Weekly tweets on 2010-07-25

Erik — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:50:00 +0000

Sick Ireland bookie placing odds on extinction events as a result of BP Oil Spill. http://bit.ly/cWa8QM http://yoono.com/qeYfP8CJ #
Whale breaches and dismasts sailboat. Incredible photos! http://yoono.com/kqKuoFZT #

Weekly tweets on 2010-07-11

Erik — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:50:00 +0000

RT @CourageCampaign Tell President Obama: don't appeal the DOMA decision. Stand up for equality! http://bit.ly/bgIJ1B #
Federal Same Sex Marriage ban declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Boston. http://nyti.ms/c6nhCR #
My favorite anti-iPhone video yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg. This is for you, all you mindless Apple automatons! #

Weekly tweets on 2010-06-27

Erik — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:50:00 +0000

RT @ceoSteveJobs: I heard the CEO of AT&T got married recently. The service was great but the reception was terrible. #
Off to a seminar for my next sailing class! Coastal sailing here I come! #

Weekly tweets on 2010-06-20

Erik — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:50:00 +0000

Absolutely the most amazing weather yesterday for sailing. Warm steady breezes and plenty of sun. So happy the boat is back sailing again! #

Weekly tweets on 2010-06-13

Erik — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:50:00 +0000

This is a terrific editorial about how stupid the parents of age-based record-setting children are. http://bit.ly/9jbrsB #
"..we think Abby Sunderland is going to be famous, not for her sailing-but for having been played for the fool by her irresponsible parents" #
Hope Abby Sunderland makes it home. Southern ocean in winter. Foolish? Probably.. #
I'm still in awe that Berkeley Marine hooked up my steering backwards on my sailboat resulting in a not-so-graceful failed dock departure. #
Ahhh.. clean carpets. Yay Bakers Chemdry! #
Unbelievable. I take my boat in to have the steering worked on and they hook it up backward. #BerkeleyMarineCenterFAIL #

Weekly tweets on 2010-06-06

Erik — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:50:00 +0000

Omg high speed pursuit on Caesar Chavez. The fleeing criminal spun his car around and raced up behind me. B4 he hit me he turned onto 101. #
My Android phone has Adobe Flash now. How about yours? #iphonesucks. #

Weekly tweets on 2010-05-30

Erik — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:50:00 +0000

Brakes wouldn't release on the engine. Transferred to another train. Today was commute from hell between Muni and #CaltrainFail #
#Caltrain delayed in San Carlos for some reason. No explanation yet. Think it's mechanical. #

