co-sponsoring @SMCSeattle tonight – for http://seattle.socialcentral.net/ and @Gnomedex. #SMCSea #
  • I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut. [Ellen DeGeneres] #
  • Klingon rap! http://is.gd/77e5h [Via @bonniegrrl] #
  • #UnsubscribeMonday proposed. http://lgno.me/bdPHWd [To balance out #FollowFriday.] #
  • Text Generator – http://lgno.me/bBXIBs #
  • It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. [Hans Selye] #
  • The myth of the Sony 'kill switch' plagues the company. http://lgno.me/bKUfV5 [Do mercy killings count?] #
  • Man Caught At Airport With 44 Lizards In His Pants: http://bit.ly/cBntCv [@huffingtonpost] #
  • What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. [Angela Davis] #
  • "Along with the tablet, Apple is rumored to be developing an abacus, fire and a wheel." [@RexHuppke] #
  • Social networking can assist in on-boarding new employees. http://lgno.me/aY4SVC [Don't let them go lonely!] #
  • Just write about what bites you and damn the rest. [Jonathan Carroll] #
  • Paying for airline wireless. http://lgno.me/bbbRXQ [Cheaper than most Internet cafes charge!] #
  • Don't miss learning from the master of the interwebz, @shoemoney: http://bit.ly/c6LbZw #ad [Learn the Internet Marketing Business from him.] #
  • Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. [Douglas MacArthur] #
  • Only 5 days left to enter YouSayToo's Dream Gift contest: http://bit.ly/bEE7nw #ad [Tell them why you think your blog should win!] #
  • Ron Paul has gone suicidal. http://lgno.me/bJfEn4 [Or he has "pictures of CIA heads with small, furry animals."] #
  • Steve Ballmer autographs a MacBook Pro: http://lgno.me/cijlxg [Video proof!] #
  • Maturity is only a short break in adolescence. [Jules Feiffer] #
  • What is There to do in Singapore? – http://lgno.me/c2GdX4 #
  • The Easy Guide To Computer Networks: http://lgno.me/9J4pec [Much more helpful than The Ridiculously Complex Guide To Computer Networks.] #
  • Fingerprint Problems in Windows – http://lgno.me/aW3Zvc #
  • If you don't have enemies, you don't have character. [Paul Newman] #
  • A look back at a first PC. http://lgno.me/8fsWEg [Bought for $3,000, sold on eBay for $99.10 five years later.] #
  • Portable Pen Scanner – http://lgno.me/9kmGKA #
  • The stars above will be below when man has love. [Philip José Farmer] #
  • Google Chrome 4 declared stable. http://lgno.me/8XcTK5 [Kim Jong-il still declared not.] #
  • "I think animal testing is a terrible idea. They get all nervous and give the wrong answers" [Peter Kaye, via @leevanlog] #
  • There are no coupons in this tweet. #
  • Bliss Coupons – http://lgno.me/6Dwex7 #
  • Sony Coupons – http://lgno.me/7viop5 #
  • The Apple Tablet will _______________. #
  • 101 T-Shirts for Apple Fanboys: http://bit.ly/7ZZT3P #
  • Free Pac-Man Arrives On Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/namcoarcade/ [Via @9swords] #
  • Logged into Second Life for the first time in over a year… I still don't get it. #
  • We're alone… on the Internet… together? #
  • Weird Al (@AlYankovic) is producing a new movie: http://bit.ly/7ogelE [HT @LunabeanMedia] #
  • 10 great Google Chrome extensions: http://bit.ly/4NjQ4f [Via @mike_elgan] #
  • "Dr. Pepper is changing their recipe, using less expensive ingredients. It will now be called: Nurse Practicioner Pepper." [@MrBigFists] #
  • "Introducing @Favstar_Bot. He'll tell you when your tweet is favorited by 3 people." Toggle via http://favstar.fm/settings [Nice!] #
  • "Gary Coleman is due back in court in February, and if asked to approach the bench, he will need to use one." [@DDDBU] #
  • "The reason I joined Twitter is not the reason I stayed. Funny how that works." [@sucittaM] #
  • Antivirus Live: not helping to protect. http://lgno.me/5fMfUg [Just helping to frustrate.] #
