en | Filome sharers have read the following articles about "en" | www.filome.com filome.com http://www.filome.com/key/en You're viewing shares 1-25 of 82428 total shares for the keyword en This is a keyword feed for "en" from Filome read and shared items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword feeds for posts that are by shared with Google Reader users visit http://filome.com. en-us Copyright for these items belong to their original publishers. No filome, google reader, shared items, community knowledge organizer This is the keyword feed for "en" from my read items in Google Reader. This is the keyword feed for "en" from my read items in Google Reader. http://www.filome.com/images/feed_image.jpg en | Filome sharers have read the following articles about "en" | www.filome.com http://www.filome.com/key/en This is a keyword feed for "en" from Filome read and shared items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword feeds for posts that are by shared with Google Reader users visit http://filome.com. http://www.filome.com filome beta Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 also available in Japan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Akihabaranews_en/~3/8J2R7aiKy_8/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz100-also-available-in-japan Shared item Akihabara News
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Like Panasonic's Lumix LX5 introduced last week in the US and available from today in Japan, the FZ100 has finally been announced for the Japanese Market.
Here again, nothing new compared to the US version, we have a 14.1 megapixels 1/2.33 MOS sensor with a burst mode at 11fps, a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens coming with 24x optical zoom, the usual POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer), a 3.0 inch LCD screen, an ISO range from 100 to 1600, a SD . SDHC / SDXC card slot, a RAW mode, and a video recording mode in 1920 x 1080/60i (17/13Mbps).

Our first Panasonics full hybrid camera will be available on August 20th at 65 000 Yens (575)



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Like Panasonic's Lumix LX5 introduced last week in the US and available from today in Japan, the FZ100 has finally been announced for the Japanese Market.
Here again, nothing new compared to the US version, we have a 14.1 megapixels 1/2.33 MOS sensor with a burst mode at 11fps, a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens coming with 24x optical zoom, the usual POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer), a 3.0 inch LCD screen, an ISO range from 100 to 1600, a SD . SDHC / SDXC card slot, a RAW mode, and a video recording mode in 1920 x 1080/60i (17/13Mbps).

Our first Panasonics full hybrid camera will be available on August 20th at 65 000 Yens (575)



mode panasonic optical japan x ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:45:40 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,1 Earbud packaging so cute, you can almost hear it http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/earbud-packaging-so-cute-you-can-almost-hear-it/ Shared item Engadget Alt
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In-ear headphones, like underwear, present a problem to vendors and consumers: there's no good way to try them out before you buy them, without sharing unsavory parts of your body with others by proxy. So what do packaging designers -- the only ones who can do an effective job of selling you things you can't test drive -- do? One of three things, generally: they keep it boring (Etymotic, Sennheiser, COBY), hit you over the head with xtreme street grafix (Skullcandy, WESC) or they get creative. Panasonic's RP-HJE 130 earbuds exist only in award-winning-designer-concept-land, but we can guarantee you our moms would just flip if they saw them on the shelf at Target, and they'd probably end up in our Christmas stockings no matter what they sounded like. Now can someone out there please make some disposable earbud sheaths for us, for demo's sake? Like those things the doctor sticks on the in-ear thermometer? Thanks in advance.

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In-ear headphones, like underwear, present a problem to vendors and consumers: there's no good way to try them out before you buy them, without sharing unsavory parts of your body with others by proxy. So what do packaging designers -- the only ones who can do an effective job of selling you things you can't test drive -- do? One of three things, generally: they keep it boring (Etymotic, Sennheiser, COBY), hit you over the head with xtreme street grafix (Skullcandy, WESC) or they get creative. Panasonic's RP-HJE 130 earbuds exist only in award-winning-designer-concept-land, but we can guarantee you our moms would just flip if they saw them on the shelf at Target, and they'd probably end up in our Christmas stockings no matter what they sounded like. Now can someone out there please make some disposable earbud sheaths for us, for demo's sake? Like those things the doctor sticks on the in-ear thermometer? Thanks in advance.

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earbud packaging ear hear cute almost hear earbud packaging ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:45:38 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,2 Droid Incredible costs $165.35 to make http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndroidNewsGoogleAndroidForums/~3/ZxPpxFwqj_w/ Shared item Google Android News Android Forums
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It's always amusing to see how much a phone costs to make, what it costs to buy with no contract, and what it costs with a contract. In the Droid Incredible's case, those numbers are $165.35 / $599 / $149. So if you had the assembly and manufacturing skills of one of Santa's elves, you could buy all the necessary parts for the Droid Incredible and put it together yourself for quite the bargain. Sadly, I'm going to assume that you're like me and lack said elf-skills and thus must just buy the entire phone. Anyway, here's a breakdown of the parts and their associated costs. (click this image for full-size)

Yes these parts are relatively cheap. But you can't forget all the man-hours that went into designing these parts and making the machines that actually produce them.

And here's the Press Release issued by iSuppli:

The Droid Incredible could have been dubbed the Nexus Two' given its similarity to HTC's Nexus One introduced early this year, observed Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst and teardown services manager for iSuppli. Indeed, the phones are very similar in terms of costs and features, with the main difference being the Incredible's support for the CDMA air standard used by carrier Verizon in the United States.

The Nexus One's BOM amounted to $174.15, based on iSuppli's January pricing estimate, very close to the current materials cost for the Incredible. The centerpiece of both phones is an advanced Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display. Both phones also share a common electronic design based on Qualcomm Inc.'s 1GHz Snapdragon baseband processor. Finally, the Incredible and Nexus One both integrate a class-leading density, at 4Gbit, of Mobile Double Data Rate (DDR) DRAM to support the processor.

Beyond the use of CDMA in the Incredible, only a few other differences distinguish the phone from the Nexus One. The Incredible, for one, uses an optical track pad, as opposed to the trackball on the Nexus One. Furthermore, the Incredible employs HTC's Sense User Interface (UI) overlay, whereas the Nexus uses the generic Android UI.

When the $8.90 manufacturing cost is added in, the combined BOM and production expense for the Incredible amounts to $172.25.

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It's always amusing to see how much a phone costs to make, what it costs to buy with no contract, and what it costs with a contract. In the Droid Incredible's case, those numbers are $165.35 / $599 / $149. So if you had the assembly and manufacturing skills of one of Santa's elves, you could buy all the necessary parts for the Droid Incredible and put it together yourself for quite the bargain. Sadly, I'm going to assume that you're like me and lack said elf-skills and thus must just buy the entire phone. Anyway, here's a breakdown of the parts and their associated costs. (click this image for full-size)

Yes these parts are relatively cheap. But you can't forget all the man-hours that went into designing these parts and making the machines that actually produce them.

And here's the Press Release issued by iSuppli:

The Droid Incredible could have been dubbed the Nexus Two' given its similarity to HTC's Nexus One introduced early this year, observed Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst and teardown services manager for iSuppli. Indeed, the phones are very similar in terms of costs and features, with the main difference being the Incredible's support for the CDMA air standard used by carrier Verizon in the United States.

The Nexus One's BOM amounted to $174.15, based on iSuppli's January pricing estimate, very close to the current materials cost for the Incredible. The centerpiece of both phones is an advanced Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display. Both phones also share a common electronic design based on Qualcomm Inc.'s 1GHz Snapdragon baseband processor. Finally, the Incredible and Nexus One both integrate a class-leading density, at 4Gbit, of Mobile Double Data Rate (DDR) DRAM to support the processor.

Beyond the use of CDMA in the Incredible, only a few other differences distinguish the phone from the Nexus One. The Incredible, for one, uses an optical track pad, as opposed to the trackball on the Nexus One. Furthermore, the Incredible employs HTC's Sense User Interface (UI) overlay, whereas the Nexus uses the generic Android UI.

