@WhatIveRead

Since I've started taking the metro to work, I've garnered a bit of "free time" that I've never had before. At first, I would listen to my mp3 player to help pass the time, but that began to get old really quickly. Also, with certain recurring riff raff going on in close proximity + with the recent reports of electronic theft, I wanted to make sure I had full attention of what was going on around me.

So, I started reading more. I realized that, over time, I would need to refer back to the articles I've read, but couldn't remember where to find it. Because of this, I drafted a blog post with a list of all the articles I've read so far, but after thinking about it some more I decided to create a twitter account that would house all of these articles by posting one link per twitter update.

Thus, http://twitter.com/whativeread was created.

I only started out with a few articles that I have bookmarked, but there are many more that I still need to post. Edit: All articles are now posted.

This is for my own personal record, but feel free to follow along if you please.

sissyphus.com = QR code

Reserved + to be noodled with a later time.

my new little friend

my new little friend
Originally uploaded by +kdis

Your eyes aren't deceiving you. My new tiny amp is as big as the head of my guitar.

I received a $5 gift certificate from being a Rewards member at Best Buy [thank you, Canon 40D] + couldn't think of anything to get. Sure, I could grab a DVD, but I wasn't feeling it. While roaming the store, I ran into this little guy in the Guitar Hero aisle. Unfortunately, it's only compatible with Guitar Hero on the Nintendo DS + Sony PSP, but my original intent wasn't to use it with my GH Nintendo wii. A bit extravagant if you ask me.

So, now I have a little amp for my Strat. Not bad for 8 bucks [the amp costs 12 sans tax]. Isn't it cute? :)

_ 16 July 2k9
_ around the house

Video now on Flickr mobile?

For all you iPhone [or Android, or iPod Touch] owners out there who haven't been able to view Flickr videos on their advanced mobile browsers, well, now you can.

Last week, Flickr released several upgrades to their mobile site m.flickr.com, + most notable of updates is being able to watch Flickr videos on your mobile phone.  There is a catch though... They stated on their December 4, 2008 blog that this feature would only apply to videos uploaded from that day forward.

One thing I'm confused about... Flickr videos are generated using Flash software, which feature is apparently not supported on the iPhone as far as I know. [Please, correct me if I am wrong]. According to this Wired article, Apple will not allow Adobe Flash software to run on the iPhone simply because Apple's Terms of Service agreement prohibits it. The clause that states it in the agreement is as such:

An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise,

reads clause 3.3.2 of the iPhone SDK agreement, which was recently published on WikiLeaks.

No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple's Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s).

Now with that said, how is it that Flickr is able to have their users view their Flash-enabled videos on their iPhones?  If you are reading this + have an iPhone, please try to view this random guy's flickr video + see if it plays on your iPhone. Since he uploaded his video on December 7, 2008 the new mobile site upgrade should apply.

Ambient Forecasting Umbrella

Ambient Forecasting Umbrella
Originally uploaded by curiouslee

NO WAY.