While I was in Maine a few days ago, I live-streamed video from my brother’s bird feeder, but it was really a squirrel who stole the show, and a lot of the food. Jump to the last half-hour to see the most birds, and the last ten minutes for the squirrel.
In a feeble attempt to please everybody, Philadelphia city officials responded to complaints from some city workers and other citizens by ordering the removal of the word “Christmas” from the Christmas Village signs at Philadelphia City Hall, where they are still hosting the Christmas Village you can find at, well, http://www.philachristmas.com/
They plan to replace it with a “Holiday Village” sign, but apparently not at the same time, and so for now it just says “Village.”
Oh, holiday tree.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the village, city workers continued to string Christmas lights on a Christmas tree, as “Oh, Christmas Tree” and other Christmas carols continued to play on the audio system.
RT @tsagov: Advisory: Children who “opt-out” of scans will be told Santa is dead. #tsa #tsagov Serisouly, we still have these? AP Exclusive: Color-coded terror alerts may end http://yhoo.it/geZ3eB Foursquare Takes on the TSA With “Baggage Handler” Badge http://on.mash.to/fiuNBO RT @warpafx: Shoe bomb, underwear bomb, toner bombs, liquid/gel explosives – failures, but we pay anyway. Non-bomb success: 9/11 reuters slideshow: Anatomy of a patdown http://reut.rs/fNnkgb Lie detectors next? Hahahahaha. RT @AP: INTERACTIVE: The new airport security measures: http://apne.ws/fUKK30 The terrorists won: Young boy strip searched by TSA http://youtu.be/XSQTz1bccL4 #video Boing Boing » TSA roundup: pilots get exception, Obama response, Clinton “wouldn’t submit,” Al Qaeda moves on http://bit.ly/dyV4zd Amputee forced to remove prosthesis, expose residual limb, be separated from 4yo son http://bit.ly/aN1ICh Everybody loses except the security industry. Boing Boing » How TSA screeners feel about junk-touching http://bit.ly/c4P6lu RT @USATODAY: Body-scanner makers spent millions on lobbying http://usat.ly/bYBObb Chance of dying from airport backscatter radiation about the same as chance of getting killed by terrorists. http://bit.ly/cOzRPD Agency’s enemy is terrorists, but travelers wonder why they’re made to feel the target http://apne.ws/9n8SA1 -SB TSA chief: ‘Invasive’ airport security policies here to stay http://usat.ly/at7Jys RT @nicolosi: Does the TSA ever catch terrorists? If they do, for some reason they won’t admit it. @Slate http://slate.me/8YmPpX “Don’t Touch My Junk”: The Rap Video http://bit.ly/9qhwDs TSA security groping leaves 61-year-old bladder cancer survivor soaked in own urine http://bit.ly/d6LmwS Elementary school teacher re TSA “I didn’t really expect her to touch my vagina through my pants” http://bit.ly/aSki0c onthemedia: The TSA and ‘Don’t touch my junk’ and what it might mean when activism begins online. http://bit.ly/csQ2fH TSA Forces Cancer Survivor Flight Attendant to Pull Out Prosthetic Breast During Patdown http://gizmo.do/dbP6N2 Soldier: And I can take over the plane with nail clippers? http://bit.ly/9x4OYR #boingboigbestfortsamadness Capt. Sully: “I don’t want anybody but my wife and maybe my doctor touching me in…” http://bit.ly/apESmK #video What will happen at TSA checkpoints if the next incompetent goofball “bomber” hides the explosives – um – “inside” his body? Y’know I’m just stating to feel bad for everybody involved. RT @jayrosen_nyu: Keeping us safe http://jr.ly/78ih RT @Michael_Yon: Stand up, America! Enough is Enough! I got handcuffed and still refused.. http://bit.ly/dCKABN RT @EliseAckerman: Orlando’s Sanford Airport shows backbone, kicks out the TSA http://gizmo.do/dpevXd AP: Airports consider congressman’s call to ditch TSA. http://apne.ws/970vWI Check out this awesome “Don’t touch my junk” story – http://tinyurl.com/272nboo TSA day continues: RT @slashdot: TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old http://bit.ly/bZT3TM TSA day w/ Has Airport Security Gone Too Far? http://on.wsj.com/c2hqCS and mom blogger’s TSA – Sexual Assault http://bit.ly/b4TuW6
I got my new Zoomit SD card reader for the iPhone in the mail yesterday, and opening the package opened a world of possibilities, making it possible to move full-resolution photos online without a laptop, Wifi, or anything else.
It calls for a little set-up: It needed a charge first, from an included USB charger, and when I plugged the charged device into the bottom of my iPhone4, it prompted me to download the free Zoomit app. (There is also a $2.99 Zoomit music app in the store, but I don’t need it and so I didn’t buy it. I’m all about the photos.)
Next, I plugged into the other end of the device with an SD card that had been in my Canon 990 pocket camera, which contained a few pre-dawn photos, like the one above, which I had taken on my way into New York a few days ago. (No, I was not in the driver’s seat. Distracted driving kills.)
After selecting an image on the iPhone screen, Zoomit sharing options include emailing the photo or posting to your existing Facebook or Flickr accounts, for which you will be prompted to log in.
From Flickr, I emailed this photo to my Posterous blog, which then redistributes to several more platforms, including whichever one you are viewing now.
It’s hard to swallow the $60 price tag at a time when USB SD readers cost so little, but when combined with iPhone apps and social sharing platforms, this baby feels like a game-changer, especially now that more professional-quality cameras are coming SD-ready.
