Nice One!: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

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'Mr. Petunia' Helped Beautify Quaint Mich. Town

In the small northern Michigan town of Charlevoix ? recently named one of America's prettiest towns by Forbes.com ? Dale Boss is known as the man who helped make it beautiful. Some call him "Mr. Petunia." He's lived in Charlevoix for all of his 80 years. Thirty years ago, he launched the effort to plant five miles of petunias through the heart of the city. The program has taken root, and every summer for the past three decades, this cheerful man has headed out at 4 a.m. seven days a week to water his beloved flowers. He's put more than 43 million gallons of water on 1,740,000 petunias.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137533704/mr-petunia-helped-beautify-quaint-mich-town?ft=1&f=1003

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Deal of the Day ? 35% Off Dell 24? 1080p LED-backlit HDMI LCD Monitor

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Editors Play New Reel in Final Cut Fiasco

Apple has attempted to dial down the flack it's received since the release of its latest movie-editing application, Final Cut Pro X, by publishing an FAQ that addresses some of the editing world's edgier criticisms. Meanwhile, professional film editors angered by Apple's recently released Final Cut Pro X video editing software are flocking to sign a petition.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72778.html

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The Devil Didn't Invent the Fork [Design]

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A silverware spoiler: People used to hate the fork. When first introduced in Italy, and then in France and England, it did not go over well. More »

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Mozilla Messaging reintegrates with Labs, unifies focus on Web-based communication

Mozilla Messaging, citing Mozilla's increased focus on Web-borne communications, will be reintegrating with Mozilla Labs.

The Messaging subsidiary was formed in 2008 to focus on Thunderbird, but given Mozilla Labs' current focus on identity and contact management, it now makes sense for the groups to be merged. Thunderbird will be unaffected by the change -- some URLs might change, but that's it -- and presumably Messaging's F1 and Raindrop will thrive in the Labs playground.

What this means for the end user -- for the hundreds of millions of Firefox users -- is that the next big additions will be communication- and messaging-oriented. Contacts and F1 will be almost certainly be baked into Firefox 5 or 6, both of which will be released this year -- and, who knows, there might be something else even more exciting up Mozilla Labs' sleeve!

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The New Google Calendar Sure Is Purty [Desired]

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It may be too soon to tell quite how you feel about Google+, but let me tell you right now: the new Google Calendar look is love at first sight. Clean, smooth, sparse—it's everything we've ever loved about Google's UI, coming out just at a time when the rest of its properties get more cluttered by the day. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/WAlBlOydO8M/the-new-google-calendar-looks-pretty-great

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Can a Simple Film Overlay Magically Transform a 2D Screen into a 3D One? [Video]

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Take a sheet of Pic3D film, apply it to any LCD and it promises that it will properly display 3D video (displayed in the side-by-side format) without special glasses, thanks to lenticular lens technology. More »

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Google demands veto on OEM Android changes, stretches definition of 'open source'

Google, according to reports from "a dozen executives working at key companies in the Android ecosystem" is finally locking down the open source and easily-fragmented Android operating system.

As it currently stands, Google hands over the 'final' code for each version of Android, and OEMs and developers then spend some time customizing the OS to fit their hardware, and to create a unique and marketable flavor. That's all set to change, however.

Over the last few months, according to several people familiar with the matter, Android licensees such as HTC, Motorola and Facebook, have been asked to sign 'non-fragmentation clauses.' This new contract caveat will give Google the right to review and pass judgment on all changes to the Android OS. Two executives at Facebook say that they're unhappy that Google gets to review its changes to Android -- which is understandable, given Facebook and Google are direct competitors -- and there have also been allegations that Google is preventing some Verizon devices from shipping because they include Microsoft's Bing instead of Google search.

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Daily Crunch: Floor Tour Edition

A Visit To The Indie Games Pavilion At E3 Videos And Gallery: Nintendo?s Booth, Wii U, And New 3DS Games Mad Catz And Tritton Say Their Warhead Is The Ultimate Wireless 360 Headset 15 Minutes Of Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Voting Now Open For Linux Foundation T-Shirt Contest

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/09/daily-crunch-floor-tour/

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Wimbledon NetMix lets you turn down on-court grunts in favor of staid commentary

Wimbledon, typically a quiet leafy suburb in the great urban sprawl of London, tends to get a little noisier around this time of the year as the world's top tennis players descend upon it with a grunt and a huff of exertion. It's precisely those un-British howls of effort that the BBC is offering to filter out for you with a new Wimbledon NetMix tool. It's a simple audio mixing slider, available to BBC Radio 5 Live listeners, that adjusts the balance between ambient on-court sound and the soothing timbre of commentators' voices. The technology's enabled by the guys and gals at Fraunhofer, who were nice enough to do it for free, and is being introduced in response to a great many complaints received by broadcasters about the primal screaming that's accompanied this year's matches. If the reaction to the NetMix slider is positive, it could find further job opportunities on the Beeb's iPlayer or in coverage of other sporting events.

Wimbledon NetMix lets you turn down on-court grunts in favor of staid commentary originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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