When the $8.90 manufacturing cost is added in, the combined BOM and production expense for the Incredible amounts to $172.25.

For more information on Android and the current Android mobile phones, check out our Android Guides

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incredible costs nexus droid parts incredible nexus costs droid android parts phones droid incredible costs 165 incredible costs droid incredible costs ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:40:42 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,3 Official: HTC rolling out Android 2.2, 720p video, iTunes sync to unlocked Euro Desires this weekend http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/official-htc-rolling-out-android-2-2-and-720p-video-capture-to/ Shared item Engadget
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We've just heard directly from HTC regarding that hotly anticipated upgrade to Android 2.2: it's happening this weekend for lucky Euroland owners of the Desire. Provided your Sense-laden 3.7-incher is not carrier-locked, you should be receiving your serving of Froyo by the end of the week, together with a new 720p video mode and iTunes sync for your music. HTC is also throwing in its App Share widget that it first introduced with the Wildfire, along with its smart Caller ID feature. Very nice, though it's quite a shame that operator-specific versions of the update are still stuck in testing and are expected "in several weeks' time." Ah well, guess that'll teach us to buy our gear unlocked.

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We've just heard directly from HTC regarding that hotly anticipated upgrade to Android 2.2: it's happening this weekend for lucky Euroland owners of the Desire. Provided your Sense-laden 3.7-incher is not carrier-locked, you should be receiving your serving of Froyo by the end of the week, together with a new 720p video mode and iTunes sync for your music. HTC is also throwing in its App Share widget that it first introduced with the Wildfire, along with its smart Caller ID feature. Very nice, though it's quite a shame that operator-specific versions of the update are still stuck in testing and are expected "in several weeks' time." Ah well, guess that'll teach us to buy our gear unlocked.

Continue reading Official: HTC rolling out Android 2.2, 720p video, iTunes sync to unlocked Euro Desires this weekend

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htc itunes sync unlocked video sync unlocked itunes video 720p android 720p video itunes sync unlocked euro euro desires video itunes htc rolling official htc unlocked euro desires video itunes sync 720p video itunes ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:40:40 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,4 AMD takes market lead in discrete GPUs from NVIDIA http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/F3osw_7Bvi0/ Shared item SlashGear
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AMD and NVIDIA are the only two companies who are in the consumer discrete graphics card market in a big way. There are some other much smaller companies but these are the two leaders. For a long time now, NVIDIA has held the lead in discrete GPUs.

AMD has taken lots of flack for buying ATI as the GPU company has had a hard time in the market over the last few years and poor profits cause AMD to have to take some losses on its new GPU division. AMD is now bragging that for the first time in four years, since the purchase of ATI in 2006, AMD has taken the market lead in discrete GPUs from NVIDIA.

AMD now holds 51.1% of the discrete GPU market with a growth of 10.4 points from Q2 2009. All of that growth came directly from NVIDIA who lost the same exact amount of points. AMD also has 56.3% of the mobile discrete GPU market. I wonder what NVIDIA will do to get that market share back.

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AMD and NVIDIA are the only two companies who are in the consumer discrete graphics card market in a big way. There are some other much smaller companies but these are the two leaders. For a long time now, NVIDIA has held the lead in discrete GPUs.

AMD has taken lots of flack for buying ATI as the GPU company has had a hard time in the market over the last few years and poor profits cause AMD to have to take some losses on its new GPU division. AMD is now bragging that for the first time in four years, since the purchase of ATI in 2006, AMD has taken the market lead in discrete GPUs from NVIDIA.

AMD now holds 51.1% of the discrete GPU market with a growth of 10.4 points from Q2 2009. All of that growth came directly from NVIDIA who lost the same exact amount of points. AMD also has 56.3% of the mobile discrete GPU market. I wonder what NVIDIA will do to get that market share back.

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discrete amd market nvidia gpu market discrete nvidia gpus lead market lead discrete gpus gpu market discrete notebook nvidia amd discrete gpu ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:40:39 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,5 ATI overtakes NVIDIA in discrete GPU shipments http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/ati-overtakes-nvidia-in-discrete-gpu-shipments/ Shared item Engadget
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You'd think with ATI having the performance, value and power efficiency lead for so long -- at least since the Radeon HD 4000 series -- NVIDIA would be in all kinds of trouble, but it's only now that AMD's graphics division has finally taken the lead in quarterly shipments. This is according to Mercury Research, whose analysts place the split at 51 to 49 percent in favor of ATI -- still a tightly contested thing, but it compares very favorably to the Red Team's 41% share in the same quarter last year. This data is concerned with discrete GPU shipments only (laptops included), whereas on the integrated front Intel continues to reign supreme with 54 percent of the market shipping its cheap and cheerful IGP units. ATI has made forward strides there as well, however, with 24.5% ranking ahead of NVIDIA's 19.8%. If Apple shifting its iMac and Mac Pro lines away from the Green livery wasn't enough, perhaps these numbers will finally start ringing some alarm bells over at NV HQ.

[Thanks, Zubayer]

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You'd think with ATI having the performance, value and power efficiency lead for so long -- at least since the Radeon HD 4000 series -- NVIDIA would be in all kinds of trouble, but it's only now that AMD's graphics division has finally taken the lead in quarterly shipments. This is according to Mercury Research, whose analysts place the split at 51 to 49 percent in favor of ATI -- still a tightly contested thing, but it compares very favorably to the Red Team's 41% share in the same quarter last year. This data is concerned with discrete GPU shipments only (laptops included), whereas on the integrated front Intel continues to reign supreme with 54 percent of the market shipping its cheap and cheerful IGP units. ATI has made forward strides there as well, however, with 24.5% ranking ahead of NVIDIA's 19.8%. If Apple shifting its iMac and Mac Pro lines away from the Green livery wasn't enough, perhaps these numbers will finally start ringing some alarm bells over at NV HQ.

[Thanks, Zubayer]

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ati nvidia shipments discrete gpu shipments nvidia gpu shipments discrete gpu overtakes nvidia ati overtakes ati overtakes nvidia ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:40:38 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,6 TI Calculator DRM Defeated http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7OknCKYW4Ek/TI-Calculator-DRM-Defeated Shared item Slashdot
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I swear to god, every few years TI does something dumb like this which just KILLS the community. Why do they do this? They make money on hardware sales. Having games gets them to sell better.
The needless change in assembly from 83 to 83+ and 89 firmware upgrades KILLED the community. The two sites that survived are relics of what they were back in the 90s.
josath writes "Texas Instruments' flagship calculator, the Nspire, was hacked to allow user-written programs earlier this year. Earlier this month, TI released an update to the OS that runs on the calculator, providing no new features, but only blocking the previous hack. Now, just a few weeks later, Nleash has been released, which defeats this protection. The battle rages on as users fight for the right to run their own software on their own hardware."

