foneFrame Video Now On YouTube

This is a short overview of foneFrame, the mobile framework.

Tankbot!

Recent Facebook Changes

The recent UI changes may be the first sign that Facebook is has lost its way. You heard it here first.

SSL & TLS Both Broken? I Hope Not!

SSL hacked? TLS too? Thai Duong & Juliano Rizzo say their BEAST does just that. This is not good news. Au contraire. BEAST is something to keep an eye on.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

I can't wait to see this!

Dog Whistle MP3 Files

Looking for a way to train your dog or silence your neighbor's loud pets? Try downloading these free dog whistle MP3 files. You'll have to play them through speakers capable of reproducing high pitch sounds. Try your cell phone and if that works, take it to the park and see how the dogs react! Dog next door keeping you up and nigh? Burn a CD and stick the speaker out your window. The possibilities are endless...

N2A Cards Turn Color Nook Into Android Tablet

I just turned a Color Nook into an Android tablet using N2Acards’s chip. Plug it in, click your heels together 3X, and voila! An Android tablet with a great screen, fantastic battery life, and lightweight! I'll give up Photoshop while traveling to my favorite WiFi coffeehouse to work every day once I find an FTP program I can live with. Yee haw!

Smozzy, surf via SMS & MMS on TMobile

Android & TMobile user? Surf for free using SMS & MMS with Smozzy. Pretty darn clever, ehhh?

foneFrame v1.0.2 Now Available

foneFrame v1.0.2 is now available online: www.QRdvark.com/foneFrame/

- The various foneFrame elements are now hosted in the cloud (think CDN).
- Improved SEO secret sauce built in.
- New logo.

foneFrame Press Release (PDF)

Here's the foneFrame press release (PDF)

foneFrame is a mobile framework built using HTML5 and CSS3, with a little touch of Javascript. Build mobile web pages for smartphones like Android and iPhone, as well as computers and tablets, using foneFrame.

A Better Way to Board Airplanes (one that works!)

There's a better way, a much better way, to board an airplane.

Convinced? So am I. DEMAND that your favorite airlines adopt this method. Especially those of you who are uber-flyers with oodles of frequent flyer miles.

foneFrame, Mobile Web Template HTML5 & CSS3

If you're ready to make mobile web pages using HTML5 and CSS3 you need to download foneFrame and start making mobile web sites right now!

Embed Google Calendars & Google Maps, add styles to RSS & XML files, and more.

Pocket Chainsaw Anyone?

A pocket chainsaw: fun, trouble, or both?

Time Lapse Video

Tempest Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

Wow!

Even Evangelical Scientists Begin to Reject Creationism

Evangelical scientists are starting to question creationism. NPR sez so so it must be true.

It's about time. Y'all were starting to sound like idiots.

Hitler Reacts to the WebOS News (video)

Pork HeadS

So hip, so thrifty. Too bad I'm vegetarian.

Turtle Sushi

Watch my turtle Timmy eat a worm. Something we call "Turtle Sushi" around here.

"Move" a flipbook animated video

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

We all know I love flipbook animation and this is a good one by Rick Mereki, Tim White and Andrew Lees.

Elliott Bay Book Company mobile calendar page for Aug

The Elliott Bay Book Company author reading schedule is online for all you Seattle book reading smartphone users: m.JetCityOrange.com/ebbc/

NYC Pinball Animation Video

I love doing flipbook stop action videos, which means of course I like watching them too. This one is great, not that I'm a big pinball guy but it's creative and it's a group effort. Looks like they had fun making it too!

Person Pinball- 2011 Animation Block Party 'Outro' from aaron hughes on Vimeo.

New York City As Seen From UNDERNEATH A Skateboard

Wow! Not only is the perspective unique, this is no casual ride along the sidewalk. The double yellow line tells you where this character went.

Star Wars, The Old Republic pre-order details

Wonder how the Star Wars “The Old Republic” MMO game is configured? Can't figure out the 3 options (even though you’re ready to pre-order)?

Look no further. Bryan Whiting has the deets.

