A random list of things

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• I made a mono-pod from string, a washer and a bolt. It kinda works, kinda.
• I ordered a mono-pod from Amazon this week.
• I haven’t taken a photo since MTTS. I think I need to start carrying my camera with me.
• I haven’t done any video since MTTS. Not sure I will be doing anymore.
• If you missed my tweets from earlier this week, Transmit is, in fact, better than sliced bread and wooden shoes.
• I’ve found a great use for Fluid. As a TwitLive viewer. I’ll show you how later or you can download it here (sorry, Mac only).
• I am again on the hunt for a decent Twitter client. Hahlo is pretty cool in fluid, but it doesn’t update automatically. I know I know, I’ll look at twitterific again.
• It’s truly amazing how much work there isn’t out there. I’ve been sending resumes like it’s nobody’s business and not even getting so much as a bite.
• My phone does turn by turn GPS. I just wanted to throw that out there.

I guess that’s about it for right now. I really need to get to the gym. Oh yea, let me know what you think about that TwitLive viewer. For best results, once it’s running, click the zoom button. You won’t see any of the extra Stickam chrome or, most importantly, the chat room.

New things for the week

A recap of all the things I’ve been trying/using this week, in case you missed any of them.

FriendFeed. I think it’s handy. 1 stop shopping for all my stuff, plus you can comment on things there (if you are subscribed). They added a new feature this week called Rooms that looks promising. It’s like a message board, kinda. Slightly less obnoxious and slightly easier to follow.

Facebook. For reasons passing understanding I started playing with Facebook again this week. It helped pass the time.

Viddler. Still using it. Still the best video service I’ve used. Bonus is a few new features they have rolled out lately. Subscriptions and RSS feeds. Handy stuff to have.

IShowU and Skitch. IShowU captures your screen as a video, handy for the new project and it works quite nice. And it’s cheap. As for Skitch, I finally found a use for it and it’s been super handy. It’s so handy in fact that, when it comes out of Beta, I would gladly opt for a paid version if one is available. Within reason, of course.

Fluid. I tried this before when it first came out and I thought it had potential. At the time, it worked not well enough to use on a daily basis. It’s been revised, fixed, revised and fixed again and seems to be working quite well for GMail. I might use it for a few other things, but I’m not quite sure yet. I’ll keep you posted.

If you are looking for me on Facebook, Viddler or FriendFeed, follow the links in the sidebar. If you are trying to figure out why you can’t use Fluid on your PC, now would be a good time to think about making the switch.

Busy week coming up. I certainly hope it goes smoothly. That would be keen. Oh yea, if Josh says anything to you about eating BBQ Penguin, just nod and smile. He does get a bit delusional at times (remember the Snobo Monkey’s from ‘01?). It’s all that fancy scotch he’s been drinking with his mates.