Globe Editorial Fail: Shows Lisa instead of Macintosh

Lisa, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Boston Globe editorial, "Quiz show: Which network blew it last week?" shows image of Apple Lisa in stead of Apple Macintosh.

#FAIL.

Snow Fort at Jamaica Pond

Snow Fort at Jamaica Pond, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Look at the interactive Panorama - 360 view: occip.it/pt3kv1cm

film - man in a blizzard by jamie stuart

An extraordinary film by Jamie Stuart. Not only is it a wonderful evocation of Dziga Vertov's 1929 silent film "Man With a Movie Camera," but consider that it was photographed during the Blizzard of 2010 and edited at lightning speed.

via [ Dave Allen ]

Roger Ebert's Journal, "Man in a Blizzard," by Jamie Stuart:

I shot with my Canon 7D and edited it with Final Cut Pro. Early on, I was able to vary things a little more -- I used macro diopters for the close-ups during the day shots, my portable slider for the dolly shots and also, a 75-300 zoom for the rooftop shots. I was more limited at night because of the weather conditions, so I stuck with my 24mm, 50mm and 85mm -- all of which are manual Nikon lenses. Which meant that in the middle of that maelstrom I was changing lenses, wiping off the lenses and manually focusing/adjusting each shot.

Great inspiration to go out and shoot, then edit some video.

Update:
Higher Quality Version

It says I need to install something called a Flash Player

Teach Parents Tech.

AT&T Don't Text While Driving Documentary

AT&T's Txtng & Drivng Campaign Urges Consumers That 'It Can Wait. This documentary featuring families affected by texting while behind the wheel is being distributed to educators, government officials, safety organizations and public as part of a educational awareness campaign.

A Girl and Her Bacon

A Girl and Her Bacon, originally uploaded by CC Chapman. CC BY-NC-SA

Aftermath: Blizzard 2010 Boston. Windy Shoveling

Interview with Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke on Wikipedia:

Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure.

VBS.TV | The next generation of online video TV

VBS.TV

Geek Squad on call during the Boston Blizzard of 2010

Geek Squad on call #bosnow #wbz @davidwade, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Milk, Bread, Eggs. #blizzard

Milk, Bread, Eggs. #blizzard, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Chris Lambton said no to The Bachelor and is dating Peyton Wright

Photo: Peyton Wright - Courtesy ABC

The Boston Globe has a nice article on Chris Lambton from last season's Bachelorette, Real life.

In the article Meredith Goldstein says:

On a recent afternoon, after visiting the Merc for lunch, Lambton travels around town with Erik on a few end-of-season jobs, raking the last of the fall leaves before the snow starts. Later, Lambton will spend quality time with his girlfriend of several months, a tall, blond woman from Texas. Lambton doesn’t want to disclose who she is — he turned down “The Bachelor’’ so he could fall in love in private — but it’s safe to say that he met her because of his participation on the show.

“I don’t want to put my love life out there,’’ Lambton says, shaking his head. “People from 6 to 96 watch this show. The extent of it blows me away.’’

A savvy reality show fan can probably identify Lambton’s girlfriend with some good Googling. She had her own television experience and now has similar feelings about the reality game. Lambton plans to spend a few weeks with her over the holidays in her hometown.

Here, let me Google that for you.

Blossoming 'Bachelor' Update: Has Chris Lambton Found Love with Peyton Wright?:

Bachelor blogger Reality Steve has made a couple of cryptic comments in his column recently about a possible love connection between Lambton and Bachelor Season 10 contestant Peyton Wright.

The TiVo App for iPad is coming soon to the App Store™

The TiVo App for iPad is coming soon to the App Store™.

Watch your TiVo customer newsletter for details!

via [ How to use the TiVo App for iPad ]

More:
iPad Fans: TiVo® Premiere App for the iPad Coming To a Second Screen Near You

Nice use of collapsed YouTube player

Playable list of Paste's opinion on the 50 best songs of 2010 http://t11.me/IGP-LS #musicless than a minute ago via Tap11Leslie Poston
leslie

I've never seen this before.


Image: YouTube players collapsed to 25 pixels high

All you have to do is make the player height = 25.

Turn My Swag On (Keri Hilson/Soulja Boy/Cher Lloyd Remix Cover) - Alexa Goddard

HTML5 Player using frame embed code

Turn My Swag On (Keri Hilson/Soulja Boy/Cher Lloyd Remix Cover) - Alexa Goddard

Standard Player

The Comcast Xfinity TV App doesn't work with a Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade

Photo Courtesy Comcast: The Comcast Xfinity TV App

The Comcast Xfinity TV App doesn't work with a Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade.


Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade

You'd think that early adopters of an advanced user interface would get Xfinity iPad/iPhone App support.