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I swear to god, every few years TI does something dumb like this which just KILLS the community. Why do they do this? They make money on hardware sales. Having games gets them to sell better.
The needless change in assembly from 83 to 83+ and 89 firmware upgrades KILLED the community. The two sites that survived are relics of what they were back in the 90s.
josath writes "Texas Instruments' flagship calculator, the Nspire, was hacked to allow user-written programs earlier this year. Earlier this month, TI released an update to the OS that runs on the calculator, providing no new features, but only blocking the previous hack. Now, just a few weeks later, Nleash has been released, which defeats this protection. The battle rages on as users fight for the right to run their own software on their own hardware."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.




ti calculator released hardware earlier ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:37:04 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,7 ATI Conquers NVIDIA (In Discrete GPU Shipments) [Graphics Cards] http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/PhG2wW13xK8/ati-conquers-nvidia-in-discrete-gpu-shipments Shared item Gizmodo
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ATI has finally overtaken NVIDIA in the quest for dominant discrete GPU (graphics cards) marketshare. ATI: 51%. NVIDIA: 49%. Apparently the flames, dragons and race cars that have been printed on ATI-related packaging are superior to the flames, cyborgs and race cars printed on NVIDIA's. [CNET via Fudzilla via Engadget] More




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ATI has finally overtaken NVIDIA in the quest for dominant discrete GPU (graphics cards) marketshare. ATI: 51%. NVIDIA: 49%. Apparently the flames, dragons and race cars that have been printed on ATI-related packaging are superior to the flames, cyborgs and race cars printed on NVIDIA's. [CNET via Fudzilla via Engadget] More




ati nvidia flames cards cars nvidia race cars graphics cards discrete gpu ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:36:04 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,8 Dave McClure's Investment Thesis http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AVc/~3/Mr-7lpOLkHk/dave-mcclures-investment-thesis.html Shared item A VC
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I've been a fan of Dave McClure since I met him some time ago. He has strong opinions, he shares them liberally, spices them up with foul language, and finds himself involved with a lot of interesting entrepreneurs and companies. In a nutshell, he's my kind of investor.

Yesterday he outlined his investment thesis on his blog. I've heard this thesis verbally from him a few times now, but I am so happy to see him write it all down for everyone to see. If you are a web/mobile entrepreneur, go read it.

Dave clearly articulates the new realities of tech investing. Here is the way he puts it:

Fast Forward to Twenty-Ten, and let's take a look at these fundamentals, with a specific lens on the consumer market & internet startups:

PRODUCT now typically means a website or service, run on low-/no-cost open source software, hosted in the cloud on low-cost servers, developed in a few months (or a WEEKEND!) by a small team of 1-5 developers, who continuously test & iterate in real-time with online customers

MARKETing now typically means using a variety of online distribution channels via paid & organic search (SEM/SEO) on Google, viral/social amplification on new media platforms & social networks like Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube, and the quickly-growing mobile platforms of Apple iPhone & Google Android. With the exception of search, most of these distribution channels didn't exist 5 years ago, yet they now easily reach over 100M-500M+ users, with very low cost and measurable marketing campaigns such that even a small team can reach billions of people globally.

REVENUE can now be collected easily via a variety of online payment, transactional e-commerce, digital goods, subscription billing, lead generation, CPM/CPC/CPA advertising. Many people buy things online now, and many companies are even bought for usage & users ahead of revenue.

Longtime readers of this blog will recognize all of these themes but even so, I like the way Dave lays them out. The world has changed a lot for tech entrepreneurs and VCs are adapting to the new realities. Some VCs will adapt. Others will decide not to raise another fund, spend the next five to ten years winding up their older funds, and then retire.

Dave's thesis is different in some ways than our thesis at Union Square Ventures. We are not as interested in smaller revenue focused companies that aim to be sold for $25mm to $50mm. We'd like to see our portfolio companies aim a bit higher than that. Even so, we will certainly end up with more than a few companies that will sell in that range. That is a successful outcome for us too if we can own 15-20% of the business and have less than $5mm invested, which is the case for many of our companies.

We tend to favor big networks of scale, like Etsy, Meetup, StackOverflow, Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare, Indeed, Tumblr, Disqus, among others. We believe that there are going to be a lot more opportunities like these that we can invest in.

But regardless of whether you are Dave McClure or Union Square Ventures, you need an investment thesis and you need to stick to it. And I believe that you need to make it public, articulate it well, and make sure everyone, particularly your target entrepreneurs, know what it is and why.

Dave did that yesterday and he did it well. Kudos to him. I think it will serve him very well.Related articles by Zemanta



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I've been a fan of Dave McClure since I met him some time ago. He has strong opinions, he shares them liberally, spices them up with foul language, and finds himself involved with a lot of interesting entrepreneurs and companies. In a nutshell, he's my kind of investor.

Yesterday he outlined his investment thesis on his blog. I've heard this thesis verbally from him a few times now, but I am so happy to see him write it all down for everyone to see. If you are a web/mobile entrepreneur, go read it.

Dave clearly articulates the new realities of tech investing. Here is the way he puts it:

Fast Forward to Twenty-Ten, and let's take a look at these fundamentals, with a specific lens on the consumer market & internet startups:

PRODUCT now typically means a website or service, run on low-/no-cost open source software, hosted in the cloud on low-cost servers, developed in a few months (or a WEEKEND!) by a small team of 1-5 developers, who continuously test & iterate in real-time with online customers

MARKETing now typically means using a variety of online distribution channels via paid & organic search (SEM/SEO) on Google, viral/social amplification on new media platforms & social networks like Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube, and the quickly-growing mobile platforms of Apple iPhone & Google Android. With the exception of search, most of these distribution channels didn't exist 5 years ago, yet they now easily reach over 100M-500M+ users, with very low cost and measurable marketing campaigns such that even a small team can reach billions of people globally.

REVENUE can now be collected easily via a variety of online payment, transactional e-commerce, digital goods, subscription billing, lead generation, CPM/CPC/CPA advertising. Many people buy things online now, and many companies are even bought for usage & users ahead of revenue.

Longtime readers of this blog will recognize all of these themes but even so, I like the way Dave lays them out. The world has changed a lot for tech entrepreneurs and VCs are adapting to the new realities. Some VCs will adapt. Others will decide not to raise another fund, spend the next five to ten years winding up their older funds, and then retire.

Dave's thesis is different in some ways than our thesis at Union Square Ventures. We are not as interested in smaller revenue focused companies that aim to be sold for $25mm to $50mm. We'd like to see our portfolio companies aim a bit higher than that. Even so, we will certainly end up with more than a few companies that will sell in that range. That is a successful outcome for us too if we can own 15-20% of the business and have less than $5mm invested, which is the case for many of our companies.

We tend to favor big networks of scale, like Etsy, Meetup, StackOverflow, Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare, Indeed, Tumblr, Disqus, among others. We believe that there are going to be a lot more opportunities like these that we can invest in.

But regardless of whether you are Dave McClure or Union Square Ventures, you need an investment thesis and you need to stick to it. And I believe that you need to make it public, articulate it well, and make sure everyone, particularly your target entrepreneurs, know what it is and why.

Dave did that yesterday and he did it well. Kudos to him. I think it will serve him very well.Related articles by Zemanta



dave thesis companies vcs online dave companies thesis need online investment thesis dave mcclure union square square ventures small team typically means distribution channels union square ventures ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:35:43 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,9 Apple: Puerto Ricans Aren't Americans And Can't Have Free iPhone 4 Cases http://consumerist.com/2010/07/apple-puerto-ricans-arent-americans-and-cant-have-free-iphone-4-cases.html Shared item The Consumerist
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Class act.

Sorry Puerto Ricans, even though you bought your iPhone 4s with U.S. dollars, endure AT&T's shoddy "national" coverage, and are United States citizens, Apple doesn't think you're entitled to a free case like real Americans. Apple originally told Puerto Ricans that they would qualify for free apology cases, but decided to cancel all orders being shipped to Puerto Rico after claiming that they were "unable to ship to an international address."

One understandably pissed customer writes:

I bought my new Apple iPhone 4 from ATT two weeks ago. I live in Puerto Rico and for ATT, Puerto Rico is part of their National coverage. I have a National Data Plan with free roaming everywhere in the States and never had a problem before.

I registered my iPhone 4 with no issues with apple.com. A few days ago Apple sent me an email letting me know I qualify for the free case program and asked me to install the app in my iPhone 4 in order to be able to order my free case. I followed all the instructions and ordered the case. I received an Order Confirmation email with an October ETA for delivery.

Last night I received the following email from Apple saying that they do not ship to "International locations", therefore my free case order has been canceled. I am confused. Is Apple good enough to sell their iPhone 4 to me through their ATT partner but now they won't send me the free case? They can sell me the phone but can't send me the solution to the antenna problem they caused?

