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Went to go see Ocean's 13 at the Alamo for my birthday tonight; afterwards we went to Amy's for ice cream. One of their specials was "Candy Mountain," which of course caused our entire group to utter "Candy Mountain, Charlie!" which gasted the flabber of the kids behind the counter. "You old folks know about the internets!?" So they comped us for my Candy Mountain. Then I nerded out and dialed up the video on YouTube on the iPhone. It was a good birthday.
The Newsgator Mobile Edition returns an iPhone-friendly version. And NetNewsWire seamlessly synchs with Newsgator. This is unbelievably cool.
I guess I'm supposed to be upset I can't download and install apps that work, like, on my phone. But I've been there. I've done that. I kind of hated it. Web 2.0, baby. People have even figured out freaky usages of data: URLs to bookmark local copies of "apps" onto your phone.
Thank you, American Mass Culture for not letting me down. Except for those guys who make video game consoles. Fuck those guys.
...for another day. Welcome to the fabulous airline-comped Airport Hyatt. Apparently my connecting flight had crew issues. The stupid self serve checkin kiosk offered me a 6am flight and no alternatives, and did not offer me any vouchers. I tried to not accept so I could talk to a person. I was later told because I HAD accepted (I had hit exit) they couldn't offer me a voucher. After grumpy protestations on my part, they finally did. The only upside is that I don't have to drive to the goddamned airport in the morning, and my flight is at the gentlemanly hour of 11am.
Also, I typed this whole thing out on my iphone - what a trooper for a science! I'm doing the Flickr to blog via email thang. (Edit: which apparently is formatted with tons of BR elements -- jeez.)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-10-voa19.cfm
I confess I have mixed feelings about this.
Has anyone done some kind of app that looks at publicly available weather data, specifically average rainfall in an area, to estimate, say, when you should water your lawn?
Yes, I'm a big nerd.
Through happy coincidence, I find myself with a chance to catch my breath and catch up on things I haven't had a chance to read or watch, including various podcasts on technical and other topics. I find the TEDTalks to be intriguing, as a sizable subset show off some interesting UI thinking.
However, I have one complaint -- the titles! The damn things are all titled by person, not by topic, indicating that it's more important WHO is talking rather than what they are discussing. This should perhaps not be surprising, as the E in TED is entertainment, but as I've become enamored of using my iPhone to watch these things, it can be frustrating -- since I can only browse by the title, not by the description. Argh.
Of course, while a dragon is cool, being able to turn into a giant purple bird all by yourself is even cooler.
