June 2010
26 posts
Happy 2pi Day
Many people know that March 14 is Pi Day (3.14), but did you realize that today is 2*pi Day (6.28)? Celebrate in your most festive way! Rather than enjoy your favorite piece of pie, perhaps share that second slice of your favorite pie with your favorite person. Or maybe you don’t do anything at all because you think Pi Day is stupid, and because sine of pi equals 0, and sine of 2*pi also...
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I Just Cut My Hotel Costs from $488.65 to $285.27
Yesterday, I posted a link a checklist to save money on a hotel room. So I decided I’d follow my friend’s advice, and use it on my upcoming vacation. The end result: $488.65 if I booked hotel rates $433.27 from the best deals found on various travel sites $285.27 by following his tips Check out his article at Andrews Random Stories Posted via web from...
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How to Get a Great Deal on Your Next Hotel Stay →
Check out this excellent article compiling my friend’s business travel experience.
There’s quite a lot of promotions and discounts to be had when making hotel bookings with just a little bit of extra research. The new metasearch tools on the web make it easy to do. Here’s the checklist I use.
Upcoming Luxury Hyundai Equus Includes Apple iPad...
During the New York Auto Show, Hyundai announced the 2010 Equus luxury sedan would come with a multimedia tablet PC rather than the standard owner’s manual noting that in addition to being a traditional manual, the tablet would serve as a digital liaison between an owner and his/her Hyundai dealership.
Today, Hyundai sources announced Equus owners will be provided with a 16 GB WiFi...
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Mac mini Sneaks Into Apple Store with iPhone...
Check out the new Mac mini As you can see, not only is it smaller but it’s packed with goodies! HDMI and a SD Card Slot are finally included. Also notice that power port. The power supply is built into the tiny case as well, so no more power brick! On the bottom, a circular rubber foot to hold the Mac mini firmly to your table, but it’s also removable to reveal your memory...
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Apple Store Online, Let The iPhone 4 Pre-Orders... →
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Programming Cheat Sheets Perfect For Cubical Walls
Web Designer and Developer David Child’s playground AddedBytes is informative and beautiful, but there is a particular section of his playground that I love: http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/ David makes well laid out cheat sheets for verious programming languages that are both visually appealing and useful posted to any cubicle wall. While you’re there, check out...
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Check Out Shanghai's Skyline in 1990 versus 2010
via Gizmodo Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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Future/Starting Writers Grab Some Inspiration
Check out some good ole’ fashioned motivation and inspiration from the BandCrab:
Just live it, breathe it, love it. Start a zine. Start a blog. Start a riot. Just start young, and never grow jaded. Because this is the best job in the whole world.
For further reading, check out the referenced, informative cache of advice from rock critics in a four-part series at www.popmatters.com.
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LimeWire copyright infringement $1B in damages,...
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Upgrade your Adobe Flash and Acrobat Reader STAT!
The bad guys are hitting the recent exploit hard. Once again, Adobe Flash and Adobe Acrobat Reader are subject to an exploit that can allow an attacker to take over your machine. Upgrade your Flash to version 10.1: http://steve.grc.com/2010/06/06/adobe-flash-forward-to-v10-1/ To fix Acrobat Reader check out: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html Or consider dropping...
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iPhone Pricing and Colors
It’s available in, surprise, black or white. 16GB for $199 32GB for $299 If your AT&T contract expires any time in 2010 you are immediately eligible for a new iPhone 4 at the same $199 or $299 prices if you renew your contract for another two (2) years. The 8GB iPhone 3Gs will be $99. On sale June 24, pre-orders June 15 shipping in 5 countries (US, France, Germany, UK, Japan) ...
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Meet FaceTime
Apple is calling their video chat feature FaceTime which will allow you to chat from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 over WiFI with no setup. You can use the front or rear camera and use it in either portrait or landscape. FaceTime will be Wi-Fi only in 2010 with cellular providers “getting ready for the future.” Ball’s in your court AT&T. No word if you will be able to communicate...