Cell Phone Meditation Timer

I wrote a meditation timer for cell phones as a web app not a phone app. This means you can use it without having to install an application, you can use it from your phone/tablet/computer, and it's free (because it was so easy to make).

So give it a whirl. Works to time yoga or Pilates sessions as well.

Feedback? Lemme know!

Binaural Beats on Your Cell Phone

Listen to binaural beats on your cell phone.

Google Labs Closing? Please Leave The Lights On!

If Google closes Google Labs, I hope they leave the lights on. That is, leave things running on the server farms.

Please continue to innovate and throw stuff out there but we love ya cause ya put out lots of wild stuff. Works mostly, but a.) you put it a lot of it out there all the time and better yet b.) you share it with us openly.

It's not just that all these toys are free you do videos and wikis and services and engage with the community around your gadgets, widgets, snippets, and hacks.

In many so ways you embrace and define the open source DIY mashup just-my-way-cuz-i-can ethic.

So thanks from so many of us for so much but please, leave the lights on for a while longer.

Free Artwork for Barcode Tattoos

If you're thinking about getting a barcode tattoo (and who isn't these days?) you should start with the best artwork you can.

Why get a barcode tattoo that won't scan properly or one that scans as something other than what you had in mind? You know, if you get a bad one, barcode nerds the world over will laugh at you.

Azalea Software will create barcodes for tattoos for free. That's right, we'll make a bar code for any tattoo artist or their customer, just for the asking!

Plick DIY Robot

Next time play the whole song. Otherwise you're merely pissing Lou Reed (and me) off.

Still, I want 2 or 3 of these bad boys!

Biklordz: BMX Riders In Ghana

Great video. Please consider supporting this project on Kickstarter.

UPC Barcodes for Microbreweries

If you brew beer and have any ambitions of selling it, you'll need a UPC barcode. Why pay an annual fee when you can purchase as many UPC barcodes as you want for only $19. And we'll throw in a free PDF of your new barcode for free.

So if you're in the craft brewing industry, here's your chance. Act now and save!

azalea.com/beer/

Nyan Cats Anyone?

Ready for some Nyan Cats because we all know, you can't have too many Nyan Cats!

Stuxnet Virus Explained

Wired has an amazing article about the Stuxnet virus that targeted Iran's centrifuges.

This is cyberwarfare at its finest. While this article is long, think of it as a piece in The New Yorker or Vanity Fair. This is investigative journalism at its finest.

So, does reading this make you sleep better at night???

QR Barcode Tattoo Anyone?

I love QR barcodes as much as the next guy and yes I'm inked but a QR tattoo? I'll pass, thanks.

eHarmony Cat Lady Song

eHarmony Cat Lady, meet Songify.

Debbie, if we were all laughing at your before we're ROTFLMAO now!

A Beautiful Time Lapse Video

Ocean Sky from Alex Cherney on Vimeo.

Yes, you need to sit down and watch this video.

JetCityOrange on Tumbler

JetCityOrange now has a Tumblr page too. Soon to have video and audio updates too!

Has your password been hacked? See for yourself

Rarely does a URL explain exactly what it does like ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com.

It told me that one of mine fell with the Gizmodo hack but my other 2 main ones appear secure. Ya never can tell...

Elliott Bay Book Company calendar of events

The July Elliott Bay Book Company calendar of author readings and other events is now online for smartphone users.

HTML5 Mobile Web Templates Under Creative Commons License

QRdvark hosts three new HTML5 mobile templates released under the Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0). Using Fone, Noir, or Alba, you can modify, change, mixup, mashup, tweak, and edit them to your heart's content.

All three HTML templates can be downloaded from QRdvark.com/templates/. Details about these new mobile web page templates.

Wind Tunnel Dance

The music is lame so either turn the sound off or provide your own soundtrack. Still a cool idea.

HTML5 Mobile Web Templates from QRdvark

HTML5 mobile website templates from QRdvark.com/templates

The first 3 are Fone, Noir, and Alba. And yes, there's a free version of each web template released under Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0)

New HTML5 Web Templates for Mobile Web Pages Released

Noir, Fone, and Alba are three HTML5 templates used to make mobile web pages. These HTML5 web templates are available for download at QRdvark.com/templates/ Both free (Creative Commons) and paid versions for only $29 are available.

