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Mac of the Living Dead

2011-06-11T03:27:00.001-06:00

The Mac has always been touted as easy to use, and we always hear ads about how anything from Apple just works, (except the Newton, the quicktake, the pippin, etc...) and hey, they sure do make pretty, shiny hardware. But this is proof positive that regardless of how simplistic and intuitive you think your devices are, it really doesn't matter once you cross that threshold and turn into an incontinent viral video on the internet.

Case in point, Rita and Frank. I'm not sure where they got made fun of / famous first but I saw this video on the latest Tosh.0 episode. Wait, did you hear a click? Best grandparents ever! I love how when they die, this is how they will be remembered. Regardless of any great things they may have done pre internet circa 1950. Ebb and flow right? Yea, ebb and flow. Out with the old and in with the new. Computer illiteracy is no laughing matter, especially when it comes to people being unable to figure out how to work a Mac. That's like a kid who was born in the 80s not knowing how to transform Megatron into a gun so they can go rob places.

What Android Apps?

2011-06-10T01:23:00.000-06:00

Liberty 2.01 custom rom is awesome. Hoping Liberty Gingerbread will be out soon.

Bytemat's Droid X - Liberty 2.01

Phone: Motorola Droid X
89 total, 76 free (85%), 13 paid (14%), 180MB total size, $39.70 total price

View this Android app list on AppBrain

My 6thsense is an awesome app once you use it for a while if you want one intuitive place to read ALL of your streams. I fed it all my news feeds from google reader, plus my 3 twitter accounts, my facebook, and my google buzz. Good stuff. Also been really digging seesmic lately. Twidroyd just started sucking too bad.

Of course, if you can get a [url=http://music.google.com]google music[/url] app invite, then actually get more than 5,000 songs uploaded to it before it thinks you have a full account, it's pretty bad ass.

The wikitude app is my replacement for layar if you like messing around with augmented reality. I still say it's not useful until it's in a lens.

Satellite AR is awesome for tracking what satellites are visible above your location at a given time. Really cool for finding them at night, and it actually works when you get a good gps lock.

Shoot Me is great for taking screen caps.

the google docs and reader apps are kind of cool, but mostly just google mobile site wrappers.

Glympse is pretty bad ass, it's the thing I use when I post myself driving on facebook. You can see where I'm at on a map with my current speed. Pretty neat for showing people where you are when you're running late.

Quadrant is a cool app for benchmarking some basics on your droid (x). It's interesting to see how much the benchmarks increase when you mess with overclocking different voltages.

Favorite new game - Stupid Zombies. And tank hero... and of course, my nesoid emulator, which you can't find in the market anymore. Not nice.

Evernote is a cool note pad that you can quickly pass text between computers with, that and make to do lists and share them with your girlfriend. You can also use gdocs for that if you can get your girlfriend to use google docs. I also have an appbrain market account you can check out stuff on.

Apple Propels Fanboys into Next Gen Cloud Music Storage...

2011-06-07T06:33:00.003-06:00

With an idea found buried in the debris of what used to be the dreams of Z Company. Remember Michael Robertson? Next question, remember 1997? Put those two together, sprinkled with a little digital music revolution, and you get mp3.com, then you would get sued. Michael Robertson was trying to figure out a quick fix to a problem until just recently, most of us were still trying to figure out. You know, OVER 12 YEARS AGO... This is what happens when the record companies are allowed to sue whoever they want for whatever silly reason they want, all because they feel threatened by evolution. All because they have limitless resources... All because they can. It's just business after all. Right?

All the RIAA is doing when they fire off lawsuit after lawsuit at the good people of the Internet, is preventing the inevitable from happening. I swear the RIAA was formed to impede technological progress. What was the last ingenious thing the RIAA came up with? The cassette tape? Compact Discs? Lady Gaga? Sure, but how big of a part did they really play in her rise to fame? I'm guessing not a whole lot. It's all about networking and making your net work for you and your particular niche. You want to hold onto your tired, uninspired business model of sucking the life out of each and every living thing you come into contact with, in a sort of weird surreal Midas Touch paradox, then go right ahead. But when the industry leaves you behind in the dust, don't sit there crying about how you never saw this coming. You've been watching this come for the last twenty years, like a slow motion porn star... Just because NOW you are powerless to stop this, you want to get behind a company instead of trying to sue them so their overall share price is cheap enough for you to buy it up without your accountant even noticing the withdraw.

