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HOWTO trick your printer into using ALL its ink (79)
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Slate's Farhad Manjoo has some great tips for outsmarting the greedy, lying sensor in your printer that wants you to change the super-expensive cartridge before the ink runs out: This guy had also suspected that his Brother was lying to him, and he'd discovered a way to force it to fess up. Brother's toner cartridges have a sensor built into them; OppressedPrinterUser found that covering the sensor with a small piece of dark electrical tape ...Shared by !&# (23) Aaron (10) Adam Selwood (23) Alan (7) Alec Peden (9) Alexander Carlill (10) Anthony (32) arkiver (20) bkim (27) C.K. (134) Carl (16) Chhavi Sachdev (3) Chimpadink (3) Chris (34) Christian (7) Clay (41) Daniel (2) Derek Springer (3) deusdiabolus (95) Eric (2) Eric (5) Falk (1) fern (23) GeniusBoyWonder (27) ggatin (10) ghosttie (38) Greg (2) HokieGeek (26) Jana (3) Jared (19) Jason (2) Jason Gooljar (25) jen (4) Jeremy Jarratt (50) Jim (0) Jim (14) Jim (22) Joe (70) John (11) John (10) Jon Lowder (5) Jonathan (10) Jordan T-H (8) Justin Ribeiro (12) Karen (3) Kay (41) Kevin Branigan (7) Kluzter (19) krs (10) Link of the Day (2) Linkletter (5) Lissa (9) Macky (14) Mark (2) Mark (23) Mark (38) mhking (57) MV (23) Nick Sanders (0) npike (5) Preeti Desai (4) Rafael Capanema (17) Robert Munroe (12) Rui (12) rveguilla (5) Sam (23) Sara (7) Shad (10) Shoshannah F (40) Sid (19) smackaysmith (3) StevieB (71) Thadius (5) Timm (0) tomwsmf (10) Travis Jon Allison (5) trinkers (0) Will (2) Wolfger (10)Explore read six notes- Rafael Capanema said: Será que funciona? Vou tentar
- Greg said: Holy wow.
- Chimpadink said: My toner just ran out of ink about a day before viewing this. I did this trick and it TOTALLY worked.
- Christian said: I hate printers so much
- Falk said: Brother (and other printer manufacturers) definitely have crossed a border here. We have been putting up with the criminal activities of the printer mafia far to long!
- Kluzter said: La tinta de computadora es uno de los líquidos más caros del mundo, más nos vale sacarle el provecho y siendo regios... ¡ni se diga!
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Don’t cry for journalists… (46)
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Look at this photo from the Olympics. I count about 75 photographers, each decked out with a $9,000 (or more expensive) camera and lens (and most of them are carrying several cameras). This is in a year when tons of journalists are getting laid off. This is in a year when there are tons of stories around the world that aren’t getting reported on. Could we take half of those photographers and send them to ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) Aaron (6) Adam (11) AdiR1 (20) adstew (11) Andrew (2) Andy (22) Benjamin (4) Drew Olanoff (144) Dustin DeKoekkoek (7) eLd0raDo (11) Eric (9) Firethorn (11) HH (5) Ilaria (9) Javier (9) jccamus (15) joco (21) John (19) John Magnus (39) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Kyle (2) lebachai (7) louisgray (150) Matt (1) mcwflint (22) Melfi (34) Migger (3) Mike F (465) Oudi Antebi (25) Peter (8) Pozsi (16) rexy (23) Rizzn (76) Rob (1) Rubin (0) Ryan Jerz (3) Sara (1) Scott (0) Steven (5) Stoneford (1) Tim (8) Timm (0) Tom (10) Webomatica (9) Zoli (27)Explore read four notes- Tom said: Dear Scoble, Yes. Yes, all of those journalists were needed there. I know this because of economics. Those journalists wouldn't be there unless they could sell the photos and the agencies wouldn't buy the photos unless the people at large would pay to see the photos. Sports news is responsible for 50% of traffic at the Guardian. It is a grim fact of democracy and economics.
- joco said: Igaza van, elég lenne egy központi fotós (lehetőleg kínai, hogy utaznia se kelljen meg sok pénzt se kelljen adni neki), a képen levők meg mehetnének valami metánbányába a Marsra keccsölni. Méghogy sportfotózás, mi?!
- Pozsi said: Ez mekkora fassag, meg jo hogy nem a lelegeztetogepeket keri szamon.