Noir is a quiet, minimalist design that looks great on any mobile phone, with a black background perfect for displaying photos or images.

Fone looks like a mobile app as much as a mobile page and is a versatile starting point that lends itself to modification.

Alba is a clean, uncluttered design with restaurants in mind and creates food menus complete with descriptions and prices.

"QR Circus" On Display At "Hotel Lunar Lowell: Explorations In Atomicpunk" Art Exhibit

Read the press release and then come to the show!

Video Illusion

Don't believe everything you see or take things for granted.

Beer Robot

I like beer and therefore I could grow to love this bot!

Trombone as Flamethrower

Let's hope they put *this* trombone in the front of the marching band!

Elliott Bay Book Company calendar of events

The June calendar of author readings and other events at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle is available as a mobile webpage for smartphones: m.QRdvark.com

Nyan Cat Origins Explained!

Admit it. You've watched Nyan Cat, probably a coupla times, right?



Nyan Nyan is a bot! A program. Software from a big corporation behind a synthetic "singer".

Food Animation Video (you *have* to see this)

This animation around and about food is nothing less than amazing.

Alimation - Annecy Festival 2011 from Alexandre DUBOSC on Vimeo.

Elbert "Big Man" Howard, founding member of Black Panther Party

Elbert "Big Man" Howard, one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party, spoke at the opening of a photo exhibit featuring the work of Pirkle Jones & Ruth-Marion Baruch. Novato CA 19may11

Lock Picking at Maker Faire

A lock picking session at Maker Faire in San Mateo CA.

Watch this music video.

QR in Seattle

QR barcodes are like macros for your phone. Watch as I use my smart phone to navigate life in Seattle.

Awesome pendulum video

Well worth watching these pendulums swing. And to think this was a deliberate design!

Mobile Phone Security, make it a habit

Here are suggestions for all of us to help secure our mobile phones (from those who want to spy on us).

A great robot video

I like a good robot as much as the next guy. I don't build 'em but I like 'em. As long as they're well-behaved. And this one ain't!

The web, social media & poltical change

Wonderful piece, both a joy to watch and something worth listening to.

Computer Science, meet Folk Dance. Dance, meet CS.

This set of videos is even cooler the more you understand the math underneath. Still, even with the sound off it's cool!

How much did they have to drink to start coming up with these???

Elliott Bay Book Company calendar of events

Keep up with the current Elliott Bay Book Company author readings & events on your mobile phone.

A calendar is available online at http://m.JetCityOrange.com/ebbc/. This Google calendar can be read on your Android or iPhone.

Birthers

What took Obama so long to make his birth certificate public? His delay fanned the flames of the GOP & Tea Party. Knucklehead...

Exxon Excessive Profits!

Exxon makes almost $11B in profits last quarter & I paid $4.73 a gallon yesterday. What's wrong with this picture? Nationalize Big Oil!

The Integration of Shaker Heights

My family moved into Shaker Heights OH in 1961. I was the first and only Black kid at Onaway Elementary School. A half century later, I sat down and told the story from my point of view.

stiff peaks photo: GeorgeTown Liquor Company Exhibit

stiff peaks photo: GeorgeTown Liquor Company Exhibit: "I am consistently taken by the enormous amount of images that are waiting to be captured. All I have to do is leave the house and I become ..."

Elliott Bay Book Company mobile calendar page

The Elliott Bay Book Company here in Seattle has a full schedule of author readings and other literary events. I wrote a mobile web page with the Elliott Bay Book Co. calendar of events. Use it from any Android or iPhone (haven't tested it with Blackberries yet).

Mercury Retrograde

Mercury goes retrograde today. For what it's worth...

Casey Heynes is my hero!

New Seattle mobile web page

I finally got around to starting a Seattle mobile web page with weather, maps, and a webcam image of the Space Needle. Next up, Seattle trivia and restaurant reviews. Bus schedules & traffic cams too!

Today is Pi Day!

3/14 is Pi Day, get it?