That, and the fact that you know if you went after one of these big three, it might possibly be YOU who gets sued out of existence. How poetic would that justice be? You know Biggy and Pac would roll over in their graves to fist bump if that happened. Anyways, all complaining and ranting about how the RIAA is quite possibly EVIL incarnate aside, is it weird that Apple is going to charge $24.99 a month for an idea that mp3.com tried to implement over a decade ago? This is more proof positive that, especially in the tech world, it's not who you know, but who you... You know. Putting it more professionally and succinctly, it doesn't matter what great "game changing" "outside the box" "revolutionary" idea or concept you come up with, as long as you have an inexhaustible amount of cash money, you can pretty much do anything you want. It also helps to have the record companies on board rather than trying to depreciate your business with frivolous lawsuits.

It will be interesting to see what Google ends up charging for it's music service once it gets the beta tag lifted. If anyone can offer a great cloud music service like this and even manage to keep it free, yet still be able to support the bandwidth it takes to scale something like this in any sort of large Googley way, it's gotta be Google. I love in the news article how Apple says how much more convenient iTunes Match is compared to Google Music. DUH? Yea, I just wrote DUH in a tech blog. Hey Steve Jobs, I would hope you're polished, silver and white ocd friendly software you've spent ( insert ridiculous amount of time and resources here) on, is more convenient than Google's BETA. But somehow, I have a feeling that it won't run anywhere near as smooth. Unless of course Apple teams up with the RIAA to create the largest online frivolous patent / class action lawsuit app EVER! Don't laugh, stranger things have happened.

The Periodic Table of Seo (Search Engine Land)

2011-06-06T23:03:00.003-06:00

The Periodic Table of SEO from Search Engine Land
and Column Five Media.

That's right geeks, a periodic table outlining, you guessed it, the ELEMENTS of search engine ranking. Very helpful when trying to climb to the top of the search engine results. I remember back in the day it used to be easy, then everyone started hiding text the same color as the background at the bottom of the page. I remember highlighting the block or two paragraph and revealing words like sex, porn, barely legal; on quite a few of my favorite websites. Ah, the good old days, back when designing a site took little more than Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

But I digress, (I've been waiting all day to digress). Go check out Search Engine Land for tons of great SEO tips and tricks. Say hi to Danny Sullivan on Twitter while you're out and about. See what I did there? By typing SEO and search engine optimization, I automatically boost my chances of being ranked higher when someone searches for those terms. At least that's how it used to work. Does this still apply? I don't know, let's go to Search Engine Land and find out.

Tesla Model S "Alpha" = The electric car that doesn't make you feel smug.

2011-06-05T19:31:00.002-06:00

I want a Tesla Model S "Alpha" so bad. So bad I can taste the copper. Oh to live my life in the day when I drive one of these with my cool sunglasses on (you know the ones), and I pull up to a stop light, next to me, some punk kids in a overly loud Chevy Impala. This is the type of star dust dreams are made of.

I mean according to Left Lane News, the 2012 Tesla Model S can do a 0 to 60 in 5.6 seconds, which, for a car that weighs just under 4,000 pounds, and is powered by electricity only, isn't too bad overall. Faster than my 87 Subaru for sure. It does the 1/4 mile in just under 14 seconds. The only downside I'm seeing (Besides the price per mile for the battery pack), is the fact that once you do get the car on a nice long stretch of deserted highway and let it go full blast, the Tesla Model S tops out at 120mph. I've taken my 2000 Elantra all the way up to 135mph. It sure took it a minute to get there, but man it's worth it. Is that some sort of governor chip or is that really as fast as we can get something that weighs almost two tons to go on electric power.

Do you think in the long run, these cars would save you money? Or at this stage is it only about trying to reduce our impact on the environment? I don't think the price point is quite low enough at that hair under $60,000 mark. I guess that's what happens when you're batteries are so tech that each time you add a 70 mile increase in what you get out of said battery, it costs the end consumer around $10,000. According to this article from All Cars Electric, if you went with the 300 mile range battery pack, it's going to cost the consumer about $42,860. After doing a bit more math, that averages out to roughly $140 per mile. How much is gas again? Oh well, either way it's a cool car, and I'm glad to see them able to get a vehicle up to the under 15 second mark for a 1/4 mile.