- Ryan Jerz said: I'll grant you that Scrotables is right, but it's not even close to an original thought. There are plenty of people saying that this exact kind of thing should be outsourced to the locals. Some sort of pool, kind of like the TV coverage. Those photogs shouldn't be sent to Russia or Somalia or Congress, either. They should be covering their own towns. Local coverage is so piss poor because there is too much coverage in local papers and on local TV devoted to national and world news. Coverage in Reno is bad enough that you and I are trying to think of ways to fill the void. I don't read the RGJ in paper form, and I've been out of town for a week, but I'll bet that there is two or three pages of the normally 5-page (with ads) sports section dedicated to stories about sports that we never care about except for two weeks every four years. And don't they have someone in Beijing? Meanwhile, there are several groups in our two immediate neighborhoods trying to build a better community, and I would have no idea if I didn't read blogs or know the people I do.
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Don’t cry for journalists… (26)
onLook at this photo from the Olympics. I count about 75 photographers, each decked out with a $9,000 (or more expensive) camera and lens (and most of them are carrying several cameras). This is in a year when tons of journalists are getting laid off. This is in a year when there are tons of stories around the world that aren’t getting reported on. Could we take half of those photographers and send them to ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) Aaron (6) AdiR1 (20) adstew (11) Andrew (2) Benjamin (4) eLd0raDo (11) Eric (9) Firethorn (11) Ilaria (9) jccamus (15) Kyle (2) lebachai (7) Matt (1) mcwflint (22) Migger (3) Mike F (465) perspikace (26) Peter (8) Ryan Jerz (3) Sara (1) Scott (0) Stoneford (1) Tim (8) Timm (0) Timo Heuer (14)
- Ryan Jerz said: I'll grant you that Scrotables is right, but it's not even close to an original thought. There are plenty of people saying that this exact kind of thing should be outsourced to the locals. Some sort of pool, kind of like the TV coverage. Those photogs shouldn't be sent to Russia or Somalia or Congress, either. They should be covering their own towns. Local coverage is so piss poor because there is too much coverage in local papers and on local TV devoted to national and world news. Coverage in Reno is bad enough that you and I are trying to think of ways to fill the void. I don't read the RGJ in paper form, and I've been out of town for a week, but I'll bet that there is two or three pages of the normally 5-page (with ads) sports section dedicated to stories about sports that we never care about except for two weeks every four years. And don't they have someone in Beijing? Meanwhile, there are several groups in our two immediate neighborhoods trying to build a better community, and I would have no idea if I didn't read blogs or know the people I do.
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Where Are We In The Hype Cycle? (111)
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New technologies tend to follow different trajectories of hype, hope, and despair as they are discovered by different groups of people and finally adopted (or ignored) by consumers. Gartner actually goes ahead and charts this hype cycle for different technologies. Its latest hype cycle for 2008, shown above, is making the rounds. (It was released in July, but is just now reaching the upward trajectory in its own cycle). According to Gartner’s view of the ...Shared by AgencyNet (0) alex (18) Alex (20) André Lobo (2) AP (3) Arnar (14) Aron (10) Ashish Jaiswal (0) avg (0) Bill HR (8) Bogdan Brinzarea (99) Bradford (1) Brando (3) cakogal (12) Carly (8) CarmanAvenue (17) chezsmithy (9) d2s (45) Daniel (9) Daniel Zhou (20) Danielle (7) Dave (1) David (5) dedrick (10) Dejim (19) dkastner (16) Drew Olanoff (144) Eduo (52) eLd0raDo (11) Eric (10) Eric (9) EricAppel (5) eruntale (3) felix (3) frenkie (19) gastaoss (14) GH avisualagency (5) gjort (7) Glen Horton (4) Hakim (15) Harish (0) ian (5) Ian (0) IanZ (3) Jan (17) Javier (9) Jawad Shuaib (11) JDW (9) Jeremiah (19) Jerome (7) Jim (10) Joeri (2) John (5) John Brissenden (0) John Pederson (4) Jorg (5) Jose (6) Jose M Pelaez (4) Karl-Anders (1) karmona (5) Kate Farber (8) Kathy (4) Kevin (4) lezer (5) lloydshep (3) Mark Gibson (3) Markus (2) Matt (3) Melissa (1) MERc (2) Michael (0) Michael (8) miguel lucas (4) ming (6) Myles (9) Natalie (5) Neil Godfrey (9) Nick (5) onlythoughtworks (37) Osamu Kishiyama (1) Pablo (20) Partha (5) Patrick (17) Paul Keen (2) Paweł Krupiński (10) pd0 (10) Philip Velichko (5) plu (23) Rainer (11) Rebecca (18) Remarkablogger (3) Rick Turoczy (66) Rozz (9) s (6) schuettla (3) ScorpFromHell (11) Scott (6) SCpalmetto (0) Sébastien (11) Sheehan (8) Stephen (8) tarun upadhyay (4) terry (2) TheFlamingoKing (4) Thomas (13) Timm (0) Torsten (5) Vinod (5) Walter (14) Xiaoxing (4) Zsombor (16)Explore read eight notes- Danielle said: happy to be on the slope of enlightenment!
