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Import Contact Profile Photos into Android from Gravatar
Wouldn’t it be great to automagically have user-icons for new contacts in your android device? I thought so, and gladly found an app (in Alpha for now) that scans your address book and adds Gravatars...
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Official Deathly Hallows Trailer Released
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one (wikipedia), directed by David Yates, the first-part of the epic movie finale to the Harry Potter series is set to launch this Fall 2010 The movie, which...
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Pioneer Day – And Should We Die
Today is Pioneer Day, a Utah Holiday which celebrates the faithful people who journeyed to settle this place to seek religious freedom and escape murderous persecution in Illinois and Missouri. I can...
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More Important Than Courage…
The second commercial from the Jordan Brand’s new Become Legendary Campaign. Featuring Jordan Brand Athletes; Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Derek Jeter, Rip Hamilton, Ray Allen, Joe Johnson, Andre Ward,...
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Being Dad
I hope I can be a dad like this dad. I hope I can be a son like this son realizes he should be. I Love you Dad.
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Adding Flickr Slideshows with Flickrshow API
I have been using Flickrshow to display some flickr images from a certain tag. I am now using Flickr’s Slideshow code (though not sure it’s exactly what I want, still). The IDEAL for me is a simple...
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Google Listen for Android Updated
Google’s Android podcast-listening app Listen has been updated with some new features including quicker offline sync and the ability to queue all new shows in a feed. I still love the sync with Google...
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Disqus Mobile Apps for Moderators
Disqus (pronounced: "Discuss") launched their mobile apps for comment moderators, allowing for comments to be read/deleted/approved or "spammed" on the fly by site owners. From their blog: Features:...
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Geolocation of Blog Posts, WordPress Android
I’m testing WordPress mobile’s Geolocation function in its Android app.
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Novell Vibe Launches, Real-Time, Secure Corporate Collaboration Has Arrived
Every project you engage in at work with a team or with a partner needs to collaborate. TO solve this problem, we schedule meetings, we have agendas, we take notes (some of us) we email questions to...
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The WinPhone UI on Android: Wishlist Wednesday
OK, I’ve been waiting for a better UI that helps me organize my messages, updates, photos and everything that’s going on around me, and the WindowsPhone actually seems to do it with the launch of the...
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Netflix Streaming Service Down
The Netflix streaming service is down apparently at least nationally in the USA. Twitter has the scoop: mcconrad04: And @netflix is down again… #fb #ismellanother3%credit @Austin_Merritt 2 minutes...
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Dish Network Uses QR Code In Mailer
Becoming more mainstream, Quick Response Codes (Qr codes) are showing up in more and more places, this one in a Dish Network mailing. If you can’t scan the code yourself, it links to...
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Google Calendar Goes Down; Mass Confusion Ensues
Aside from Joe not remembering that it was his Donut Day, Google Calendar going down causes the obvious: Mass panic. General blasé attitude among digerati as they have no idea what to do right now....
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Let the Lower Lights…
Thanks to a link on The Lower Lights fan-mail announcement I received today, I found this gem of a video you should take a listen to and thank the Heavens above for the beauty of music and its power to...
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Better Streaming Selection on Netflix: Wishlist Wednesday
No question I love my streaming Netflix. In fact, there are several times per week I think, "If I could just watch/finish a movie/show right now…." Often, it’s at night when I am looking for a great...
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Whiteout at Novell
Thanks to a winter blizzard that really wasn’t, but left cold and snow settled on our valley here in Provo, the evening twilight sun lights one of Novell’s Utah Campus buildings against the backdrop...
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CauseWorld: Check-in for Charity #appmon
Funny, I blogged about an appday monday item, but on the wrong blog. I wrote about CauseWorld on my blog about Freedom Academy’s Fundraising Committee, which I chair. I’ll crosspost it here for your...
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Images of Provo Tabernacle Fire (redirect)
This is a sad day for this town. Our children used to call the Provo Tabernacle their "princess castle", and when we went to church there sometimes, they were extra well-behaved because, well, that’s...
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Throw my latkes in the air…
All I have to say is, “Challah!” Happy Hanukkah! Personally, I like how talented this group is. Part of me wishes we had a group like this in Provo instead of these.
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Picasa Photos Need Easier Sharing #wishwed
Picasa is Google‘s great photo editing and sharing app. It makes ridiculously quick work out of acquiring images from your camera, sorting them, letting you crop/edit/touch them up, and share them by...
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Images of Provo Tabernacle Fire
This is a sad day for this town. Our children used to call the Provo Tabernacle their "princess castle", and when we went to church there sometimes, they were extra well-behaved because, well, that’s...
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TWiG Discussion Topics [Graphic]
For my own reference, I have been carefully tracking the items discussed by Leo, Gina and Jeff on TWiG — This Week in Google, one of my favorite netcasts. After compiling hours upon hours of careful...
