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Re: Some Black Guys Shut Down Highway 70

patrickd88 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:07:59 -0000

Yep. Nothing endears you to the common man more than stopping him from getting home and making him sit in his 95 degree car for longer than he really wants to.

Re: I Got TweetMemed.

patrickd88 — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:57:27 -0000

Dude, Bea Arthur dying is never cool.

Re: Bringing the conversation back home

patrickd88 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:31:53 -0000

I would love to see this kind of trend. I love all comments, but it's certainly easiest to find them when they are right where you expect them.

Re: Selling On Blip.FM

patrickd88 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:32:45 -0000

Dude, seriously? Best. Ad. Ever. I will take TWO of them please and can I get them gift-wrapped?

Re: Enough with the punk ass Twitter app development

patrickd88 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:36:08 -0000

Great points, Steven. Especially the resources complaint. I have a very old machine and TweetDeck is a hog. I like its features, but really, over 50% of my RAM for this?

Re: The power of comments

patrickd88 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:21:02 -0000

I absolutely agree. We discussed this post on a podcast I'm doing for our local bloggers guild. Commenting on other posts cannot be overstated. And as another side benefit, you can make real connections with other actual people.

Re: louisgray.com: Christian Science Monitor Covers Twitter's Secret

patrickd88 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:15:16 -0000

I think you hit the nail on the head when you pointed out that customers are going to expect it to remain free. Would I pay for Twitter? Maybe, but it would have to be very small. But the other side of the coin, it's usefulness would drop as others decided not to pay and dropped out.

You get what I mean? Twitter is useful because so many people are there. It's not about whether one person alone would pay. It's about whether everyone would pay and keep the network large.

Re: FeedDemon continues to add value – Shared Link Notes

patrickd88 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:10:16 -0000

I am enjoying FeedDemon as well, mostly due to your recommendation. Very nice piece of software.

Re: The Office: Michael and Dwight Strike a Nerve

patrickd88 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:09:14 -0000

Well, it shouldn't be too difficult. It ran two seasons (6 eps X 2 seasons = 12 eps + 2 Christmas specials). It's great if you like British humor. Also, sometimes the geographical references get lost on Americans. I had no idea on a couple of them. But it's absolutely worth it for Ricky Gervais' David Brent. He is PERFECT as the guy who thinks he's smart and cool and hip and has no idea that he isn't. This is one of my favorite clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye1C8vMqbHA

Re: The Office: Michael and Dwight Strike a Nerve

patrickd88 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:41:38 -0000

The British version of 'The Office' was very different from what they brought here. Our version is more traditional a comedy show whereas the British version is just, well, uncomfortable to watch. And that's where the humor comes from. Make no mistake, I love them both, but for different reasons.

Last weeks 'The Office' was very British. It was so awkward that at least twice, I wanted to change the channel or leave. But I couldn't. I kept waiting for David Brent to show up. In the end, I found myself really hating Dwight (and I know we're supposed to, but he is just an evil character) and hoping Michael would do the right thing. But Michael is spineless and easily manipulated, so of course, the names are off to the National office. At least there's the karma of the car wreck, I suppose.

And yes, Hilary Swank...not hot.

Re: File Archiver: 7-Zip - Compact your crap!

patrickd88 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:21:22 -0000

I'm a big 7-Zip fan. I actually paid for WinZip a couple versions back (in the 90s), but eventually, you had to buy a new version to keep it legal. Enter 7-Zip. Great program.

Can I assume you use other great open source stuff like Filezilla for your FTP needs? Lots of good stuff out there for no cost.

Re: iTunes replaces one evil with another

patrickd88 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:17:37 -0000

See what I mean? (I'm referencing my earlier comment about Apple-hating being too easy.)

I used to buy tracks from iTunes, but iTunes kept randomly deleting tracks from my library and Apple kept denying the problem existed. Best move I ever made leaving them. If I buy a track now, I buy it from Amazon as a good old mp3. Hell's yeah.

Re: Boy does Apple know how to give it to the fan boys

patrickd88 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:13:12 -0000

I love it. Apple-hating is just getting too easy.

Re: Microsoft give away Windows 7 – sure thing

patrickd88 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:06:25 -0000

Do me a favor if you do vidcasts? Offer an mp3 version. I listen to podcasts while driving to/from work. Video would do me no good.

Re: Microsoft give away Windows 7 – sure thing

patrickd88 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:48:53 -0000

Very nice. I am seriously loving this post, Mr. Hodson. Awesome.

(Damn it, why aren't you still doing podcasts?!?)

Re: Do You REALLY Need That Plugin?

patrickd88 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:07:41 -0000

It's cool. Just in case you're curious, I found your site through Steven Hodson. Very interesting concept you have taking a blog from beginning to running. I'm interested in the journey.

Re: Do You REALLY Need That Plugin?

patrickd88 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:49:47 -0000

Couldn't you have added the Twitter widget to your sidebar (the widget that just displays your tweets and then just tweeted your random thought? Then you wouldn't have to edit the widget in the backend of WordPress each time you wanted to change. Just a thought. Everybody has their own idea.

Re: gs’akmg:ZLDmc kfkldfs OUCH!

patrickd88 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:51:39 -0000

The smallest voices will always be drowned out by the big people. That's why the big people fight in defense of the little people. It's like a law of nature.

Re: It’s the comments stupid

patrickd88 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:04:16 -0000

Dude, are you looking over my shoulder? I just wrote about a post about comments over at http://www.patricktalkstech.com/2008/12/28/is-t...

I agree. Comments are the place for discussion. Twitter reminds me of old Internet chat rooms. Basically, 500 people standing around, all of them talking, but no one really listening and responding. The only difference is Twitter doesn't have the occasional a/s/l appear.

I enjoy Twitter, but more as a time waster and not a place for serious discourse.

Re: I hate winter

patrickd88 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:40:11 -0000

Well, you are in Canada. :)

Re: Don’t you get it yet? Partial feeds kill readership

patrickd88 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:19:03 -0000

Realizing this adds nothing, but still wanting it to be known, I agree. Full RSS is the only way to go. The worst offenders are the ones who give you two sentences of the actual content. It's a tease I don't take for very long.

Re: Pepsi, are you listening?

patrickd88 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:26:57 -0000

I'm kind of a Diet Coke guy, but kudos for the efforts all around.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

patrickd88 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:21:16 -0000

It's funny. I'm certainly not offended.

Re: Happy Birthday To Me!

patrickd88 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:04:00 -0000

Happy Birthday!

Re: Citizen Journalism: The Legitimation of Gossip

patrickd88 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:35:05 -0000

I've always felt that bloggers are NOT journalists. And I don't want to be. I like the freedom to post whatever I want about anything and it's purely my completely biased opinion and could be totally wrong. Journalists are journalists. Calling bloggers journalists is like calling my wife a hairstylist. She has clippers, heads to cut on and is pretty good. But she's not a professional.