- Thomas said: I'm rooting for the cluster of wikis, SNA, Idea Management and Corporate blogging... all of which are primed to exit the Trough of Disillusionment and soar up the Slope of Enlightenment.
- Mark Gibson said: Great graphic. I sometimes fear coming across as either an apologist or a groupie for virtual worlds, but when a technology falls into "trough of disillusionment," it's usually the last opportunity for established players to apply the new technology to create differentiated advantage. It will be very interesting to watch Green IT follow this same curve.
- Scott said: I love this graph
- Kathy said: Mainly, the graph cracks me up.
- Ian said: this is awesome
- Harish said: Good way of seeing things, but how/who decides which tech is in which phase ?
- Bradford said: So the questions is - where exactly in the hype cycle is it best to start a company built around a technology? I'd have to argue for the trough of disillusionment so you can lead the enlightenment.
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Where Are We In The Hype Cycle? (154)
onNew technologies tend to follow different trajectories of hype, hope, and despair as they are discovered by different groups of people and finally adopted (or ignored) by consumers. Gartner actually goes ahead and charts this hype cycle for different technologies. Its latest hype cycle for 2008, shown above, is making the rounds. (It was released in July, but is just now reaching the upward trajectory in its own cycle). According to Gartner’s view of the ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (52) Ahmed (62) Alex (20) alex (18) AlexT (4) André Lobo (2) Andy C (8) Antonio Ortiz (37) AP (3) Arnar (14) Aron (10) arturo.servin (10) Ashish Jaiswal (0) avg (0) bhc3 (54) Bill (4) Bill HR (8) Brad (9) Bradford (1) Brando (3) Breyten (15) Brian (11) Bruce (3) cakogal (12) Carly (8) CarmanAvenue (17) chezsmithy (9) Chris (14) Christian (7) Chung (111) cisellis (25) d2s (45) Dan McCall (24) Daniel (9) Daniel Seijo (12) Danielle (7) Darius (0) Dave (1) Dave C. (17) David (5) dedrick (10) Dejim (19) dema (9) dkastner (16) dobata (375) Dominic Hopton (3) DrBaher (6) ekaye (13) eLd0raDo (11) Eric (10) Eric (9) EricAppel (5) evo (11) felix (3) frenkie (19) FVT or FVTer (21) gastaoss (14) gjort (7) GP (36) Harish (0) Harper (91) hoosteen (43) Ian (0) ian (5) IanZ (3) Jake (0) James (18) Jan (17) janequigley (13) Javed (132) Javier (9) Jawad Shuaib (11) jccamus (15) Jeffrey (26) Jeremiah (19) jeroendemiranda (12) Jerome (7) Jim (10) Joeri (2) John (5) John (17) John (12) John Pederson (4) Jonathan Washburn (3) Jorg (5) Jose (6) Karl-Anders (1) karmona (5) Kathy (4) Kevin (4) Klaudin (7) lezer (5) lloydshep (3) Markus (2) mathewbutler (6) Matt (3) matt (10) matthooper (12) Melissa (1) Melissa Chang (1) Melkir (16) MERc (2) meriksen (6) Michael (0) Michael (14) ming (6) Myles (9) Natalie (5) Neil Godfrey (9) Nick (5) Nick Nogueira (20) Nikki (67) onlythoughtworks (37) Pablo (20) Partha (5) Patrick (16) Patrick (17) Paul (19) Paul Dunay (23) Paul Keen (2) Paweł Krupiński (10) pd0 (10) Peppermint (7) Philip Velichko (5) Rahul Gaitonde (15) Rainer (11) Rebecca (18) Remarkablogger (3) rexy (23) Ricardo.Borelli (9) richhand (31) Ricky (19) Rob (132) Rozz (9) Ruben (22) s (6) schuettla (3) ScorpFromHell (11) Scott (6) Sébastien (11) Stephen (8) tarun upadhyay (4) terry (2) TheFlamingoKing (4) Timm (0) Tomi (8) Torsten (5) Uno (5) Vinod (5) Vish (13) Walter (14) Xiaoxing (4) ziqbalbh (24) Zsombor (16)Explore read eight notes
- AlexT said: Here we are
- Bradford said: So the questions is - where exactly in the hype cycle is it best to start a company built around a technology? I'd have to argue for the trough of disillusionment so you can lead the enlightenment.