I recall hearing Steve Jobs saying that this free case solution would be for everybody who bought an iPhone 4. What kind of service is this?Is Apple discriminating us?Apple sent out the following notice:

Thank you for your recent order with the Apple Online Store. We appreciate your business.

We are unable to complete your order. We do not ship to international, freight forwarder, APO, FPO, or P.O. Box addresses.

We offer the following information:

International Shipping: We are unable to ship to an international address. Therefore your order has been cancelled. Please visit the Apple Store Worldwide for the Apple Store Store in your country of residence.

Freight Forwarders: We do not ship to Freight Forwarders. Therefore your order has been cancelled.

APO, FPO or Post Office Boxes: Our carriers are unable to deliver orders to these addresses. Please visit http://www.apple.com/orderstatus to change your address to a physical address, so that we may continue processing your order. If we do not receive a response from you within one week, your order will be cancelled. You will need to login to your account with your Apple ID to locate this order.

For Apple's Online Store Sales Policy please visit: http://www.apple.com/legal/sales_policies/

To locate an Apple Authorized Reseller in your area: www.apple.com/buy/

If you wish to reorder, please visit http://www.apple.com/store or call 1-800-MY-APPLE.

We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Apple Online StoreWe get it, Puerto Rico sounds exotic. But the U.S. Postal Service swears it's part of America. Mailing a letter? That costs one U.S. stamp. Mailing a free replacement case to apologize for releasing a phone that drops calls when held? You get the idea. The post office even has a helpful guide to abbreviating state names. Apple can find Puerto Rico smushed right between the equally exotic destinations of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Obviously Apple should find a way to ship the free replacement cases to their Puerto Rican customers. If they can't, Puerto Ricans might want to consider calling their politiciansyou know, the ones who sit in the U.S. House of Representatives.

iPhone 4 Case Program - Puerto Rico - Canceled order [Apple Discussions]
iPhone 4 Unfair Case Program for Puerto Rico [Apple Discussions]



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Sorry Puerto Ricans, even though you bought your iPhone 4s with U.S. dollars, endure AT&T's shoddy "national" coverage, and are United States citizens, Apple doesn't think you're entitled to a free case like real Americans. Apple originally told Puerto Ricans that they would qualify for free apology cases, but decided to cancel all orders being shipped to Puerto Rico after claiming that they were "unable to ship to an international address."

One understandably pissed customer writes:

I bought my new Apple iPhone 4 from ATT two weeks ago. I live in Puerto Rico and for ATT, Puerto Rico is part of their National coverage. I have a National Data Plan with free roaming everywhere in the States and never had a problem before.

I registered my iPhone 4 with no issues with apple.com. A few days ago Apple sent me an email letting me know I qualify for the free case program and asked me to install the app in my iPhone 4 in order to be able to order my free case. I followed all the instructions and ordered the case. I received an Order Confirmation email with an October ETA for delivery.

Last night I received the following email from Apple saying that they do not ship to "International locations", therefore my free case order has been canceled. I am confused. Is Apple good enough to sell their iPhone 4 to me through their ATT partner but now they won't send me the free case? They can sell me the phone but can't send me the solution to the antenna problem they caused?

I recall hearing Steve Jobs saying that this free case solution would be for everybody who bought an iPhone 4. What kind of service is this?Is Apple discriminating us?Apple sent out the following notice:

Thank you for your recent order with the Apple Online Store. We appreciate your business.

We are unable to complete your order. We do not ship to international, freight forwarder, APO, FPO, or P.O. Box addresses.

We offer the following information:

International Shipping: We are unable to ship to an international address. Therefore your order has been cancelled. Please visit the Apple Store Worldwide for the Apple Store Store in your country of residence.

Freight Forwarders: We do not ship to Freight Forwarders. Therefore your order has been cancelled.

APO, FPO or Post Office Boxes: Our carriers are unable to deliver orders to these addresses. Please visit http://www.apple.com/orderstatus to change your address to a physical address, so that we may continue processing your order. If we do not receive a response from you within one week, your order will be cancelled. You will need to login to your account with your Apple ID to locate this order.

For Apple's Online Store Sales Policy please visit: http://www.apple.com/legal/sales_policies/

To locate an Apple Authorized Reseller in your area: www.apple.com/buy/

If you wish to reorder, please visit http://www.apple.com/store or call 1-800-MY-APPLE.

We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Apple Online StoreWe get it, Puerto Rico sounds exotic. But the U.S. Postal Service swears it's part of America. Mailing a letter? That costs one U.S. stamp. Mailing a free replacement case to apologize for releasing a phone that drops calls when held? You get the idea. The post office even has a helpful guide to abbreviating state names. Apple can find Puerto Rico smushed right between the equally exotic destinations of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Obviously Apple should find a way to ship the free replacement cases to their Puerto Rican customers. If they can't, Puerto Ricans might want to consider calling their politiciansyou know, the ones who sit in the U.S. House of Representatives.

iPhone 4 Case Program - Puerto Rico - Canceled order [Apple Discussions]
iPhone 4 Unfair Case Program for Puerto Rico [Apple Discussions]



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Perhaps bad news for the traffic of dictionary sites, which often don't show the actual word definition in the search engine snippets: Google now has a onebox of their own immediately offering the definition(s) for certain words you're searching for. Try enter e.g. pleasant into Google.com and the top will read: pleas ant/pleznt/Adjective ... 1. Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment. ... 2. (of a person or their manner) Friendly and considerate; likable.

Not too long ago, Google used to link words to Answers.com in the right hand side; before that, Dictionary.com. They later switched to their own definitions page, but then had that link removed completely (it was somewhat useful to check if you were writing a word correctly, though). Now a dictionary is back for certain words I suppose words people often want to look up in a dictionary, per Google's usage stats and more immediate, too. Note entering e.g. define:pleasant still works, too, and triggers a bit of a more extensive page.

[Thanks Drtimofey!]

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Perhaps bad news for the traffic of dictionary sites, which often don't show the actual word definition in the search engine snippets: Google now has a onebox of their own immediately offering the definition(s) for certain words you're searching for. Try enter e.g. pleasant into Google.com and the top will read: pleas ant/pleznt/Adjective ... 1. Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment. ... 2. (of a person or their manner) Friendly and considerate; likable.

Not too long ago, Google used to link words to Answers.com in the right hand side; before that, Dictionary.com. They later switched to their own definitions page, but then had that link removed completely (it was somewhat useful to check if you were writing a word correctly, though). Now a dictionary is back for certain words I suppose words people often want to look up in a dictionary, per Google's usage stats and more immediate, too. Note entering e.g. define:pleasant still works, too, and triggers a bit of a more extensive page.

[Thanks Drtimofey!]

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google dictionary words certain word google dictionary words certain words dictionary result direct dictionary direct dictionary result ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:30:56 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,11 Yummly Is a Snappy and Intuitive Recipe Search Engine [Recipes] http://lifehacker.com/5600417/yummyly-is-a-snappy-and-intuitive-recipe-search-engine Shared item Lifehacker
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If you've been underwhelmed with other recipe sites because they seem to give you thousands of recipes but not a whole lot of useful information, Yummly is a free and intuitive recipe search tool with a strong focus on the big picture

Click on the image above for a closer look.

At Yummly you don't just search for recipes or use ingredients as a springboard for finding recipesthough you can certainly do bothyou can also search and browse recipes by dietary requirements, allergies, and the course they'll be served in.

Setting up a profile at Yummly unlocks even more useful features. When you create your profile you specify your cooking skill level, habits, and preferences for types of food and where you prefer to shop. You then receive customized recommendations based on your level of cooking skill, types of food allergies, special dietary requirements, your preferences for local, organic, and whole foods, and where you prefer to do your shopping. These preferences are incorporated into your searches while logged in for even more convenient recipe finding.