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TURN YOUR WI-FI OFF!
Steve Jobs is video chatting with Johnny Ive over Wi-Fi on the new iPhone. Video freezes sometimes and Steve yells at people to turn their Wi-Fi off. Granted, 570 WiFi base stations in one given location is bound to create an insane number of packet collisions. Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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WWDC LiveBlogs Shut Down
570 WiFi base stations are operating in the same room for the WWDC keynote. The packet collisions must be incredible! Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Technologizer, and gdgt are still up. Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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Next iPhone Details
Stainless steel all around and glass on the front and back. It’s really thin at 23% thinner than the 3Gs and the “thinnest smartphone on the planet.” Pretty much as expected like the prototype eventually bought and exposed by Gizmodo. New design Front facing camera Microsim Camera and LED flash on the back As presented yesterday on Leo Laporte’s This Week In...
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Xynga at WWDC Introduces Farmville for iPhone
The same farm you’ve currated on Facebook is now on your iPhone OS device. Get a Snow Leopard for your farm, only on your iPhone OS device Push notifications for withering crops All the features of Farmville you’re used to: fertilizing, sending gifts, etc. Available end of June, in time for the 1 year anniversary of the original launch of the game. Posted via web from...
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Netflix Comes to iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is introducing the Netflix app for iPhone OS. Coming this summer for free Same service you’re used to on your iPhone OS device Start on your TV and pick up wherever you’d like Personalized recommendations Access to Netflix’s complete library Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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iPad iBooks Update Coming "Later This Month"
Adding Highlights and Notes Control in upper-right to bookmark a page Table of Contents lists bookmarks and notes you created There is a new bookshelf for PDFs that you upload to iBooks Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
New Critical Flaw in Flash, Reader & Acrobat
For what seems to be the billionth time, a critical flaw allows an attacker to take over an affected system. This kind of stuff does not help Adobe’s case for keeping Flash. http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html via Steve Gibson Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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John Boswell's Symphony of Science
If you need something to inspire you (or someone else) to do something sciencey, this is the ticket. John Boswell does this in his spare time and has released five videos so far. Check out his website: http://symphonyofscience.com/ Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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My Card Reader Doesn't Work
I LOL’ed: via Gizmodo Posted via web from jasonishibashi’s posterous | Comment »
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FTC Protecting Legacy Journalism at the Expense of...
The Federal Trade Commission is trying to save journalism and it posted it’s finding as the New FTC Staff Discussion. Perhaps the most interesting and distressing part of the entire 47 page document is the ommission of any new innovation with news (see CUNY New News Ecosystem). In fact, Jeff Jarvis notes that the word “blog” is only used once and only parenthetically. Like...
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Need More Data? Answer Center Says You Can →
Question: What happens if I exceed my smartphone data plan’s monthly allowance?Answer: If you have DataPlus and use more than 200 MB, you’ll receive an additional 200 MB for $15. If you’re on the DataPro plan and need more than 2GB, you’ll receive an additional 2 GB for $10. Overage is replenished as often as necessary during your billing period.
The Answer Center has...
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iPad to Lose Unlimited Option June 7 →
For new iPad customers, the $25 per month 2 GB plan will replace the existing $29.99 unlimited plan.
For all of you hoping to take your new iPads to MLB games to take advantage of the excellent augmented reality experience, or any other potentially excellent bandwidth intensive features, the time has come to buy your iPad or else you’ll have to live with 2 GB for $25 or...
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New AT&T Data Plans: Tethering Available, No More... →
Earlier today AT&T announced new Mobile Internet plans beginning June 7.
DataPlus provides 200 MB of data for $15. If you exceed 200 MB you will automatically receive 200 MB more for an additional $15. AT&T says 65 precent of customers use less than 200 MB of data per month on average.
DataPro provides 2 GB of data for $25. If you exceed 2 GB you will...