- Harish said: Good way of seeing things, but how/who decides which tech is in which phase ?
- Scott said: I love this graph
- Danielle said: happy to be on the slope of enlightenment!
- Jonathan Washburn said: Pretty interesting look.
- Kathy said: Mainly, the graph cracks me up.
- Ian said: this is awesome
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Comic for August 13, 2008 (13)
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Calvin and Jobs Kick Steve's Nuts [Cartoon] (80)
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I don't know if comic strip genius Bill Watterson would like this version of his worldwide-beloved Calvin and Hobbes/Jobs—who morphs from philosophical tiger to killer CEO—, but we approve. Actually, it made me laugh and wish for new strips. The drawing may not be as good as the original, but Jobs' physique and attitude feels absolutely spot on. Update: another series after the jump. [Flickr via Dark Roasted Blend]Shared by Aaron (6) AaronTN (36) adrcc2 (6) Adrian (7) afahy (9) Alan (5) Alex (5) Amish (0) Andrew (1) Andrew Meyer (6) Andrew Ruess (121) Anil (1) ashburn (5) Brian (0) Brian (7) Brian (3) brownpau (47) Cadu (3) Cata B (11) Chad (171) Christopher Evans (3) Dan (2) dj empirical (90) Earl E Morningwood (59) Fotis (4) Gangles (4) Getinet (37) Grandje5ter (22) Gschultz (27) hikikomori (68) Iain Baker (6) iconolith (7) Imran Hussain (1) Jacob (0) Jason Gilman (102) Jilted (9) Joe (13) Joe Hoover (0) Jordan (7) Josh (24) JR A (6) Karl-Anders (1) Karsten (6) Ken the CityMouse (2) Kevin (2) Kreg (3) leogodoy (4) Lew (16) marya (7) Matt Chandler (23) Maxim (4) Nick (73) pasquinade (7) Pat (3) Patrick Linehan (0) Pedja (30) Piaw (0) Pittsy (2) Rahul Gaitonde (15) Ramanan (11) Razzu (11) rveguilla (5) Scott (3) Sean (9) Serginho (6) shueytexas (0) SkyWaLKer (1) Sparky (10) Stolee (10) Surferbill (5) Tanner Hobin (4) terry (2) Timm (0) tonyleachsf (2) trentono (9) Trey (44) twilight fairy (7) Vincent (0) Wesley (2) Will (1)Contribute comment - Cognitive Edge SenseMaker Software Suite (1)
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Food Hacks: How To De-Kernelize Microwave Popcorn (34)
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Like microwave popcorn, but don't want to risk chipping a tooth on one of the rock-like kernels that never met its potential? Get rid of unpopped kernels with a simple shake. After removing your popcorn from the microwave, carry the bag to a garbage can. Pull the bag open only enough that the opening is slightly larger than an unpopped kernel. Turn the bag upside down and shake the bag up and down vigorously for ...Shared by Aaron R (74) AfroWhitey (8) Andrew (1) Anthony (12) Army of Gnomes (39) Brandy (7) cfohlin (9) craniac (24) David Worrell (16) DOCBook Howto (124) Drewcipher (4) Earl E Morningwood (59) Ethan (0) Fletch5150 (13) G4dz00k5 (10) Greg (9) HejGustav (32) Janyne (11) Jason Tucker (21) joel (6) joshed (21) Kichigai Mentat (59) Kye S. (3) Laura Smith (2) rOckY (157) Ronald van der Putte (0) Ryan (42) ScrewTheMan.com (26) Timm (0) Tom (7) Twilight (6) Ville (3) Vinny (10) Zach (57)- Ronald van der Putte said: Some solutions are so simple.....
- Andrew said: Need to have the wife learn this technique so she can employ it more often...
- Laura Smith said: Oooh, great tip! I gotta try this one...
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Terminator Salvation - Trailer 1 (3)
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Terminator Salvation - Trailer 1CHRISTIAN BALE stars as John Connor in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action/sci-fi Terminator Salvation.Directed by: McGStarring: Christian BaleContribute comment -
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