Live E3 Webcams, Streaming E3 Coverage – G4tv.com
If you saw and enjoyed The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quartersdocumentary, you’re going to REALLY LOVE THIS: A live stream of Steve Wiebe attempting to break the World Record at Donkey Kong.
(Via G4TV)INTERVIEW PROJECT – NEW EPISODE EVERY THREE DAYS
David Lynch + 20,000 Mile Road Trip + Video Camera = “Interview Project”.
(Via interviewproject.davidlynch.com )J.D. Salinger Sues Copycat in Manhattan Federal Court
“The reclusive and elusive author filed a lawsuit yesterday in Manhattan federal court…to “block an anonymous author from cashing in on the iconic coming-of-age novel with a follow-up titled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye.” “
(Via feeds.gothamistllc.com )Before William Hung, Before chocolate rain, America had Florence Foster Jenkins
“Confidence is a funny thing. We all have our daily encounters with the cocky, the insecure, that optimistic date who is far more enamored of his or her looks than he or she has any right to be. But when we’re talking vocalists, when a singer lets down the inhibitions and belts it out despite not having any skill whatsoever, there’s a line that’s crossed. Crossed like the sound barrier is crossed: with a physic if not physical boom. It rattles you a bit, stirs up what you perceive to be true and what the performer perceives is true.”
(Via blogs.creativeloafing.com )Khaaan!
Artist Daniel Martinico took William Shatner’s finest moment as an actor and stretched it out into a 15-minute video….And thanks to Veritrope reader Clark, we now have this link that gives us even more of the story!
(Via www.kottke.org )
Facebook Connection Slow? It’s not just you!
Facebook access has been slow (or times out) for many people since the weekend… What’s the story?
I’m a “Blame Time-Warner First!” kind of guy whenever I am having any trouble with the internet (with plenty of reasons for doing so). So when I started having difficulty connecting to Facebook a few days ago, I just assumed it was TWC again.
But doing a Twitter search for “Facebook Slow” revealed that it might be a bigger problem — lots of people can’t connect or are getting such slow page load times that Facebook is almost unusable!
It seems that Facebook is taking the same approach as I do in laying blame for the unusably slow response people have been getting:
What’s the real story? Hopefully, we’ll find out soon! Until then, report your slow Facebook connection here — and be sure to tell them who your internet provider is.
UPDATE — Here’s something you can try that might help until the problem is fixed:
Try to connect using the secure server for Facebook by putting the letter “s” after “http” (https://facebook.com) in the address bar! It’s working for me, but occasionally throws me back to the non-secure server.
Tech + Software Links for Friday, May 29, 2009
Links that I thought you’d enjoy!
MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle!
11 apps for $50. Did I mention that some of those apps include Tech Tool 5, Parallels Desktop (to run Windows on your Mac), and a whole host of DVD ripping software? CLICK HERE BEFORE THE DEAL EXPIRES!
(Via www.mupromo.com )IGN: Pre-E3 2009: DJs Z-Trip, AM Join DJ Hero
Activision’s upcoming DJ Hero game features DJ Shadow, Z-Trip, and DJ AM — Check out the video!
(Via xbox360.ign.com )AppleInsider | A glimpse at Snow Leopard’s more subtle refinements
“While many of the changes present in betas of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard have been discussed at length by Apple followers, one tester has taken to the web with observations on some of the more subtle refinements spread through the most recent build of the next-gen operating system.”
(Via www.appleinsider.com )Palm Pre tasks, memos, browser on display, automatic backup confirmed
Palm Pre — Coming Soon (…and looking good!)
(Via www.engadgetmobile.com )- Mac Hacks: 17 AppleScripts To Make Your Life Easier | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
A Solid Introduction to AppleScript!
(Via www.smashingmagazine.com )
Native HTML Export / QuickLook Comes to Evernote for the Mac
As promised, Evernote released an update with built-in (and AppleScript-able) HTML export and QuickLook activated for attachments. Nice work!!!
As promised, Evernote released an update with built-in (and AppleScript-able) HTML export and QuickLook activated for attachments. Nice work!!!
I’ll be digging in and updating the scripts to utilize the new and improved HTML support — stay tuned!
“Morning Becomes Eclectic” Round-Up
If you’ve never heard of KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” show, you’ve been missing out on an incredible resource for music-lovers. For over thirty years, M.B.E. has featured interviews and performances by both legendary and the lesser-known artists. Here’s a sampling from this past month….
If you’ve never heard of KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” show, you’ve been missing out on an incredible resource for music-lovers. For over thirty years, M.B.E. has featured interviews and performances by both legendary and the lesser-known artists. Here’s a sampling from this past month….
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