You can schedule recordings online for the Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade. What's the difference between using the Comcast Xfinity TV App?

Customer support told me that I'd have to downgrade my Comcast DVR, removing the TiVo Upgrade to allow the Comcast Xfinity TV App to work.

Seems like a programming issue to me.

Can I get some clarification? A timetable?

TWITTER UPDATE:

When will it work with TiVo? Thanks. RT @ComcastBill: @stevegarfield Correct it does not work with Tivoless than a minute ago via Tweetie for MacSteve Garfield
stevegarfield

@stevegarfield I can honestly say I'm not sure.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckComcastBill
ComcastBill

Comcast Chat:

Ashley > Is there anything else that I can help you with?
Steve_ > when will Xfinity TV App work with a Comcast DVR with the TiVo Upgrade
Ashley > Let me check on this.
Ashley > You may check this link www.xfinitytv.com for updates.
Ashley > I apologize but there's no update yet here.
Steve_ > Please find out and email me the status. Is thre a timeframe? Are people wrking on this?
Steve_ > Please do some research and get back to me rather than asking me to check the website.
Ashley > Please wait, I am checking this further.
Ashley > You may check is it is available now on your area by checking fancast.com/mydvr
Steve_ > No. It is available in my area. It just doesn't work with the Comcast DVR that's been upgraded with TiVo interface.
Ashley > Oh, I am sorry to know that.
Ashley > You may swap your cable box Steve.
Steve_ > Can you pass this along to someone who can answer me and email me back?
Steve_ > No. The BOX is not the problem.
Steve_ > Please, the box is fine. It's the TiVo upgrade that is the problem.
Ashley > Sure! You can send an email here http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Customers/contactus/ContactUs.html
Steve_ > I want a timeframe whe Xfininity app will be supported on Comcast TiVo DVR.
Ashley > This is within 2 to 3 months.
Ashley > Is there anything else that I can help you with?
Ashley > It has been my pleasure to have assisted you today . I'm happy you contacted Comcast.

Ikea Minde Mirror Instructions: Why 9 7/8"

Ikea Minde mirror instructions, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

What I would like to know, is why the support pieces have to be 9 7/8" inches apart.

How about making them 10" apart for easier measurement?

And BTW, the top brackets for this wall mirror are awesome, they are spring loaded so it's easy to attach the mirror.

From IKEA Fans.

Jamaica Pond

Jamaica Pond, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Why does the Mac version cost more? TurboTax Home & Business Federal + e-File + State 2010 [Download]

TurboTax Home & Business Federal + e-File + State 2010 [Download]
Windows Vista / XP $65.99



TurboTax Home & Business Federal + e-File + State 2010 MAC [Download]
Mac OS X $74.62

Twitter update from the VP of TurboTax 12/19:

Off On A Tangent: Why does the Mac version cost more? via @stevegarfield/// Mac and Windows are the same price./bob Meighan, VP, TurboTaxless than a minute ago via Tweet ButtonBob Meighan
TurboTaxBob

Thanks!

So now the question goes to Amazon, why the difference in pricing?

MegaTweetup 12/16/2010

2nd Annual MegaTweetup. Joselin Mane Introduction.






This video was live streamed using Qik.com (I'm an investor) on the new Nokia N8 ( Evaluation Unit ). I think it came out great. The N8 has a 12 MP Carl Zeiss lens.


MegaTweetup Crowd

See the 360 Panorama Version.

Taking the 360 Panorama with an iPhone 4 ( iPhone App by Occipital ):



Lee Wilson Movement at MegaTweetup:

Artist Live Boston capturing video of Lee Wilson Movement at MegaTweetup



The Lee Wilson Movement.
@LWMovement

Karmin at MegaTweetup:





@karminmusic

Ken's Bird on Cait's Shoulder.

Photo by WayneNH

@MarketCait

Elsewhere:

Ben Spark Flickr Photo Set, Recap.
BruceKGarber.tv MegaTweetup Recap

Watch SteveGarfield.tv LIVE today at 2:00 Eastern

SteveGarfield.tv, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Watch SteveGarfield.tv LIVE today at 2:00 Eastern on The Pulse Network at http://thepulsenetwork.com/live. Special guest host, Maggie Rulli.


Archived Show: 12/16/10

We'll be talking about:

This Week in Steve
A video series about Teaching Mom's how to Copy and Paste
Lots of Food
A cool new 360 Panorama iPhone App

Behind the Tweet
Social Media Shopping at Whole Foods Market in Whole Foods Market Dedham for BEER and Maggie's favorite things.
How to edit B-Roll in iMovie
How to frame a shot with the Kodak Zi8

Get Seen
New XShot iPhone 4 cast and integrated tripod
This Year in YouTube and YouTube Trends YouTube

Video Soup
Slo-motion video, Bad Breath Solution and Twitter Math