Yummly is a free service and requires a basic email registration to store your preferences and saved recipes.

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Click on the image above for a closer look.

At Yummly you don't just search for recipes or use ingredients as a springboard for finding recipesthough you can certainly do bothyou can also search and browse recipes by dietary requirements, allergies, and the course they'll be served in.

Setting up a profile at Yummly unlocks even more useful features. When you create your profile you specify your cooking skill level, habits, and preferences for types of food and where you prefer to shop. You then receive customized recommendations based on your level of cooking skill, types of food allergies, special dietary requirements, your preferences for local, organic, and whole foods, and where you prefer to do your shopping. These preferences are incorporated into your searches while logged in for even more convenient recipe finding.

Yummly is a free service and requires a basic email registration to store your preferences and saved recipes.

Yummly [via MakeUseOf]


yummly recipes search recipe preferences yummly recipes preferences search recipe cooking skill dietary requirements recipe search intuitive recipe intuitive recipe search ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:30:55 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,12 Google Font Previewer http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2010-07-30-n50.html Shared item Google Blogoscoped
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Google has released a tool which lets you preview and live-edit fonts which are part of the Google Font API. It's called Google Font Previewer and features fonts like Vollkorn, Lobster, Cardo and Reanie Beanie. Once you're done tweaking a font, you can copy the HTML snippet Google shows into your own page.

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Sometimes I burn through hours just clicking deeper into rabbit holes on the internet. At what point do they take away my keyboard and jack me into a pod with a USB cable at the back of my neck?

Here they are, the 15 Most Addictive Websites Ever as determined by Urlesque -- a list comprising of wikis, blogs, gaming sites and more. We tried to focus more on individual sites providing unique content, but we just couldn't leave out a few aggregators that allow us to cherry pick fun stuff from millions of places throughout the web.
It's not hard to find soul-crushing video content on the web. But you won't find a single source that so carefully curates hilariously bad video clips that you haven't already seen a hundred times on Everything Is Terrible. I am consistently amazed at how many infomercial weirdos and bizarre Christian kids shows they're able to dig up every week.

Why it's addictive: The so-bad-they're-good videos bleed together for marathon rubbernecking sessions.
Ffffound is an image hosting platform like Flickr but cooler. It dynamically recommends photos you'll like as you browse. It's invite-only, which prevents a bunch of social media dorks dorking it up with stupid photos of what they ate for dinner that day.

Why it's addictive: Hey look, it's a picture of a man wearing a wearing a bird's nest on his head. And look over there, a mosaic made out of candy corn. And so on.
Content aggregators like Reddit or Digg make it easy for you to find the stuff that everyone's talking about. These communities have developed distinct personalities, going beyond just recommending stuff and actually help each other out and engage in weird collective pranks.

Why it's addictive: The content is so rapidly refreshed that you could easily just read interesting new stories indefinitely. Plus, you'll want to argue with or rally the community.
Will we, as a society, ever get tired of watching each other fail? People falling! Bad parenting! Bad spelling in signage! It's always the same dumb crap, but we can't get enough of it.

Why it's addictive: Just look at those YouTube screenshots as you scroll down the page. The teaser images will entice you till you're pages deep.
FML (or F*** My Life) is a site made up of user-submitted disappointments such as
Today, I daringly tried that fish bath thingy (the one where all the fish come to you and eat all of your skin's dead cells). I submerged into it and after 15 minutes of being a human buffet, 20 of the fish died. FML
And then, MLIA (My Life Is Average), which celebrates life's mundane moments:
Today, I renamed my iPod "This ship" just for the pleasure of seeing the phrase "This ship is syncing" MLIA


Why it's addictive: Sort the responses by popularity and spend hours marveling at other people's problems.
Bloggers and forum dwellers have revived animated GIFs in a huge way over the last few years. Gifsoup allows users to create their own gifs from existing YouTube footage, and also hosts a huge gallery of embeddable GIFs.

Why it's addictive: If scrolling through endless galleries of twitching, squirming animations wasn't enough, it's easy to make your own.
Know Your Meme is a wiki for memes. Anyone can submit information about a particular meme, and the good stuff rises to the top. It's also carefully curated and peppered with insightful videos explaining some of the more complex memes. You can easily burn a few hours tumbling down a rabbit hole of interrelated memes.

Why it's addictive: Each entry contains links to other memes, so even if you've found your explanation of the meme about which you were curious, you'll inevitably learn about a ton more.
Because it's so comprehensively cross-referenced, it's inevitable that looking up a quick data point on Wikipedia turns into an hours-long aimless graze of information. If that's not addictive enough, there's a game for iPhones and iPads called Wikihunt that challenges players to navigate from one random Wikipedia page to another in as few clicks as possible.

Why it's addictive: Look at all those underlined words that are waiting to be clicked. Even if you came here for a specific reason, it's guaranteed you won't be able to leave without learning about something else worth sharing at the water cooler.
If you have any interest in pop culture or creative writing, you WILL spend hours absorbing the storytelling cliches at TV Tropes. Every plot element or characterization is documented exhaustively, with as much weight given to some dumb Anime as to Citizen Kane.

Why it's addictive: Because a lot of the tropes are built on top of several other tropes, you end up having to dive four or five pages deep to figure out what anything means.
There are many browser-based gaming sites, but this one's the best. On top of hundreds of games offered, there's also a meta-game, wherein you win points and earn badges for accomplishing certain in-game goals.

Why it's addictive: The impulse to make numbers go up is rarely so cleverly manipulated.
Who among us hasn't found ourselves awake at 3:00 AM staring slack-jawed at an ex's Facebook wall or flipping through photos of people you don't know? According to Mashable, one third of women between the ages of 18-34 check Facebook first thing in the morning.

Why it's addictive: Facebook is explicitly engineered to keep you clicking, from its annoying games to its lure of keeping tabs on crush objects.
YMNTD, or You're The Man Now Dog (A Sean Connery quote from Finding Forrester) is a simple site that allows users to upload an image or animated GIF, a caption and a sound file. What results is a fertile meme farm that churns out hundreds of ridiculous intertextual pages each week. (See: Some of the most classic examples)

Why it's addictive: Each entry is an easily digestible chunk of a pop culture artifact. So they're perfect for consuming in huge, irresponsible amounts.
Oh No They Didn't is one of the only thriving blogs on Livejournal because it's one of the smartest celebrity gossip blogs out there, and its use of user-generated content allows it to scoop a lot of big gossip sites like TMZ or Perez Hilton.

Why it's addictive: It's alluring in the same way that all gossip rags are, but this one does it the best. Not to mention the endless hilarity encompassed in the members' avatars and use of animated gifs in the comments.

Did we leave out your favorite addiction? Tell us about it in the comments below.


More from our friends around the web...

Meme Hall of Fame: Double Rainbow [Nerve]


LEGOS with Tattoos [Flavorwire]


Candy Colored Crochet Bike [Crushable]


New Thor Trailer Owns the Web [Geek Sugar]


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Sometimes I burn through hours just clicking deeper into rabbit holes on the internet. At what point do they take away my keyboard and jack me into a pod with a USB cable at the back of my neck?

Here they are, the 15 Most Addictive Websites Ever as determined by Urlesque -- a list comprising of wikis, blogs, gaming sites and more. We tried to focus more on individual sites providing unique content, but we just couldn't leave out a few aggregators that allow us to cherry pick fun stuff from millions of places throughout the web.
It's not hard to find soul-crushing video content on the web. But you won't find a single source that so carefully curates hilariously bad video clips that you haven't already seen a hundred times on Everything Is Terrible. I am consistently amazed at how many infomercial weirdos and bizarre Christian kids shows they're able to dig up every week.

