So Self Edge opened today, I couldn’t make it up there myself, but I’ll probably stop by this weekend, 1995chardx at SuperFuture posted some pics of the shop, I’m stealing them and putting them up here… Those Sammy’s look gooooooood!!
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I don’t really like the the rear bumper, or the exhaust in the middle, looks too much like a freakin Boxster… 🙂 Didn’t have to add very many options, only added metalic paint (that color looks hot, at least in the rendered version shown below), Bi-Xenons and Sport Chrono Pkg… 🙂 I don’t see a moonroof option so maybe it doens’t come with one, which is how a freaking GT3 should be!!
and no, I am pretty happy with my Evo8MR so I won’t be ordering one… I would hate to park it on the streets in SF on weekends…
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Conclusion: This first version of SlingPlayer for Mac is a very good first step in Sling Media?s venture into software on a platform other than Windows. As a relatively new Slingbox user (July 2006), I am unaware of the quality or polish of previous versions for Windows, but this Mac client offers everything the current Windows client offers. Yes it needs a little polish, but for now it should satisfy plenty of pent up demand from the Mac community, as well as open up a whole new market of users (and very loyal ones at that) to Sling Media. Hopefully, everyone will agree it was worth the wait.SlingPlayer for Mac looks to be a great piece of software and will hopefully get better and more Mac-like over time.Happy Slinging.
Sling Community – SlingPlayer for Mac Public Beta Review
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AMEX Gold double membership rewards point offer is back! Just in time for the holidays… yippee!!
AMEX Gold Double MR points signup link
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I think I’m gonna order the AV version off Amazon soon, waiting for some reviews to see if it actually works or not before I place the order… This thing would allow me to catch up with my TiVo when I’m in SF on weekends…
SlingPlayer for Mac OS X Public Beta Download
System (Mac OS) Requirements
PowerPC 600 MHz or Intel Core Duo 1 GHz
Mac OS X 10.4 (10.3 support coming soon)
256MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
100MB Free Hard Disk Space
1024×768, thousands of colors display (millions of colors recommended)
Ethernet Network Connectivity (wired, 802.11 a/b/g, or Powerline)Features
SlingStream?is a proprietary streaming technology specifically designed to addressvarying network conditions while optimizing your video playbackexperience. SlingStream provides the best possible video experience bycontinuously monitoring the connection speed and dynamically adjustingthe video compression ratios to match your available network bandwidth.
SlingRemote?acts exactly like your real remote control, giving you full controlover your viewing experience. From changing channels to setting a DVRto record, you can do it using buttons right on your computer screen.Plus, you can create your own skins for the the SlingRemote so that itlooks just like the one at home – or maybe you can finally make yourmillion-button universal remote easy to use!
The Slingbox Directoryshows you all the Slingboxes that are on your network or that you haveset up remotely. This networking magic makes it easy to connect to yourbox without complications.
Three viewing modes give you flexibility in your viewing style:
SlingBar?– docks SlingPlayer on either the right or left of the desktop,allowing you to watch your television and work with other applicationssimultaneously
Resizable Window – move it around the desktop just like any other application, making it small or large
Full Screen – for a real break watch your shows as big as your screen can get
Extensive customizable settings allow you to fine-tune your viewing experience and view streaming statistics.
Manual Audio & Video Controls? You make subtle changes to your input signal with v1.0.5. You canadjust audio volume, as well as brightness, contrast, saturation, andhue for each input.
Favorites Bar?Now your favorite channels are only one click away! Place shortcuts toyour most frequently watched channels in the Favorites Bar along with acustom icon. You can use any picture on you computer! This is the firstof many planned features which allows Slingbox owners to create apersonalized SlingPlayer experience.
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I got this newsletter from Chris’ Coffee:
First there is a NEW Rancilio Silvia on the market and Chris’ Coffee Service has them in stock as of today. The NEW Silvia has an adjustable expansion valve, different group, different drip try cover, and is POD adaptable. We will have images of the NEW Silvia up on our site by the end of the week, which will show the NEW features. If you are in the market for a Silvia we are offering a $50.00 discount with this Discount Coupon Code 5000. Simply order on line, enter the code, and receive an instant $50.00 discount on the NEW Silvia.