And if you need a little reminder or to brush up on Pi try: this Pi tutorial.

Happy Pi[e]!

Rock Paper Scissors: man against computer

Try playing rock paper scissors against the New York Times' web site.

Not that we don't all know and love Rock Paper Scissors but playing against a robot hand is too cool for words!

Unusual lost password security questions

My complaint with most sites' lost password log in security questions is that they're usually bullshit. If I'm serious about stealing your identity, your mother's maiden name and the city you were born in are trivial.

Huntington Bank has the usual plus some with a twist, not to mention a sense of humor:
What is your favorite musical instrument?
What was your first job?
What is your greatest fear?
What is your favorite historical figure?
What sports team do you love to see lose?
What is the last name of your favorite author?
What is the name of your favorite comic book hero or cartoon character?
What is the first name of your best friend from childhood?
What was the make and model of the first car you owned?
What is the last name of your favorite teacher?
What is your favorite fruit or vegetable?

Even AARP Likes Meditation

Imagine my surprise when I read about AARP endorsing meditation. Have we see meditating go mainstream? Is yoga part of the reason why?

RSSmachine, a free RSS feed template

RSSmachine is a free RSS feed template. Write your own RSS 2.0 feeds and then host your new feed on Dropbox for free. Sweet hack!

Dowload free mobile web page templates

Azalea Software + QRdvark have released two new free mobile web site templates. These are XHTML Mobile Profile 1.2 compliant files you can use to begin designing your own mobile web pages.

“Tofu” is a basic mobile template that works on a number of phones in Android, iPhone, Blackberry, and others. You can download the Tofu web template for free.

“Whiteboard” is a free template to embeds a Google Spreadsheet into a mobile web page. If you edit the Google Spreadsheet, the web page is updated too. Download Whiteboard web template for free.

Guided Meditations on Your Cell Phone

I uploaded a set of guided meditations you can hear on your cell phone. Ideal to help you meditate every day.

There are also sounds like waves, crickets, waterfalls, and wind chimes. Not to mention white noise, pink noise, and brown noise.

Valentine's Day & Online Dating

Online dating in the modern era involves one or more horny people and the internet. Usually craigslist instead of those other sites that advertise on TV. At least when craigslist is on the tube, it's part a juicy Law & Order plot.

Ready to read some "did they really say that?" craigslist ads? I've gathered up some good ones for your reading delight.

Mallomars

Going home to see Mom next week. Know what that means? MALLOMARS!!!

They're not sold in Seattle but you can beat your bottom dollar I'm buying a case this time. (The boxes I brought back last trip were someone's kids' favorite Xmas present.)

Nokia & Microsoft

Nokia + Microsoft. 2 dogs = 1 mutt

Black Eyed Peas @ Super Bowl

Dear Black Eyed Peas: If you aren't George Clinton, don't even *think* about doing the Mother Ship thaing.

Happy New Year!

Tashi dalek losar! Gung Hay Fat Choy Happy New Year!

May peace and compassion rule the next year and eons upon eons to come. May we all nurture the flame in the hearts of others.

Oh, and given that I believe in floating holidays and we got married *last* losar, "Happy 1st anniversary to my lovely wife Lisa!"

Cap'n Crunch Whistle & June 1972 Ramparts (John Draper) eBay auction

Bid on an original Cap'n Crunch whistle and the June 1972 issue of Ramparts magazine with the article on how to build a black box. Details are online.

Videos on Your Cell Phone

I just uploaded several videos onto my newly relaunched mobile website: BubbleWrap, Koi Pond, and Mickey Toast.

Enjoy!

Mobile Site for Those That Meditate

I just relaunched JetCityOrange Mobile, a web site designed for cell phones. This is a great resource for those that those that meditate.

There's more coming...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kalachakra 2011 in Washington DC

Our tickets for the Kalachakra in DC this July came today. 11 days with His Holiness the Dalai Lama!

I'm long overdue for some Dalai time.

JetCityOrange is now a geocache too

JetCityOrange is now a geocache listed with both OpenCaching and Geocaching.com

You can find the JetCityOrange geocache at 47.590107, -122.385872. Look for the cairn.

