March 2009
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“Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more...”
– Samuel Johnson
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WatchIf you have ~10min to spare, this is some video highlights of our trip to VT earlier this month…
We really like our Flip!
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TV Is Dead: ABC and ESPN Might Be Coming to Hulu →
PaidContent reports Disney is in “serious” talks to put ABC shows on Hulu. ESPN and Disney Channel could be on the table as well. Every major broadcaster but CBS on Hulu? TV is deeeeeeead. [via paidContent via gizmodo]
Using Festivaltts4r ruby gem to create speech from...
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henry.sztul.com
Check out my new website, henry.sztul.com . Lets call it a beta… version 0.5
Head over to the blog and let me know what you think!
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Earth Hour →
I just learned about Earth Hour. The idea is to turn your lights (and appliances I would assume) this Saturday March 28th at 8:30 PM zulu time (local time).
I’m in!
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“At the same time, the rest of us can’t afford to demonize every investor or...”
– President Barack Obama - 03/25/2009
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“I was talking to my friend Michael today and he used a term to describe our...”
– Fred Wilson - Financial McCarthyism
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Vanity Press Plus: The Tweetbook | booktwo.org →
This guy made 2 years of his Tweets available in book form… hmmm… there’s something here I think.
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“Reading is addictive on a Kindle. If authors and their publishers see that and...”
– Fred Wilson: The Book Market Stares At Ubiquity
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“Meanwhile, NBC and Fox only get paid when you watch the TV shows on TV or cable,...”
– NBC Boss Explains Why Boxee Users Can’t Have Hulu (GE, NWS)
My 2 cents: Go all the way or don’t do it at all. The networks should put all their weight behind web technologies like Boxee. Hell, make their own (isn’t that what hulu is?), I don’t care! I think this is the...
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Uncertain Principles: Teams Who Are Ahead Win More... →
In honor of the NCAA Tourney starting today… lets bring a little bit of rigorous analysis to the table.
WatchTED Talk that I watched (and liked) today:
Tim Berners-Lee: The next Web of open, linked data
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Hydroponics: Desktop Hydroponics Are Perfect for... →
I have been on a “green” kick the past couple years for some reason… I just have this overwhelming urge to grow stuff… tried “bag-o-herbs” and that didn’t work out too well… this looks like it has potential though! Also, hydroponic = cool
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Scanwiches →
Great Idea! Love it!
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Python Library for Google Search - good coders... →
If Voicemail Sucks... Why is everyone so...
Google announces Google Voice born from their acquisition of Grand Centeral, a service I use for a rarely used business contact phone number.
When the managment of PhoneTag wakes up this morning and discusses Google Voice I wonder what their response is?
Do they laguh it off or think “oh shit, google” ??
You had to know it was coming as Google has owned Grand Central for some...
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Fight!
Rumor: Is the Apple Netbook Really an Ebook?
This makes the whole Kindle 2 phenom VERY interesting… this would mean REAL competition!
“So remember, when you make something you make something else. Find it, package...”
– Sell Your By-products - (37signals)
“Make something people want” is the destination, but “Be relentlessly...”
– Be Relentlessly Resourceful (via jakehofman)
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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour →
If you ever get a chance to go to see this DO! It is wonderful!
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simple private real-time sharing and collaboration... →
It seems that drop.io is now a real-time collaborative workspace. Very interesting!
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“3. drop.io as an application runs 100% in the Amazon Web Service cloud. We have...”
– drop.io techieAbout
I really like drop.io (who I saw last night present at NY Tech Meetup)… now to think of something to do with it!
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“I think the days of the traditional San Francisco startup approach are numbered....”
– How did the web lose faith in charging for stuff? - (37signals)
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“Think about that for a minute. It computes the answers. Wolfram Alpha...”
– Wolfram Alpha is Coming — and It Could be as Important as Google | Twine
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WatchTwo new “goodies” I added to my Blackberry Storm today on the bus across town.
(can you tell its my first video on my flip?)
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Kindle on the iPhone
I just downloaded Kindle on my Touch… and a book. I will say more if I get through the book on the Touch, but so far I really like it and thought Dan’s post below was spot on… a Kindle seems appealing of me all of a sudden!
dankantor:
I’ve been interested in eBook readers for a few years now. I have never purchased one though because I haven’t seen one yet that gives me...
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Interesting ruby script to search WHOIS for free... →
domain-naminator
Hulu boycott back on! This time we mean business!
Just read this on twitter via the NY Times. Hulu Evades Boxee’s Embrace (Again) http://tinyurl.com/967szu Hulu, consider the boycott back in effect (actually never got to use it when the boycott was off! Darn!) henrysztul.info
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BOYCOTT SUCCESSFUL! Hulu Back on Boxee! Yay! →
Boxee: Latest Boxee Brings Hulu Back, Adds an App Box
WatchVery funny Daily Show segment on Twitter. Worth a watch!
WatchUser Side: A great way to read articles online!
Revenue Side: Horrible mangles ad-based web business models!
jakehofman:
Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment
finally, a more sane way to read websites. thought about doing something like this, got lazy; glad someone did!
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Twilio: Web Service API for Making and Receiving... →
Looks like a great API!
Great new feature in tumblr!
staff:
Now you can flip between Dashboard pages with the left (←) and right (→) arrow keys. This is great if you’re trying to navigate the Dashboard with a sandwich in one hand.
Let us know if you catch anything acting funny.