Now, POD adaptable? That is pretty lame, my previous cheapo KRUPS machine was POD adaptable, I even got some Illy POD to try it out, and it tasted like shit! (well actually Illy tastes like shit in general)
The adjustable expansion valve is a welcomed update, he said that grouphead was different, but didn’t say if it would be an E61-ish grouphead or not. Still no temperature or pressure gauges, or a heat exchanger, so if you’re looking to get a Silvia, then sure, wait for the new version and use that discount coupon to get 50 bucks off. But for those of us who already has one, a real upgrade would be to a machine with an E61 grouphead, a heat exchanger or dual boilers if you make milk drinks, and preferrably with a rotary pump.
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This happened to both seoufully and me. I got off work a bit earlier and ran with Fee-Fee for about 3 miles, and then went to the gym and clocked another 3 miles, went home and sync’ed my Nano and now Nike+.com thinks I’m new to Nike+. I hope this is a temporary problem with their database, I have all the data on my Nano so there must be a way to re-send them to nikeplus.com. WTF?!
A quick look at the forums at Nike+ confirmed that we are not alone in this, so I guess this is a temporary problem…
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Kiya posted an update on Self Edge at SuperFuture, no mentioning of a Union Special machine yet… 🙂
Self Edge Update – San Francisco…
So…
where do i start?
We here at Self Edge have been working 24/7 to bring denim heads what
they’ve been wanting; the vision of what i wanted in terms of selection
from a denim store is coming to life. We are still on track to open our
doors Wednesday, November 1 at noon.here’s some updates on stock..
-Imperial Denim
-Sugarcanes
-Iron Heart
-Nudies
-Samurai
-Iron Army (for women only)
-Sling & Stone (for women only)
And of course non-denim brands such as MOB (most official bitches), Homeroom, Mama, BiJules, Once Upon a Time, Orisue, House33, Mighty Healthy, Diamond, aNYthing, RockersNYC, Self Edge x Homeroom, and
more…To those who’ve emailed me in the past month or so with positive words, thank you…
To those that are inquiring about exactly which cuts we’re getting in
from a certain designer, it’s too much for us to answer those questions
at the moment because our heads are filled with hundreds of cuts and
washes and styles… We chose what we liked from every designer and we
hope that once you see what we have in stock you’ll agree. There are a
few things we’ve got that i’ve never seen any other place, come in and
check em out. The online store will be opening mid/late-november with
most of our denim stock being available online.The opening party will take place at 6pm on November 18th at Self Edge
with J-Zone (nyc, old maid billionaires) playing his trademark style of
ignant hiphop.things to look forward to..
-Superfuture Party, tentative date is January 6, bring your nametag
-Self Edge x Iron Army Selvedge Indigo Slim Anti-Fit Jeans
-Death from Exhaustion
Self Edge Update – San Francisco… – superfuture :: supertalk
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Some of my friends are got Xanga blogs and I can’t do anything about it, I guess they got used to it and don’t wanna bother switching to something better, or maybe they dig the community features in there. But to me Xanga is lame, seriously lame… Anyway, they have RSS feeds for blogs, but for people who want a little privacy they can turn RSS feeds off. This is just dumb, to me, and I am probably not alone here, if a website doesn’t have feeds I just won’t visit, I seriously don’t have time to go to individual websites daily. So instead of having feeds on or off, Xanga should have private feeds, like Netflix and all the other sites out there, pretty much all it does is to map a URL that contains some unique key/hash/string to the actual feed, and add the ability to reset the URL… but of course Xanga is probably too dumb or won’t care enough to implement something like that… *sigh*…
btw, Sixapart launched Vox today, it seems pretty cool, and it’s def a better option than Xanga for the peeps who don’t wanna bother getting a domain or setting up a real blog with WordPress or Movable Type.
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