Weekly tweets on 2010-05-23

Erik — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:50:00 +0000

gorgeous day here in Monterey. Got to meet and get photos with some of my favorite Top Chefs! http://tweetphoto.com/23523249 #
Watching cooking demonstrations at the Cooking for Solutions show here in Monterey. We've seen several from Top Chef including Kevin! #
Waiting to get in at the Cooking for Solutions food Gala to see Rick Basis and taste from hundreds of great restaurants and wineries #
At Schooner's in Monterrey and just saw Rick Moonen from Top Chef Master's! #
Enjoying a gorgeous day with my husband in Monterrey! at Monterey, CA http://loopt.us/kBalRQ.t #
There's miss sunshine! Smile! Hertz has "ruined" her vacation because she waited almost an hour. Brat! http://tweetphoto.com/23346500 #
She's rude and condescending. I showed up after making a reservation this morning. I wasn't surprised I had to wait. I got upgraded for free #
There's a young woman here freaking out that her car doesn't have gps. She thinks Hertz gold means she gets a gps with every rental. #
Crazy here at the Hertz office trying to get a vehicle since ours is in the shop. #
Trying to get home. Muni late of course. Lame #
No definitive answer if "Track" in KML will be supported in Google maps v3 #io2010 #
Styling is map-wide and not geographically bound (yet) for Maps V3 #io2010 #
Get qualified http://code.google.com/qualify! #io2010 #
There is a Google Maps API map style wizard available now. Generates JSON to use in code. Available in google maps docs. #io2010 #
Google map styling in v3 could allow you to adjust, remove, style features and overlay your own. For example, build an aviation map. #io2010 #
Streetview in maps v3 is implemented entirely in HTML. Just get a 360 degree panorama and break into tiles. #io2010 #
Google maps v3 allows for custom "street view". This could be useful for real estate showing, office orientation, etc. #io2010 #
Add custom controls to maps using DIVs. V3 of maps allows you to push controls onto the map and have the API manage the overlay. #io2010 #
On to the last talk on advanced Maps customization/overlays, etc. #io2010 #
Track for KML will be part of the next release of Earth. Reduction of memory util is as much as 10x #io2010 #
Using track instead of placemarks significantly reduces the memory footprint on the client. #io2010 #
Track also gives you automatic orientation for models in animations. Or you can override inside Track. #io2010 #
Temporal information combined with a GPS coordinate makes up a parallel array inside Track for a KML. #io2010 #
Extension "Track" inside a placemark, animations can become more efficient, improve UI performance and reduce memory footprint. #io2010 #
Using placemarks to animate time in KMLs is not recommended. Instead they recommend moving the points. Better performance! #io2010 #
KMLs in Google Earth API should be downloaded in pieces using NetworkLinks with cookies to track what's been downloaded. #io2010 #
Reference to the active content in the Google Earth API is specifically from the KML itself. #io2010 #
In the new Google Earth API, active content is available and not completely stripped out. #io2010 #
Eearth API now includes a time primitive. Placemarks can now be placed based on time marks. #io2010 #
Google earth developer channel is located here http://bit.ly/ckVUZQ #io2010 #
2nd to last talk. The next two will be all about Geo APIs like Google Earth and Maps. #io2010 #
Feed API v2 allows for push updates. Could be used to mashup data from multiple sources in real-tie on a page. Useful! #io2010 #
HTML 5 allows socket connections between client and server on ports other than 80 with custom protocols. #io2010 #
App Engine for Google gets push technology #io2010 #
Understandably Sprint's network seems to be dropping in and out here with these 5000 attendees all trying to use their phones. #io2010 #
One thing I forgot yesterday is Google Wave robots are no longer restricted to the Wave engine. They can run freely on your servers #io2010 #
Stood in line for 20 minutes and got the phone. They gave us all 2G card full of free music! #
Not only did we all get the Sprint 4G phone, but it came with 30 days unlimited voice, text, and data. Plus special rates after that #io2010 #
CEO of Adobe.. a lot of important folks here right now. #io2010 #
CEO panel: Paul Otellini from Intel, Howard Stringer CEO of Sony, Gerald Quindlen Logitech, Charles Ergen, Dish Network, Brian Dunn Best Buy #
Eric Schmidt CEO of Google here to talk about TV #io2010 #
Early 2011 will launch the Android Market, Google TV SDK, TV Web API. Summer 2011 is when the TV will hit opensource availability. #io2010 #
Google TV coming in Fall 2010 #io2010 #
Three Google TV devices coming from Sony (TVs and blueray players), Logitech companion box, Intel ATOM processor. #io2010 #
Google TV will be completely open source. #io2010 #
Visit google.com/tv for more information #io2010 #
Google TV translates closed captioning feed to provide subtitles in any language! #io2010 #
Looks like Google Listen is about integrating a lot of IPTV or video podcasts into the Google Listen app #io2010 #
Google Listen application now includes feeds from video publishers. #io2010 #
Youtube announces "Youtube Leanback" a new TV like content site to mimic the TV experience with personalized feeds and channels. #io2010 #
Anrdoid SDK and Web SDK for Android will enable applications to access TV content #io2010 #
Android marketplace "push" to device capability works with all Android devices including the Google TV #io2010 #
Android marketplace apps run natively on Google TV as long as they don't have phone specific features. #io2010 #
Google TV runs on Android with Chrome and Flash 10.1 integration #io2010 #
Google TV IP remote control API will be published and open #io2010 #
Push content directly from Android 2.2 to Google TV set top box. #io2010 #
Multiple android phones can pair to a set top box at the same time #io2010 #
Android phone has speech recognition integration with Google TV. Control your tv with voice! #io2010 #
Android phone seamless integration with Google TV #io2010 #
Keyboard, remote and mouse with Google TV #io2010 #
IR Blaster included and big processor including GPU and DSP inside Google TV #io2010 #
HDMI integration. Dish network seamless integration with Google TV #io2010 #
Wifi and ethernet buil into Google TV #io2010 #
I'm surprised that they don't have a capability to watch videos streamed from the computer. #io2010 #
Bookmarks in Google TV include both web content and TV content such as channels, shows, recordings. #io2010 #
Google TV allows picture in picture to fuse with web data. #io2010 #
Watching the demo I can see Pakistanis are protesting over the government's block of Facebook. Amazing. Protesting over Facebook? #io2010 #
Search box combines TV and WEb results with full control over the cable/TiVo box #io2010 #
Search box overlay directly atop the TV screen #io2010 #
Google TV seamlessly integrates with all existing setups, set top boxes and remotes #io2010 #
Google TV just announced #io2010 #
