"Samsung Galaxy S2 - AT&T Attain" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: mobile

10/02/11 10:31 - ID#55231

Samsung Galaxy S2 - AT&T Attain

The Samsung galaxy s2 came out on ATT&T today and I finally jumped ship from the nexus one after almost 2 years. It feels like the future because this is my first video phone. I called myself between the fedora 15 laptop and the phone. It was pretty neat. Its even neater between phones. The thing that did it was a combination of the speed, size, amazing screen and camera. The screen is so clear and the blacks of the AMOLED are so black. I want a TV like that someday.

The camera is amazing. Actually it was the main factor as I can you it to document my geographic tongue better and take close-up pics of text. The nexus one had cracked lens so closeups were a no go.

As you can see by the benchmarks, it blows away my old phone.

It even has this fun cartoon mode.

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Category: games

10/02/11 09:11 - ID#55230

Casinorama

Last night (e:matthew), (e:Mike) and I went to the Seneca Casino last night. Gambling at the slots sucked. Sometimes I win a bit, even if I am going to lose. This time I consistently lost $20 worth of plays on the penny slots. Even though it was the penny slots we were playing 50 lines at a time.

Actually, I was exaggerating - there was on win, this was it. How the frick is this a win? I can't understand how the machine works at all, which makes it seem all the more suspicious.

The best part was the Mega sized mozzarella cheesesticks. The worst part was the cigarette smoke. I had no idea what it was like to be in a place where thousands of people are smoking cigarettes indoors.

We opened the glowstick fairy wand, but had no chance to show it off. Its kind of a sad end to the fairy wand.

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Category: images

10/02/11 09:03 - ID#55229

Looking at 3D images cross eye style

Apparently I don't cross my eyes all the way when using the cross eyed method for viewing stereoscopic images.

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Category: food

10/01/11 04:43 - ID#55224

Toro For Restaurant Week

Sameer, (e:terry) and I ate at Toro for restaurant week the other day. I think they might have the best calamari in town. Its not greasy and its topped with parmasean cheese slices and peperoncini.

Sameer was going for the madmen look with a tie and a martini.

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Category: pets

10/01/11 04:38 - ID#55223

Floofy Poof

He is so puffy when he is cold.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: environment

10/01/11 03:22 - ID#55221

Green Building Tour

We toured a bunch of green properties today. I am pretty sure I want solar panels and radiant floor heat. We were thinking of refinancing, maybe its a good time to look into it.

One of the houses had geothermal. I am still not sure how it stays warm.

metalpeter writes at 09:04:52 10/02/11 - Comment #65315: The Thing about Miserable is everyone has temps they like and it is also (can't remember the word that isn't good so I'll say it in an odd way) from your perspective point (There it is Relative)... So that day was a crappy day but if you where in the Middle of Winter it would be considered a warm day.... But since we just left some warm weather it becomes miserable....

Now forgetting about temp for a minute you can have a dry sunny cold day where you feel comfortable even though it is colder... That bright sun and nice sky and no chilly wind and bright as opposed to looking like the gates of hell are about to open is a factor in miserable ........

tinypliny writes at 11:36:59 10/01/11 - Comment #65313: Share! Share! Share!

uncutsaniflush writes at 11:27:02 10/01/11 - Comment #65312: As always oh tiny scientist, who am I to disagree with you. But dopey old me doesn't consider 8 degrees Centigrade to be "semi-freezing" I think that "semi-freezing is around .5 plus or minus C degrees.

I'm sorry that you had a miserable time. I wrote a song once about my "New Miserable Time". Maybe I should share it with the world. Or not. Because I'm too miserable.

tinypliny writes at 11:03:27 10/01/11 - Comment #65311: heh, take any day with overcast skies, semi-freezing temperatures, unresolved conflicts and that is a recipe for miserable. Viewed by someone whose cold just won't leave, it is bonafide miserable.