Why it's addictive: The so-bad-they're-good videos bleed together for marathon rubbernecking sessions.
Ffffound is an image hosting platform like Flickr but cooler. It dynamically recommends photos you'll like as you browse. It's invite-only, which prevents a bunch of social media dorks dorking it up with stupid photos of what they ate for dinner that day.

Why it's addictive: Hey look, it's a picture of a man wearing a wearing a bird's nest on his head. And look over there, a mosaic made out of candy corn. And so on.
Content aggregators like Reddit or Digg make it easy for you to find the stuff that everyone's talking about. These communities have developed distinct personalities, going beyond just recommending stuff and actually help each other out and engage in weird collective pranks.

Why it's addictive: The content is so rapidly refreshed that you could easily just read interesting new stories indefinitely. Plus, you'll want to argue with or rally the community.
Will we, as a society, ever get tired of watching each other fail? People falling! Bad parenting! Bad spelling in signage! It's always the same dumb crap, but we can't get enough of it.

Why it's addictive: Just look at those YouTube screenshots as you scroll down the page. The teaser images will entice you till you're pages deep.
FML (or F*** My Life) is a site made up of user-submitted disappointments such as
Today, I daringly tried that fish bath thingy (the one where all the fish come to you and eat all of your skin's dead cells). I submerged into it and after 15 minutes of being a human buffet, 20 of the fish died. FML
And then, MLIA (My Life Is Average), which celebrates life's mundane moments:
Today, I renamed my iPod "This ship" just for the pleasure of seeing the phrase "This ship is syncing" MLIA


Why it's addictive: Sort the responses by popularity and spend hours marveling at other people's problems.
Bloggers and forum dwellers have revived animated GIFs in a huge way over the last few years. Gifsoup allows users to create their own gifs from existing YouTube footage, and also hosts a huge gallery of embeddable GIFs.

Why it's addictive: If scrolling through endless galleries of twitching, squirming animations wasn't enough, it's easy to make your own.
Know Your Meme is a wiki for memes. Anyone can submit information about a particular meme, and the good stuff rises to the top. It's also carefully curated and peppered with insightful videos explaining some of the more complex memes. You can easily burn a few hours tumbling down a rabbit hole of interrelated memes.

Why it's addictive: Each entry contains links to other memes, so even if you've found your explanation of the meme about which you were curious, you'll inevitably learn about a ton more.
Because it's so comprehensively cross-referenced, it's inevitable that looking up a quick data point on Wikipedia turns into an hours-long aimless graze of information. If that's not addictive enough, there's a game for iPhones and iPads called Wikihunt that challenges players to navigate from one random Wikipedia page to another in as few clicks as possible.

Why it's addictive: Look at all those underlined words that are waiting to be clicked. Even if you came here for a specific reason, it's guaranteed you won't be able to leave without learning about something else worth sharing at the water cooler.
If you have any interest in pop culture or creative writing, you WILL spend hours absorbing the storytelling cliches at TV Tropes. Every plot element or characterization is documented exhaustively, with as much weight given to some dumb Anime as to Citizen Kane.

Why it's addictive: Because a lot of the tropes are built on top of several other tropes, you end up having to dive four or five pages deep to figure out what anything means.
There are many browser-based gaming sites, but this one's the best. On top of hundreds of games offered, there's also a meta-game, wherein you win points and earn badges for accomplishing certain in-game goals.

Why it's addictive: The impulse to make numbers go up is rarely so cleverly manipulated.
Who among us hasn't found ourselves awake at 3:00 AM staring slack-jawed at an ex's Facebook wall or flipping through photos of people you don't know? According to Mashable, one third of women between the ages of 18-34 check Facebook first thing in the morning.

Why it's addictive: Facebook is explicitly engineered to keep you clicking, from its annoying games to its lure of keeping tabs on crush objects.
YMNTD, or You're The Man Now Dog (A Sean Connery quote from Finding Forrester) is a simple site that allows users to upload an image or animated GIF, a caption and a sound file. What results is a fertile meme farm that churns out hundreds of ridiculous intertextual pages each week. (See: Some of the most classic examples)

Why it's addictive: Each entry is an easily digestible chunk of a pop culture artifact. So they're perfect for consuming in huge, irresponsible amounts.
Oh No They Didn't is one of the only thriving blogs on Livejournal because it's one of the smartest celebrity gossip blogs out there, and its use of user-generated content allows it to scoop a lot of big gossip sites like TMZ or Perez Hilton.

Why it's addictive: It's alluring in the same way that all gossip rags are, but this one does it the best. Not to mention the endless hilarity encompassed in the members' avatars and use of animated gifs in the comments.

Did we leave out your favorite addiction? Tell us about it in the comments below.


More from our friends around the web...

Meme Hall of Fame: Double Rainbow [Nerve]


LEGOS with Tattoos [Flavorwire]


Candy Colored Crochet Bike [Crushable]


New Thor Trailer Owns the Web [Geek Sugar]


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Medici [$5.99] is the latest in a growing, impressive line of heavy-ish board games to make the jump from the table to the iPad, and it's amazing to see this game - so carefully crafted and respected by the designer board game community - on a touch screen with an animated background. With Medici being a game of perfect information in real life, it works amazingly well as an iPad app, and if you've ever wanted to practice your Medici bidding skills for your next board game night, this digital version provides a lot of AI opponents of varying ability to challenge. The app isn't perfect (more on this later), but it does a fine job of bringing a 15-year-old board game to life for a new generation of gamers. Read on to see if you might be someone who enjoys this sort of thing.


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Medici [$5.99] is the latest in a growing, impressive line of heavy-ish board games to make the jump from the table to the iPad, and it's amazing to see this game - so carefully crafted and respected by the designer board game community - on a touch screen with an animated background. With Medici being a game of perfect information in real life, it works amazingly well as an iPad app, and if you've ever wanted to practice your Medici bidding skills for your next board game night, this digital version provides a lot of AI opponents of varying ability to challenge. The app isn't perfect (more on this later), but it does a fine job of bringing a 15-year-old board game to life for a new generation of gamers. Read on to see if you might be someone who enjoys this sort of thing.


Gallery: Medici

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game app board ipad medici game board ipad medici board game medici ships review medici app review review medici ships ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:25:51 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,16 SlimPDF Reader is a super-lightweight Adobe Reader alternative http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=debddd555e973f40190a8accbe7d815d Shared item Download Squad
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There's no shortage of Adobe reader alternatives out there, but if you're still searching for one and you like keeping things minimal, check out SlimPDF Reader.

Even at just over 1MB to download, SlimPDF is able to display most PDFs without issue (I don't find myself opening tons of the files anymore, but all the manuals I tested looked good). The interface is easy to get around in, with zoom, rotation, and navigation controls, and a find box (just out of view in my resized window above).

Like other Adobe Reader alternatives, not every PDF is going to render perfectly in SlimPDF -- especially more complex forms and documents. For everyday PDF browsing, however, SlimPDF is an excellent option.

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There's no shortage of Adobe reader alternatives out there, but if you're still searching for one and you like keeping things minimal, check out SlimPDF Reader.

Even at just over 1MB to download, SlimPDF is able to display most PDFs without issue (I don't find myself opening tons of the files anymore, but all the manuals I tested looked good). The interface is easy to get around in, with zoom, rotation, and navigation controls, and a find box (just out of view in my resized window above).

Like other Adobe Reader alternatives, not every PDF is going to render perfectly in SlimPDF -- especially more complex forms and documents. For everyday PDF browsing, however, SlimPDF is an excellent option.

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If you feel like you have your best ideas after a jog or while mountain biking you're not imagining things. Small lengths of exercise produce long lengths of boosted creativity.

