2010-02-28 Weekly Twitter Update

February 28, 2010 by admin · View Comments 

  • Great hockey. #
  • Space Shuttle endeavor – 15 minutes from the Yucatan to Cape Canaveral. Beautiful night landing. #
  • I'll be on This Week in Media with @DaisyWhitney, @1timstreet and @ClaytonMorris this afternoon at 3:15 p.m. eastern. http://bit.ly/72OSj #
  • RT @NASA: NASA's "… at the forefront of government engagement with new media of all types." http://bit.ly/bVbFm0 #
  • This vid of Photoshop 1 ported to iPhone is cool,especially since the same activity req. a $5-10k Mac back in the day http://bit.ly/bewGEA #
  • Following up on a TWiM discussion, Schiller confirms app removal due in part to parent complaints: http://bit.ly/aIdpLE #
  • I may have actually found a use for Google Wave today! I'll tweet my findings. #
  • Never mind.. Wave doesn't preserve formatting well, even from a Google Doc. Grrr. #
  • Just got yelled at by a @deltablog CSR. Impatient, rude, and wanted me off the phone when I wasn't satisfied with the answer to my question #
  • Some great Afghanistan raw footage from @cnn http://bit.ly/91Zcrn #
  • Sun Chips bag ads are misleading. It only breaks down in industrial composters at high temps (130 degrees f). http://bit.ly/c685O7 #fb #
  • Inflight wifi is great, with the exception that it is impossible to comfortably use a 15" Macbook Pro on a Delta flight. #

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My Review of the Western Digital My Book Studio 1 TB FireWire 400/800 Drive

February 23, 2010 by admin · View Comments 

I am a member of the Amazon Vine program. Each month Amazon.com sends me products to review for their site. This month I received the Western Digital My Book Studio 1 TB FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

Let me echo the thoughts of some of the other Amazon reviewers: The addition of the ‘smartware’ in such an intrusive way is not Mac-like and completely unnecessary. I did see the mandatory virtual CD disappear after I installed the smartware software on my Mac, but having to install anything to use an external hard drive is completely inexcusable. Western Digital loses two stars on this ‘feature’ alone.

Once installed, the included smartware software adds an equally unnecessary menu bar icon that does nothing but take up system resources. I was able to remove it from loading by going into user settings under system preferences and removing it from my startup items.

Features & Operation
Beyond the major software flaw, this is a good external storage device. There are few first party firewire 800 drives directed at Mac users, so this drive might be attractive for those looking for an easy solution to adding a high-speed time machine backup drive to their system. It is also compatible with Firewire 400 and USB 2.0… Read the rest of my review at Amazon.com (affiliate link).

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2010-02-21 Weekly Twitter Update

February 21, 2010 by admin · View Comments 

  • Another weekend comes to an end. #
  • RT @TehranBureau: Bus driver union goes Green http://bit.ly/aM9KEz #
  • After listening to @thatkevinsmith 's account of his @southwestair flight, the airline clearly handled this situation poorly. #
  • The fact that @southwestair is pulling people out of their seats to tell them they're too heavy to fly is really poor practice. #
  • RT @thetrough: ! RT @nytimes: NYT NEWS ALERT: Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban’s Top Commander.// Here's the article http://nyti.ms/ajOEtG #
  • RT @WTNH: Check out Keith Kountz's blog: Death of an American hero http://bit.ly/c2OHaC #
  • Not a good week to be a terrorist: http://bit.ly/bxWOZj #
  • RT @JournalInquirer: JI won't pull reporter from Vernon venue story http://bit.ly/ataJeR #
  • Wired Magazine's new iPad app is something I'd definitely pay a subscription fee for. Very, very cool: http://bit.ly/bfwjJn #
  • It's nights like this that I realize buying a rear drive hatchback eight years ago was a mistake.. #fb #
  • Cranking out more content. #
  • RT @wherewelive: what banks in CT have received bailout $$? find out: http://bailout.propublica.org/ #
  • Wow today's Zebra incident in Atlanta wasn't the first time this happened: http://bit.ly/c3QF9D #
  • Google granted license to buy and sell electricity: http://bit.ly/cYGyfg #
  • I'll be on This Week in Media Monday at 3:15 p.m. eastern! http://bit.ly/72OSj #
  • Anybody else notice their Facebook page disappearing this morning? Shows up in my control panel but not in searches, etc. #
  • RT @SpaceflightNow: Get the latest on the multiple computer glitches affecting space station. http://bit.ly/dhpHH5 #