  • The irreversibility of time is the mechanism that brings order out of chaos. [Ilya Prigogine] #
  • Do You Remember Your First Tweetup? – http://lgno.me/5XAk0y #
  • Help Desk – http://lgno.me/6wkEll #
  • Another Wii accessory. http://lgno.me/6ouKXr [This one might just bowl you over.] #
  • Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. [Steve Prefontaine] #
  • Tech Support Remote Control – http://lgno.me/6wABdk #
  • RightClickReload.com: http://lgno.me/4TbBdi [LatherRinseRepeat] #
  • Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. [Theodosius Dobzhansky] #
  • eMaps puts Google Maps in an app for your dapptapp… er, desktop: http://sites.google.com/site/emanuelet/emaps/ [FREE] #
  • Intel vs. AMD in the dual-core era. http://lgno.me/5w04iq [Pick a side, either side.] #
  • What is There to do in Kentucky? – http://lgno.me/5BJQ8R #
  • Let your schemes alone, adore the rising sun, and leave a man undone, to his fate. [Robert Burns] #
  • Amazon Kindle – some new novels remain free. http://lgno.me/68pnvX [How novel!] #
  • Irrelevance is a matter of perspective. #
  • New Chrome Boasts Bookmark Sync and More – http://lgno.me/76ef1X #
  • Being a foreigner is not a disease. [Alden Nowlan] #
  • How to Reach 100,000 YouTube Subscribers – http://lgno.me/6eqWGP #
  • Finding too few programs work with Windows 7? http://lgno.me/6y7MFb [No one ever complains about finding too many programs working.] #
  • "Social Media" is not a career. #
  • It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. [W. Somerset Maugham] #
  • First Haircut – http://bit.ly/6A0lzJ #
  • First LEGO Set – error returning search url [500] #
  • Track Your Mouse Clicks for Fun – http://bit.ly/4nmFcX #
  • iPod touch 3G unboxing. http://lgno.me/86IJt5 #
  • HD Web Camera Wants to be Yours – http://bit.ly/4pXiVs #
  • You can't fake this music. [Etta James] #
  • Join us for Kat's first Tweetup on Friday, Feb 19th in Bellevue. You won't want to miss this! http://lgno.me/7ON5yV #
  • The use of "LOL" – the definitive commentary. http://lgno.me/5d7c1K [Lying out loud?] #
  • Lord, keep her safe since you can't keep her sane. [Gloria Naylor] #
  • The rollup laptop. http://lgno.me/6icyX5 [In assorted, fruity flavors?] #
  • Language is wine upon the lips. [Virginia Woolf] #
  • "The existence of a 'snooze' button tells you everything you ever needed to know about the human race." [@Toy_A] #
  • "Cleanliness may be next to Godliness, but laziness totally has the most comfortable seat on the couch." [@WadetoBlack] #
  • "If my morning crossword puzzle could talk, it would say: 'You complete me.'" [@k2bf] #
  • "I can buy a new printer (same model as the one I have WITH toner) for less than the cost of just new toner. WTF?" [@georgie via @dotben] #
  • My First ⓁⒺⒼⓄ & Video Game System: http://youtu.be/VZZ47Iyq8oU [1980!] #
  • "The only thing I hate about being a ninja is always having to explain to my adversaries why I'm wearing footsie pajamas." [@OverlandParker] #
  • "I like to watch commercials during football games because I never know what questions to ask my doctor." [@carrmah] #
  • "Is there some law that stipulates local TV spots must feature the advertiser's children?" [@TheBosha] #
  • Steve Jobs on the upcoming bowel movement: "This Will Be The Most Important Thing I've Ever Done." #
  • Recording videos for YouTube: http://live.pirillo.com/ [Chat will be included, so long as it remains unmoderated.] #
  • Your vote NO LONGER COUNTS in America… unless you're a large corporation with beaucoup bucks. Thanks, Supreme Court! #
  • http://www.michaelv.org/ [via @HouseholdHacker] #
  • I upgraded to Windows 7 thanks to a version therapy. #
  • Social Media Updates for 2010-01-24 – http://bit.ly/6XLfZA #