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:55:27 10/01/11 - Comment #65310: Perspective is a funny thing. I didn't get that the day was miserable from the photos at all. But I am a pollyanna so what do I know? Speaking of illin', the pundits say that George Orwell wouldn't have written "1984" if he wasn't sick at the time. I'm just saying.

tinypliny writes at 09:28:33 10/01/11 - Comment #65309: LOL somehow the pics manage to convey hoe miserable the day was.

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Category: mobile

09/28/11 07:12 - ID#55210

LG Thrill 4G

OMG I want the LG Thrill 4g 3d phone. Unforunatelyvtge pics are only 3d on its screen.

Here are the stereoscopic images. The lg thrill screen interprets them for you into one coherent image - which is the magic part. You could however print them out and use them a stereoscopic viewer like they did in the old days

Or you can just download the full size images, make them full screen, and cross your eyes. The illusionary 3d image that appears in the middle is a close approximation to what you see on a 3d screen but without eyes crossing.

tinypliny writes at 08:54:08 09/30/11 - Comment #65278: I guess I can't cross my eyes effectively because if I cross them all I can see is 3 blurry images and its making my head hurt. I will just wait for you get the phone. heh.

mrmike writes at 06:52:31 09/30/11 - Comment #65277: I'm liking the phone, but haven't used that feature too much. All the extra bells and whistles from android and the fact that it does phone functions great (crazy, right) made this a giant leap forward from my iphone 3

paul writes at 12:02:31 09/30/11 - Comment #65276: This is so fucking crazy. So for years I never saw those magic illusion pic books right. I always see the 3d part in reverse. It was the same with these pictures when doing the cross eyes viewing. Then I read people that have this issue can try reversing the left and right photo. So I switched them in gimp and now I see the correct. What is wrong with me that causes that?

paul writes at 11:48:35 09/29/11 - Comment #65275: I attached the actual 3d images, although the lack of 3d screen makes it much lamer. You can load them full screen and view cross eyes for a close approximation.

tinypliny writes at 11:15:49 09/29/11 - Comment #65269: You know, your arms actually do look kind of out of the picture and abnormally in focus for a regular photo.

tinypliny writes at 11:15:03 09/29/11 - Comment #65268: Now that peter's pointed out stuff about those photos, they are starting to look out of the ordinary. The power of suggestion!

metalpeter writes at 07:58:02 09/29/11 - Comment #65262: Well they sure look like they are.... It would be interesting to compare them....

paul writes at 07:55:58 09/29/11 - Comment #65261: Sorry for the confusion. These pictures are not 3d. You need a 3d viewer such as the screen in the LG thrill.

metalpeter writes at 07:48:02 09/29/11 - Comment #65259: Yeah but this is only people Imagine how um well you know how other things would look as well...HA... When I was a kid what 3D meant was that things looked like they where coming at you... Or like out of the screen. Or in some cases to me it is more like the 3D stuff is ahead of everything else.... Again though I don't know as I get the full view.... Now filming things in a way you can feel the movement is something different... There was the movie called Coming to America yes the Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Movie and at beginning they way the film the plane you can feel it move... I get this feeling of camera movement on the 3D glee movie and sometimes get it on football... Hard to explain though...

tinypliny writes at 07:34:28 09/29/11 - Comment #65257: I see what you mean. If that is the case, I can safely not repent having missed the effect of people's appendages pasted on top their regular pictures.

:)

metalpeter writes at 06:24:53 09/29/11 - Comment #65255: But paul and (e:terry)'s hand both look like they are coming right at me....

I thought what 3D was and it is bit confusing... Is in 2D Images and I guess video as well is flat. You have what would be considered back ground and foreground... Now with a Traditional camera when you focus you can pick where you focus and that some how effects how the picture looks. As an example some one is in front of city hall well you can focus so they are blurry and city hall is crisp or vice versa... This I would say can be used when you want to see the scenery ....

