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Re: Uses Of Google [Pie Chart]

dogboi — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:33:04 -0000

Hate to admit it, but a lot of time, I use google just for the define: function. Quicker than loading up a dictionary app. lol.

Re: Verizon Wireless Finally Offers Affordable Unlimited Data

dogboi — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:35 -0000

Um, 5 gigabytes isn't unlimited. :p

Re: I’ve Fallen in Love with This Song

dogboi — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:01:08 -0000

a) I didn't choose to be gay. I was born that way. b) I didn't realize I had an agenda.

Re: http://cubsoutloud.com/2008/11/10/515/

dogboi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:31:04 -0000

Hi guys.

Thanks for the link. Recent episodes of COL is one of the reasons I decided to write this. :-)

Re: Why Civil Unions Aren’t Enough

dogboi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:42:04 -0000

The already married would never agree to that. That'll create even more animosity than gay marriage would.

Re: My del.icio.us links

dogboi — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:05:43 -0000

Hi there, thanks for the link. I attended your session at Podcamp Philly (I was all the way in the back. The startup guy, lol.) Anyhow, Good session and good link here.

Joe

Re: My Idea Of The Ultimate Social Networking App

dogboi — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:06:54 -0000

Actually, a team of developers would work better. Have each person on the team work on hooks to the various API's, and one work on the UI. They can set up a common interface between each type of service (microblogging, search, etc) that the UI developer can then hook into. Not too hard. Just labor intensive.

Re: My Idea Of The Ultimate Social Networking App

tw3nty3ight — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:47:19 -0000

Then we need one bad ace developer

Re: My Idea Of The Ultimate Social Networking App

dogboi — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:38:41 -0000

As a developer, I can tell you "Ack, that's a lot of APIs to deal with"

Re: Update on the Amazon situation.

David Penman — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:57:21 -0000

Glad to hear they helped you. I can say that we do know what we are talking about most of the time. I have been working for Amazon since Oct. last year and there are times when I don't know what I'm talking about because I have never had a problem like that before. That's when I put you on hold and ask questions. I can tell you that calls drop all the time, we don't hang up on anyone, but alot of people think we do because the calls drop when we put them on hold. I work with Jonathan Norberg. He's been working there a little longer and is quite knowledgeable.

Re: Michael Savage: Radio Personality, Brat, and Douchetard

dogboi — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:36:01 -0000

You are right. People should face consequences for their hateful speech. I'm a civil libertarian, and sometimes I forget that civil liberty doesn't necessarily grant free license.

You're also right that controversy sells. He was doing his job and generating controversy. Ugh.

Re: Upgrade Your iPod Touch To 2.0 For Free

dogboi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:42:31 -0000

I did this the day before the firmware officially came out and have been rocking the 2.0 firmware on my touch. It's okay. Some of the jailbreak apps were better. Waiting for a better jailbreak tool than pwnage (which seemed a tad bit baroque in its mechanism of jailbreak)

Re: Learning Your A,B,C’s : Geek Style

dogboi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:59:27 -0000

I'm disappointed O wasn't for Opera, LOL.

Re: New Wordpress Theme

dogboi — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:57 -0000

I'm digging it. Nice and clean and easy to read.

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

hawksdomain — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:29:03 -0000

Oh I didn't mean to imply that blogging was only for introverts. From reading Mark's post, and from my personal thoughts, I think that it is the rare introvert that is able to blog and put themselves out there. :)

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

dogboi — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:40 -0000

I'm an extrovert, so this doesn't affect me so much. I'm the kind of guy that can walk into a crowded room of complete strangers and know their names, and the names of all the children by the time I walk out. So, I don't think blogging is just for the "Introverted soul". I think that instead, the introverted soul finds a comfortable form of expression in blogging.

Re: Greasemonkey Scripts That Make Twitter Rock

dogboi — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:32:24 -0000

I've stayed away from Greasemonkey for various reasons. This stuff looks interesting, though. Might try it.

