MC 2: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

MC2 Post 1122 HP is Restocking The Dead Winner

HP: We’re Producing One Last Run Of TouchPads To Meet Demand

From the HP blog, which is currently bogged down by a ton of traffic:

Q: When is HP getting more HP TouchPads? One week, two weeks, a month?

A limited supply are coming and it will be a few weeks before they are available. As we know more about how, when, and where TouchPads will be available, we will communicate that here and through email to those who requested notification. We can tell you that HP’s Small and Medium Business team has sold out of HP TouchPads and will not have more inventory.

Q: Can you comment on whether HP had to manufacture more to meet the recent demand?

HP will be manufacturing a limited quantity of TouchPads with webOS during our fourth fiscal quarter 2011, which ends October 31.

Q: Will HP continue to make more TouchPads with webOS to meet the demand?

HP is discontinuing the development of webOS devices and is winding down device operations within our fourth fiscal quarter 2011.

Link: http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/30/hp-were-producing-one-last-run-of-touchpads-to-meet-demand/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3kubxf4

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HP: TouchPad Will Receive OTA Update

for Added 'Functionality'.

But It's Still Dead-To-US.

HP may have abandoned the TouchPad, but that apparently won't stop the company from issuing a post-mortem OTA update for its webOS tablet.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/30/hp-touchpad-will-receive-ota-udpate-for-added-functionality/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3btsvch

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Monday, August 29, 2011

MC2 Post 1120 Putting More Wood Behind the Arrow

TWIT Gets a Face-Lift on Their

New Home Page

iWoz Calls in on Sunday's TWiT

Link: http://twit.tv/node/9710

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AADR About Android Developers Reporter:

Honeycomb <3 usb devices

Link: http://www.helloandroid.com/content/honeycomb-3-usb-devices?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3awuy8f

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How to draw multiline text to canvas easily

Link: http://www.helloandroid.com/tutorials/how-draw-multiline-text-canvas-easily?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3oxhmxy

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Android Developer Labs 2011
Posted by Tim Bray on 01 August 2011 at 4:43 PM

We in Android Developer Relations have been cooking up a rather special set of Android Developer Labs (ADLs) for the second half of 2011, and we’re ready to start the ball rolling.

Here’s the schedule. These are one-day events, so in Seattle and New York we’re running it twice for two audiences.

Los Angeles — September 2

Link: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/08/android-developer-labs-2011.html?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referralutm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FhsDu+%28Android+Developers+Blog%29

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4xqlfbm

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Horizontal View Swiping with ViewPager

Link: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/08/horizontal-view-swiping-with-viewpager.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3gwpba2

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MS MangaScene:

News
Gundam UC #4's Trailer Streamed
posted on 2011-08-28 03:30 EDT

"At the Bottom of the Gravity Well" available worldwide this fall

Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-28/gundam-uc-no.4-trailer-streamed

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Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere's
New Promo Streamed

Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-28/horizon-on-the-middle-of-nowhere-new-promo-streamed

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News

North American Stream List: August 20-27
posted on 2011-08-28 14:30 EDT
Blue Gender, Dragon Ball Z, Darker than Black, Gungrave, King of Fighters live-action streamed

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Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-28/north-american-stream-list/august-20-27

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Hulu added the following streaming anime:

Hulu.com

    Bleach season 16, ep. 335
    Naruto Shippūden season 6, ep. 225
    Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts season 2, ep. 7
    Blue Exorcist ep. 19
    Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan ep. 8
    One Piece ep. 511
    Tiger & Bunny ep. 21-22
    Toriko ep. 19
    Sacred Seven ep. 8
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 ep. 23-24
    Chobits ep. 19-20
    Darker than Black ep. 1-2
    Excel Saga ep. 17-18
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple ep. 48
    Reborn! ep. 61-65
    Star Driver ep. 1-2
    Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's ep. 68, 129
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Netflix added the following streaming anime:

    Gungrave
    Blue Gender
    The King of Fighters live-action

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

MC2 Post 1120 After the Apple-s Silly Patent Punching

--- Samsung Gets Back Up Swinging ---

Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE Announced, Set to Debut at IFA

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/28/galaxy-s-ii-lte-and-galaxy-tab-8-9-lte-announced-set-to-debut-a/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/426m6j8

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Saturday, August 27, 2011

MC2 Post 1119 Tooting My Own Horn--The Best of MC2 Blog

"Wingman Toots His Own Horn..."