Cool Story Bro!

2011-06-05T19:05:00.025-06:00

I know this isn't tech, but it has sort of turned into a tech meme all it's own. I'm really curious how many times he tried that before he got it right. Cool story bro... This is right up there with the other OMFG crazy YouTube videos. The great part is, it's not even a YouTube video. It's a simple animated GIF.

Not at all sure why I thought of this, but while we're on the subject of weird videos and whatnot, take a long hard look at the Internets favorite weird creepy thing, Rubber Johnny. This freaked me out when I first saw it. I hope it has the same effect for you, assuming you have no idea what Rubber Johnny is. Enjoy!

This is the new home...

2011-06-05T13:28:00.003-06:00

For all the tech related stuff I find. There needs to be a clear separation with this and our other media toys. So if you want just tech, follow matbytes on twitter and this blog. Plus keep an eye out for when the new BYTE launches this July. It's going to be awesome.

2011-06-05T09:20:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/5plW0 see sony, this is how it should go.

2011-06-04T21:14:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/wq0CW one of these objects doesn't belong, and i bet someone is getting fired.

2011-06-04T20:15:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/YXgJV Show notes for episode 502 of the Jamhole. Happy reading!

2011-06-04T17:56:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/1ghc7 iphone vs. android, which one will more likely give you brain cancer?

Want shoddy alternative "medicine" advice from dr oz 24/7? OMFG There's an app for that!

2011-06-03T23:09:00.002-06:00

http://ping.fm/HtwlU so the new dr oz woo scam is to give you bad "medical" advice via apps! Humans can be so embarrassing sometimes. Bored middle aged housewives can't wait for their children to get sick so they can try out the new woo they learned on their iPhone. Some days I really am blown away at what silliness people believe in.

2011-06-03T21:03:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/T1KoP podcast is live, come join us for the Friday episode of the Jamhole!

2011-06-03T19:13:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/QFDTD POW! Show notes for episode 500! Follow along while you listen. See you this evening for Ep 502!

2011-06-02T00:14:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/00CZa Ep 501 of the Jamhole. Happy listening!

2011-06-01T20:46:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/eorbq Feed is live, show in 5. Let's party for a wednesday!

2011-06-01T20:19:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/O4rex had to work late but we're almost ready to turn the feed on. Robby is with us too!

2011-05-31T16:53:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/M6la7 or at the very least its making everyone more stupid.

2011-05-30T20:46:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/eqQXC feed is live show in ten minutes. we have a full house tonight. last call for voicemail at 406.204.4687

2011-05-30T20:35:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/pVbVe Come join us tonight for a special ep 500! Last call for voicemails 406.204.4687. Feed is live!

2011-05-30T19:15:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/USc96 Show notes for ep 499. See you this evening for episode 500! Leave us a message at 406.204.4687 or skype thejamhole

2011-05-30T10:00:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/xMTaB banning trailers in Alabama is like banning pot at a Willie Nelson show.

2011-05-30T09:43:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/jgWBc Join the Jamhole facebook group and stay up to date with what the hell is going on. Invite your friends!

2011-05-30T09:39:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/cQejF Tonight is episode 500 of the Jamhole! Join us! Spread the love and let's get some LIKES!

2011-05-30T09:34:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/hWWfp Trillian or Ebuddy? What do you prefer for IM on Android?

2011-05-30T08:01:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/uuOWRhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles8178_combine_your_im_conversations_in_one_window_with_trillian_for_android/41662605/SIG=13lcrmcti/http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/8178-combine-your-im-conversations-in-one-window-with-trillian-for-android trillian? personally i prefer ebuddy. which do you use?

2011-05-29T20:14:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/H90uQ this homemade surveillance is exactly what some of my cannabis friendly friends need. just in case ...

2011-05-29T13:09:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/RZHwL not a nice move, definitely not open.

2011-05-27T23:17:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/WvZxC you mean our government is a bunch of corrupt greedy lying assholes?

2011-05-27T20:04:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/2947r Show in 5, it's ep 499 and it's live! Really, what the hell else are you gonna watch?

2011-05-27T19:12:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/7t6Ky start your 3 day weekend off right with some jamhole love.

