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Stephen Hackett interviews… me

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Stephen Hackett posted an interview that he did with me this week. If you want to know the who, what, where and why, go have a read.

The Joy of Books

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The YouTube description says:

After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago, my wife and I decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto

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Nikon D4 Overview

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Digital Photography Review: 16.2MP, 10FPS (24fps 2.5MP grabs), ISO 204,800, 1/8000th of a second shutter speed, 1080p30 HD video, 51 focus points, $5999.95. Short version? Drool.

52Tiger.net membership

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Dave Caolo over at 52Tiger.net opened up memberships on his site today. I really like Dave’s writing and already signed up for my membership.

BBEdit 10

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Thanks to Bare Bones Software and BBEdit 10 for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop.

BBEdit 10 from Bare Bones Software — The leading professional HTML and text editor for the Mac just keeps getting better, with more than one hundred new features. Download the demo and see for yourself!

Apple may not be able to stop Steve Jobs doll

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Paidcontent.org: A UK newspaper caused a stir yesterday when it reported that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had threatened legal action against a Chinese company that plans to sell an eerie replica of its late founder starting next month. The Daily Telegraph … Continued

RIM may license BlackBerry software to Samsung, HTC

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Research In Motion is reportedly working toward a major transition that will see the company begin licensing its BlackBerry software to third-party vendors including Samsung and HTC.

Great, now nobody but iPhone users will be able to send email.

If Apple Made An iBeard…

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Build-A-Beard:

… it would look like Jim Dalrymple’s. The editor-in-chief of The Loop has been writing about Apple for more than 17 years, but growing his 15″ beard since 2007. You must be somebody pretty special if Steve Jobs once recognized you (with or without facial hair). BaB had the esteemed privilege to speak with Jim about how his beard “kind of snuck up on him and took over his life,” the craziest moment he’s had playing with another serious bearded professional, what his beard likes to drink, and the best conference to attend for true facial hair scouting.

I had a lot of fun doing this interview.

Report says Kodak preparing bankruptcy filing

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Wall Street Journal: Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy-protection filing in the coming weeks should efforts to sell a trove of digital patents fall through, people familiar with the matter said. Kodak has had a ridiculously … Continued

Roku Streaming Stick set to compete with Apple TV

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AllThingsD: Today, the company is unveiling plans for its Roku Streaming Stick, a flash-drive-sized dongle that plugs into the back of television sets to enable the same streaming capabilities as a Roku box. Roku is leapfrogging Apple by offering a … Continued

RIM preparing board change

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The Vancouver Sun: Under intense pressure from a group of shareholders, Research In Motion Ltd. is preparing to unveil a corporate shakeup at the beleaguered BlackBerry maker that could see co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie relinquish their titles as … Continued

Android ‘clopen’ as opposed to open

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Marketing Land: Imagine if when Windows 7 came out, it was only offered on only one particular Dell computer. It was also uncertain when or if other computers, including those made by Dell, would ever be able to upgrade to … Continued

Idiot

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Ben Brooks:

That’s not that hard to understand and the fact that Wasserman can’t understand that shows why is opinion isn’t really that interesting. He then devolves to talking about Kelly Clarkson and Ron Paul… yay?

I love it that Ben speaks his mind.

A Guide to Backing Up Pinboard

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Marcelo Somers:

So with so much dependency on all this, I knew I needed to save this stuff. If Pinboard disappeared tomorrow, I need a way to access this stuff I’m saving. Maciej Ceglowski, developer of Pinboard, gives you the option at any time to export all your items as HTML, XML, or JSON. Data portability is good. However, there’s no automated option to do this.So I came up with a way to automate everything. This is an idiot’s guide to do it, since I’m by no means a pro at this stuff – I just poke around until I can make it work.

Getting your Mac news from a guy that dresses like a hobo

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Macworld posted its Pundit Showdown XIV today and as always, it’s worth a listen. This show is a little different, at least for Peter and I, as Macworld’s Phil Michaels describes what it’s like getting his “Mac news from a guy that dresses like a hobo.”

He also mentions the beard and something about Peter’s pants. The part about Peter and I is at about 16:00 in, but listen to the who thing and have a laugh.

10 Good Minutes

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On today’s The Loop, Jim Dalrymple posted a story called “Disagreements and comments. I found it interesting if only because I’m a big fan of a web site that has a well run commenting system.Jim agreed to do 10 good minutes with his thoughts on commenting in general and on The Loop specifically.

How not to win friends and influence people

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Public relations is an indispensable tool for a company to help shape public opinion about its products, services and identity. So stories like this are shocking. And if you think that Ocean Marketing CEO Paul Christoforo was just having a … Continued

‘Say good morning to Jimmy Hoffa, boys’

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New York Post:

“When Tony Jack passed the middle point of the bridge… he nodded toward the huge tower’s foundation,” Humphreys writes.“Say good morning to Jimmy Hoffa, boys,” he said.

GoDaddy accused of thwarting domain transfers

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Jason Snell for Macworld:

In a post on its blog, fellow domain registrar Namecheap reports that customers trying to transfer their domains away from GoDaddy are being delayed. The post accuses GoDaddy of “returning incomplete WHOIS information” as a part of the transfer process, a practice which is against the rules of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the process manager for the domain-name system.

I transferred a domain from GoDaddy last week and it went just fine. However, after losing more than 72,000 in five days, things may have changed.

CleanMyMac

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Thanks to CleanMyMac for sponsoring The Loop during Christmas week.

GoDaddy loses 72,354 domains in five days

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TNW:

It looks like these PR moves to save face, and business, are completely futile. According to TheDomains, 21,054 domains were transferred away from Go Daddy on Friday alone. At $6.99 a pop, that would make for a loss of $147,167, not taking future renewals into account.

I started transferring my domains just before Christmas.

Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Go Daddy is no longer supporting SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act” currently working its way through U.S. Congress.“Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation – but we can clearly do better,” Warren Adelman, Go Daddy’s newly appointed CEO, said. “It’s very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. Go Daddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it.”

Win.

Volcanic activity in 2011

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The Atlantic:

Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes around the world, 50 or so erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava. In 2011, active volcanoes included Chile’s Puyehue, Japan’s Shinmoedake, Indonesia’s Lokon, Iceland’s Grímsvötn, Italy’s Etna, and recently Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Hawaii, Kilauea continues to send lava flowing toward the sea, and the ocean floor has been erupting near the Canary Islands. Collected below are scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year

These pictures are just stunning.