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Introducing Ubiquity (375)
on Mozilla Labs (572) permalinkAn experiment into connecting the Web with language. It Doesn’t Have to be This Way You’re writing an email to invite a friend to meet at a local San Francisco restaurant that neither of you has been to. You’d like to include a map. 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- lishevita said: This is very cool. I'm totally excited about this, and I'd love to see what this will do in the future on mobile platforms. Be sure to watch the video.
- Beemer said: Awesome concept by mozilla...it will definitely change the way we interact with the web...have a read and look at the video.
- Sjoerd Visscher said: Yubnub on steroids!
- Brent said: Just playing with this thing this afternoon. So far, pretty cool.
- Jon Winstanley said: Nice new browser innovation
- Walter DeFoor said: Holy crap this is amazing.
- baber said: Got this itro from my friend Atul, cool stuff about ubiquity and about time.
- Ryan said: very interesting. kind of like executer or launchy for firefox
- Yann Dìnendal said: Wah ! Regardez la vidéo, ça a l'air énorme !
- Juan Diego said: Mencionado en:- http://www.davidgp.com/2008/08/27/ubiquity-para-firefox/- http://alt1040.com/2008/08/ubiquity-para-que-la-web-desconectada-este-mas-conectada/- http://www.enriquedans.com/2008/08/ubiquity-visualizando-tendencias-en-el-uso-de-la-web.htmlEn ninguno de los tres he entendido qué es Ubiquity, en realidad. Se dice que está muy bien y que hay que ver el vídeo.Y como aún no he visto el vídeo... :)Actualización:Ya he visto el vídeo. Parece que sí, que puede ser interesante. ¿Por qué? Para qué te lo voy a contar si puedes ver el vídeo tú mismo, jeje.
- Eddie said: i've wanted something like this for a while now, if only for a command line interface to the web. yubnub is too slow, and is often down. firefox smart keywords are ok but require an extra bounce and extra (server-side) coding if i want to do anything fancy.
- ryan.capote said: This is really cool, watch the video!
- Pradeep said: Awesome!Have been playing with it since yesterday evening. It is most certainly the Quicksilver (http://bit.ly/1XVYsZ) of the web. And they seem to be intent on revolutionizing the way we access the web. (Also, check out Adaptive Path's video for Mozilla Labs' concept web series: http://adaptivepath.com/aurora/)Install (https://people.mozilla.com/~avarma/ubiquity-0.1.xpi) and type "command-list" to get the complete list of built-in commands.Or ubiq "command-editor" and build your own commands. May be something to 'select a text, add a note and post-to-reader'!It's also possible to embed Ubiquity commands in webpages. How will the web react? Think of the possibilities for a frequent user on a massive destination like Amazon or Yahoo!They admit that the whole thing is "messy" and "cluttered" (sample: hyphenated commands) but I can firmly say that they are heading in the right direction.Hmmm...now, about the lost mojo...[http://bit.ly/3xtnj7]
- g9yuayon said: Super cool command line
- WebFlint said: super cool
- Ooble said: ZOMGWOW.This should make anyone switch to Firefox. Watch the video.
- brianwyrick said: hot.
- Malcolm said: Web 3.0 right here
- wyclif said: I'm finding this very useful.
- Giacomo Rizzo said: Molto, molto interessante...
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Can Biden Out-Hillary Hillary? (2)
on FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right (200) permalinkThe principal rationale for selecting Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama's running mate is that she would have united Democrats behind their nominee at a time when they have a substantial advantage in party identification. John Kerry received 89 percent of the Democratic vote in 2004; if Barack Obama can get within a couple of points of that, even to 86 or 87 percent, he will be very difficult to defeat.However, Joe Biden might do nearly ...Shared by Chung (373) judson (27)Contribute comment
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Moving (335)
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- bmcfee said: I've done this too...
- npike said: I think we've all been through this one at some point..
- kebernet said: The alt tag is great today.
- Ian said: so, so true.
- Aneel said: so precisely true
- LM said: Particularly apropos given my current apartment situation.
- Dimitri Glazkov said: This one is about me.
- Brandon said: This makes me want a Cantenna even more!
- Jessica said: Yeah, this is totally me in a couple weeks.
- Goyal said: Agreed :)
- deadlyicon said: heh yes! Fee Linksys day!
- Ashe said: So. True. Right, @mathiasx?
- Chris Schrier said: This is why I had internet at my apartment and house for a couple of weeks.
- тaмás said: There are few forces more powerful than geeks desperately trying to get internet in a new apartment.
- WindPower said: My thoughts exactly pendant les vacances
- Derick Valadao said: This brings back memories :)
- jschultz said: So true.