2011-05-26T00:16:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/7FXtk Ep 498 of the Jamhole, see you friday! Share and share a LIKE facebook.com/thejamholepodcast 500 likes by ep 500

2011-05-25T20:51:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/XhS34 Feed is live, come join us for the hump day ep of the Jamhole. Robby is with us, 3 cams!

2011-05-25T20:03:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/QQH8G Show notes for ep 497 of the Jamhole. Happy reading, see you this evening with Robby!

2011-05-24T04:29:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/bOW6Q if i had any sliver of respect left for religious beliefs or the idiots that hold said beliefs, he just raptured it away.

2011-05-24T01:31:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/JmwU9 Episode 497 of the Jamhole. Happy listening.

2011-05-23T22:46:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/ZwP0q show in 5 lets do this damn thing!

2011-05-23T21:53:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/vFmSj Feed is live finally, come join us for a better late than never Monday Funday!

2011-05-23T19:40:00.001-06:00

got off work late, so we'll be starting the jamhole a bit late. stay tuned!

2011-05-23T01:19:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/cARGG Show notes and a little essay on my thoughts about the "Crapture." Happy reading, see you Monday!

2011-05-22T22:44:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/iyZwl Holy SHIT! Listen to how delusional this guy is. Great Harold Camping Interview!

2011-05-22T16:30:00.001-06:00

Is ping working again? Testing one two three!

2011-05-21T21:16:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/0n4BJ haha holy shit the rapture did happen. time to get me a new house!

2011-05-21T01:59:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/I5iHw So, do you want the "I told you so" now or later?

2011-05-20T22:23:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/Zi41v Feed is live, come join us for ep 496 of the Jamhole. It's the rapture special!

2011-05-20T21:27:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/N62Fd show notes for ep 495 of the Jamhole. Happy reading, and don't forget to join us in an hour for the Rapture Special!

2011-05-19T22:16:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/QMdEt Help us get 500 likes by episode 500. Does your net work?

2011-05-19T21:38:00.001-06:00

Send us any rapture related material that catches your eye for the Friday Rapture Saturday special episode of the Jamhole. TOMORROW NIGHT!

2011-05-19T21:19:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/uJaa3 we know without a shadow of a doubt its going to happen. when it doesnt, you sir, harold camping, should kill yourself.

2011-05-19T01:48:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/lXeUd Ep 495 of the Jamhole! 5 more episodes till 500! http://ping.fm/b8FjE can we get 500 likes by then?

2011-05-19T01:32:00.003-06:00

http://ping.fm/TFnEj Here is Lawrence Park flooding in May of 2011.

2011-05-19T01:32:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/dMoLj Here is Lawrence Park flooding back in March of 2008.

2011-05-19T01:21:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/kUKZw leaving your miserable behind for eternal heavenly bliss may 21st? cant take it with you so might as well give it to us!

2011-05-18T19:34:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/Sn8e1 Here are pictures from the "flood" this year at Lawrence Park.

2011-05-16T22:50:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/kG0Wn Ep 494 of the Jamhole. Happy listening! and remember facebook.com/thejamholepodcast 500 likes by ep 500

2011-05-16T22:38:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/ltKQT 500 Likes by ep 500! Share and share a Like!

2011-05-16T22:27:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/AF5ME Do you remember when Lawrence park, Kalispell MT flooded in 2008? It's happening again!

2011-05-16T20:44:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/lFYbb show NOW, lets do this. 3 cam show tonight like a fucking BOSS!

2011-05-16T20:20:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/1d3GZ Feed is live, come join us for a monday funday with Robby. He's on cam tonight!

2011-05-16T18:55:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/6y9Se Show notes for ep 493 of the Jamhole. See you this evening for the Monday Funday episode with Robby!

2011-05-16T18:24:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/KyCu0 you know what we do and we're doing it in 2! hours that is... see you then!

2011-05-16T11:32:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/3uqvC enjoy the Jamhole? help us poor podcasters eat so we can keep doing shows for you.

2011-05-13T23:10:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/N15th Ep 493 of the Jamhole. Happy Friday the 13th, and happy listening! Good luck...

2011-05-13T20:52:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/aVRuZ Feed is live, come join us for the Friday ep of the Jamhole!

2011-05-13T15:19:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/0A1AX if you use Facebook apps which you all do, you should change your password. you are compromised

2011-05-13T13:16:00.003-06:00

http://ping.fm/u6Xwt share and share a LIKE! 500 by ep 500. like a note in grade school, pass it on!