Now this is where I get lost. with 2d you see those things kinda as one thing. But 3d has another layer.... Look at (e:Terry) behind is the window and sky and bench and a building that is the back ground. But in front of terry is the peace sign. He is the foreground but his fingers and hand are a head of the foreground so they look like they are coming out of the picture... Or at least to me.....

Now in terms of a screen what 3D is supposed to do is take the picture into 3 layers and kinda over lay them.... It kinda looks like this picture was taken and Terry is on top of it....

But see everyone's eyes work a bit differently....

Maybe some of the pro level picture takers could explain this better cause it is a bit past me I was just saying how I understand it....

tinypliny writes at 02:47:09 09/29/11 - Comment #65253: What is 3D anyway? Pictures already have depth. Does it combine several pictures to give you a video? How then is it any different from just video? I guess I don't get this.

paul writes at 01:23:39 09/29/11 - Comment #65252: I am so torn now. I wanted to wait on the nexus prime or Samsung gallaxy sii but will I end up missing a whole years worth of 3d.

mrmike writes at 08:58:58 09/28/11 - Comment #65247: I got it last night, target had a good deal that reeled me in from the Iphone cold

tinypliny writes at 07:32:11 09/28/11 - Comment #65245: hahaha, nice pics. Who needs 3d when you can convey 6D on 2D.

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Category: mobile

09/28/11 07:00 - ID#55209

Windows 7 Phone

The browser is not half as bad as I expected. I also don't mind the typing. Not that I see myself purchasing one.

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Category: government spending

09/27/11 10:53 - ID#55206

Eat Right. Be Active. Have Fun.

Why does this message require either government spending on Disney or free advertisment for Disney. It makes me sick. Why not a generic exercise scene or some delicious looking healthy food?

Do most people even realize this is not just a Disney advertisment?

uncutsaniflush writes at 08:21:43 09/28/11 - Comment #65246: This is a public service annoucement (PSA) :::link::: . This PSA was created for the Let's Move campaign :::link::: for the Ad Council :::link::: :::link:::

My assumption is that both Lamar the owner of billboard and Disney donated their services to the Ad Council.

metalpeter writes at 05:00:39 09/28/11 - Comment #65243: -be our guest is part is a famous part of the Disney ads....For the theme park
-Dancing is a good way to be active and a candle that would normally would just stand there that moves and yes its fire moves also is a great example of getting people moving....

-Now I know nothing about the ads but I think it is aimed to get kids to move. Yeah you can watch the DVD you bought but ok now also go play.... This is how the play movement is currently. You sit down and do nothing all day as you watch football but you will see ads about the youth going out and playing and Nike has one also..... Back to the ads I don't know if they have other characters on other ads that appeal to kids but they could...

tinypliny writes at 07:23:10 09/28/11 - Comment #65240: Hmm... a few questions come to mind. Is disney funding the letsmove campaign? It could be. So I won't be sure this is completely government money.

Who are the targets of this campaign? Most ostensibly, children. There are more obese children in the US than anywhere else on the planet (well.. maybe UK comes close) and it's likely to get worse in the next few years. But do these target children care about disney anymore? It seems a bit out of sync with what the target age kids really might be into these days.

Perhaps music icons or sports icons could have been a more attention-getting choice. By putting disney on, does the ad imply that it's perhaps an old-fashioned but fun way to live? That cannot altogether altogether appeal to kids who tend to not like anything old fashioned.

So I don't know. On the positive side, the font and colour are well done. I scarcely saw the disney characers before you pointed them out. The only thing REALLY prominent on that board is the message - which is good.

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Category: biking

09/27/11 10:48 - ID#55204

Bikeride to the outer harbor

The other day we took a family bikeride over to the outer harbor. The weather was so amazing. We saw the new empty business park where they already have a bikerack and toured to defunct new casino. I winder if the building will rust through before it is ever used? Leave it ti Buffalo to dilapidate a building before occupation.

We traveled up to the old water authority building. Someone left a bunch of nude playing cards all over the ground at the front steps. What a weird find.