Still Number 1 with 2,764 page Views IS:

July 1, 2010

MC2 Post 717 DC's Wonder Woman Gets Make-Over

Link: http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com/2010/07/mc2-post-717-dcs-wonder-woman-gets-make.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3unqbt9

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Number 2 with 999 pageviews:

November 21, 2009

Post 525: Want To Play in A Chrome OS Sandbox?

Link: http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com/2009/11/post-525-want-to-play-in-chrome-os.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3tpz33z

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Number 3 with 968 pageviews:

November 6, 2010

Post 836 Is That R2D2 in The Making

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2utzyt8

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Number 4 with 614 pageviews:

June 29, 2010

MC2 Post 715 Programmable Origami ?

Link: http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com/2010/06/mc2-post-715-programmable-origami.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3u8ako4

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Number 5 with 605 pageviews:

November 30, 2010

MC2 Post 857 The Name After All These Years Is

Bond, James Bond

Guess What That Gun Sold At Auction?

Link: http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com/2010/11/mc2-post-857-name-after-all-these-years.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2eg8ltp

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A Pistol held by Sir Sean Connery on One of
the Posters Used to Promote

From Russia With Love has sold for

$415,875 (£277,250) at auction,

setting a World Record for a James Bond gun.

It never appeared in the movie.

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Friday, August 26, 2011

MC2 Post 1118 What Pushed Jobs To This Decision At This Time?

Pondering the View into a Crystal Apple

The First Shoes:

I believe the HP Thunderclap of Selling 300,000 $100 Dollar Touchpads this past weekend was

the final straw.

His Beautiful iPad had been turned into a less brilliant, commodity product overnight.

And it came from his Favorite teenage Tech Company HP, that gave him a summer job.

The First Shoe: "Hewlett-Packard just decided to Get-Out of Personal computer and tablet business."

This is the "same company" that owned the property where Apple's New Campus:

dubbed the "Mother Ship" will be built.

See my MC2 Post 1046 At:

Link: http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com/2011/06/mc2-post-1046-apple-space-ship-lands-in.html

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

MC2 Post 1117 Steve Jobs' Apple-- A TimeLine

Steve Jobs' Apple: a Timeline

I heard about at the end of Tech News Today, as Tom Merritt was tying up the close when News Break flashed on his computer and his Reporters instincts kicked in. He read the initial News Break: That Steve Jobs was stepping Down as CEO of Apple.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-apple-a-timeline/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3oga662

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A Peek at Steve Jobs' Book Jacket -front,
back and spline.

"The cover," writes Isaacson in private e-mail, "is the Albert Watson portrait taken for Fortune in 2009. The back is a Norman Seeff portrait of him in the lotus position holding the original Macintosh, which ran in Rolling Stone in January 1984. The title font is Helvetica. It will look as you see it, with no words on the back cover."

Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/16/a-peek-at-steve-jobs-book-jacket-front-and-back/?section=magazines_fortune

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3pzkuq3

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Apple Stock Recovers from Shock of
Jobs Resigning

Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBmcINM0NtBcvljxcI-KagaUPUdw?docId=3f24c797cf044b7f82349a8cb059d001

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3larwqc

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Tomorrow, See Wingman's Spin:

What Pushed Jobs To This Decision,

At This Time?