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Many people who exercise attribute the change in scenery to their creative burstswhich certainly can't hurt!but the principle cause is the exercise itself. Newsweek magazine, in their overview of current research on creativity, reports the following about exercise-related creativity:

Almost every dimension of cognition improves from 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, and creativity is no exception. The type of exercise doesn't matter, and the boost lasts for at least two hours afterward. However, there's a catch: this is the case only for the physically fit. For those who rarely exercise, the fatigue from aerobic activity counteracts the short-term benefits.

Check out the full article at the link below for more interesting insights on creativity including gems like how you should never tell somebody to be creativesuggesting that they show you how they would solve the problem differently than anyone else, however, doubles creative output.

Have your own creativity-boosting methods to share, exercise related or otherwise? Let's hear about it in the comments.

Forget Brainstorming [Newsweek via The Productive Student]


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If you feel like you have your best ideas after a jog or while mountain biking you're not imagining things. Small lengths of exercise produce long lengths of boosted creativity.

Photo by eduardomineo.

Many people who exercise attribute the change in scenery to their creative burstswhich certainly can't hurt!but the principle cause is the exercise itself. Newsweek magazine, in their overview of current research on creativity, reports the following about exercise-related creativity:

Almost every dimension of cognition improves from 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, and creativity is no exception. The type of exercise doesn't matter, and the boost lasts for at least two hours afterward. However, there's a catch: this is the case only for the physically fit. For those who rarely exercise, the fatigue from aerobic activity counteracts the short-term benefits.

Check out the full article at the link below for more interesting insights on creativity including gems like how you should never tell somebody to be creativesuggesting that they show you how they would solve the problem differently than anyone else, however, doubles creative output.

Have your own creativity-boosting methods to share, exercise related or otherwise? Let's hear about it in the comments.

Forget Brainstorming [Newsweek via The Productive Student]


exercise creativity lengths newsweek aerobic exercise creativity exercise related ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:25:49 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,18 TUAW's Daily App: The Screetch http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/30/tuaws-daily-app-the-screetch/ Shared item The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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The Screetch is a great game with a funny name. At its heart, it's a match three game; you want to match three of a kind for a certain round gem while you're constantly dropping them from above (Tetris style). The game's namesake is where things get slimy, though. The Screetch is constantly "infecting" gems that are dropped onto the board, and you can only clear it out by matching three gems and putting the slimy, oily dude into a flask.

It sounds complicated, but of course, it starts out simple and builds up from there. As the game progresses, the Screetch moves faster, requiring you to drop gems in the right places quickly. There are also lightning gems that will clear out whole lines of the board and quite a few levels to ramp up the difficulty as you play along. The Screetch element adds a fun, new twist to the standard match three gameplay, and the graphics are pretty well polished to boot.

The game is available on the App Store right now for US $2.99, and the addition of online league play and trophies extends the playability a little bit. If you're a fan of match three games or just want a fun thrill to pick up and play for a few minutes at a time, check it out.

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The Screetch is a great game with a funny name. At its heart, it's a match three game; you want to match three of a kind for a certain round gem while you're constantly dropping them from above (Tetris style). The game's namesake is where things get slimy, though. The Screetch is constantly "infecting" gems that are dropped onto the board, and you can only clear it out by matching three gems and putting the slimy, oily dude into a flask.

It sounds complicated, but of course, it starts out simple and builds up from there. As the game progresses, the Screetch moves faster, requiring you to drop gems in the right places quickly. There are also lightning gems that will clear out whole lines of the board and quite a few levels to ramp up the difficulty as you play along. The Screetch element adds a fun, new twist to the standard match three gameplay, and the graphics are pretty well polished to boot.

The game is available on the App Store right now for US $2.99, and the addition of online league play and trophies extends the playability a little bit. If you're a fan of match three games or just want a fun thrill to pick up and play for a few minutes at a time, check it out.

TUAWTUAW's Daily App: The Screetch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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screetch game gems app match screetch game gems match app store daily app ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:25:47 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,19 Electronic Superhighway: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJxc9Ih4ag&feature=autoshare Shared item smokeymischief's YouTube Activity
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pcardno writes "The UK government has responded to a petition encouraging government departments to move away from IE6 that had over 6,000 signatories. Their response seems to be that a fully patched IE6 is perfectly safe as long as firewalls and malware scanning tools are in place, and that mandating an upgrade away from IE6 will be too expensive. The second part is fair enough in this age of austerity (I'd rather have my taxes spent on schools and hospitals than software upgrade testing at the moment), but the whole reaction will be a disappointment to the petitioners." Update: 07/31 11:43 GMT by S : Dan Frydman, the man who launched the petition, has posted a response to the government's decision.

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pcardno writes "The UK government has responded to a petition encouraging government departments to move away from IE6 that had over 6,000 signatories. Their response seems to be that a fully patched IE6 is perfectly safe as long as firewalls and malware scanning tools are in place, and that mandating an upgrade away from IE6 will be too expensive. The second part is fair enough in this age of austerity (I'd rather have my taxes spent on schools and hospitals than software upgrade testing at the moment), but the whole reaction will be a disappointment to the petitioners." Update: 07/31 11:43 GMT by S : Dan Frydman, the man who launched the petition, has posted a response to the government's decision.

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ie government upgrade uk petition government ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:21:11 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,21 Zynga shutting down Street Racing game, offering credit for in-game purchases http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/31/zynga-shutting-down-street-racing-game-offering-credit-for-in-g/ Shared item Joystiq
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Casual giant Zynga is shutting down its Street Racing game on August 2, immediately rendering void all the in-game items players bought with real money. Zynga offered no explanation in the announcement, simply suggesting that players try other Zynga games. Naturally, people whose fake worlds have crashed around them are upset, starting a petition in Zynga's forum to stop the game from disappearing.

Zynga told Develop that it wouldn't be offering refunds on the money spent in-game, opting instead to give credits equivalent to the cost of any purchase made in the last 90 days, plus an extra 100 units of virtual currency, all usable in other Zynga games. Which is really going to satisfy the people planning to stop playing Zynga games when Street Racing goes away.

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Casual giant Zynga is shutting down its Street Racing game on August 2, immediately rendering void all the in-game items players bought with real money. Zynga offered no explanation in the announcement, simply suggesting that players try other Zynga games. Naturally, people whose fake worlds have crashed around them are upset, starting a petition in Zynga's forum to stop the game from disappearing.

Zynga told Develop that it wouldn't be offering refunds on the money spent in-game, opting instead to give credits equivalent to the cost of any purchase made in the last 90 days, plus an extra 100 units of virtual currency, all usable in other Zynga games. Which is really going to satisfy the people planning to stop playing Zynga games when Street Racing goes away.

Zynga shutting down Street Racing game, offering credit for in-game purchases originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Excel, Microsoft's spreadsheet application used by millions, is an incredibly powerful and versatile suite. And yet most users don't reach past the fancy coloring and simple formulae.

A lot of people don't realize Excel's support for the Visual Basic programming language. You can make use of this, even if you're not a programmer yourself. Pre-written VBA code, often already implemented in Excel files, can be found online.

Below are, without further ado, the top three sources for these free Excel programs.

Microsoft Office Templates

Probably the richest and most extensive repository of free Excel programs is of Microsoft's own making. On the Microsoft Office website, you'll find countless pre-built Excel templates. The complexity of, and use for, these templates varies widely, although most of them are clearly intended for business purposes.

So you'll find everything from pre-built time sheets, financial calculators and academic calendars, but also Excel 3D examples, and even a playable piano octave. The uses are many, and you'll take a long time to just browse all of these categories.

If you're a regular spreadsheet user, you can be sure to find your fair share of free Excel programs here, and ultimately save a ton of work.

