Degutis Insights - Latest Comments in General

Re: Flip vs. Panasonic SDR-S10

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:31:25 -0000

panasonic SDR-S10 has the function of backlight compensation!! look up the menu!

Re: Google Chrome Javascript speed test results

mike — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:44:06 -0000

i got 200 on google chrome

Re: How many people have your name?

Ruthann DeGutis — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:40:55 -0000

Hi Al,
My name is Ruthann Mary DeGutis... I'm willing to bet that I'm the only Ruthann Mary DeGutis :) ... It's the unique last name that helps!
I spell my last name with a capital "G" - Wonder what happened along the way when the ancestors came over from Lithuania?...
Anyway - Neat blog... I was trying to register mine at degutis.com, but it looks like you got to it first :)
Best, Ruthann

Re: Farewell video for Neil

Dianne F — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:25:22 -0000

Fantastic - Nice to see that Tim didn't waste any words, his same usual self

Re: Farewell video for Neil

CM — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:38:20 -0000

I think the reason Irwin's comments were a little garbled is because you weren't on the VPN.

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Erica — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:28:47 -0000

Strawberry is my favorite, and the personality fits 100%... I am amazed!

Re: Smart ForTwo cars spotted

frumpa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:11 -0000

The alleged convertible Smart ForTwo I saw was yellow, but I can't recall if the first one Smart I spotted was yellow or red. We'll be seeing more of them on the roads soon, just like it's not uncommon to see a Prius nowadays compared to 2-3 years ago.

Re: Smart ForTwo cars spotted

charlieanzman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:48 -0000

Al - Both of the ones I saw were yellow (and, of course, the cameras were home :) Guess they just unleashed these babies across the country... by the reactions on Friendfeed http://friendfeed.com/e/5bc50430-457e-0999-8b5f...

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Sue — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:46:44 -0000

Sometimes vanilla, sometimes Strawberry. And it appears both fit! How wild is THAT!

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

frumpa — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:51:20 -0000

I don't see how the ice cream manufacturer sponsorship negates the results. Sure, if the study was about the effectiveness of ice cream for losing weight (I wish) then it would be questionable. Or, if all of the flavors only listed positive qualities (and my tendency for perfection is NOT irritating, regardless of what Judy says).

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Nikki — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:39:56 -0000

I'm banana and Steven's Vanilla. However, I doubt the credibility... after all, it was sponsored by ice cream companies. This is like horoscopes in the scene that the descriptions are vague and if you look hard enough...

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Samantha — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:32:05 -0000

I am a chocolate chip person. I would say I am definitely ambitious and competitive. Most people would not agree with charming!!! :)

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Dino Manzella — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:23:34 -0000

I'm a Vanilla person myself. I love the basics and retro. However, it seems that I am colorful, impulsive, a risk taker who sets high goals and to do whatever it takes to meet them. I have high expectations of myself. I'm also a saucy adventurer who relies on my gut instinct, live a hectic life, easily suggestible, expressive, idealistic; a private person. People are drawn to my friendly, out-going personality, I have particularly strong relationships with my family, and I have two of everything in my garage.

How did it know?

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Carl — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:21:16 -0000

My favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip, but my personality is part strawberry and part banana (does that make me a strawberry banana split?). Oh, well. 8{|

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Dianne F — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:43:45 -0000

I'm between chocolate and butter pecan. At the sporting events I guess I would rather charm the birds than be aggressive. lol

Re: Your favorite ice cream flavor reveals your personality

Agnes U. — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:34:44 -0000

Normally, I go for cookie dough, but from these choices I'd pick strawberry. The personality fits about 50/50. The other 50 must be under cookie dough :o)

Re: Oops - The Comic Strip (Intro)

frumpa — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:08:45 -0000

Super Dave? I remember him... sort of. Hmmm, maybe he was a subconscience influence as well.

Re: Batman and Joker Interrogation Scene

Ron — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:06:14 -0000

Thanks for finding this. Kelsi loved it this weekend after we saw the Dark Knight.

Re: Oops - The Comic Strip (Intro)

Ron — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:55:05 -0000

Hey Al,

I think its great that you are posting these. Oops sounds very "Super Dave"-ish.

Re: 3rd party apps must make up for Twitter’s incompetence

profy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:29:43 -0000

Now I see your point with third-party apps making up for Twitter incompetence. Sure, backup of our data could be a great addition to the services we already use as Twitter clients and I also expect to see some other backup apps intended solely to back up the followers in the nearest few days. But the problem is that they won'tsolve the core problem of Twitter instability - even if you have a backup, you can still import it Twitter only while a better option would be to be able to export the data to other substitute services.

Re: 3rd party apps must make up for Twitter’s incompetence

Iain Dodsworth — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:03:42 -0000

TweetDeck also keeps the list of followers in the same database, which is fully accessible offline. A number of people have been using it to recreate their following list before Twitter gets round to fixing it e.g. http://twitter.com/erasrhed42/statuses/867368520 http://twitter.com/abelara/statuses/867307568 http://twitter.com/KevinHazzard/statuses/867494783

You're post makes a great point about how twitter app developers have to add more value than most just to deal with twitter outages and API inconsistencies. I do wonder how long this good will from developers can last.

Re: 3rd party apps must make up for Twitter’s incompetence

sdegutis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:24:19 -0000

Sounds pretty trivial for a Cocoa programming to do this kind of thing, especially with this Twitter class from a friend. I think I might actually be up to the challenge in the next few months, if I get any spare time.

Re: Interesting apps from the iTunes App Store, Part 2

frumpa — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:30:12 -0000

Shazam is amazing! SPOT ON with all my tests so far. Awesome app! Thanks. Remove Midomi now.

Re: Interesting apps from the iTunes App Store, Part 2

bartonsurfer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:46:46 -0000

Shazam's free iPhone App (called "Shazam") is amazing at identifying songs (even obscure songs!). This App is possibly the best iPhone app for real music fanatics since it provides a valuable service you simply can't get on a web site (like Pandora, etc). Please let me know which obscure recorded songs you find Shazam DOES and DOES NOT know. I need help in checking!

Re: Interesting apps from the iTunes App Store, Part 2

frumpa — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:13:50 -0000

I'm sure some people see a value to these apps. If nothing more they are creative and as I said in my other post, I give the developers props for making them. I just don't get all of them myself.