2011-05-13T13:16:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/y2oek it was when you only launch for a few random handsets. duh?

2011-05-11T20:07:00.000-06:00

http://ping.fm/UxkMJ Feed is live, come join us for the Wednesday ep of the Jamhole!

2011-05-11T19:30:00.000-06:00

http://ping.fm/8nniG Show notes all caught up, join us for the show this evening with 3 of us!

2011-05-09T22:57:00.001-06:00

Sorry, no show, Danni isn't making it back here tonight. We'll maybe do a make up show tomorrow if there is no Hot Box. Stay tuned!

2011-05-08T01:22:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/LlfMO We will produce the most amazing audio content if we get a spy recorder. Make it happen.

2011-05-07T15:31:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/4V2vW Ep 491 of the Jamhole in case you missed it. Get some free hip hop at thejamhole.com/music while you're at it.

2011-05-07T15:22:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/5pfq3 We are at ep 491. Let's get 500 likes by ep 500. Share and share a like!

2011-05-06T21:00:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/mrBpG Show in 4.325 minutes, let's do this thang!

2011-05-06T20:36:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/cbGUL Feed is live, come join us for the Friday ep of the Jamhole! Last call for stories!

2011-05-06T14:45:00.001-06:00

you write the show tonight send topics / stories to info at thejamhole.com or the forums.

2011-05-06T01:06:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/5SvlR thoughts on the Montana medical marijuana debacle in the shape of some undercover Jamhole notes. happy reading!

2011-05-06T00:28:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/apnPj can we hit 500 likes by ep 500? fuck yea we can! share and share a like! #thejamhole

2011-05-06T00:19:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/J4si5 so now that it's on fox news will the government change cannabis schedule? this is clear medical use.

2011-05-05T13:44:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/bbMYZ awesome interview with ray kurzweil on triangulation

2011-05-04T22:47:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/qctrt Ep 490 of the Jamhole. Happy listening.

2011-05-04T20:06:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/MqA6h Feed is live, this one is 490, and I know you ain't doing shit else. Come out and play!

2011-05-04T14:12:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/JlpNz awesome interview with @humanhacker from social-engineer.org on the latest skepticality.

2011-05-04T00:50:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/mZFhK If you haven't already, like the Jamhole on Facebook, then tell your friends to do the same! Thanks!

2011-05-04T00:39:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/yMADl Show notes for ep 489 of the Jamhole. I wrote a little essay on the state of montana medical marijuana. Happy read

2011-05-04T00:30:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/Tq4Uo It's a new month, let's try this again. It only takes a sec, give us a vote!

2011-05-03T05:42:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/UN5Jn Ep 489 of the Jamhole. Pardon the sound. I almost blame Robby, but I should blame myself. And Danni.

2011-05-02T21:34:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/d7tST Hahaha, from our chat. Nice find Berger!

2011-05-02T19:56:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/vLQsg Feed is live, come join us for Monday Funday with Robby!

2011-05-01T22:35:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/2qgZn Episode 77 of the Hot Box. What's going on with cannabis? Listen and find out!

2011-05-01T19:14:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/SB8SR Join us for a Sunday episode of the Hot Box! Tons of cannabis news to cover. We're live NOW!

2011-04-30T21:15:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/vgKHl pretty shady of the android market to remove PDA net for those of us on.Verizon. lucky for you we have it right here.

2011-04-30T16:02:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/D5obO free hip hop on the jamhole music page.

2011-04-30T00:30:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/QU6Ah Here ya go, episode 488 of the Jamhole! Enjoy at least one hour out of your day.

2011-04-29T20:01:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/mVfVx show in 3.67 minutes be there!

2011-04-29T19:31:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/SiDFw It's that time, come join us for the Friday ep of the Jamhole!

2011-04-29T16:54:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/BjKt0 Here it is, the death of what could have been a great industry.

2011-04-29T16:52:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/Apxtn you read this garbage? Sorry, last one the link was broke. Anyways, not cool Montana.

2011-04-29T16:44:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/pBdYq you read this bullshit? What a fucking joke. Let's all welcome the black market back with open arms.

2011-04-29T01:24:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/EcFQB what a fucking joke. you took your son to the hospital cuz he was unusually sleepy?