They're building up to another announcement. Perhaps a Google Android TV set top box? #io2010 #
Free 4.3" 3g/4g phone with HD video recording for all conference attendees. WOOO!!! #io2010 #
Holy crap. They just gave everyone here a Sprint HTC EVO 4G! #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Visit google.com/mobileads for ad information. Adsense for mobile apps for all conference attendees. Plus $100 credit #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Rich media ad formats including video, maps and expansion banners. Click to call ads. Location aware ads. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Mobile ads can close the loop on mobile downloads for 360 degree conversion stats. Multiple ad display formats #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Google overhauls ad tools for mobile. Extending analytics, adsense, doubleclick and adwords to mobile. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Google acquires Simplify Media for iTunes to Android syncing natively! With over the air streaming. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Music directly from the marketplace with over the air sync. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: New marketplace accessible from the PC. Signed in and can send applications directly to the phone over the air. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Bug reports go back to developer in the app store for complete 360 degree app support. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Enable automatic application updates. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Update all for apps! Move apps to SD card. Application specific search context/bars. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Flash and Adobe AIR integration #io2010 #
Android 2.2: voice recognition language translation with speech. Speak in to phone have it speak the translation #io2010 #
Android 2.2: enhanced speech recognition. and understanding "intent" such as "call xxxx" – phone understands context with search #io2010 #
Android 2.2: HTML 5 implementation including orientation (accelerometer, gps, etc), camera and speech all accessible from browser. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: 2x-3x javascript performance enhancement. Demonstration shows faster than the iPad. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Tethering and Portable Hotspot!! #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Still reading an article on the computer? Send to device activates the browser "Intent" and you keep reading. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: Cloud to device Messaging API. "Send to phone" sends an "Android Intent". Similar to event driven activation. #io2010 #
Android 2.2: MS Exchange enhancements – GAL Looking, security policies, more. #io2010 #
Android 2.2 release announcement!: JIT compilation.. more comping. #io2010 #
Run rate for daily activations of Android devices has exceeded 100,000 per day #io2010 #
In 18 months, there are 60 unique devices that can run Android OS #io2010 #
Taking some funny yet subtle shots at good ol' Steve Jobs. LOL #io2010 #
Watch the keynote live on youtube LIVE http://youtube.com/googledevelopers #
Lots of Android images on the screen. Tablet or not, I bet today's surprises are Android related #io2010 #
Lots of people here excited for what Google promised yesterday to be "several big surprises" #io2010 #
At the keynote. Some are thinking Google will announce a tablet. #io2010 #
Nothing quite like the loud crazy ramblings of certain Muni riders to start ones day #
Heading to day 2 of Google #io2010. Who thought of this 830 keynote? #
Spilled coffee on my netbook today. Goodbye old friend. Hello new multitouch netbook with 2g ram and dual core! I'll see you tomorrow! #
Last talk today on using GWT to target HTML 5 features like worker turd. Web designers will need to be more technical with time. #io2010 #
Does HTML 5 mean the end to Adobe Air? #io2010 #
Finally native rounded corners and reflections in CSS 3. And 2D transforms #io2010 #
HTML 5 gives you native drag and drop! #io2010 #
HTML 5 gives you worker threads to offload and parallel jscript! #io2010 #
Google creates the opensource site for the new open video standard VP8 http://www.webmproject.org/ #io2010 #
HTML 5 not only gives you native video but also local storage and client side databases! #io2010 #
From this morning's keynote saw cool new features in Adobe CS5 for HTML 5 support and multi-platform design on tablet and mobile. #io2010 #
Standung room only for the HTML 5 developer talk. Glad I got here early #io2010 #
I've seen a number of iPads here. Very eclectic crowd. Skaters to Asian business folk to older guys #io2010 #
Latency regression testing is key to watching app performance. Measure what your users see in prod and in the lab to track changes #io2010 #
Use native code rather than Jscript. JS is single threaded. Chunk code, keep short and defer processing after UI updates. #io2010 #
Data fetching optimization: fetch only the data needed and batch requests. #io2010 #
Clicker.com was another cool HTML 5 site at the Keynote this morning #io2010 #
Amazon estimates that for every 100ms they lose 1% in sales. #io2010 #
Wow the architecting for performance using GWT presentation is packed. Performance of web apparently is another big thing. #io2010 #
Seemingly a lot of opportunity with GWT,HTML 5 and Wave. Those seem to be the biggest themes here #io2010 #
It would be an interesting to develop some new widget web apps using GWT. A lot of cool optimiations and features #io2010 #
Google Speed Tracer plugin for chrome appears to be an invaluable tool for web app developers #io2010 #
Google is extending the concept of an app store to the browser with Chrome app store. #io2010 #
Mugtug has a cool HTML 5 photo editor for 4.99 in the Chrome app store #io2010 #
HTML 5 and VP8 with Vorbis are really exciting technologies here and expanding this year. #io2010 #
Google Wave now open to the public! #io2010 #
At the Google #io2010 conference! http://yfrog.com/2s1t6tj #

See this ABC/KGO News Story about Perdock getting FIRED!

Erik — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:30:21 +0000

Perdock fired from Lake County Sheriff’s Department

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Russell Perdock testified Tuesday as a hostile witness for the defense. (ABC7)

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=7443385

My thoughts:

Long time coming. And furthermore, the timing of this is a bit too convenient considering the DA, Jon Hopkins, that prosecuted the case among a few other politicians are up for reelection now. I hope Dinius wins some money in his pending civil suites against Lake County. The guy is out truck loads of money and never should have been charged in the first place.

Weekly tweets on 2010-05-16

Erik — Sun, 16 May 2010 22:50:00 +0000

This is an awesome video and spoof about gays in the military set to Kesha's Blah Blah Blah http://yoono.com/908A3rm #
Real life "Lost" on Kanton Island, Kiribati. Makes me want to hop on a boat and set sail! http://bit.ly/96TY0g #

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