A Look Inside T-Mobile’s Emergency Response Teams
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Both Sides of Valentine’s Day
I’ve run across two Valentine’s Day sweets today, hitting both ends of the V-Day spectrum: Ags tells me I need to go Cupcake Royale for the Deathcake Royale, a death-by-chocolate cupcake “made with Theo‘s organically grown, dark Madagascar & Venezuelan single origin chocolates, Stumptown‘s bold Sumatra coffee beans, and a chocolaty cupcake love so intense, ...
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Terra Bite Cafe Has No Prices
Seen in today’s Seattle Times: A Kirkland cafe with no prices With its blood-red walls and black leather sofas, Kirkland’s Terra Bite Lounge looks like any other coffee shop — until you get to the menu. There are no prices listed. Terra Bite doesn’t have them. You read that right: No prices. Customers pay what ...
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The Egregious Incompetence of Palm
Great overview article of the history of Palm, and how mergers, corporate owners, and stagnation have crippled the Palm platform: The Egregious Incompetence of Palm.
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New Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder
Canon has just introduced a new 1080i HDV camcorder, the HV20, which improves upon the highly-praised HV10. The HV20 is a horizontal model, versus the vertical HV10, which some people aren’t keen on. From the press release: Among the new features within the Canon HV20 HD Camcorder is an Advanced Accessory Shoe capable of accommodating ...
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Top 10 Flickr Hacks
I’m a big fan of the photo-sharing site Flickr, where you can view my latest pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarlson/. Flickr has an open API, which means developers can create their own applications that tie into the Flickr service. One example is FlickrExport, which I use to upload photos directly from iPhoto to my Flickr stream. On the ...
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Take Control of Mac OS X Backups v2.0
You know you need to back up your Mac’s data, but how? I’m happy to announce that Joe Kissell’s ebook “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups 2.0” is now available. I edited this title, and it’s now bigger and better (making the $10 price even more of a steal). New coverage in the 2.0 ...
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Add Motion to Your Movies (excerpt)
Peachpit and InformIT have posted an excerpt of the book (iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6: Visual QuickStart Guide): Don’t Move! How to Add Motion to Your Movies. This is from Chapter 3, “The Camera in Motion.”
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At the End of a Big Project
The Promise of Escape Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. Sleep-deprived, outrunning post-Macworld Expo colds, and with lots to do before a book deadline on Wednesday. But getting out of the car in Fremont this morning revealed this bright sight.
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New Hitachi Camcorders
More camcorders from CES, this time from Hitachi (that tip to Agen at Amazon): Hybrids aren’t just for the auto industry anymore. At CES, Hitachi unveiled four new camcorders for 2007: two standard DVD models and two hybrid models that record video to either DVD or a hard drive (30 GB on the D7HS500A and ...
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Stumptown Coming to Seattle!
Removing Grounds During Cupping (BW) Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. Portland’s best coffee roaster looks to be opening a shop in Seattle, according to Seattle Weekly. A few days ago I learned (and tasted) that Cafe Verité in Ballard is using Stumptown beans. I also see from the Weekly that Victrola’s second store ...
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