What If The Tea Party Was Black video

I *love* this video. Big thanks to Jo for pointing it out to me.

Azalea Software's Free Calendars Are A Hit!

Seems like folks like Azalea Software's free calendars. Any wonder? They're beautiful!

Free Calendars from Azalea Software

SEATTLE-Once again, Azalea Software has release a series of four free calendars. The 2011 calendars are in PDF format and feature photographs with food visual puns. These free calendars can be downloaded from Azalea Software's website [ http://www.azalea.com/calendar/ ] and printed on any inkjet or laser printer.

For almost 10 years, Azalea Software's founder and owner, Jerry Whiting, has designed calendars from family, friends, and business partners. All except the first year's have featured Whiting's photography. Every year's calendar has a distinct theme. Past calendars have highlighted graffiti, neon, orchids, and humorous signs.

"I've tried to quit making calendars a couple of times and my Mother and her friends insist otherwise. I'm not about to piss of my Mom and her friends." says Whiting. "Last year we stopped printing physical calendars due to rising costs. Instead we gave the calendars away online. Not only did we save money, we were able to share them with countless people around the world. The response was overwhelming!"

The 2011 calendars are one page, feature all the major holidays as well as the Azalea staff's birthdays, and offer humorous images throughout the year. [ Facebook photo gallery ]

The calendars' names hint at their punchlines: key lime pi, nuts & bolts, diversity fish, and hot duck.

Download one or download them all. Link to them on your Facebook page. Give them away to strangers. Make your own if you think ours stink.

Azalea Software [Seattle WA], founded in 1992, sells barcode fonts and barcode software. They maintain The Barcode FAQ and have been known to mouth off in their blog, BarcodeNerds.blogspot.com

JetCityOrange Radio is now a podcast too!

JetCityOrange Radio, 101.9 FM in West Seattle, now has a podcast going through Feedburner.

And if that wasn't enough, there's a blog too: JetCityOrange-Radio.blogspot.com

The JetCityOrange Geocache on OpenCaching

The JetCityOrange geocache is now listed in OpenCaching.

Come look for the cairn and share something with others.

Azalea Software's Free 2011 Calendars

Once again Azalea Software, publishers of barcode software in Seattle WA, is giving away free 2011 calendars online. Because the cost of printing physical calendars grew too expensive, Azalea began distributing digital-online calendars in 2010.

All four of this year's calendars feature food, in the broadest sense. One is a hot devil duck, another nuts and bolts, the third features diversity in goldfish, and the last is a rebus you'll have to see for yourself.

The 4 calendars are in PDF format and can be downloaded and printed on any inkjet or laser printer.

JetCityOrange Radio, 07dec10

The Dec 7th JetCityOrange Radio show is now online and broadcasting here in North Admiral at 101.9 FM.

Download Free 2011 Calendars

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There are 3 free 2011 calendars you can download from JetCityOrange.com/calendar/

This year's calendars all have a Buddhist theme. One is of a cairn, stone markers used on trails. Another is a photograph of "The Angel of Kyushu", a statue at The Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The last is a photo of the three jewels and a mala.

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Thanksgiving Movie Suggestions

T'giving is one of my favorite holidays. Family'n'food. This year we ain't hosting, there are three count 'em 3 grandkids to hang out with, and I don't do diapers.

No matter what your plans there are two wonderful Thanksgiving movies I highly recommend: "What's Cooking" and "Pieces of April" You can thank me later.

My New Low Power FM Radio Station Is Live!

Now you can hear JetCityOrange at 101.9 FM, as long as you're within a block of my house (98116-1661).

Another piece of the ever-evolving JetCityOrange lighthouse.

Vote on Nov 2! Stop the Tea Party!!

2011 Buddhist Calendars (free download)

After years of making calendars for Azalea Software I finally made some for JetCityOrange.

These free 2011 calendars all have Buddhist-inspired photographs. They're PDF files so you can download them and print them yourself.

One image is of a cairn, another is "The Angel of Kyushu" a statue in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, and the last is entitled "Mala With 3 Jewels".

Be sure to tell your friends to go get theirs too!