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The Type Font is All in Helvetica.
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Except the MC2 Logo

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

MC2 POst 1116 EZ Google Plus Tricks

Bold, Italic and Strike Through

Link: http://www.techtipsgeek.com/tips-to-format-text-when-writing-posts-messages-in-google-plus/14294/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4ygwtpo

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Google Plus Profile Image Trick:

Give an Attracting Look To Your Google Plus Profile

Link: http://www.techtipsgeek.com/google-plus-profile-image-trick-hack-photos-thumbnail/14567/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/42yv47z

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How to Create Google+ Profile Widget
for Your Blog

Link: http://www.techtipsgeek.com/create-google-plus-profile-widget-for-blog/14541/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4xvayto

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

MC2 Post 1115 If You Got a HP TouchPad for 100 Bucks Call Yourself REAL Lucky

HP's Dead Winner.

Because This Weekend BestBuy Sold 0ver

300,000 of these babies....

For those unaware about why the Crazy Low-ball Price and What the Heck is a HP TouchPad please

Read this Engadget Review:

HP TouchPad review
which was done on June 29th 2011.

That's why the original price is Listed at $499.99 for the

16GB model, $599.99 for 32GB.

That's exactly on parity with the WiFi iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1, current kings of the tablet court.

Because HP decided to GET-OUT of the Consumer Electronic Business Last Week, the price dropped to

$100 for the 16GB and $149 for the 32GB.

Hence the Black Friday Like Sell-Off.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/29/hp-touchpad-review/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/5ufzm6y

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

MC2 Post 1114 Rocky from the Shock of HP waving the White Flag, The TouchPad Shows

HP-- It Could Have Been a Contender.

PIX: On The Waterfront.

HP TouchPad Sales Take a Dip, Retailers Desperate to

Get Rid of Them

Originally Priced At:

$499.99 for the 16gb
And

$599.99 for the 32gb

Marked Down

To $99 for the 16gb

And $149 for the 32gb

A Lot Closer to the Right Price, to Compete.

Just Try and Find One at That Price.

Link: http://thegadgetsite.com/2011/08/hp-touchpad-sales-take-a-dip-retailers-desperate-to-get-rid-of-them/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3onh2k4

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MC2 Factoid: Ten Best Rod Steiger Movie Roles
Link: http://factoidz.com/ten-best-rod-steiger-movie-roles/
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PBS SoCal Nature: Kilauea Mountain of Fire
Kapuka: A geological timecapsule.
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MC2 Post 1113 When The Wingman Flubs He Flubs BIG TIME

First, my Sis asked for help re-installing Firefox this week.

I told her to hold off for a bit (Geek-Speak), because a new updated version was being released this week too.

Forgetting that I was running 4.0b7 I went to the download page and grabbed 5.0. It took longer than it had any right to because it removed my handy toolbar and replaced it with what I call Bloat-Ware. That got me mad and after another 1/2 of getting my new install back to where it should have been, I published the following gee-I-was-proud-of-myself Post:

A couple of days later, I saw the New Updated Firefox was 6.0 Not 5.0.

Huh?

How Did That Happen?

How the Flub Happened.

Then I remembered, I installed 5.01 a while ago and found a lot of plugin problems so I reverted to the then stable 4.0b7 and the plugin-problem was gone and

I forgot about it.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Wingman.

P.S. I like Chrome Better.

And I've been spending a lot of time playing around

with Google +.

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

MC2 Post 1112 THE “RED BOTTOM” CONTROVERSY

Are Things Just Getting Too Silly?

Wingman.

If a High Tech Company like Apple Can Sue Samsung for an

iPad / Tablet-Look-Alike

Link: http://tech.mobiletod.com/apple-ipad-vs-samsung-galaxy-tab-who-wins-tablet-war/

Why Can't We.....???

THE “RED BOTTOM” CONTROVERSY:

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN SUES
YVES SAINT LAURENT

In April 2011, Christian Louboutin hit Yves Saint Laurent with a $1 million trademark-infringement lawsuit for the use of red soled shoes in their S/S 2011 collection.

Link: http://kerrywoodard.blogspot.com/2011/04/controversy-of-red-soles.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/43hyaec

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Link: http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/copyright-trademarklaw/blogs/fashionindustrylaw/archive/2011/08/04/letter-briefs-recently-filed-in-the-red-shoes-controversy-christian-louboutin-v-yves-saint-laurent.aspx

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3ofrfpg

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