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2010-02-14 Weekly Twitter Update

February 14, 2010 by admin · View Comments 

  • RT @localonlinenews: Aerial footage from the Middletown Kleen Energy plant explosion now posted: http://bit.ly/9O7XvU #
  • That free pants ad was misleading! #
  • RT @localonlinenews: Before and after footage of the Kleen Energy plant now posted at YouTube: http://bit.ly/ahSHnZ #
  • All I can recall from the Superbowl adfest: free pants and free breakfast. #
  • Enjoying the calm before the storm. Beautiful New England winter day. #fb #
  • Doesn't look like Google Buzz is scaling very well on day 1. #
  • What's next: swipe your credit card for bathroom access on your flight. http://bit.ly/aonKzJ #
  • Why is my Gmail account always the last to get new goodies? I was one of the first to have one in April 2004. #
  • Wow some snowstorm! 6:00 a.m. and not so much as a flake. #
  • Snowing now in ivoryton #
  • Snow has arrived! http://yfrog.us/0f1qoz #
  • Live snow stream from Ivoryton, CT! I'll leave it up until I head out to work. (Broadcasting live at http://ustre.am/JE) #
  • Watch the snowfall live in CT! I (Broadcasting live at http://ustre.am/JE) #
  • Google just buzzed me! #
  • The media has overhyped this storm. Shut down schools and the local economy this morning for what? An inch or two of snow? #fb #
  • Now I'm feeling better about the forecast. Looks like it's snowing at a decent clip now :) #fb #
  • Still not seeing the apocalyptic snowstorm that was touted yesterday.. Snow is steady here in Clinton but this ain't a blizzard! #fb #
  • Bad forecasts cost people money today. http://bit.ly/9PmHxI #
  • They'll never stop the proxy servers.. RT @jeffjarvis: Iran cuts off Gmail; promises its own replacement.. http://bit.ly/cn0JRM #
  • The key to a busted forecast is to have everyone make weather decisions before it starts to fall. Happens every time. #
  • RT @tpmmedia: Boehner: how dare Obama televise the health care debate after I asked him to! http://digg.com/d31IPGf #
  • RT @cnnbrk: Clinton's cardiologist: No evidence of heart damage, prognosis "excellent." http://on.cnn.com/dxmnlv #fb #
  • RT @hartfordcourant: The inventor of the Frisbee died Tuesday. http://bit.ly/dp9IuB Do you know the Frisbbee's possible CT connection? #
  • Wow so many people are not digging the Olympic opening ceremonies.. I am watching TED videos instead. #
  • Now I'm watching, eager to see the torch lighter. I hear The Great One? #
  • What do they do in Olympic stadium during the commercials? #
  • Those are fancy torches #
  • The university of Hartford is always a ghost town on a Saturday morning. #
  • Is it necessary @NBC to continually show that athlete dying? #
  • But as good as @southwestair is, the @thatkevinsmith incident will be messy. Silent Bob ain't so silent when he gets thrown off a flight. #
  • I liked Dick Cheney better when he was hiding in a secure undisclosed location. #

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2010-02-07 Weekly Twitter Update

February 7, 2010 by admin · View Comments 

  • I saw Donald Trump's private 727 on the tarmac today at PBI, took off right before we did.. #fb #
  • Last living World War I vet lobbies for a DC memorial: http://bit.ly/bdTj4C #fb #
  • So who's ready for LOST tonight? #fb #
  • Changing rules: Coca cola changed their product once in a century with disasterous results. Facebook, three times in the last year! #
  • Loaded up Google Wave for the first time in months. It's a utility without a purpose at the moment sadly. #
  • Feeling for my DC friends buried by #snowpocalypse .. CT will be spared the wrath.. This time. #
  • RT @badbanana: Let our kids shovel out the mess in DC. It'll be good practice. #
  • Google map view of the Middletown power plan explosion: http://bit.ly/cGCUmJ street view also available. #

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