Re: SocialMedian

dogboi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:03 -0000

As far as I know, there are very few users, so that's why the cliques don't exist yet. :-)

Re: The Lewis Show

mlewis106 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:58 -0000

Bacon and beer. Sounds like a plan!! I am man. Roar!

Re: The Lewis Show

dogboi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:54:49 -0000

Bacon. When watching Rambo it's all about the bacon.

Re: This is news

boxtech — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:45:42 -0000

True, all true. My point is that the time of support for XP should be expected. 6 years from end of shipping or 10 years from launch of SP2. They are right that it's an extension for XP in general but SP2 was such a major upgrade. Plus XP was out 3 years longer than "normal".

Re: This is news

dogboi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:31:42 -0000

As a member of the programming community, I can tell you that there is STRONG resistance to programming in Vista. Why? Well, there's a lot of reasons. #1) There just isn't enough market penetration to make Vista worth programming for. #2) It's unlikely that the huge corporations will EVER adopt Vista, especially now that we have a release date of 2010 for Windows 7. So why bother? #3) When SP1 was released (and we were paying attention) a whole bunch of security apps broke. Why should I write a program for Vista when a patch could break my software, and then I'm stuck having to patch it to make it work with Micro$oft's patch. All I can say to that is NO way. #4) It's not cost effective, especially considering that upgrading your development teams to Vista rapidly reaches a point of diminishing returns as 2010 approaches. Vista sales are stagnant. Sure, there is the silent majority, but they are the majority of Vista users, not the majority of computer owners. Most people who own PC's are still running XP (and in fact, the 3 people I know who have bought PC's in the last year, and who were not technical at all, specifically asked for XP over Vista and got it. The general public is hearing about the problems with Vista and want nothing to do with it.)

We run 3 laptops, and 2 desktops here. Two of the laptops run OS X Leopard (a MacBook and a Macbook Pro). One laptop runs Vista (A Sony Vaio) and that's only because we can't easily downgrade it. One desktop runs XP Pro and the other desktop (the server) is running Linux. I've used all of these machines extensively. From a programmer's point of view, there is very little difference between programming for XP and programming for Vista. It just makes no sense to invest in Vista software production when the margins are so low. For a small software house, it makes no sense at all, and for a large software house, it makes more sense to continue to support XP over Vista and slowly migrate to Vista as more people get new machines.

Re: Why Has Twitter Survived?

dogboi — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:00:09 -0000

While I agree it sometimes pays to be an early adopter, I don't think it's true that it always pays to be an early adopter. Just ask anyone who bought an HD-DVD player or a Betamax player about early adoption, and you'll get an earful about the risks of early adoption. Moving to a new microblogging site carries similar risks. For example, if I decide to jump ship to Pownce, and my friends/followers go with me, but then half of them decide they don't like it and go back to Twitter, it's likely that the other half won't be too far behind if they are following anyone in the half that went back. By being an early adopter, I could risk losing my entire network! While that's not necessarily earth shattering, it would be upsetting.

I depend on my network for quite a lot. They feed me good links, they answer important questions, they give me up to the minute news reports (at varying levels of accuracy), and they inform me about the world from their perspective. I don't want to lose that, and I, for one, wouldn't risk jumping ship unless I was absolutely sure that everyone (or at least, the vast majority) would go where I went and that they would stay. There are also what I call "the crucial players." These are the people that I talk to on Twitter on a regular basis through @ replies and direct messages. If they aren't willing to follow me over, I certainly wouldn't go, even if it meant losing 90% of my followers to a new service.

Re: Trying to Outrun the Storms

dogboi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:59:12 -0000

Hmmm - Husband and Family or the perfect picture. Tough call. Think you made the right choice. Hehe.

Re: Trying to Outrun the Storms

hawksdomain — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:22:04 -0000

I almost got some excellent pics yesterday - including part of a tornado. Unfortunately I had my sister on the phone and my husband 10 feet away, both yelling at me that I had to go downstairs... The tornado I saw reportedly touched down in Linwood, but dissipated before reaching Bonner Springs. If I would have stayed to take the shots, I'd be disowned and divorced, so I guess I made the right decision! ;)