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pistevo — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:23:31 +0000

To my 5 subscribers/followers. More regular updates are occurring over at my company blog… http://esses.us/blog.

Randomly unrelated things will still occur in this space if you’re not interested in the other link.

w00t.

A Sharks Haiku

pistevo — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:16:18 +0000

iceland volcano

ash cloud blocking all traffic

much like Avs' Andy

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Travis Pastrana + Big Wheel + Super Ramp

pistevo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:54:08 +0000

Is it completely immature that I think this is flippin’ awesome (harhar)?

The Infographic Infographic

pistevo — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:23:24 +0000

Cheers, Phil Gyford.

John Gruber Gets It

pistevo — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:22:53 +0000

John Gruber Gets It

“I don’t think Apple even dreams of a Windows-like share of the mobile market. Microsoft’s mantra was (and remains) “Windows everywhere”. Apple doesn’t want everywhere, they just want everywhere good.”

Link to Daring Fireball

The Definitive iPad Review (Gruber-tastic)

pistevo — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:41:09 +0000

Grab some popcorn. It’s a long read.

“internally, the iPad looks more like a battery with a computer than a computer with a battery.”

“Apple has also added a new key to the iPad keyboard’s numeric/punctuation mode: Undo. It’s a good idea — I have the feeling most iPhone users don’t know about the system-wide shake-to-undo gesture, and even for users who do, the iPad is harder to shake (and, when docked, downright silly to shake).”

I give props to all of TWO Yankees fans in this world. Gruber is one of them. He may have poor taste in sports teams, but when it comes to Apple, the Daring Fireball knows what’s up.

via Daring Fireball.

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Blackbird Fly

pistevo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:48:00 +0000

“On a typical training mission, we would take off near Sacramento, refuel over Nevada, accelerate into Montana, obtain high Mach over Colorado, turn right over New Mexico, speed across the Los Angeles Basin, run up the West Coast, turn right at Seattle, then return to Beale. Total flight time: two hours and 40 minutes.”

Have to get me one of these!

via Gizmodo

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Excessive Much?

pistevo — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:45:53 +0000

Clearly I am not making enough money, as I still take public transportation to work. Liberty Helicopters is beginning “shuttle” service from New Jersey to Wall Street landing pads for just $200 a day.

“Liberty Helicopters Inc. is offering to fly weary commuters from New Jersey to Manhattan for about $200 a day, saving them 14 hours in traffic a week and signaling that Wall Street may have seen the worst of the recession.

Liberty has already been approached by 150 potential clients after about a month of advertising, Patrick Day, a pilot and vice president of charter marketing…”

$70 MUNI Monthly Pass vs. $400 SF FiDi Parking + Fuel vs. ~$4000 Liberty Monthly Shuttle. I think I’ll pass on the helicopter rides, even when I make my millions.

Source: Bloomberg

Vibram FiveFingers Attack SF | Day 1 : Running (Errands)

pistevo — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:31:56 +0000

Day 1 : Running (Errands)

It could only be described as raw. My feet hit the sidewalk and the concrete provided shock after shock up my knees as if barefoot. Oh, wait…

I carefully adjusted my stride to compensate for my newly found foot freedom. Each step was taken as if I did not know how to use my body. I pressed the remote and heard two chirps. *CHIRP*CHIRP* I got in the car with a slight bit of fear. I inserted the key in to the ignition and moved my foot over the left pedal.

As a petrolhead, the connection between man and machine is at the core of my being. I live for the control and the feeling of being at one with my steed. I put my foot over the clutch and stepped in to it. It then became painfully clear that Subaru engineers did not design this car for barefoot driving or that I had terribly undeveloped feet. Probably both.

The next few minutes became the most fun I have ever had driving to the store. As my feet became more accustomed to the return pressure of the stiff clutch I began to focus on the fun pedals. Go and stop. I found I could wrap my feet around the brake pedal and the Vibram FiveFingers gave new meaning to heel-toe shifting. I could now use my real heel and my real toe. I have never felt such amazing feedback.

Arriving at good old Trader Joe's, I tried to move as swiftly as possible, so as not to be seen in my embarrassing toe shoes. There were points where I forgot I had them on, but then my self-conscious self would take over. All in all it was a normal trip to the store. Until…

Later that night I sat down to get some work done when I felt a slight soreness in my calves. I spent no more than 10 minutes grocery shopping and yet my legs were sore. It seems the VFFs are awakening leg muscles that have probably sat dormant for the better part of 27 years.

It seems a trip to the store is a perfect ease in and goes with all the advice I have read about barefooting. Ease in to it! Don't go out expecting to run a few miles your first day with the VFFs. You won't because you can't. Here's to newfound leg muscles.

-barefoot steven

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Gruber’s iPad Thoughts

pistevo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:17:30 +0000

Today was a huge day for Apple fanboys. I am convinced there is no bigger Mac addict than the Daring Fireball himself, John Gruber. MacGruber (harhar) has seen, touched, and fondled “the tablet” and I think he may be spot on on one observation.

People are complaining about the wide bezel around the display, but without that, where would your thumbs go? You don’t want your thumb that’s holding the device to cover on-screen content or register as a touch. Trust me, it’s just right.

If you are a Motorola Droid owner you know exactly what Gruber is talking about. False positives all day, every day.

Source: ABoyAndHisComputer.com

Apple product releases are generally polarizing and controversial. The peanut gallery can argue about the ridiculousness of the iPad’s name all they want, but it seems many missed an important detail. As an individual who respects Apple as a marketing machine, and as an Apple shareholder (full disclosure much?), of particular note is the Apple A4. Apple is back in the semi-conductor game and not only did they spit out a chip, it looks like they spit out a DAMN GOOD CHIP. Gruber may have said it best…

Apple doesn’t talk much about the technical details of the iPhone. They never talk about CPU speed or the name of the chip being used. They don’t tell you how much RAM is in there. Part of their vision for moving computers from technical culture to popular culture is about getting away from defining these things by their technical specs. So the prominent talk about A4 is telling. This is something they want us to notice… They’re not getting into the CPU business for kicks, they’re getting into it to kick ass.

I may be considering a maxipad or a medianpad with wings (32gb + 3g) if I don’t convince myself it’s actually an iMac i want. … but what I’m most considering is the implications of AAPL at $300/share.