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Coining a Phrase: HashtagJacking
I’m just tossing this out there. Hashtagjacking (v)—the practice of including any hashtag listed in Twitter‘s trending topics in a self-promotional tweet just to bring traffic to you. References: The...
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Google Ousted by Facebook as Mayor of the Net in 2010
News agencies are reporting that Google was less liked online this year than Facebook, which points to “the rapid ascendance of social networking over search engines and Internet portals.” This news...
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Google Docs Updates Document Interface
This week, Google Docs has rolled out a refresh to how it lists and shows you documents, files, images, videos and more in your docs pane. For a year or so, you could put any document, presentation,...
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Taco Bell: Free Beef Tacos to Facebook Likers
Taco Bell has turned a class action lawsuit about the beef in its food into a Facebook marketing campaign. The restaurant chain is giving away 10 million free beef tacos to Facebook "likers" who...
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In Which I Discuss My Five-Thousandth Tweet
This post marks the moment that my twitter account crossed over the threshold dividing those who have tweeted more than 5,000 times, and those who have not. My relationship with twitter has been an...
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VIDEO: Amazing Time-Lapse Footage of the Milky Way
High atop Spain’s tallest mountain, El Tiede, photographer Terje Sorgjerd captured these amazing time-lapse images of earth, time passing and the Milky Way Galaxy above us all. The Mountain from Terje...
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NYTimes' Paywall and Unintended Consequences
I just helped someone hack the New York Times‘ fancy new paywall. Well, actually, I just helped her google the phrase "get past New York Times paywall" and opened their eyes to the veritable cornucopia...
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Technology < Life
I got out of programming many years ago because I realized I wanted a more-direct connection to the humanity of technology. I wanted to put faces to the names. My daddy-heart swelled a little watching...
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Android Gets Netflix… Kinda
That rejoicing you hear are all the Netflix users who have been waiting for the android platform to finally receive the Netflix awesomeness that iOS and WindowsMobile 7 users have been bragging about...
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Record Labels Whine and Moan About Google Music Launch
This article first reply google doesn’t know how to ship product, And maybe there’s something to be said for that. But the farther I read into the article the more I realize it’s the record Industry up...
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You Should Tweet Like A TV Exec
Here’s 10 reasons every TV Executive should use twitter. Tell me three ways this could payoff for your brand/business/objective.
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Watch TEDxSLC Live, Here
View TEDxSLC live!: Streaming live video by Ustream Creating Value by Design Our speakers will bring to light design principles and how they are creating value in ways that transcend disciplines,...
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The New Mime: Trapped in an iPhone (not a box)
Fanciful and creative video of a guy playing off the classic “stuck in a box” mime gag, but digital: Ronen’s Adventure: Trapped in an iPhone from Ronen V on Vimeo.
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Breaking: Final Minutes Of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be Split Into Seven...
ONN reports that Warner Bros. will recut the last four minutes of “The Deathly Hollows: Part 2″ and stretch it into seven films so fans can enjoy the Harry Potter franchise for another decade. This...
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Scumbag, Netflix
The sad story here is that one, Netflix was the outcast, the speakeasy version of media consumption. They were the legal-but-still-somehow-underground way to sort-of stick it to the man, get all the...
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What's the New Blogging?
So, 5 years ago, everyone was blogging. Then tweeting. #whatwasthatanyway #nowanybodycanhashtag Now everything is “facebook likes” and “pin my awesome picture on pinterest (so your friends are more...
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Social Media Encourages Us to Be 'Alone Together'
“Some experts believe that Facebook, endless texting and other activities that keep kids “connected” actually add to a major disconnect that is hard on those who have depression”Shutterstock “…The very...
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One Day on Earth – 12/12/12
On October 10, 2010, videos were filmed all over the world and brought together in one movie about the world in a day. You can participate today, if you like: View a map of videos uploaded over time:
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Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (3 days left)
You can watch the documentary Steve Jobs – One Last Thing free on PBS.com for the next three days. Watch Steve Jobs: One Last Thing – Promo on PBS. See more from pbs.
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BYU Men’s Chorus: Album of Missionary Songs, Free
At a time when more missionaries than ever are answering the call to serve, the BYU Men’s Chorus is releasing this unique album of powerful missionary hymns. This free album is offered as a gift to...
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This.
Real Mexicans. That is my name Instructions: Click to the video ( http://bit.ly/1b0Gsm8 ) Laugh. Repeat. Share. Brilliant #David Lopez on Vine And this… “NOT A KRUMP STOP!”
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Downloading Purchased iTunes Content to your iOS Device
If you have multiple iOS devices or Mac/PCs that share the same iTunes account, you might have done content downloaded on one that you want on another device. How to download itunes content you’ve...
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This is crazy: unsubscribe me, maybe
I just unsubscribed from a political email list. It’s not necessarily because I disagree with what they are trying to promote, but because they throw everything into the bucket of “(insert political...
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