Comments for kip/bot/blog http://www.kipbot.com/blog apophenic pretentia Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:04:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 Comment on Loving Web2.0: Baseball Boss by kipbot http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/07/05/loving-web20-baseball-boss/#comment-3086 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:20:21 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/07/05/loving-web20-baseball-boss/#comment-3086 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Waddell rel="nofollow">Rube Waddell!</a> -- loved fire trucks, puppies, and shiny objects. Would leave the field at the sound of fire trucks and would enter trance-like states when fans held up puppies while on the mound. I will make it mission to acquire him. PS Use "techcrunch" as the referrer code. Rube Waddell! — loved fire trucks, puppies, and shiny objects. Would leave the field at the sound of fire trucks and would enter trance-like states when fans held up puppies while on the mound. I will make it mission to acquire him.

PS Use “techcrunch” as the referrer code.

]]> Comment on Loving Web2.0: Baseball Boss by Julia Rubinic http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/07/05/loving-web20-baseball-boss/#comment-3085 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:59:12 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/07/05/loving-web20-baseball-boss/#comment-3085 Did you include Rube Waddell on your team? Did you play according to 1906 rules or modern? Did you include Rube Waddell on your team?

Did you play according to 1906 rules or modern?

]]> Comment on Advertising Immortality by julia http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/28/advertising-immortality/#comment-1960 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:01:32 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/28/advertising-immortality/#comment-1960 Maybe it's a grave marker. Maybe it’s a grave marker.

]]> Comment on Things learned (and confirmed) from Kindle Nownow by toby http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/25/things-learned-and-confirmed-from-kindle-nownow/#comment-1747 Sun, 25 May 2008 16:32:13 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/25/things-learned-and-confirmed-from-kindle-nownow/#comment-1747 ...and you call me the noble idiom knight. …and you call me the noble idiom knight.

]]> Comment on New Age Creepiness by kipbot http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/21/new-age-creepiness/#comment-1730 Sat, 24 May 2008 15:27:18 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/21/new-age-creepiness/#comment-1730 I thought the chorus with kids singing, followed by the sound of three gunshots, the reloading of the gun and the ring of a cash register was a really poignant mix of childish bouyancy and the reality of war, guns, and money.  And it seemed like the trailer just grabbed it cuz it was three gun shots with a groovy, er uh cool, beat. But what do I know, I'm probably just being an effete liberal wanker. I thought the chorus with kids singing, followed by the sound of three gunshots, the reloading of the gun and the ring of a cash register was a really poignant mix of childish bouyancy and the reality of war, guns, and money.  And it seemed like the trailer just grabbed it cuz it was three gun shots with a groovy, er uh cool, beat.

But what do I know, I’m probably just being an effete liberal wanker.

]]> Comment on New Age Creepiness by Alex Rainert http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/21/new-age-creepiness/#comment-1694 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:32:08 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/21/new-age-creepiness/#comment-1694 I dunno, I kind of felt that Paper Planes worked really well in the trailer for Pineapple Express ( http://www.ridetheexpress.com/ ) but I have to say I fell pretty hard for it the first time I saw it. I dunno, I kind of felt that Paper Planes worked really well in the trailer for Pineapple Express ( http://www.ridetheexpress.com/ ) but I have to say I fell pretty hard for it the first time I saw it.

]]> Comment on New Age Creepiness by Louise http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/21/new-age-creepiness/#comment-1693 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:17:23 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/21/new-age-creepiness/#comment-1693 Disagree with "groovy." There was never any groove there, likewise the wymmyn's retreats. Disagree with “groovy.” There was never any groove there, likewise the wymmyn’s retreats.

]]> Comment on Favorite AdSense to Date: Even if it is a stunt by Todd W. http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/15/favorite-adsense-to-date-even-if-it-is-a-stunt/#comment-1618 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:34:43 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/15/favorite-adsense-to-date-even-if-it-is-a-stunt/#comment-1618 Stunt it is, but for what, who knows. Site now has a link to "doubletalkwireless.com", which is a domain owned by AB Market Works LLC, http://www.abmarketworks.com/home.php. See also, http://www.cathyskey.com. Stunt it is, but for what, who knows.

Site now has a link to “doubletalkwireless.com”, which is a domain owned by AB Market Works LLC, http://www.abmarketworks.com/home.php.

See also, http://www.cathyskey.com.

]]> Comment on The problem of defining value: Skitch by Whitney Hess http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/05/the-problem-of-defining-value-skitch/#comment-1615 Thu, 15 May 2008 17:39:26 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/05/the-problem-of-defining-value-skitch/#comment-1615 I think the value of Skitch is in its integration. Yes, these features exist in other apps and you may have already found a way to string them together, but it's all native to Skitch and therefore significantly faster to perform a basic task: taking a screenshot, annotating it and sharing it (privately, or with the world). I wrote a blog post about it a few months ago: http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2008/01/skitch/ Also check out my shared page: http://www.skitch.com/whitney I think the value of Skitch is in its integration. Yes, these features exist in other apps and you may have already found a way to string them together, but it’s all native to Skitch and therefore significantly faster to perform a basic task: taking a screenshot, annotating it and sharing it (privately, or with the world).

I wrote a blog post about it a few months ago: http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2008/01/skitch/

Also check out my shared page: http://www.skitch.com/whitney

]]> Comment on Sick of my iPhone by Todd W. http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/09/sick-of-my-iphone/#comment-1507 Sun, 11 May 2008 04:28:19 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/05/09/sick-of-my-iphone/#comment-1507 It's Nseries, not N-Series. ;-) If you want the phone for a camera, then you can't go wrong with an N95 or N82. They are real point and shoots on a par with a dedicated camera. But if you still want to have good email handling, I'd look elsewhere. There's a reason all those abbrev. have crept into text messaging. 9-keying email is torture. I use the iPhone for two primary purposes: phone calls and web browsing. Checking email and SMS are secondary. The camera is fine when I don't have anything better handy. I just hope they fix the completely broken MMS support when the new software revision arrives. It’s Nseries, not N-Series. ;-)

If you want the phone for a camera, then you can’t go wrong with an N95 or N82. They are real point and shoots on a par with a dedicated camera. But if you still want to have good email handling, I’d look elsewhere. There’s a reason all those abbrev. have crept into text messaging. 9-keying email is torture.

I use the iPhone for two primary purposes: phone calls and web browsing. Checking email and SMS are secondary. The camera is fine when I don’t have anything better handy. I just hope they fix the completely broken MMS support when the new software revision arrives.

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