- Guttorm said: Cute
- Rob said: as someone currently using wireless named "linksys" from a neighbor, i applaud this comic
- Dustin Diaz said: "geeks desperately trying to get internet in a new apartment." Ha!
- Simon said: shared for the alt text
- James said: More times than I can count.
- Eric Atkins said: Pringles can = LOL
- tonyleachsf said: Ha, this is pretty close to my experience !
- Joshua said: bwahahaha ... when we moved last week, I had the DSL order, the backup cable order (they could give a more reliable-sounding install commit), and the netshare-on-3g-iphone plan 'c'. [DSL made the date, fortunately.]
- Steve said: soooooooooo true ;)
- Daniel said: I can relate to this :/
- Zaki said: I need to date the girl stick figure in xkcd cartoons
- Nick Campbell said: I agree with the comment on unsecured! Great!
- Alexandar said: gotta love the linksys people :D
- choffee said: Must have internet.
- Matt said: This seems familiar...
- Walter DeFoor said: agreed and a half.
- Zach said: OOh man, have I done this before >:D
- Ben said: Damn straight.
- Terrence said: I was just thinking about this when I move ...
- Bill said: Yeah, why weren't there any of those kind souls near my new place! (See mouse-over text)
- eric stimmel said: this could be us in a week and a half...
- FelipeC said: Hahaha, so true.
- mernisse said: How true... How True..
- Chris said: just like moving in to our apartments. number 1 priority = internet
- Josi said: i was using an open network i found in my building when i first moved in
- Randy said: Pretty relevant if you ask me
- Joe Smith said: Oh man. This was me all last week..
- Blaise said: This will be me on Monday. Heather, I really hope you've got the internet (and bears) sorted out in Nipissing.
- Matthew said: this is how its been for me for the last 4 days
- Sermed said: In memory of Adam's wifi attempts
- mac said: this is exactly my situation right now. Wish I bought that "Netshare" app for my iPhone that lets me share my EDGE connection with my laptop
- Jaemi kehoe said: Priceless
- Jakob said: I have actually done this with a cantenna before. Fortunately Brady lived in the dorm facing my apartment building, so I was able to get college internet access/network.
- cassio said: I have already tried that too :D still looking for internet...
- justin said: happy 'linksys' day!
- Murz said: Ooooh... how true.
- purplesque said: Afraid this is going to be me..
- Jon G. said: How ironically appropriate for my situation
- tom said: essid "linksys" - yeah!
- KeVroN said: fine I'll do share it too because I do it every day at bucketworks anyhoo
- Andrés David said: In a few weeks I'll remember what this feels like
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There is a free Wi-Fi downtown hotzone in Houston (1)
on MuniWireless (8) permalinkPeople who happen to be in downtown Houston will be surprised to discover free Wi-Fi service in certain areas, thanks to the city, which is using the excess capacity from the parking meter Wi-Fi network, to provide access to residents and visitors. To find out where there’s access, go to the Houston Wi-Fi map. Unlike Houston’s earlier plans to set up a citywide Wi-Fi network using EarthLink, the downtown hotzone is modest. EarthLink canceled its ...Shared by judson (27)Contribute comment
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Google Sinks $10 Million Into New Geothermal Technologies (34)
on TechCrunch (24223) permalinkGoogle’s philanthropic arms, Google.org, is investing a little over $10 million into the development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Rather than extracting heat from the ground a few hundred feet down (or less) as traditional geothermal systems do, EGS goes several kilometers deep into the hot rock under the Earth. If we could tap just two percent of that heat under the continental United States, one MIT study estimates that would supply more than 2500 ...Shared by AJ (974) Alaska Report (43) Alex (438) Amer (24) Aron (19) b-rad (135) Brenton (15) CB (168) DXL (29) Hervé (76) HokieGeek (99) hyderabadblues (42) James (30) James (22) Jean (37) Jimmy (47) judson (27) Krrrazy (15) krynsky (82) kskobac (48) lmjabreu (119) Matt Warren (31) MetatronsCube (55) nicolas.boullosa (59) Patrick (167) Philip Velichko (35) ps1160 (99) Rex (590) Ricardo.Borelli (70) sammy (16) Shyam (36) Tomi (57) tvieira (2) Vez (22)
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Comparing Apple's MobileMe Contrition with Google and Netflix (9)
on Daring Fireball (3440) permalinkAdam Engst nails it: Both MobileMe Mail and Google’s Gmail went down on 11-Aug-08 for a few hours. Apple’s recent email doesn’t mention that outage as part of the rocky transition, and the only acknowledgment I could find of it was a pair of entries in the MobileMe System Status page (bookmark this page, folks!). There was no mention of the outage on the semi-anonymous MobileMe Status blog at all, with the most recent posting ...
