Comments for josh is gross http://www.joshisgross.com/blog there is no tagline Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on TwitterTranslate by hamada http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/projects/twittertranslate/comment-page-1#comment-382 hamada Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:16:05 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog#comment-382 brilliant and fast extension but how about a way to see what tweets have been translated to distinguish them from the native language ones. also an easy way to switch it on and off (contextual menu?) would be useful. brilliant and fast extension but how about a way to see what tweets have been translated to distinguish them from the native language ones.

also an easy way to switch it on and off (contextual menu?) would be useful.

]]> Comment on A chink in RIM’s armor by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="536330552">Joshua Gross</fb:name> http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/a-chink-in-rims-armor/comment-page-1#comment-374 Joshua Gross Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:11:36 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-374 Ahhh, that's really bad. I don't understand why companies like that are so slow to give good service to what I assume is a sizeable user-base… Ahhh, that’s really bad. I don’t understand why companies like that are so slow to give good service to what I assume is a sizeable user-base…

]]> Comment on A chink in RIM’s armor by Alodia Bethel http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/a-chink-in-rims-armor/comment-page-1#comment-373 Alodia Bethel Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:09:59 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-373 I hope RIM gives in to putting up a repair and service center here in our third world country, that is Philippines. Sigh. My trackball has been broken for 5 months now, but I can't afford to have it sent overseas and wait for 2-3 months while they repair it. It's frustrating. I hope RIM gives in to putting up a repair and service center here in our third world country, that is Philippines.
Sigh.
My trackball has been broken for 5 months now, but I can’t afford to have it sent overseas and wait for 2-3 months while they repair it.
It’s frustrating.

]]> Comment on iPhone photo and music compression by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="536330552">Joshua Gross</fb:name> http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/iphone-compression/comment-page-1#comment-367 Joshua Gross Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:14:57 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-367 Okay, so for sure the Twitter app <a href="http://twitter.com/valthonis/status/20247053714" rel="nofollow">scales images down</a> before uploading. Still don't know about the Facebook app. Okay, so for sure the Twitter app scales images down before uploading. Still don’t know about the Facebook app.

]]> Comment on Environmental History of Ladysmith by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="536330552">Joshua Gross</fb:name> http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/environmental-history-of-ladysmith/comment-page-1#comment-366 Joshua Gross Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:12:52 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-366 I try to forget those first three months :p I try to forget those first three months :p

]]> Comment on Environmental History of Ladysmith by jh http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/environmental-history-of-ladysmith/comment-page-1#comment-365 jh Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:57:26 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-365 Um...Joshua kind of forgets that he could say that Ladysmith is his hometown because he was born there. But to be fair to him--we moved to the Philippines when he was about 3 months old..... Um…Joshua kind of forgets that he could say that Ladysmith is his hometown because he was born there. But to be fair to him–we moved to the Philippines when he was about 3 months old…..

]]> Comment on iPhone photo and music compression by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="536330552">Joshua Gross</fb:name> http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/iphone-compression/comment-page-1#comment-364 Joshua Gross Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:02:07 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-364 I can't figure out if the Twitter and Facebook apps compress photos before uploading. The fullsize image on yfrog is scaled down so it looks like the Twitter app does. I can’t figure out if the Twitter and Facebook apps compress photos before uploading. The fullsize image on yfrog is scaled down so it looks like the Twitter app does.

]]> Comment on iPhone photo and music compression by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="536330552">Joshua Gross</fb:name> http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/iphone-compression/comment-page-1#comment-363 Joshua Gross Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:51:06 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-363 Nice find. If the API that Mail uses to compress those photos isn't private, it *should* be trivial to compress photos inside of other apps. I emailed a photo a few times. The "small" and "medium" settings are close to useless; "large" is the 764x1024 image and was 1/5th the size of the original photo for me, but still had plenty of detail. So it wasn't as I suspected - there's no technical reason to *not* compress photos before upload. There was a slight (1-2 second) delay when emailing the large photo, but I think that's worth the bandwidth saved. Nice find. If the API that Mail uses to compress those photos isn’t private, it *should* be trivial to compress photos inside of other apps.

I emailed a photo a few times. The “small” and “medium” settings are close to useless; “large” is the 764×1024 image and was 1/5th the size of the original photo for me, but still had plenty of detail. So it wasn’t as I suspected – there’s no technical reason to *not* compress photos before upload. There was a slight (1-2 second) delay when emailing the large photo, but I think that’s worth the bandwidth saved.

]]> Comment on iPhone photo and music compression by Gregori Kanatzidis http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/iphone-compression/comment-page-1#comment-362 Gregori Kanatzidis Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:28:39 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-362 I did a bit of googling and found this: http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/20/compress-photos-with-iphone-os-4/ I suppose a sort of jenky workaround could be to use email services for all your stuff: twitter, facebook, etc, but I don't see why there aren't just image compression apps (that I could find anyway). I did a bit of googling and found this: http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/20/compress-photos-with-iphone-os-4/

I suppose a sort of jenky workaround could be to use email services for all your stuff: twitter, facebook, etc, but I don’t see why there aren’t just image compression apps (that I could find anyway).

]]> Comment on A Certain Elephant #91 by Stephan Spiegel http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/a-certain-elephant-91/comment-page-1#comment-244 Stephan Spiegel Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:05:59 +0000 http://www.joshisgross.com/blog/?p=825#comment-244 Sure, but why is it so important to be the one who will dance, on the floor, in the round? Sure, but why is it so important to be the one who will dance, on the floor, in the round?

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