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Re: Strange: The MacBook Is Back

flammable — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:40:16 -0000

Cool, glad it's working now!

Yeah, that stuff is pretty standard procedure. First step is to check for power, then to check if the machine will boot. If it won't get power, the problem is generally more dire (but still, could be something simple and inexpensive - you don't know until you start swapping out parts).

Given that the AC adapter light didn't turn on, I'm starting to suspect the DC-in board (maybe the battery connector, but not terribly likely). Neither are expensive at all, and you'd probably regret replacing the machine over one of those.

Good for them to set expectations that it could be a logic board, though - if it's not one of those minor parts, it'll probably be a logic board.

Re: To the FTC that whole Trust Agent thing is nonsense

StevenHodson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:38:42 -0000

I agree that there are misuses on either side of the fence. I also believe that the guidelines being put forward should apply across all media - regardless of print, video, podcasting or blogs. If it was I would withdraw my objections without a second thought.

Re: To the FTC that whole Trust Agent thing is nonsense

StevenHodson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:08:11 -0000

The thing is Chris is that it doesn't matter if it is a "gift" or a "loaner". Under the FTC guidelines because gadget sites like Gizmodo have an on-going association with manufacturers they will have to start displaying a disclosure notice with each post. Where it gets really interesting is if that same disclosure is going to have to be applied to old posts - since as we know even year old posts can gain new life.

Re: Kindle available in over 100 countries

StevenHodson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:35:51 -0000

Oh I don't put all the blame on Amazon here. As with the iPhone I can well imagine that the telco's are more than responsible for this.

Re: Washington Post’s Twitter ruckus exposes social media bubble

StevenHodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:18:12 -0000

funny guy :)

Re: How be we get the story right Mr. Boyd

StevenHodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:10:56 -0000

I have and will be working on a follow-up this afternoon

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

StevenHodson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:41:31 -0000

Hang on :) don't apologize for posting a valid comment that is expressed in a calm and reasonable way. I appreciate that people can get a little heated - hell I'm guilty of that but that doesn't mean that blatant insulting of other commenter's is tolerated - if only here. I like it when people stir the pot but with the knowledge to back up what they are saying which you obviously can. I look forward to any comments you wish to make here ....

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:32:18 -0000

Who let the loose screw loose in the comments ?

Re: Ed Bott gets all picky on Apple

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:24:54 -0000

hey! .. no need to get insulting. If you can't express your opinion intelligently and at least some modicum (if you know that that means anyway) of quality sarcasm then save the effort for one of your Apple message boards where they might enjoy that kind of thing.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:07:19 -0000

I wouldn't even want to try doing anything like that especially when it comes to a popular program like FeedDemon.

Re: Serious conversations? Not on Twitter

StevenHodson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:06:32 -0000

not to mention that the whole crowdsourcing hype about it is just that hype unless you have very large numbers of followers. The number of times that I have put out a question or asked for help for something and that I have gotten a reply other than spam I can count on one hand.

Re: A social media application I would like to have

StevenHodson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:07:04 -0000

just out of curiosity Nick have you looked at Feedly at all? I had thought about doing a FeedDemon newspaper style like it if I can get the time to decipher how they're created (I know it's XML and CSS). As I told you on Twitter the other day I'm really looking forward to seeing where FeedDemon is headed in the next version.

Re: A social media application I would like to have

StevenHodson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:32:42 -0000

interesting idea. not sure how much I like the UI or how fast it scrolls with new data. it's not quite the "trend" idea that I talked about but I'm going to try it out for a few days.

Thanks

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

StevenHodson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:14:11 -0000

<gives the email server a shake to see it is stuck> :) nm .. should always check the right mail folder <snicker>

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/09/find-similar-people-and-interests-with.html

StevenHodson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:40:34 -0000

Thanks Louis I'll play around with it tomorrow after I get back from my appointment at the hospital. Which is at 10:30 and for those that know me will know how hard it will be to make it on time - and awake :)

Re: Tech conferences and their conflicts

StevenHodson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:29:09 -0000

Sorry Jason I meant to reply to this earlier but got sidetracked. First off thanks for taking the time to post such a great reply - I appreciate it.

I'm not sure what part of my post your first point is in reference to because I have no problem with you guys making money from the conference.

To the second point my only problem (and it's not really a "problem" per se) is that TC50 is suppose to be about the startups and DemoPit and when companies like Google and Microsoft make announcements I worry that depending on what they are announcing they could overshadow and take away attention form the starts. To be honest what I remember about this year's TC50 is Bing's Visual Search and Google's Fast Flip.

I can understand the reasoning but I just hate to see attention taken away from the whole reason for the conference in the first place - the startups.

Re: No amount of social media will save ‘bad’ companies

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:48:37 -0000

As much as the social media gurus would love everyone to think that every company should be hopping on the bandwagon there are definitely a lot of companies that this makes no sense for but I doubt you would hear a single 'expert' tell a company that is willing to sign a hefty contract that they don't need to do this.

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:45:55 -0000

Duncan has had a few posts on his personal blog about Techmeme
http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/05/11/techmeme-...
http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/08/02/techmeme-...

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:45:04 -0000

As I said to Corvida even cranky old farts have their limits and since writing at The Inquisitr I have seen this happening over and over - at some point my frustration just bubbles over :)

And you are right - if I felt there was any justification to what Gabe says I wouldn't be writing there but Duncan has always been fair and more than honest with me and that is all someone can ask for.

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:40:20 -0000

see my reply to Gabe.

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:40:08 -0000

He made it obvious with his reply Karoli that he has no intentions of changing anything - which doesn't surprise me.

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:39:14 -0000

After a year of seeing this kind of shit happening even a cranky old fart has his limits Corvida :)

Re: Calling out Gabe and Techmeme over favoritism and censorship

StevenHodson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:38:35 -0000

Yes I do know what it is Gabe - it is when a person, or group, decides what they want people to read. The moment you went from a pure algorithmic selection of post for listing to one that was human edited (even slightly) you are bringing in human bias. Granted even algorithms can be manipulated but the human decision making process makes it a lot easier to select what it printed and what isn't.

No-one is asking for a guarantee only fairness - which you have decided not to do by your own admission - which by the way also backs up and suggestion of censorship because you yourself stated that at no time will you allow any Inquisitr story to appear on Techmeme - that is censorship.

Manufacture news ... linkbaiting?? Oh give me a fucking break . so snappy headlines about yet another iphone story or Twitter earth shattering news on TechCrunch that is so tweaked in order to pull in reader is a news post and yet if Inquisitr does it it's linkbaiting. Pfft. It's okay for other major blogs to post "questionable" posts and yet The Inquisitr makes up stories .. give me a break.

The Inquisitr is no more "poisonous" than any other blog. Every tech blog out and every old media newspaper through their online version that appears on Techmeme has at one time or another fucked up - some correct themselves others don't.

As for working for someone else .. I doubt very much that anyone would be willing to better my current current working conditions Gabe - either in money or editorial freedom.

Re: Some folks I would like to see do e-books

StevenHodson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:03:48 -0000

my tentative title was "My Crazy Bang The Head Against The Keyboard Journey Through Social Media" so take it from there what it would be about :)

Re: Blogs to tell you things you don’t know

StevenHodson — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:41:21 -0000

I thought at one time about something to do with balloons but the reasoning behind going with 'bubbles' was because we constantly talk about living in a bubble or being full of hot air so after talking with Chris Brogan and Alexander van Elsas they helped center around the idea of shooting holes in those hot air filled balloons - hence Shooting at Bubbles.