The only downside is the site's usability, which could use some improvement. As such, it is impossible to browse the templates by application alone. The best way to work is to find the My Programs field in the left sidebar. Here you can add all Office programs you own, and thus eliminate the better part of superfluous templates.

Although irrelevant (read: empty) categories will still be shown in the category overview, the underlying templates should all be compatible with your version of Excel.

Vertex42 Excel Templates / Financial Calculators

One site, no matter how big, will never show you all that's available. That's where our runner-up comes in. Vertex42 is a website dedicated to everything related to Excel including templates and financial calculators.

Although they deal in smaller numbers, the programs shown are of pristine quality, and make Vertex42 the best unofficial source for Excel programs. A large part of these even work on Open Office as well!

The site's content is divided up in two major categories; Excel Templates and Financial Calculators. Both of these show a clear overview of the available programs, without any further hassle with filters. In that, Vertex42 has clearly bested the Microsoft Office official templates site.

Excel Games

Combined, Microsoft Office and Vertex42 should be able to fill the needs of serious businesses. This last website is complementary, and wouldn't be considered useful' by all parties.

Visual Basic of course isn't limited to dull timetables and financial calculators. If you're stuck at work and limited to the games already installed on your computer, you can use Visual Basic in Excel to play games and if you put some big numbers in the next tab, you can quickly switch panes when your supervisor sneaks a peek. Don't forget to move some serious work, though. These games won't pay the bills if you get yourself fired!

The Excel Games site boosts just under forty different games, mostly classics like Pong, Battleship, Tetris, Bubbles and a variety of card games. These are all downloadable as simple XLS files also compatible with older versions of Excel.

Do you know any other sources for useful, free Excel programs?

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Excel, Microsoft's spreadsheet application used by millions, is an incredibly powerful and versatile suite. And yet most users don't reach past the fancy coloring and simple formulae.

A lot of people don't realize Excel's support for the Visual Basic programming language. You can make use of this, even if you're not a programmer yourself. Pre-written VBA code, often already implemented in Excel files, can be found online.

Below are, without further ado, the top three sources for these free Excel programs.

Microsoft Office Templates

Probably the richest and most extensive repository of free Excel programs is of Microsoft's own making. On the Microsoft Office website, you'll find countless pre-built Excel templates. The complexity of, and use for, these templates varies widely, although most of them are clearly intended for business purposes.

So you'll find everything from pre-built time sheets, financial calculators and academic calendars, but also Excel 3D examples, and even a playable piano octave. The uses are many, and you'll take a long time to just browse all of these categories.

If you're a regular spreadsheet user, you can be sure to find your fair share of free Excel programs here, and ultimately save a ton of work.

The only downside is the site's usability, which could use some improvement. As such, it is impossible to browse the templates by application alone. The best way to work is to find the My Programs field in the left sidebar. Here you can add all Office programs you own, and thus eliminate the better part of superfluous templates.

Although irrelevant (read: empty) categories will still be shown in the category overview, the underlying templates should all be compatible with your version of Excel.

Vertex42 Excel Templates / Financial Calculators

One site, no matter how big, will never show you all that's available. That's where our runner-up comes in. Vertex42 is a website dedicated to everything related to Excel including templates and financial calculators.

Although they deal in smaller numbers, the programs shown are of pristine quality, and make Vertex42 the best unofficial source for Excel programs. A large part of these even work on Open Office as well!

The site's content is divided up in two major categories; Excel Templates and Financial Calculators. Both of these show a clear overview of the available programs, without any further hassle with filters. In that, Vertex42 has clearly bested the Microsoft Office official templates site.

Excel Games

Combined, Microsoft Office and Vertex42 should be able to fill the needs of serious businesses. This last website is complementary, and wouldn't be considered useful' by all parties.

Visual Basic of course isn't limited to dull timetables and financial calculators. If you're stuck at work and limited to the games already installed on your computer, you can use Visual Basic in Excel to play games and if you put some big numbers in the next tab, you can quickly switch panes when your supervisor sneaks a peek. Don't forget to move some serious work, though. These games won't pay the bills if you get yourself fired!

The Excel Games site boosts just under forty different games, mostly classics like Pong, Battleship, Tetris, Bubbles and a variety of card games. These are all downloadable as simple XLS files also compatible with older versions of Excel.

Do you know any other sources for useful, free Excel programs?

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excel templates microsoft comments programs excel templates microsoft comments office programs free games vertex42 financial calculators work site microsoft office excel programs free excel financial calculators excel templates visual basic office suites comments top pre built useful free excel games free excel programs useful free excel ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:20:50 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,23 UPDATE: Antoine Dodson Reacts to Internet Fame; Looks Fabulous Obviously http://www.bestweekever.tv/2010-07-31/update-antoine-dodson-reacts-to-internet-fame-looks-fabulous-obviously/ Shared item Best Week Ever
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Our lives have forever been improved since two words have been added into our vocabulary: Antoine Dodson, brother of an attempted rape victim who became an overnight viral sensation when he gave the performance of a lifetime on Alabema news station WAFF.

Antoine Dodson, whose name neatly anagrams into Donated Onions, Adenoid No Snot and Oaten Dodos Inn, is nothing short of a national treasure. If there was a way to give him his own display at the Smithsonian for the next 80 or so years, this would become my greatest goal. And now, the man, the meme, speaks again.

WAFF caught up with this brand new internet sensation outside of the same building that his sister's attack occurred in to find out what it feels like to be an internationally recognized face and name. Antoine is calm, cool, coiffed and ready. You watch this video and tell me how many signatures it's going to take to get Bravo to give this man his own show. I'll sign up your kids, your wife, your husb, errbody up in here.

He is literally based on a novel by Sapphire, he is just so precious. Look at his face in this genius animated GIF and we dare you to not fall in love:

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Our lives have forever been improved since two words have been added into our vocabulary: Antoine Dodson, brother of an attempted rape victim who became an overnight viral sensation when he gave the performance of a lifetime on Alabema news station WAFF.

Antoine Dodson, whose name neatly anagrams into Donated Onions, Adenoid No Snot and Oaten Dodos Inn, is nothing short of a national treasure. If there was a way to give him his own display at the Smithsonian for the next 80 or so years, this would become my greatest goal. And now, the man, the meme, speaks again.

WAFF caught up with this brand new internet sensation outside of the same building that his sister's attack occurred in to find out what it feels like to be an internationally recognized face and name. Antoine is calm, cool, coiffed and ready. You watch this video and tell me how many signatures it's going to take to get Bravo to give this man his own show. I'll sign up your kids, your wife, your husb, errbody up in here.

He is literally based on a novel by Sapphire, he is just so precious. Look at his face in this genius animated GIF and we dare you to not fall in love:

(GIF via ONTD)

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antoine dodson waff name face antoine antoine dodson ]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:16:06 -0400 30:00 tag:filome.com,24 List of 100 Best Magazine Articles Will Keep Your Brain From Melting http://www.urlesque.com/2010/07/30/100-best-magazine-articles/ Shared item Urlesque
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Here's a little something intellectual to temper your daily cat photo intake: Cool Tools is assembling a list of the best magazine articles ever according to their readers.

So far it's full of excellent long-form pieces from contemporary greats including Joan Didion, David Foster Wallace, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, and Hunter S. Thompson, good for those in need of beach-reads-that-aren't-beach-reads.

And now back to your regularly scheduled cat programming.

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Here's a little something intellectual to temper your daily cat photo intake: Cool Tools is assembling a list of the best magazine articles ever according to their readers.

So far it's full of excellent long-form pieces from contemporary greats including Joan Didion, David Foster Wallace, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, and Hunter S. Thompson, good for those in need of beach-reads-that-aren't-beach-reads.

And now back to your regularly scheduled cat programming.

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